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Though I'm only two years into my duty as Class Secretary, I'm confidently willing to hand the award for most enthusiastic and thorough alum to Karen Go. She has rallied many people to write and, Karen, I'm most grateful. If I had a large statue to give yo u I'd do so but given the small nun1.ber of square feet in the average Brooklyn apartment, I'm afraid it would end up in bed with you. So you'll have to accept my gratitude instead. Here we go ... Karen writes, ''I'm living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where I have become a band groupie for two amazing bands (the drummer in each band is from camp Trin '97 and '98) . And both of these hottie drummers live in Williamsburg too, but would prefer not to be mentioned, because they are just way tooo HOT! I work for a private hedge fund with great views of Central Park. And for the first time in my life, I actually LOVE my DAY JOB! I call it a day job because I still dream abo ut being a Hip Hop video dancer. Putting the emphasis on 'dream.' In any case, I work with an amazing group of people and have made some great new friends. I spent last weekend in Connecticut at Katy Deconti 's bridal shower with Uzma Akhand and Emmy Tracy. We had the best time ever' And I can't wait for the wedding' It is going to be so much fun. In NYC I am pretty much attached to Leigh Anne Lopinto and Chris Lui. I hope that if they decide to move out of NYC that they adopt me and take me with them. Last time I saw the crew, a bunch of us met up for booze, of course! In the Lower East Side where Tim Maliekal, Mark Salafia, Dave Digiacomo , and Clive Chatterjee caught up with us . Brendan Way also was visiting from Cali taking some time off before law school. That's pretty much it, except for harassing Trinity alumni wherever I can find them. Oh, and furthermore, I am all about the 'danceoff' again this year at Homecoming! Last year, the girls and I kicked some major ass with help from Ray Jon es and Jon Golas!" Last but not least, Karen sends a shout out to the "Pinoy" power team Gonz (Ronaldo Gonzalez) and Sara Upton . "Mabuhay!" (Secretary's note: Admittedly, this confused me. It might confuse you, too. I'm just guessing. I googled it. Roughly translated it mean " hurray" or "to life." It's OK, you can thank me later.) Diego Kraidelman writes that he is expanding his adventure tour company to Costa Rica, with plans to continue the expansion to the Dominican Republic in the near future. He is enjoying working in eco-tourism and encourages everyone to visit his Web site www.travelto-costa ri ca. com. Kera Weaber Aronson writes in from her post at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. She writes, "Mter not finding a job researching monkey behavior in exotic locales (tough job market!), I joined the Foreign Service and moved to Washington, D.C. in summer 1999. I met my husband Uri Aronson by chance in 2000, along the cliffs of the Potomac River, while he was teaching seemingly all-female groups to rock climb. H e had a hard time convincing me that he had not orchestrated the event to meet women. He won me over and we were married two years later in June 2002. Our daughter, Helle, who appears to be a clone of her dad, was born in July 2003. She began her overseas adventures when she was 10 months old, and I moved the family to Cairo, Egypt, for our first assignment. I am working at the U.S. Embassy there and, by luck, they had a computer engineering slot open for Uri. Life in Cairo has been good to us ... day trips to desert pyramids and beach resorts, and never a dull corrunute with donkey carts plotting down even the major highways. We also can get cheap flights to Europe, which we did in December 2004, during a vacation to Rome and a drop-in to the Trinity College pub. The only drawback is being far from friends and family... . We have

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an extra guest room, guys, if you find yourself in Cairo! We'll be here until the end of our assignment in June 2006, and then back to Washington D.C. and then who knows! Work is very busy, especially with VIPs from Washington coming into town." Madame President Christina Palmese is still living in Hoboken and finishing up her postdoctoral fellowship. Her penchant for Manhattan's meat packing disttict has led to many fun nights in the city with summer spent traveling. She recently returned from Puerto Rico with Monica Petruolo Goldstein and some non-Trinity pals. She highly recommends Puerto R.ico as a destination and ordering "mofongo" (whatever this is, I can guarantee it has the potential for a rendezvous with the emergency room). And while the rest of us are busy soaking up our hangovers with a bar towel, others are procreating. Including Jenn Gregg and Joe Bacani who welcomed their son, Nolan Paul, into the world on May 2, and Juliana Blunt Bouvet and Stephane Bouvet '97 who met son, Austin William, for the first time on July 20th. Lots of boys, eh? Congratulations to all the new moms and dads and kiss your normal sleeping patterns goodbye! C hristina also reports that Ted Keleher married Dina Wehren on May 21, 2005, and have recently returned from their honeymoon in the Turks and Caicos. The couple live in Glastonbury, CT. Phi Bang Choi showed off pictures of her new suburban Atlanta town home at Ted's wedding, much to the chagrin of New York City dwellers. As Christina so aptly put it: " It is palatial compared to my 1BR apartment!" Well , kids, that's all I've got for you. Thanks for keeping the news coming and I look forward to hearing from many more of you. Even the shy ones ... come out, come out wherever you are! I promise I don't bite. Hard, anyway. Till next time, be safe and well! Tali a

Alumni Fund Goal: $10,000 Class Secretary: Alyssa A. Daigle, 25 Main St., Apt. D, Charlestown, MA 02129 e-mail: alyssa.daigle.1999@trincoll .edu; fa..x: 617-242-8841 Class Agents: Catherine Kurz McComb; Heidi E. Norman; Margaret D. Pitts So it's finally summer and leave it to the Bostonians to complain about the weather-it's always too cold in the winter and too hot in tl1e SUilUller-there is no middle ground here. The only saving grace is the continuing success of the Red Sox, which seems to keep everyone from completely losing their cool in the hot surruner temperatures! I hope everyone is enjoying sunm1er in their respective states and thanks a bunch to those who took the time to write-it's great to hear from you' Here's what's new: Mikes York and Ingrassia have joined forces once again-this time in New York City. Mike Ingrassia writes:'Tve been working in New York City this summer, where I've had the chance to hang out a lot \vith

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