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Kyle Johnstone ’12

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

Age: 22
Hometown: Portland, OR
Class: 2012
Major: Journalism (with a Multimedia minor)
Relationship Status: Single

HCUO: What are your three most beloved food items? Why?
Kyle: I cannot survive without hot dogs. I’ve been a baseball fanatic since I was one. 

HCUO: What is your favorite time of the year?
Kyle: Spring because it’s baseball season, and everything is more beautiful, especially in Oregon. The trees are in bloom, and so are the flowers, and the animals are out…I don’t know, everything about spring is just better!

HCUO: How do you generally spend your weekends?
Kyle: Relaxing with friends. I have really busy weeks, so on the weekends, it’s nice to hang out and not do much. We try to be active. There’s a park a couple of blocks from our house, so we like to go there and play basketball a lot.

HCUO: What are your parents like? 
Kyle: Well, I’m a momma’s boy because my mom was really caring and nurturing when I was growing up. My mom’s a teacher, and my dad is a workers’ compensation attorney. My dad is the kind of guy who you would see carrying us around in baby backpacks on his stomach. I’m definitely a lot more like my mom, but as I grow up, I realize all of the different traits I’ve gotten from both of them. There’s a lot of love in my family.

HCUO: What turns you on? Off?
Kyle: Spontaneity turns me on, but a girl that’s too easy is a huge turn off. It’s also the worst thing when you see a really cute girl who has a great style, but then she pulls out a cigarette. 

HCUO: Who do you envy?
Kyle: I envy Will Smith because he’s talented in so many ways. He’s one of the funniest actors I’ve seen, and he also has an amazing family, and he’s successful. Someday I hope to be successful too.

HCUO: What would be harder for you: to tell someone that you love her or to tell someone that you don’t love her back?
Kyle: At this point, it would be harder for me to tell someone that I love her because I’m pretty reserved when it comes to that just because of relationships that I’ve had in the past. 

HCUO: Where do you see yourself in five years?
Kyle: Working somewhere in Texas because it has the best sports market and one of the cheapest real estate markets right now. I feel like I would fit in to the southern lifestyle because I don’t like to worry, and I feel like I’m a pretty outgoing person.

HCUO: Any last words of wisdom?
Kyle: Sometimes, thinking is out of the question – you just have to act.

(Photos by Jessica Ridgway)

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A University of Oregon junior and San Francisco native, Charmaine Ng loves authentic noodle dishes and will always opt for Asian and Italian cuisine when pressed to choose a restaurant. She is a self-proclaimed "noodler," someone who uses her noodle to collaborate with others and bring big ideas to life. She interns for a student-run full-service ad agency, blogs for a wedding and event planning company, and runs the UO Muggle Quidditch League. In her spare time, she sleeps, and sleeps, and sleeps - and dabbles in social media and blogging, her two biggest passions. Her quirkiness isn't apparent at first, but then she starts talking about packaging design and making funny faces, and you wonder what happened to that shy Asian girl you first met. With ambition bursting beyond the campus walls, Charmaine can't wait to graduate and work for an agency, company, or publication in community outreach efforts using social media.