RUBEN RUIZ | District Awards Chair

University of California, Berkeley, Sociology Major w/ Global Poverty and Practice Minor, Year 3

Hometown located in Anaheim, California

[Favorites]
Movie: UP!, I love Russell and Doug!
Song: I love music too much to pick just one song, but some of my favorite bands are Vampire Weekend, Metro Station, Owl City, The Maine, Meg & Dia, and the Jonas Brothers! (I am the forth member, so of course I like the Jo Bros)
Quote: "If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you." - Winnie the Pooh
Disney character: Woody, I have always been a cowboy at heart and you always have a friend in me!
Animal: It's a tie between the fierce lion and ultra adorable red panda!
Color: Gold, because I'm priceless.
Word: Fetch (Ruben stop trying to make "fetch" happen!)
Noise: I love the sound of classical music.
Smell: I love the smell of cotton candy! Yummy!

[If you could vacation anywhere in the world, where would it be?]

I would love to go to Japan. I have two really good friends who are Japanese international students and I would love to go visit them at their homes in Japan!

[What color/type of umbrella would you use?]

I would love a yellow umbrella to match my yellow rain boots and to stand out in the rain.

[If you were a mutant, what kind of powers would you have?]

I would love to have telepathic powers and read people's minds so I can read their poker face!

[If there was a zombie outbreak, what would be your weapon of choice?]

I would prefer not to be in a zombie outbreak but if I was I would like my weapon to be a piano. So I can play my way to survival. Everyone loves music, even blood thirsty, psychotic zombies.

[Coke or Pepsi]

Water because it's better for you!

[Breakfast or Dinner]

Breakfast, so I can go downstairs and have my bowl of cereal or so I can eat breakfast at Tiffany's.

[Ribbon]

The ribbon I chose to wear was a lavender ribbon. The lavender ribbon stands for cancer awareness. This year my student government chose to do a day about cancer awareness to our campus, because a lot of young college students don't know the harm of cancer and they don't believe it can happen to them. Cancer can happen to all types of people at any age. Recently my father was diagnosed with cancer, and it helped me learn a lot about cancer. I want to help me teach others about cancer and spread the word about cancer prevention.