Hyun Gu Lee aka Rapmaster2000
- Computer Science Junior

Age:
21

Why did you choose CU Boulder?
I didn't get accepted anywhere else. (laughs) Otherwise I wouldn't be hanging out in CU.

Do you enjoy Computer Science?
Yeah it's pretty fun. You know like different computers and their architecture. stuff like that so it's pretty fun.

Ok so we all know you're the Rapmaster2000.
(Powerfully) THE RAPMASTER2000!

Ok. you didn't have to say it like that.
Oh. sorry (laughs)

Why don't you show us what Rapmaster2000 can do?
Alright. We have this thing called freestyle that rappers do. it's just uh rappin' on a certain topic out of the blue you know.

I'll give you a topic then: Tylenol.
Yo Tylenol takes all your pain away . rainy day. smile. enjoy TV me.freestyle MC. Hyun Gu Lee... entire world. they're swimmin'.

So, do you remember when we were in 3 rd grade and I got hit in the head with a kickball?
Don't remember. what happened?

Oh it was like. I knew it was about to happen, even though I didn't see it. It was like a sixth sense.
(Unsure of how to respond) Oh.

If you could play or perform with any singer/band, who would you choose to perform with?
J Live ( http://www.epitonic.com/artists/jlive.html )

You know. "I'm not satisfied."

"And I'm not justified."
(excited) Yeah, yeah! Dude how do you know, do you listen to them?

No I just guessed.

Likes and dislikes?
I like, (thinking) hmm I like a lot of things. Like music, not just rap music, listening to different kind of music. I like computers; hardware, software. Playing video games.

Dislikes?
Dislikes? Hmm. I have like a very short memory. so I don't remember my dislikes very well. So it's kind of weird.

What do you think about Little Spark?
Little Spark is definitely a ministry that God's using, and it's a ministry that everyone should get involved in because it'll help them individually. You know, at first when I came here I didn't know what Little Spark was all about, and I was hesitant to join, but if you have an opportunity to join then you should do so. and I'm not just saying that because Chung told me to say it. It's what I think so. (we both laugh)

Future plans?
(Sighs) Future plans. I'm probably going to graduate school. I don't know where yet, but hopefully to some top colleges. But if I can't do that, then I'm probably going to get a job. That's about the only future plan I have.

Any last words?
Well, you just gotta cop my album when it comes out. It's gonna be like boom!

(Sarcastically) Yeah, I'll be sure to use it to hold my cup.
(Rebelliously) What? I'll take you to school! And use you like a tool, throw you down in the swimmin' pool.

You're not a teacher, you're nothin' but a leacher.

(Interview deteriorates into sloppy rap. culminating in a flow between Hyun Gu, Chung, and Paul Lee.)

- Interview by Chung Cho

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Connie Chen - Psychology Sophomore

Age / Birthday:
19 / December 27, 1984

Where are you from?
Fort Collins .

How did you find out about LS?
I first visited LS when I was in eighth grade. My sister, Victoria used to be a member then.

I think food tells a lot about a person. What is your favorite dessert?
It's this dessert made with shaved ice with red bean. (popbingsu)

What is something that most people wouldn't guess you do?
I play the accordion.

When did you accept Christ?
I first heard the gospel when I was 8 years old at the Colorado Christian Joint Retreat and accepted Christ.

What are three of your strengths?
I would say compassion, perseverance, and being an outgoing, extrovert person.

Do you have any passions?
Yes. Music and people.

What are your spiritual gifts?
Showing mercy, exhortation/teaching, and intercession through prayer.

What is your biggest fear?
Drowning because I can't swim, like Pastor Tony (laughing).

What is your favorite Bible verse?
Proverbs 3:5-6

How would you describe your first year at CU?
Challenging.

Do you have a favorite book?
Actually, I have two. To Kill a Mocking Bird and A Walk to Remember .

What was your favorite cartoon when you were little?
Thunder Cats

Do you have any embarrassing moments?
One day in high school my crush was walking to class and I was walking behind him with my friend. My friend was wearing a long jean skirt and when we started walking down a sloped hallway, we sped up in front of my crush. As we were walking, I stepped on my friend's skirt, so when she took the next step, I fell flat on my face! My crush just laughed and walked on. I was so embarrassed!

What has God been teaching you lately?
Humbleness.

How so?
He's been teaching me to really put myself beneath others and serve them wholeheartedly.

Connie's Testimony

How I've Come To Be.

If I could sum up my life in one word it would not be simple.  I had the fortunate experience of hearing the Gospel when I was 8-years-old at a Colorado Chinese Christian Joint Retreat (CCCJR).  The only drawback was my Chinese church didn't really have a youth program so I was at a spiritual standstill for seven years.  I did not know what to seek after or who to ask to start me in the right direction.  I dealt with extremely strict parents whom never encouraged me, set higher expectations each time I brought home a report card, and neglected me in my early years with their constant mounds of work.  I faced failure after failure at my annual accordion competitions never placing in the top three.  I went through a family crisis that almost led to my parent's divorce.   I had nothing and no one to rely upon until I finally discovered God and His love at the Y2LOVE retreat of 2000.  After this retreat, I began studying the Word and praying. However, I still didn't understand what it meant to truly know God.  Thus, I fell away and came back again but every time it was merely a spiritual high, nothing life changing. I wanted more.  I needed more.  I knew this but I did nothing about it.  I simply dwelled in the world.  Not by means of drugs or alcohol but plenty of boys.  Yeah, boys.  I fell hard in my junior year of high school.  All that filled my mind after that were regrets of what I had done and how impure my life was.  But then I attended the Desperation Conference at the World Prayer Center in Colorado Springs .  God changed me inside and out.  He made me pure again.  I was immersed in His peace after years of discomfort.  I wasn't ashamed anymore or full of guilt.  But then obviously the enemy attacked and hit me hard.  Harder than ever before.  Hard enough that I moved out of my home for over a month.  I detested being with the family.  I feared being near them.  It was a constant question of whether or not I was safe with them in my mind.  I started to forget about God.  I became distracted with the busyness around me with it being my senior year and having to prepare for IB finals. My friends became distant.  Nothing mattered much in life anymore.  But slowly, somehow, God worked His way in me.  At IB convocation, I announced to the whole world that I loved my family still even after all the hardships past.  I cried and everyone who knew what had happened cried as well.  After that, I started thinking again.  Scary, I know.  (A pastime that does not happen too often.)  I hadn't touched my Bible or prayed for months.  I didn't want to go into college like that though.  I wanted to go in stronger than ever before.  I remembered the verses Hebrews 5:11-13.  

"We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain because you are slow to learn. In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God's word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil."  

I had been constantly been fed with milk by others through the Sunday morning sermon or the speaker at a retreat.  I hadn't tried to eat solid food on my own-my alone time with God.  True meditation in His presence.  I finally dived in.  I became obsessed with the Word.  I read and reread Scripture I had read hundreds of times before.  I couldn't stop.  I needed more and more. I prayed every possible moment-working out, getting ready, homework time. *pause* It hasn't stayed this way.  I'm not as strong as I want to be.  I haven't been trying much to get back on track.  But God is pressing my heart. He is moving.  He's not quitting on me

- Interview by Janice Kim