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Meet the Officers!







President : Allison Gabriel
Major: Psychology
Minor: Sociology
Year: Senior
Semesters in Oriana: 8
Hometown: East Stroudsburg, PA
Favorite Oriana Memory: The photo shoot we had before the Fall 2006 Winterfest Concert. It was before that concert that I realized how much of a positive impact Oriana made on my life, and how blessed I was to share music and friendship with such talented women.
Favorite Quote: "It's the rule of life: everything you have ever wanted comes to you the very second you stop looking for it."
Randomness: Just spending my senior year sucking the life out of Penn State.. WE ARE!









Vice-President : Jessica C. Angeline
Major: Economics
Minor: Anthropology
Year: Sophomore
Semesters in Oriana: 2
Hometown: Media, PA
Favorite Oriana Memory: ducktaped hems, being wowed by the Glee Club's rendition of "Kiss the Girl," Brindisi, the "ALTO POWER" election sweep...
Favorite Quote: oh so many, i guess um...
"Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness, has never danced in the rain." ~ Anon
OR any lyric ever written by the amazing Tori Amos, Amy Lee, Fiona Apple, Joni Mitchell, the Beatles, Regina Spektor, Bjork, 30 Seconds to Mars... you get the picture
Randomness: When I'm not singing, I'm dancing ballroom and Argentine Tango, cheering on the PSU Nittany Lions, watching Family Guy and Office re-runs with my roommate, getting too excited over Supply and Demand curves, geo-rectifying archaeological surveys to satellite maps of Mexico, missing my family and dog Cody, or daydreaming about the future, time permitting of course ; p.









Secretary : Amy Gilbert
Major:Electrical Engineering
Minors: Music Technology/Audio Engineering
Year: Junior
Semesters in Oriana: 4
Hometown: Windber, PA
Favorite Oriana Memory: Getting stuck in the snow and having to trudge through it in our Oriana dresses!! Oh what fun!
Favorite Quote: "Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. And if you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away. " --Hitch (GREAT movie!!)
Randomness: I love you girls...seriously...being an engineer, I really need to be surrounded by estrogen sometimes!









Treasurer : Mary Katerman
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Librarian : Amanda Weber
Major:Music Education
Year:Junior
Semesters in Oriana: 5
Hometown:Deer Park NY, and Saylorsburg, PA
Favorite Oriana Memory:Getting stuck in the snow in Tyrone Pennsylvania
Favorite Quote: "It's a Horse, Sir. Here're the keys." Cpl. Radar Reilly, M*A*S*H 4077
Randomness: Spritely,ladies... Spritely









Assistant Librarian : Amanda Bashore
Major: Public Relations
Year: Sophomore
Semesters in Oriana: 3
Hometown: Bloomsburg, PA
Favorite Oriana Memory: Asst. Matt Travis turning beet red after calling the entire alto section 'The Bottoms'
Favorite Quote: "Cinderella is proof that a pair of shoes can change your whole life!"
Randomness: I sometimes go down wide stairs hopscotch-style.









Historian : Stacey Triplett
Major: Industrial Engineering
Year: Sophomore
Semesters in Oriana: 2
Hometown: Center, PA
Favorite Oriana Memory: Last Spring's "Three Little Maids" choreography!
Favorite Quote: "To Be A Nittany Lion: What is it like to be one of 42,000? It means walking to class with a map. It's being a single person in a sea of blue and white. It's waiting in lines... for tickets, for seats, for refreshments. It's meeting at the Fishtank, eating at the Creamery and cringing at the Willard Preacher. It means studying on Old Main's lawn and afternoon teas at the Cafe. It means your drinks come in pitchers and your weekends start on Wednesday. It means roommates and friends, and if you're lucky, they're one in the same. It means bragging rights and everlasting pride. It's becoming a part of a place that becomes a part of you. WE ARE PENN STATE!"
Randomness: I could bake cookies every single day and never get tired of it.









Family Relations THON Chair : Elise Rodgers
Major: Human Development and Family Studies
Year: Sophomore
Semesters in Oriana: 3
Hometown: Waynesboro PA...and now State College
Favorite Oriana Memory: Backstage at Winterfest :)
Favorite Quote: "A person's a person, no matter how small" -Dr. Seuss
Randomness: If it's not bright pink or green, related to babies or puppies, and doesn't involve dancing or bouncing or laughing, I'm probably not interested.









Webmistress : Shelby Smith
Major: Civil Engineering
Year: Sophomore
Semesters in Oriana: 2
Hometown: Berwick, PA
Favorite Oriana Memory: The way I feel everday after leaving class, completely revived from my day.
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 love Ella Fitzgerald!!









Soprano 1 Section Leader : Julia Barndt
Major: Anthropology
Year: Junior
Semesters in Oriana: 5
Hometown: Souderton, PA
Favorite Oriana Memory: The trip to Tyrone freshman year & singing in the Opera Gala last year
Favorite Quote: Rule #76. No excuses. Play like a champion.
Randomness: http://www.roflcats.com/ is the best website.









Soprano 2 Section Leader : Karlie Leung
Major: Crime, Law and Justice and Anthropology
Year: Junior
Semesters in Oriana: 2
Hometown: Hong Kong
Favorite Oriana Memory: Being surprised by Dr. Drafall's superb memory. She knows my name on the first day of rehearsal!
Favorite Quote: "Before you wonder ' Am I doing things right,' ask ' Am I doing the right things?' "
Randomness: I love anything Panda related.









Alto 1 Section Leader : Jessica Dovey
Major: English
Year: Senior
Semesters in Oriana: 2
Hometown: McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania and Naples, Florida
Favorite Oriana Memory: Dr. Drafall instructing us to rise above it every day!
Favorite Quote: "If people were meant to pop out of bed, we'd all sleep in toasters."
Randomness: I'm a transfer student from Iowa State University and I've been through more majors than I have fingers!









Alto 2 Section Leader : Allie Conn
Major: Public Relations
Year: Sophomore
Semesters in Oriana: 3
Hometown: Lower Merion, PA
Favorite Oriana Memory: Standing outside of Schwab auditiorium warming up in our full Oriana dress with so many people passing by. I think we told them we were nuns? They might have believed us.
Favorite Quote: "you will when you believe"
"Sing and dance. I'll play for you tonight, the thrill of it all. Dark clouds may hang on me sometimes, but I'll work it out and then I look up at the sky, my mouth is open wide, lick and taste what's the use in worrying? What's the use in hurrying? Turn turn, we almost become dizzy"
Randomness: Alto 2 loveeee!! We're bringing sprightly back... chyeah.









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