music with rap vocals. We took our influences and sort of meshed them together. One of the songs on the CD is called ‘My Town’ and it’s about Rome and my friends and missing this place. I definitely incorporate growing up here into my music.” Alicia Wright received a student scholarship to the 2010 Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference in Ripton, Vt. This conference, founded in 1926, was called “the oldest and most prestigious writers’ conference in the country” by The New Yorker. 2008
(next reunion 2013)
Class Agent: Kelly O’Mara
Class of 2005 Tristan Griffin’s narrative short, “The Brotherhood of Man,” was screened as part of the Rome International Film Festival in September. Jacob Malone married Carol Poe on May 16, 2010, in Athens, Ga.
Brock Eskrigge and fellow Moser House alumni Devin Eman (’09) and Beau Cherry (’07) had an opportunity to visit with Head of House Tim McCann during his trip to Oxford, Miss. Anna Krueger, a senior chemistry major at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been named a teaching assistant for general chemistry labs, a position normally held by graduate students. Elexene Mattingly is the newest member of the band 64 West.
Jacob (’06) and Carol Malone
2007
(next reunion 2012)
Class Agent: Brett Henson
Natalie Brumbaugh stopped by the Darlington School campus on a recent visit to Rome with Julia Douglas (’07). Natalie will graduate from Texas A&M this spring with a degree in communications and marketing. Julia is a senior at the University of Georgia, where she studies political science, religion and speech communications.
Martin Schmitz-Drager attends St. Gallen University in Switzerland, where he is studying economics. This fall, his parents enjoyed a visit from Darlington Admission Officer Kila McCann during her trip to Zurich. Patrick Smith, a whitewater guide, took Tim Wallis (’69), King Askew and Ernie Smith out on the Ocoee River this past summer.
Hannah Dodd is double majoring in linguistics and East Asian languages and cultures at the University of Georgia, the latter a self-designed major through the Honors College. After being inducted to the Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman Honor Society and Golden Key International Honor Society, Hannah was chosen to be one of six out of 40 applicants to be an exchange student to Japan. She will attend Waseda University in Tokyo through August 2011. In preparation, Hannah spent the summer of 2010 as one of six interns at the Japan-America Society of Georgia, an organization in Atlanta that is renowned for its commitment to bridging the gaps between Japanese and American business and cultures. Mac Gilliland Jr. won the Collegiate National Championship in Golf Croquet for Davidson College. Leo Kipfelsberger visited with Darlington Admission Officer Kila McCann this fall during her trip to Cologne, Germany. He currently attends university and works for an investment company in Germany
Patrick Smith (’07), Tim Wallis (’69), King Askew, Ernie Smith
Natalie Brumbaugh (’07) and Julia Douglas (’07)
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Matt Thomas and his band, “Half Full Outlook,” were featured in the Rome News-Tribune after releasing a five-track, self-titled EP – a demo album. They hope to sign with a label soon. Matt said: “We call our music punk hop. It’s pretty much punk rock
Leo Kipfelsberger (’08)
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