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Matt Paley ’05, Alyse Ruiz ’05, Pook Panyarachun ’05, Amanda MacLellan ’05,and Kenny Aronson ’06, in front of one of Pook’s paintings at her art showdon’t really have any exciting news.”Katie Ricci spent her spring semesteraway from Washington University in St.Louis, studying French and art history inToulouse, France. “This summer I willbe doing an archaeological dig in Irelandat a medieval ecclesiastical site.” ArielDorflinger transferred to NortheasternUniversity and is majoring in marketing.“I’m really happy to be back in Boston!”She is also looking forward to doing asix-month internship in July, but she isunsure where she will work. UrsulaKwong-Brown is taking a year off fromColumbia and studying composition andvoice at the Royal College of Music inLondon! “It’s sooo much fun. I’m lovinglife, and this has been the happiest yearever.” Erica Reisman spent her springsemester away from Brown Universityto visit Belfast. Erica enjoyed all thepleasures Ireland offers. “It is amazing. Ijoined a caving club and had my firstcaving expedition in January.” StevenBertozzi spent his junior year studyingEnglish at the University of Exeter witha group of 13 other Kenyon students.He enjoyed traveling around the UK andthe rest of Europe, as well as gettingclose to other Brits. “This year the programI am on has combined Englishand drama, so I’ve had the opportunityto see some amazing theatre, includingIan McKellan’s King Lear, EwanMcGreggor’s Othello, as well as thehistory plays in Stratford-upon-Avon.You’ve gotta love the Brits and theirShakespeare! It’s scary how fast it’s allbeen going.” Alexis Plukas is “kind ofobsessed with Penn,” which helpswhen work piles up into mountains.Alexis had a fracture in her left shin,which lightened up her tennis load.However, she reports that she has beenable to pursue other passions, such asher “ultimate love of film.” Last summer,she had an internship with BenStiller’s production company, Red HourFilms. “It was UNREAL!” Rory Sheafinally turned 21 in his sophomore yearand still maintains his passion for theatre.He spent last summer interning atthe Wellfleet Harbor Actor’s Theater. Heis in London, “where the dollar is weakand the nightlife is strong, studyingShakespeare, surrealism, and British arthistory while thinking about graduationas little as possible . . . It’s been one hellof a ride.” Eliza O’Neil writes: “Thingsare going well on my end.” She spentthe fall semester with Sea EducationAssociation, which sends college studentson a sea semester, sailing a 134-foot tall ship while learning nauticalscience, maritime history, and conductinga full marine science research projecton board. The crew sailed from St.Croix to Key West with a port stop inRoatan, Honduras. Since then, Eliza hasgotten her land legs back and is at Batesfor her second semester. This summerEliza will spend her second summer inNew Hampshire’s White Mountains as acrew member for one of the Appala -chian Mountain Club’s huts atop Mt.Washington. I, Christine Kue, am enjoyingmy time at Bowdoin. When theweather is nice (note: when), I manageto lace up my running shoes to enjoythe Maine pine. Aside from academics, Ihave become a yoga enthusiast butmiss playing volleyball at CA. This summer,with the support of a Mellon Maysundergraduate fellowship, I am travelingto Siem Reap, Cambodia, where I willlearn Khmer and study Cambodian history,culture, politics, and developmentat the Center for Khmer Studies. I amextremely excited and thrilled at theopportunity to travel to Southeast Asia(though a bit nervous!). Needless to say,it will be an amazing experience.2006Class Secretary: Andrew Wolf,awolf2@wisc.eduThis summer Jack Arsenault will be inNew York looking for new viruses at aColumbia infectious diseases lab. “I’llalso be trying super hard to keep itreal.” Garrett Cook runs the on-campuscoffeehouse and books musical acts atSkidmore. “I am on the board for theradio station, WSPN, and help keep thestation up and running. I make a lot ofart and some of it has been shown ingalleries on campus. I’ve played a coupleshows in NYC promoting a mediocreband.” Grace Cinquegrana is in schoolin DC, will spend her summer in LA, andhopes to spend next spring in Italy.Cliff Farrar was in boot camp fromMarch to June 2007 in Parris Island, SC,followed by training at the School ofInfantry through August. “I specialize inSMAW rocket launchers, demolitions,breeching, and APOBS operation. I’mnow stationed in Camp Lejeune, NCwith the 1st Battalion 2nd Marines inWeapons Co. Mobile Assault Platoon.I’m a 240B machine-gunner in myHumV, and I deploy to Iraq in July2008.” Anna McConnell spent springbreak at the Grand Canyon and will goto Mexico this summer and India in thefall. Christopher O’Connell furthersthe cause of diversity by being the onlystraight white male in the Parsonsfashion department. Chris Maire sendsword that he is a worthless lazy jerkwho is a drain on society. But he isgetting real good at yo-yoing. MauraFitzGerald is in California attending Oxy.Last summer she was a publicity internfor the Weinstein Company, working onCliff Farrar ’06, training for deploymentto Iraqmovie premieres and such things. EmilyBurke attends school in NYC and enjoyscelebrity sightings on a regular basis.David Gainsboro plays for the TuftsUltimate team and is a member of theSynaptic Scholars, through the Institutefor Global Leader ship at Tufts. He is alsotreasurer for the Mountain Club andbusiness manager for a new magazine,Discourse. Leah Munsey-Konops isshop manager of Eldred Theater, anintern in the Cleve land Playhouse (costumeshop), and is doing local freelancework (theater, costumes). Andrew Wolfis majoring in industrial labor relations atCornell University and is tired of explainingwhat that is.Faculty and FriendsIn April, Janet Eisendrath returned tothe Czech Republic to teach for sixweeks. She taught there 13 years ago.Since leaving CA, Gary Hawley hasbeen teaching at the Cambridge Schoolof Weston. This year he taught chemistry,physics, and the ethics of science.He also spent a great deal of timeworking on getting his metalsmithingbusiness up and running. They adoptedtwo Labrador retriever mix puppiesthat have ruled the house for the pastfour months. Retired French teacherNicole Fandel traveled for two months—covering Nepal, India, Thailand,Tibet, Bhutan, Cambodia, and Vietnam.“During the last week of October, Iexplored North Thailand, all the way tothe Golden Triangle where Burma, Laos,and Thailand stare at each other, separatedby the Mekong. I watched it flowand wished I could spend anothermonth at my pace, stopping along theway where I wanted, but it was time togo home, and that I did.” BrettMorrison (advancement staff 2000–06)joined the Student Conser vationAssociation (SCA) in December 2007 asthe regional development officer for theNortheast. The SCA is the oldest andlargest national conservation serviceorganization in the country, placing highschool-age through young adults in“hands-on” service roles in all 50 states.Brett heard about the opportunity fromnow colleague Hugh Montgomery, whois married to CA alumna StephanieSimmons Montgomery ’67. Brettwould love to hear from CA alumnae/iwho have served on SCA internshipsand encourages recent CA graduates tolook at SCA. In terms of family news,Turner just celebrated his 9th birthdayand has become a capable snowboarder.Evangeline and Jack are 6 and 4! Jodi,Brett, and the family extend an invitationto anyone heading to southern Vermont.83WWW.CONCORDACADEMY.ORG SPRING 2008