Saying goodbye to the Senior 25
Issue date: 5/7/09 Section: News
Jeremy Beyersdorf
Hometown: Neenah, Wisc.
Major: Business
Minor: Communications
Favorite Activities: Sports, hanging out with friends, spending time with my family, hunting, fishing, spending time up north.
Three words to describe you: Motivated, confident, resilient.
Future goals: Become a successful businessman in the sales industry while hopefully being given an opportunity to a leadership or management position in the long run.
Words you live by: "Life is too short to not be happy and have fun."
Kathryn Salucka
Hometown: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Majors: Politics and International Relations
Favorite Activities: Dancing, singing, sleeping, laughing, dreaming.
Three words to describe you: Loving, nurturing, dedicated.
Future goals: Work in foreign relations, specifically with Africa.
Words you live by: "Love all, trust few, do wrong to no one." -Shakespeare
Kim Zafiriou
Nickname: Juice
Hometown: Highland Park, Ill.
Majors: Communications
Minor: Classical Studies
Favorite Activities: Dancing, singing, sleeping, laughing, dreaming.
Three words to describe you: Easy-going, fun-loving, sarcastic.
Future goals: Be happy and successful in all terms of the word (family, love, career)
Words you live by: "Everything happens for a reason."
Stacey Parrott
Hometown: Aurora, Ill.
Major: Psychology and Spanish
Favorite Activities: Volunteering, reading, tennis, running, inquiring
Three words to describe you: Crazy, kind, dependable.
Future goals: I am going to a PhD program in the Learning Sciences at Northwestern University. I will conduct research in order to elucidate the factors that enhance or preclude learning, especially those factors related to vision, attention, and spatial intelligence.
Words you live by: "We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people won't feel unsure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. As we let our own Light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
-Marianne Williamson
Jeff Raffaelli
Hometown: Chicago
Majors: Chemistry and Mathematics
Minor: Studio Art
Favorite activities: Relaxing and having a good time with friends, enjoying an evening at the beach star gazing, working in the dark room and studio in Durand
Three words to describe you: Loyal, sarcastic, devoted.
Future goals: I hope to be teaching next year at the Lake Forest Academy, earning money to pay off loans so in a year I can go to graduate school for either Chemistry or Engineering. I plan on sticking it out for a Doctorate so I can either be a professor, or have an edge working in industry for a small amount of time, with the end goal being personal research.
Words you live by: Life is too short to live in the past, and too long to plan for the future, make full use of every experience and enjoy every moment of the present.
Bita Dadfar
Nickname: Biño
Hometown: Fukuoka, Japan
Major: International Relations and Communication
Favorite activities: Dancing, talking with friends, reading.
Three words to describe you: International, expressive, unique.
Future goals: Service to humanity.
Words you live by: "Possess a pure, kind and radiant heart."
Reuben Sanyika
Hometown: Harare, Zimbabwe
Major: Mathematics and Economics
Favorite activities: Play and watch soccer, chess, poker, and pool.
Three words to describe you: Witty, pragmatic, tutor.
Future goals: Become an actuary.
Words you live by: "Imagination is the limit."
Enrique Galvez
Nickname: Ricky
Hometown: Hamilton, N.Y.
Major: History
Minor: English and International Relations
Favorite activities: Playing and watching soccer, hockey and tennis.
Three words to describe you: Hard working, alpha male, jackhammer. Merciless. Insatiable.
Future goals: Work in the foreign service.
Words you live by: "A man is the architect of his own fortune."
Katie Rice
Nickname: Ricey
Hometown: Centennial, Colo.
Major: Chemistry
Minor: Biology
Favorite activities: Running, soccer, scrapbooking.
Three words to describe you: Organized, responsible, athletic.
Future goals: Become a pediatrician.
Words you live by: "Wake each day with the thought that something amazing is about to happen."
Chris Tossing
Nickname: "Toss"
Hometown: Lake St. Louis, Mo.
Majors: Biology and Chemistry
Favorite activities: Football, rugby, being outdoors.
Three words to describe you: Intelligent, passionate, brother.
Future goals: Go to medical school and become a doctor.
Words you live by: "10% of life is what happens to you, and 90% is how you react to it." -Charles R. Swindoll
Nandi Rease
Hometown: Denver, Colo.
Majors: Politics
Minor: Communications
Favorite Activities: Spending time with my family, Attending Alpha Kappa Alpha events, traveling, photography, debating, playing lacrosse, relaxing.
Three words to describe you: Determined, loyal, inquisitive.
Future goals: To live a fulfilling life doing something that is going to make a difference.
Words you live by: "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase." -Martin Luther King, Jr.
Gretchen Yehl
Nickname: Gret-CHEN CHONG (Copy Right- SB '09)
Hometown: Sugar Land, Tex.
Majors: Psychology
Minor: Sociology/Anthropology
Favorite Activities: Working as a teacher at Dearhaven, shopping, being with friends, dance/costume parties.
Three words to describe you: Energetic, enthusiastic, humorous.
Future goals: Get my MS from Erikson Institute in Child Development and then go on to be a child life specialist or work on a head start program.
Words you live by: "Make good choices."
Jared Fox
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
Major: Politics and Community Organizing/Activism
Minor: Metropolitan Studies
Favorite Activities: Volunteering, slam poetry, eating breakfast food for dinner, reading.
Three words to describe you: Fierce, activist, gay.
Future goals: Run for political office. Secure equal rights for GLBT people.
Words you live by: "No one is free when others are oppressed."
Amy Stout
Hometown: Littleton, Colorado
Majors: Independent Scholar (Public Memory and Visual Culture) and Communication.
Minor: Art History.
Favorite activities: community service, going to art museums, figure skating, running, sampling cheese, collecting John Cusack movies.
Three words to describe you: Spunky, persistent, expressive.
Future goals: To work in museum education and own lots of Vera Bradley items.
Words you live by: "Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Synneve Yoder
Nickname: Syn
Hometown: Murray, Neb.
Major: Political Science
Minor: Communication
Favorite activities: Beach volleyball, horseback riding, shopping, watching sports.
Three words to describe you: Nutty...
Future goals: Become part of the Abercrombie & Fitch/Hollister legal or marketing team.
Words you live by: "Everything happens for a reason."
Amanda Gaulke
Nickname: Mandy. Some people call me Manders.
Hometown: Hartland, Wisc.
Major: Economics and Spanish
Minor: Mathematics
Favorite activities: Latinos Unidos, running, watching the Packers.
Three words to describe you: Intelligent, driven, caring.
Future goals: I plan to get my Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin Madison. I want to be a labor economist and do research on immigration.
Words you live by: "Risk more than others think is safe, care more than others think is wise, dream more than others think is practical, expect more than others think is possible." -Cadet Maxim
Melanie Quall
Nickname: Niño
Hometown: Lake Forest, Ill.
Major: International Relations
Minor: Area Studies: Brazil
Favorite activities: Capoeira, dancing, ice skating.
Three words to describe you: Adventurous, trustworthy, determined.
Future goals: Be happy, keep learning, master the backflip, and learn to play the piano or accordion.
Words you live by: "Everybody feels fear at some point. What matters is the ability to recognize it with a little nod and keep moving."
Anjali Ajaikumar
Hometown: Chicago, Ill.
Majors: International Relations and Politics
Minor: Philosophy
Favorite activities: Backpacking, traveling, reading, and enjoying life.
Three words to describe you: Loud, energetic, friendly.
Future goals: Work in education and hospital administration.
Words you live by: "Be insanely optimistic, and always look in unexpected places for fun and happiness."
Kimmi Levinson
Hometown: St. Louis, Mo.
Majors: Business and Sociology/Anthropology
Minor: Communication
Favorite activities: Reading for fun, trying new things and visiting random places.
Three words to describe you: Loyal, responsible, enthusiastic.
Future goals: Eventually, starting my own not-for-profit organization.
Words you live by: "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." -Eleanor Roosevelt
Shaun Davis
Nickname: Mom
Hometown: Shoreview, Minn.
Major: Biology
Minor: Chemistry
Favorite Activities: Spending time with friends and family, frisbee, running, snowball fights, driving to loud music.
Three words to describe you: Nerdy, optimistic, meticulous.
Future goals: Receive a Ph.D. in Genetics from Baylor College of Medicine.
Words you live by: "The early bird gets the worm, but it's the second mouse that gets the cheese."
Hometown: Neenah, Wisc.
Major: Business
Minor: Communications
Favorite Activities: Sports, hanging out with friends, spending time with my family, hunting, fishing, spending time up north.
Three words to describe you: Motivated, confident, resilient.
Future goals: Become a successful businessman in the sales industry while hopefully being given an opportunity to a leadership or management position in the long run.
Words you live by: "Life is too short to not be happy and have fun."
Kathryn Salucka
Hometown: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Majors: Politics and International Relations
Favorite Activities: Dancing, singing, sleeping, laughing, dreaming.
Three words to describe you: Loving, nurturing, dedicated.
Future goals: Work in foreign relations, specifically with Africa.
Words you live by: "Love all, trust few, do wrong to no one." -Shakespeare
Kim Zafiriou
Nickname: Juice
Hometown: Highland Park, Ill.
Majors: Communications
Minor: Classical Studies
Favorite Activities: Dancing, singing, sleeping, laughing, dreaming.
Three words to describe you: Easy-going, fun-loving, sarcastic.
Future goals: Be happy and successful in all terms of the word (family, love, career)
Words you live by: "Everything happens for a reason."
Stacey Parrott
Hometown: Aurora, Ill.
Major: Psychology and Spanish
Favorite Activities: Volunteering, reading, tennis, running, inquiring
Three words to describe you: Crazy, kind, dependable.
Future goals: I am going to a PhD program in the Learning Sciences at Northwestern University. I will conduct research in order to elucidate the factors that enhance or preclude learning, especially those factors related to vision, attention, and spatial intelligence.
Words you live by: "We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people won't feel unsure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. As we let our own Light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
-Marianne Williamson
Jeff Raffaelli
Hometown: Chicago
Majors: Chemistry and Mathematics
Minor: Studio Art
Favorite activities: Relaxing and having a good time with friends, enjoying an evening at the beach star gazing, working in the dark room and studio in Durand
Three words to describe you: Loyal, sarcastic, devoted.
Future goals: I hope to be teaching next year at the Lake Forest Academy, earning money to pay off loans so in a year I can go to graduate school for either Chemistry or Engineering. I plan on sticking it out for a Doctorate so I can either be a professor, or have an edge working in industry for a small amount of time, with the end goal being personal research.
Words you live by: Life is too short to live in the past, and too long to plan for the future, make full use of every experience and enjoy every moment of the present.
Bita Dadfar
Nickname: Biño
Hometown: Fukuoka, Japan
Major: International Relations and Communication
Favorite activities: Dancing, talking with friends, reading.
Three words to describe you: International, expressive, unique.
Future goals: Service to humanity.
Words you live by: "Possess a pure, kind and radiant heart."
Reuben Sanyika
Hometown: Harare, Zimbabwe
Major: Mathematics and Economics
Favorite activities: Play and watch soccer, chess, poker, and pool.
Three words to describe you: Witty, pragmatic, tutor.
Future goals: Become an actuary.
Words you live by: "Imagination is the limit."
Enrique Galvez
Nickname: Ricky
Hometown: Hamilton, N.Y.
Major: History
Minor: English and International Relations
Favorite activities: Playing and watching soccer, hockey and tennis.
Three words to describe you: Hard working, alpha male, jackhammer. Merciless. Insatiable.
Future goals: Work in the foreign service.
Words you live by: "A man is the architect of his own fortune."
Katie Rice
Nickname: Ricey
Hometown: Centennial, Colo.
Major: Chemistry
Minor: Biology
Favorite activities: Running, soccer, scrapbooking.
Three words to describe you: Organized, responsible, athletic.
Future goals: Become a pediatrician.
Words you live by: "Wake each day with the thought that something amazing is about to happen."
Chris Tossing
Nickname: "Toss"
Hometown: Lake St. Louis, Mo.
Majors: Biology and Chemistry
Favorite activities: Football, rugby, being outdoors.
Three words to describe you: Intelligent, passionate, brother.
Future goals: Go to medical school and become a doctor.
Words you live by: "10% of life is what happens to you, and 90% is how you react to it." -Charles R. Swindoll
Nandi Rease
Hometown: Denver, Colo.
Majors: Politics
Minor: Communications
Favorite Activities: Spending time with my family, Attending Alpha Kappa Alpha events, traveling, photography, debating, playing lacrosse, relaxing.
Three words to describe you: Determined, loyal, inquisitive.
Future goals: To live a fulfilling life doing something that is going to make a difference.
Words you live by: "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase." -Martin Luther King, Jr.
Gretchen Yehl
Nickname: Gret-CHEN CHONG (Copy Right- SB '09)
Hometown: Sugar Land, Tex.
Majors: Psychology
Minor: Sociology/Anthropology
Favorite Activities: Working as a teacher at Dearhaven, shopping, being with friends, dance/costume parties.
Three words to describe you: Energetic, enthusiastic, humorous.
Future goals: Get my MS from Erikson Institute in Child Development and then go on to be a child life specialist or work on a head start program.
Words you live by: "Make good choices."
Jared Fox
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
Major: Politics and Community Organizing/Activism
Minor: Metropolitan Studies
Favorite Activities: Volunteering, slam poetry, eating breakfast food for dinner, reading.
Three words to describe you: Fierce, activist, gay.
Future goals: Run for political office. Secure equal rights for GLBT people.
Words you live by: "No one is free when others are oppressed."
Amy Stout
Hometown: Littleton, Colorado
Majors: Independent Scholar (Public Memory and Visual Culture) and Communication.
Minor: Art History.
Favorite activities: community service, going to art museums, figure skating, running, sampling cheese, collecting John Cusack movies.
Three words to describe you: Spunky, persistent, expressive.
Future goals: To work in museum education and own lots of Vera Bradley items.
Words you live by: "Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Synneve Yoder
Nickname: Syn
Hometown: Murray, Neb.
Major: Political Science
Minor: Communication
Favorite activities: Beach volleyball, horseback riding, shopping, watching sports.
Three words to describe you: Nutty...
Future goals: Become part of the Abercrombie & Fitch/Hollister legal or marketing team.
Words you live by: "Everything happens for a reason."
Amanda Gaulke
Nickname: Mandy. Some people call me Manders.
Hometown: Hartland, Wisc.
Major: Economics and Spanish
Minor: Mathematics
Favorite activities: Latinos Unidos, running, watching the Packers.
Three words to describe you: Intelligent, driven, caring.
Future goals: I plan to get my Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin Madison. I want to be a labor economist and do research on immigration.
Words you live by: "Risk more than others think is safe, care more than others think is wise, dream more than others think is practical, expect more than others think is possible." -Cadet Maxim
Melanie Quall
Nickname: Niño
Hometown: Lake Forest, Ill.
Major: International Relations
Minor: Area Studies: Brazil
Favorite activities: Capoeira, dancing, ice skating.
Three words to describe you: Adventurous, trustworthy, determined.
Future goals: Be happy, keep learning, master the backflip, and learn to play the piano or accordion.
Words you live by: "Everybody feels fear at some point. What matters is the ability to recognize it with a little nod and keep moving."
Anjali Ajaikumar
Hometown: Chicago, Ill.
Majors: International Relations and Politics
Minor: Philosophy
Favorite activities: Backpacking, traveling, reading, and enjoying life.
Three words to describe you: Loud, energetic, friendly.
Future goals: Work in education and hospital administration.
Words you live by: "Be insanely optimistic, and always look in unexpected places for fun and happiness."
Kimmi Levinson
Hometown: St. Louis, Mo.
Majors: Business and Sociology/Anthropology
Minor: Communication
Favorite activities: Reading for fun, trying new things and visiting random places.
Three words to describe you: Loyal, responsible, enthusiastic.
Future goals: Eventually, starting my own not-for-profit organization.
Words you live by: "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." -Eleanor Roosevelt
Shaun Davis
Nickname: Mom
Hometown: Shoreview, Minn.
Major: Biology
Minor: Chemistry
Favorite Activities: Spending time with friends and family, frisbee, running, snowball fights, driving to loud music.
Three words to describe you: Nerdy, optimistic, meticulous.
Future goals: Receive a Ph.D. in Genetics from Baylor College of Medicine.
Words you live by: "The early bird gets the worm, but it's the second mouse that gets the cheese."
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