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So, I'm Xavier Ruiz, I'm 18, a freshman here at UCO and excited to be around! I enjoy writing as a whole and have a few side projects but nothing serious. I'm excited to take this course since I already enjoy writing and I'd love to improve my speaking ability. It just so happens my profession will include public speaking, mostly in court. I'd like to be a medical examiner in the future so I'm majoring in Forensic Molecular Bio/Forensic Investigation and Biology

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This is the younger of my two dogs, Nox. He's 4 this year and learned how to open doors as a puppy from his family lol. It's a bad picture because he moved but since my last phone broke, this was the only picture I had on hand.

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Now this is Luna. She's five and definitely a bit more mature than Nox lol

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Though I'm not in band anymore, I can still play the clarinet and I love music though I'm more of a listener now. I like House music (I'm a Daft Punk fan), but I'll listen to just about anything I'm in the mood for. Rina Sawayama is probably my favorite artist at the moment though.

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My favorite Superhero is Spider-Man for his relatability... you know aside from the crime fighting, web-slinging, and radioactive spider-related injuries. I also like his supervillains and the multimedia is very good for spider-man, especially the games.

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I love to build legos, and the more mature or architectual lines that have come out recently are definitely among my favorites. Here's a build I have on my desk of a cherry tree, except all of the cherry blossoms are actually frogs.

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I really enjoy movies, especially horror movies. Despite that though, Everything Everywhere All At Once is my favorite movie and has shaped my philosophy in life. Nihilistic people would argue that nothing matters so morality is moot compared to the meaninglessness of life, however this movie turns that on its head, suggesting that if nothing matters, then you are free to find meaning in your own life and morality is perhaps one of the most meaningful ways to live said life. The movie resonated with me. I was lucky to see it in theaters with a friend, and I've loved it since

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The summer just before my senior year of High School, I was afforded the opportunity to travel to California and stay at the dorms of USC for a week in a program hosted by the Hispanic Scholarship Fund. This trip gave me information on how to prepare for college, and how to execute my time here. While I would've wound up here one way or another, this was an excellent opportunity for me and the very nearly 200 other students in attendance. This is a picture of me during the last day there. I don't have many pictures of myself so this was one of the decent ones I found