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Name: Joe Abdelmalak
Year: Junior
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Hometown: Valley Stream, NY
Name: Lauren Dalton
Year: Junior
Major: Biology
Hometown: Taipei, Taiwan
Spirit animal?
Lauren: “Mouse.”
Joe: “Sheep.”
Favorite childhood memory?
Lauren: “Visiting Thailand with my family.”
Joe: “Playing Tekken with my brother.”
Favorite quote?
Lauren: “The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘that’s funny.'” -Isaac Asimov
Joe: “Go f*ck yourself” – Lauren Dalton
How long have you been together?
Both: “2 and half years.”
How did you meet?
Joe: “Our roommates met each other and invited me to go over to Lauren’s and her roomate’s room.”
Who made the first move?
Joe: “I made the first move…..got rejected, and then tried again.”
Favorite thing you have done for each other?
Joe: “She writes me cards whenever we don’t see each other for a while. On every card is a little drawing, and I’ve kept every one.”
Lauren: “He lets me eat his food all the time.”
What are your plans for Valentine’s Day?
Both: “Watch Deadpool and stuff our faces with food.”