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Couple Edition: Lindsay Fitzpatrick ’15 and Felix Liu Ku ’15

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Brandeis chapter.

Her Campus: Where are you from?
Lindsay Fitzpatrick: Baldwin, Long Island New York
Felix Liu Ku: Taiwan

HC: What are your majors and minors?
LF: Biology major and English minor
FK: Econ and Business double major

HC: How long have you been together?
LF&FK: Almost 2 years.

HC: What are you involved in around campus?
LF: I am the Co-chair of Relay for Life and I work at health and psych lab as a research assistant. Up until this year I was also a varsity swimmer.
FK: I am a UDR for economics, and a part of Relay for life. I also work at the stein, and sing for JFA (Jewish Fella Accapella).
LF&FK: We are both Orientation Leaders!

HCHow did you each spend your summer?
LF: I Interned for the board of elections for Nassau county.
FK: I had an internship in Equador where I worked with the local community on community development

HCHow did you two meet?
LF&FK: We lived on Deroy 1 freshman year so we met during orientation.

HC: How did you end up getting together?
LF: Our floor was really close and around each other a lot. As people stopped going out in huge groups we just kept hanging out and went from friends to dating. It was one of those things everyone knew was going to happen so it was only a matter of when…and I had to make the first move!

HCWhere did you have your first date?
FK: We never really had a first date we just kind of became a couple.
LF: We did do a cute Valentines Day sushi date though, which was tour first ‘official date.’  We ordered sushi and watched a movie and gave gifts.

HCWhat is your favorite thing to do on campus?
LF&FK: We play squash a lot and are a part of the squash club. We also like to have movie nights with chips and guac.  

HC: What do you do to manage the distance when you’re both at your homes?
LF&FK: It sucks.
LF: We try to skype once a week. And after school ends he stays with me before he goes and comes home early to stay with me before back to school. 

HCWhat was your favorite date?
LF&FK: We went kayaking by the Brooklyn bridge, and then went to a hole in the wall Mexican place

HCDo you guys ever leave campus to go on dates?
LF: We try to leave campus once a month to have a real date, mainly to eat.
LF&FK: We love the Cheesecake Factory

HCLindsay, do you ever visit him?
LF: Summer after freshman year I went to visit him in Paraguay. 

HC: What’s your favorite…

…movie?
LF: Blades of Glory
FK: Crazy, Stupid Love

…food?
LF: Pasta,  or carbs
FK: American Chinese food

…campus food?
LF: Usdan used to make chicken nuggets
FK: Chicken fingers and waffle fries from Ollies

…type of music and band?
LF: Alternative music, The Killers, Twenty-One Pilots, Imagine Dragons
FK: Pop music, Bruno Mars, One Direction, or anything on the radio

…weekend activity?
LF&FK: Order take out, stay in, watch movie, and hang out with friends. 

Rachel is a junior math major and premed student at Brandeis University. She is an EMT and recently joined her school's EMS squad. When she's not busy studying, she enjoys blogging, watching sitcoms, drawing zentangles, folding origami, and eating chocolate.