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Indiana University Campus Cutie: Jay Patel

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

Name: Jay Patel
Year: Senior
Hometown: Elk Grove Village, Illinois
Greek Affiliation: Phi Delta Theta
Relationship Status: In a Relationship
Major: Finance, Management, Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation
Dream job: Quarterback for the Chicago Bears, but more realistically, a strategy consultant.
Favorite movie: “Goodwill Hunting”
Favorite band: Blink-182
Favorite book: “Master of War”
 
HCIU: Tell us a fun fact about yourself.
Jay: I could sit and watch baseball for an entire week if I could.
 
HCIU: What’s your favorite team?
Jay: The Cubs – for sure.
 
HCIU: So you’re a senior. What has been your favorite memory in college thus far?
Jay: Probably Little 5 last year when we (Phi Delta Theta) almost won the race. It gave us something to look forward to this year.
 
HCIU: So are you excited for graduation?’
Jay: I wish I could stay here forever, but you have to move on sometime.
 
HCIU: Do you know what you’ll be doing after graduation?
Jay: I’m not sure what I’m doing after graduation, but I know I have to find a job
somewhere. If I don’t I’ll just work with my dad in consulting.
 
HCIU: What is your favorite spot on the IU campus?
Jay: Kilroy’s – by the back bar.
 
HCIU: That’s not exactly on campus, but we’ll take it. What do you do in your free time?
Jay: Eat and drink.
 
HCIU: How would you describe your personality?
Jay: Laid-back, chill, easy-going.
 
HCIU: How would you describe your style?
Jay: I wear a little of everything. I guess you could call it a combination of fratty and sporty. I can go out and rock the Sperrys or I can go out and rock the Timberlands – I don’t have to be one of those people that fall under a category.
 
HCIU: What’s the most romantic thing you’ve done for your girlfriend?
Jay: Well, she’s not 21 so she couldn’t get into the place we were going for New Year’s Eve, and instead of just going by myself or getting pissed off we got a hotel room and slow-danced to music on my cell phone. Oh, and I got her flowers on her birthday – make sure that goes in there.
 
HCIU: What’s the first thing you notice about a girl?
Jay: Eyes or hair.
 

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Alyssa Goldman is a junior at Indiana University majoring in journalism and gender studies. Alyssa aspires to be an editor at a women’s magazine writing about women’s issues and feminism. Alyssa has served as city & state editor and special publications editor for the Indiana Daily Student, IU’s award-winning student newspaper. She has also interned at Chicago Parent magazine, the IU Office of University Communications and Today’s Chicago Woman magazine. Currently, she is interning at Bloom, a city magazine in Bloomington, Ind., and loves being a Campus Correspondent for HC! In her spare time, Alyssa enjoys watching The Bad Girls Club, The Jersey Shore and The Real Housewives (of any city); listening to Lady Gaga; drinking decaf skinny vanilla soy lattes from Starbucks; reading magazines; and shopping and eating with her girls on IU’s infamous Kirkwood Avenue.