Name:Â Â Matthew La Luz
Year:Â Â Senior
Status:Â Â Single
Hometown:Â Â Morton Grove, IL
Major:Â Â Journalism and Mass Communication
Motto:  Regrets are a waste of time. They’re the past crippling you in the present.
Campus Activities: Daily Iowan Photographer, Ed on Campus member, KRUI DJ, and Food Junkie.
Fun Fact About You:  I love dogs but if someone asks me to choose between cats or dogs, I have to choose cats. I’ll always be a cat person.
Favorite music:  I’m a big fan of pop music. It’s fun and it’s the easiest kind of music to dance to.  I think everyone enjoys pop music…some people are just too afraid to admit it.
Favorite movie:  Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2. I was obsessed with both films at one point and watched them every week. I used to be able to quote them from start to finish. I probably still can…maybe.
Favorite Hawkeye sports to watch:  I don’t watch sports except I enjoy going to Cubs games but one time I watched gymnastics with my roommate and I enjoyed it a lot.
Favorite thing about Iowa:  It’s a perfect place to go to school. If I was in a big city, I would always be distracted. If I was in a rural college town, I would be bored out of my mind.  Iowa City is a great place to have fun but also get work done.
Favorite hangout spot:Â Â Starbucks, It’s like the mother-ship for me. I feel at home there.
My idea of a perfect first date: I really enjoy Starbucks.  Patti Stanger  from the show Millionaire Matchmaker on Bravo once said that coffee is cheap, lunch means just friends, and dinner is romance. I disagree; I always feel sexy drinking coffee.  The first “date” I ever went on was at Starbucks.