Basics:
Name: EJ Luna
Year: Junior
Major: Bioengineering
Birthday: March 7, 1992
Ethnicity: Filipino
UIC Life:
What are you involved in on campus? Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity & BOA (Bioengineering Organizational Alliance)
What do you love about UIC? “The fact that its right next to Chicago, some campuses have little playgrounds but we have the city!”
What is your favorite class you are currently taking? Physics
What are some things you would like to do before you graduate? Hold an officer position in TKE, be an overall leader on campus, & leave mark on campus “Hopefully something that people can talk about me for years and years to come!”
Fun Facts:
If you had a theme song, what would it be? “I’ll Make A Man Out Of You” – Mulan
Biggest Fear: Dying alone
Favorite Holiday: Christmas because everyone’s happy with holiday cheer and “who hates Christmas music?”
Favorite Chick-flick: Crazy, Stupid, Love & Love and other Drugs
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? “I would like to be in the here (Chicago) but my job will take me to the west coast for a pharmaceutical company, while playing golf on the side, of course.”
Love Life:
Interested in: Female
Single or taken: Single
Celebrity Crush(es): Emma Watson “Yeah, that’s it. She has a spell over me…”
Deal Breaker: Smoking & if she has a reputation, especially among friends
Deal Maker: Just has to be happy “Oh and she has to like golf!”
Dream Date: “I would take her on a picnic by the planetarium, looking at the skyline as the sun rises. The go from there…”
Thanksgiving:
What are your plans for Thanksgiving? “I’m going to Michigan to visit family, then get rowdy with some cousins, snagging a few deals on black Friday, and then back to the study grind on Saturday. I’m so looking forward to spending time with family.”
What are you most thankful for? Good people and good times “Without friends and family I wouldn’t be here.”
What is your favorite thing to eat on Thanksgiving? “Stuffing is mainly what I eat, unhealthy but YOLO, right?”
Do you have any unusual family traditions? At midnight we stand in a line across from each other and hand each other money, usually giving younger siblings or cousins some sort of gift.