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Officers of Fall 2009!





President: Lauren Reese

Major: Secondary Education - English; Comparative Literature
Minor: English; Spanish
Year: Senior
Semesters in Oriana: 7
Hometown: Lancaster, PA
Favorite Oriana Memory: Opera Gala with the "Three Little Maids" choralography and homestaying in Lancaster with Dee, John, and Arnie
Favorite Quote: "There are two kinds of people in this world: those who believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who are smart enough to know better."
Randomness: My goal in life is to find out where wind comes from or to wrtie an epic poem consisting of alliterative rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter.









Vice President: Jessica Angeline

Major: Economics
Minor: Business, Anthropology
Year: Senior
Semesters in Oriana: 6
Hometown: Glen Mills, PA
Favorite Oriana Memory: Ducktaping dresses, "spritely," two hour dinners at West Commons, Exit 44
Favorite Quote: "The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward." - Amelia Earhart
Randomness: I like to fill my world with the complex and unique--strange foods, quirky people, foreign cultures. Many find this in contradiction with my typically conservative values, but I don't see it that way...I just want my life to be interesting.









Secretary: Laura Herrmann

Major: Elementary Education
Minor: Theatre
Year: Junior
Semesters in Oriana: 5
Hometown: Doylestown, Pa
Favorite Oriana Memory: sitting on a bus in the middle of nowhere for 4 hours and not getting home til 5am!!
Favorite Quote: "Be the change you wish to see in the world"
Randomness: I love Oriana!












Treasurer: Melissa Zabell

Major: Sociology
Year: Junior
Semesters in Oriana: 5
Hometown: Wappingers Falls, NY
Favorite Oriana Memory: Christmas Caroling in the rain
Favorite Quote: "Calling someone a nerd is just like saying 'You really like stuff'."
Randomness: Was called Goldie Locks in kindergarten












Librarian: Angela Girvan

Major: Music Education (flute)
Year: Sophomore
Semesters in Oriana: 2
Hometown: Paramus, NJ
Favorite Oriana Memory: Singing at the Lancaster Church of the Brethren, everyone was so appreciative!
Favorite Quote: "When words fail, music speaks"
Randomness: chocolate milk is my favorite!












Assistant Librarian: BoYoung Kang

Major: Conducting
Semesters in Oriana: 3
Hometown: Seoul, South Korea
Favorite Oriana Memory: Walking toward the stage from darkness with fabulous girls















Historian: Rachel Gold

Major: Music Education (flute)
Year: Sophomore
Semesters in Oriana: 2
Hometown: Doylestown, PA
Favorite Oriana Memory: Standing in the back row my first semester even though I'm only 5'3"
Favorite Quote: "I'll see you at the double bar!" - Dr. Eleanor Armstrong
Randomness: I never throw out a pair of shoes, no matter how beaten up they are!












THON Chair: Carrie Forsberg

Major: Human Development and Family Studies
Year: Junior
Semesters in Oriana: 5
Hometown: Bourne, MA
Favorite Oriana Memory: Walking up and down the stairs a million times at Eisenhower Auditorium
Favorite Quote: "Dream as if you'll live forever; live as if you'll die today."
Randomness: I love the beach, and my favorite color is pink.












Social Chair: Kelly Bohm

Major: Bioengineering
Minor: Health Policy Administration
Year: Junior
Semesters in Oriana: 5
Hometown: Selinsgrove, Pa
Favorite Oriana Memory: Getting stuck on the bus coming back from York (Sp 08)
Favorite Quote: "Live in the present, and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering."
Randomness: I love to travel and want to see the world!












Soprano 1 Section Leader: Julia Barndt

Major: Anthropology
Year: 5th yr Senior/ 2 yr grad student
Semesters in Oriana: 9
Hometown: Souderton, PA
Favorite Oriana Memory: Last year's Lancaster trip & homestaying with John, Dee, and Arnie!
Favorite Quote:""Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted."
Randomness: I have over 7000 songs in my iTunes.












Soprano 2 Section Leader: Sarah Deem

Major: Public Relations
Minor: Spanish and Business
Year: Junior
Semesters in Oriana: 5
Hometown: Wyomissing, PA
Favorite Oriana Memory: Getting stranded on the broken down bus from York. (not too fun... but memorable definitely)
Favorite Quote: "Everything you need to know you learned in kindergarten."
Randomness: I went to high school with Taylor Swift :)












Alto 1 Section Leader: Kim Malora

Major: Human Development & Family Studies
Minor: Psychology
Year: Senior
Semesters in Oriana: 7
Hometown: Springfield Township, PA
Favorite Oriana Memory: Penn State York trip - it was frustrating but it made us closer
Favorite Quote: "How can I keep from singing when the music fills my soul?"
Randomness: I can play both parts of Heart & Soul in evry key with my eyes closed.












Alto 2 Section Leader: Cassie Dudurich

Major: Elementary Education
Year: Junior
Semesters in Oriana: 2
Hometown: Greensburg, PA
Favorite Oriana Memory: Traveling to Lancaster and staying with a host family
Favorite Quote: "Let what you love be your escape"
Randomness: I can pick things up/pinch people with my toes












Webmistress: Shelby L. Smith

Major: Civil Engineering
Minor: Architectural History
Year: Senior
Semesters in Oriana: 5
Hometown: Berwick, PA
Favorite Oriana Memory: ...it happens...
Favorite Quote: “Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” ~Ellla Fitzgerald~
Randomness: I want to own a lighthouse someday.









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