Features


 Full Name:
 Viet Nguyen
 Pledge Name:
 Quartz
 Chapter/School:
 RPI Colony
 Semester Pledged:
 Fall 2002, Delta Class
 Current Positions:
 Pledge Educator and Webmaster
 Ethnicity:
 Vietnamese
 Birth Date:
 October 6th 1983
 Hometown:
 Chelmsford, MA
Major/Profession:
 Computer & Systems Engineering and Computer Science
 

What is your most memorable PDP memory?

Damn, there are too many to choose from. It's like choosing your favorite little or your favorite child (if you have any). My most memorable would be during pledging. All my pledge bros and I were at my apartment doing our work and stuff. We started cracking jokes, singing songs, etc. That was when I knew we were comfortable to truly act like ourselves around each other. When I am an old man and I look back at my college years, pledging will definitely be one of the things I will remember.

Something you've always wanted to do:

I've always wanted to box. Not professionally or in competitions. Just for fun. Something my friends and I can do in my backyard when we're bored. (There's nothing to do Chelmsford! Damn suburbs!) I boxed my friends before, but I would get exhausted and then knocked out. I stopped because I kept getting headaches. It gave me a good workout, but I probably would turn into a vegetable if I kept going.

Hidden Talents?

I can do this cool thing with my hands. I won't get into it, but let's just say that I know a lot of guys wish they can do it to. Besides that, I can do the most retarded things in Photoshop. A lot of funny photo manipulation that looks authentic. I come up with the dumbest theories to explain stuff. A few people come up to me and say, "I've heard about your theories." I don't know if that's a compliment or not...

Why I Pledged Pi Delta Psi:

I had no intentions of joining any fraternity when I was a freshman. I got curious after my friend Steve from Cornell crossed. He definitely did not seem like a guy that would join a fraternity, so Pi Delta Psi had to have been something that stood out and caught his attention. I am also into Asian American empowerment and I knew pledging would make me more empowered and help me educate others.

They say RPI kids are smart, heres a brain teaser. I give you five minutes...

"Four people must cross a bridge at night. Many planks are missing, and the bridge can hold only two people at a time. The travelers must use a flashlight to guide their steps; otherwise they're sure to fall off the bridge. There is only one flashlight. The four people each travel at different speeds. One can cross the bridge in a minute; another in two minutes; another in five minutes and the slowest person requires ten minutes. The bridge is old and is going to collapse in exactly seventeen minutes. How can all four people cross the bridge?"

What is this Indiana Jones? Have the two fastest go across first (2 minutes). Then the 2 minute person come back with the flash light (2 minutes). The two slower ones go across and give the flash light to the fastest person (10 minutes). She/he runs back and then they both run across (3 minutes). Awww YEAA!... I'm a f**king nerd.


**Webmaster's Commentary: Wow... i was just kidding and u actually answered it =_=;;