Tuesday, December 30, 2008
She Put the Orange in Syracuse...Jan C. Potter (Herbert)..
1. What is your name: Now Jan Potter, Then Jan Herbert2. What was your room number? OK, I must confess, I was not a Sadleritte but a Watson Gal…third floor for 3 years
3. Who was your roommate? My freshman year it was 2 juniors (Stacey Conti and Sue Stein) plus freshman, Chris Groves (now)…and I can’t remember her maiden name!
4. What was your hometown? Huntington Station, New York, Long Island
5. What was your major? Newhouse school of communications
6. Did you know any JAP’s? – Sue might beg to differ
7. Funniest all time Belushi moment? Ahh, well so many TEP keg parties to recount
8. Funniest all time moment bar none?
9. Favorite “Establishment”? – 1st Bugsy and then we ended the evening at Sutters
10. Did you have pets while at SU? We did have a rabbit junior year….the cleaning lady kept asking how rabbit droppings where getting in the hallways.
11. What was your favorite song? Way to many to pick one…burning down the house was a good party tune.
Tell us about your post SU Years.
12. Where do you live now? Northport, NY
13. Tell us about your family? 1 hubby - Robert (6 years married) and a 4 ½ year old daughter - Isabel
14. What is your occupation? Marketing specialist (as if there can be one!)
15. Can you help Todd land a new job? …just after I find my new one
16. Favorite vacation spot? Leetes Island, CT.
17. Has life been good to you so far? Only minor complaints to date…got health, got love, got a little bit of $$...not so much after this crash.
18. What do you still hope to accomplish? Open a private Art School with my husband
19. What will your gravestone read? 1963-2??? What will that “dash” stand for…your life boils down to your gravestone with a ‘dash’…well it sure as shit ain’t gonna say “boy she did some great media plans for American Express, thanks for working those 15 hour days!”
20. Is your spouse everything you hoped for? – I’m not sure I ever hoped for something in particular…but someone who loves me for me, is a partner in crime and on a similar wave length…then yes.
21. Favorite Current TV Show? Hummm, lots of cold case mysteries (not the sow but the real ones) and American Idol -- I must confess
22. Are you a preppie? More like a CWM (corporate working mom)
23. Would you be up for an annual reunion? Definitely this one…next year…have to see how this one goes.
24. Favorite All time life moment? -- isn’t it to come?
25. Did you vote for Obama or are you a loser? BO FOREVER
WHO are You???? Jeff Barnum..The Later Years!
What is your name – Jeff Barnum
What was your room number? - 242 
Who was your roommate? Robert Steinman
What was your hometown? – Glen Cove, NY
What was your major? – Chemical Engineering
Did you know any JAP’s? Only after I arrived at Syracuse, never before.
Funniest all time Belushi moment? Todd and Belushi on the Big Wheel in Sadler 2
Funniest all time moment bar none? Too many to recall….
Favorite “Establishment”? Faegan’s Pub.
Did you have pets while at SU? Define “pet”
What was your favorite song? At the time, “The Real Me” and “Love, Reign o’er
Who was your roommate? Robert Steinman
What was your hometown? – Glen Cove, NY
What was your major? – Chemical Engineering
Did you know any JAP’s? Only after I arrived at Syracuse, never before.
Funniest all time Belushi moment? Todd and Belushi on the Big Wheel in Sadler 2
Funniest all time moment bar none? Too many to recall….
Favorite “Establishment”? Faegan’s Pub.
Did you have pets while at SU? Define “pet”
What was your favorite song? At the time, “The Real Me” and “Love, Reign o’er 
tart the year? Whoever was the most drunk….
What did Belushi ride down the hall way? A Big Wheel (that’s easy)
What did Moon throw on the ceiling in the cafeteria? Butter patties (another softball!)
How many non-alcoholic drinks did Moon drink before throwing up veal parmesan? 8 glasses of whole milk, 3 cokes, 2 orange sodas, and 1 ginger ale, maybe (1-2) OJs.
Port Washington? Rob Steinmann
Southington? Woj
Da Bronx? Gallucci, Ivan
What was the name of the thing on the rotating skewer at Archies? Who the hell knows – some kind of pressed meat, like a giant hot dog!
And bonus question good for 25 points…..
What two men met on September 9th 1979? Todd “Moon” Civin and David “Belushi” Harding
As Expected, Barnum scored higher on the quiz than anyone else....MUST HAVE STUDIED while the rest of 
us crammed....
PLUS HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER ARE HOT!!!!!
Arrivederci, Gibney
Here's the KLG snap shot"...hope it suffices. Left SU, did the obligatory travel and got moving on the big career game. Realized Day-1 in Corporate America that I needed to get out. Got them to pay for a finance MBA at NYU while I fed my hunger to escape. After 7 years in that game and a stint as the marketing guy in a First Boston private equity gig, I left that stuff forever. Started a Sports and Entertainment Marketing company which I ran from '91 to '06 and then sold to employees. I got married in '91, and got divorced in '05. My greate
st accomplishment to date takes the form of my two kids Ian, aged 12 and Chiara, aged 10. We moved to Italy 2 years ago (having had a foothol
d in Central Italy since '03) and have been busy with this new phase of life, career and fatherhood. Life here is completely different than the stateside rhythm...nice pace, human scale, great quality. Right now my work centers around the purchase and restoration of ruined old stone farmhouses and little groups of buildings that are marketed to ex-pats from places as far-flung as Dubai, Australia and Brooklyn looking for a piece of La Dolce Vita. My interests (sounds a lot like the Miss America Pageant) are origami, quilting, world peace, uhm actually, I like to eat, hang with my kids, travel, drink wine in the piazza, do long distance bike rides and go trekking. I basically try to enjoy living and I will continue to make the effort for as long as I am able. I have not been back to SU since 1984 and don't feel any great connection to the place...just the people. Kudos to Todd for giving us back this great time in our lives. While I will miss the soiree in NYC, Todd will serve notice that the door in Italy is "Sempre Aperto"...that is, always open...Tanti Auguri ai Bravi di Sadler-2!!.KLG
Note that I believe the Sw
amp was room 228, fittingly directly across from the toilets anKoom I had in Year-2 that Barnum inhabited in Year-1...
st accomplishment to date takes the form of my two kids Ian, aged 12 and Chiara, aged 10. We moved to Italy 2 years ago (having had a foothol
d in Central Italy since '03) and have been busy with this new phase of life, career and fatherhood. Life here is completely different than the stateside rhythm...nice pace, human scale, great quality. Right now my work centers around the purchase and restoration of ruined old stone farmhouses and little groups of buildings that are marketed to ex-pats from places as far-flung as Dubai, Australia and Brooklyn looking for a piece of La Dolce Vita. My interests (sounds a lot like the Miss America Pageant) are origami, quilting, world peace, uhm actually, I like to eat, hang with my kids, travel, drink wine in the piazza, do long distance bike rides and go trekking. I basically try to enjoy living and I will continue to make the effort for as long as I am able. I have not been back to SU since 1984 and don't feel any great connection to the place...just the people. Kudos to Todd for giving us back this great time in our lives. While I will miss the soiree in NYC, Todd will serve notice that the door in Italy is "Sempre Aperto"...that is, always open...Tanti Auguri ai Bravi di Sadler-2!!.KLG
Note that I believe the Sw
amp was room 228, fittingly directly across from the toilets anKoom I had in Year-2 that Barnum inhabited in Year-1...
One Fish...Two Fish...Red Fish...Janet Fish...
What is your name Janet (Fish) Gatehouse
What was your room number? Maybe 204
Who was your roommate? Phyllis Raynor
What was your hometown? Boca Raton, FL
What was your major? Advertising/Marketing
Did you know any JAP’s? Many—we were surrounded
Funniest all time Belushi moment? When Todd and him threw themselves down the steps of Sadler Hall
Funniest all time moment bar none? Barnum and I in Faegans on ludes….”Don’t ruin my buzz…..”
Favorite “Establishment”? Faegans
Did you have pets while at SU? Fraidy Cat who got run over by one of my roommates on Thanksgiving when I wasn’t there
What was your favorite song? Cannot remember!!!!!!
Tell us about your post SU Years.
Where do you live now? Lon Gisland
Tell us about your family? Triplet Boys 14 years old—Adam, Ian and Alex, Husband Don
What is your occupation? Sales and Design 
Can you help Todd land a new job? I would if almost everyone I knew wasn’t out of work or downsizing
Favorite vacation spot? Too many to name
Has life been good to you so far? Better then I deserve
What do you still hope to accomplish? To be able to send 3 kids to college at the same time
Favorite Current TV Show? It’s a tie….That 70’s Show or Two and a Half Men
Are you a preppie? Fuck Off
Would you be up for an annual reunion? Yep
Favorite All time life moment? Birth of kids
Did you vote for Obama or are you a loser? Obama—now let’s see what he does
Monday, December 29, 2008
The Better Half... of Ann and Dan
OK, dude, here are my answers -- which flip as fast as my hot flashes nowadays -- so check back for changes before you see everyone.Todd Civin wrote:> > > **> > *Sadler 2 *> > *Getting to Know You Questionnaire*> > * *> > *Please answer as truthfully as you choose to. *> > * *> > * *> > 1. *What is your name Ann (Voke) Needle *> > 2. *What was your room number? 214 *> > 3. *Who was your roommate? -- Susan "the Japlet" Stein *> > 4. *What was your hometown? Chelsea, MA *> > 5. *What was your major? Something in Newhouse *> > 6. *Were you a JAP? No, just a drip *> > 7. *Did you know any JAP’s? See #3 *> > 8. *Funniest all time Belushi moment? Watching him prance in BVDs in the dead space between Sadler and Lawrenson, in a blizzard *> > 9. *Funniest all time moment bar none? Selling punch to a bunch of drunks at a DPhiE party -- for $3 A CUP!!!! -- out of recently used trash barrels lined with nothing but plastic *> > 10. *Favorite Bar? Varsity *> > 11. *Favorite Drug? Cosmo's Reuben> *> > 12. *Did you have pets while at SU? Dan Romanow *> > 13. *Was SU the site of your first sexual encounter? I'm Irish *> > 14. *What was your favorite song? "Highway to Hell" *> > **> > *Tell us about your post SU Years.*> > * *> > 16. *Where do you live now? Stow, MA> *> > 17. *Tell us about your family? Husband Jeff, son Nathan (15), daughter Katy (12), plus cats Cleo and April *> > 18. *What is your occupation? Correspondent for the Stow Independent *> > 19. *Can you help Todd land a new job? Depends on what he did, does, and wants to do next *> > 20. *Favorite vacation spot? Hawai'i *> > 21. *Has life been good to you so far? Can't complain, but sometimes I still do *> > 2. *What do you still hope to accomplish? Write a book about Sadler 2 that explains it all to my therapist> *> > 23. *What will your gravestone read? "Okay, now YOU clean the toilet" *> > 24. *Is your spouse everything you hoped for? and more... *> > 25. *Favorite Current TV Show? LOST! *> > 26. *Are you a preppie? Did I hear "Talbots' semi-annual sale?" *> > 27. *Would you be up for an annual reunion? Yes (though summer works better for me) *> > 28. *Favorite All time life moment? Walking into Sadler after parents left me freshman year at Syracuse, knowing that I was doing something I really didn't want to do, was WOEFULLY unprepared for, but needed to do if I was ever to have the independent chutzpa of those Long Island kids I was now living with. *> > 29. *Did you vote for Obama or are you a loser? There was another choice?! *> > **> > * *> > * *> > > Todd M. Civin> 978-297-1922>
Behind Every Good Man....
On Dec 11th, Kate and I went to the hospital and threw 46 pennies in the fountain and made wishes for Dave and us. Then we toured the Children's Hospital where both Kate and Dave were born, this time the train (hung from the ceiling) was running so we followed it and enjoyed the aquarium and books in the reception area. We then met Dave's sister Kim and her children for dinner.
Family and friends are what make up our lives, we continue to hold Dave in our hearts and try to hold those still in our physical world tighter. Thanks again for your efforts on our behalf.
When is the next get together in NYC? I would love to plan to come. Thanks again for all you have been doing,
Love,
Ruth
Sunday, December 28, 2008
When The Devil Went Down to Syracuse
What is your name: “Devil” Dan Gillis
What was your room number? 242 AKA “The Swamp” . Thanks to Master Gibney, I would have never remembered that, across from the bathroom would have been my best response oth
erwise.****Editors Note: Barnum Advises that this was his room number....Someone is lying!!!!
erwise.****Editors Note: Barnum Advises that this was his room number....Someone is lying!!!!
Who was your roommate? Gibney and The Messiah Bob White 1st semester
What was your hometown? Hull, Ma,
What was your major? CIS to start, then Ecomomics
Did you know any JAP’s? Currently no, I live a sheltered life
Funniest all time Belushi moment? It has to be the big wheel, though there were many.
Favorite Moon moment was when you chugged the “Vodka” and the girls were all screaming in horror to stop. The when they found out it was water I believe you not only were verbally assaulted but physically as well.
Funniest all time moment bar none?
Homecoming week-end, we were all crammed in the “Swamp” I was playing guitar and we were all singing “you really got me”. This quickly changed when Ken almost knocked the door off the hinges as well as a few people off the top bunk. I think fire was coming out of his eyes.
Gibney and I performing: “Bob White will never die” As sung to “My My, Hey Hey (Out of the blue) by Neil Young”
It is one of the above two from the “Sadler” days. Here are some more though:
The filthy message board drawing contest.
Feb 22nd 1980, my 19th birthday the kamikaze party. I have never drank one since. US beat the Russians, and I also believe on this historic night Janet, I think that was her name, ran into the door chasing Romanow and knocked herself out if memory serves me correctly.
The time Gibney wrote the note about the evenings dinner to “Joe Sadler” and stuck it to the comment board by sticking his fork through the alleged “hotdog”. I believe he referred to it as “pig entrails”.
Gibney spitting what ever he last had in his mouth onto the ceiling of the elevator.
The Experiment: suspecting the lack of actual cleaning of the boys bathroom. The placing of bread on the top of the “locker stalls”. The site of that bread once we took it down weeks later confirmed our fears. I guess that was not funny now was it but a memorable moment none the 
less.
less.
Favorite “Establishment”? The Varsity
Did you have pets while at SU? Does the women who cleaned the bathrooms count. I guess she was more of a mascot.
What was your favorite song? “Running with the Devil” This was also the song I blew Gibney’s speakers too within days of the 1st semester beginning.
Do you know the identity of the Mad Shitter?
Tell us about your post SU Years. Where do you live now? Millis MA
Tell us about your family? Divorced – Two girls Christine 12 Maggie 9 What is your occupation? Project Manager/Senior Systems Manager for PNC Global Investment Servicing Can you help Todd land a new job? I have my ear to the rail. Favorite vacation spot? Disney World Has life been good to you so far? Yes I would say life has been very good. What do you still hope to accomplish? More travel with the girls to show them the many wonderful places in this country as well as the world. What will your gravestone read? If you can read this I must be dead. Favorite Current TV Show? Life Are you a preppie? I have not nor never will be confused with a “Preppie” Would you be up for an annual reunion? yes Favorite All time life moment? It is watching my girls grow up. I look forward to those special “life moments” as they happen. Did you vote for Obama or are you a loser? Yes but I liked McCain better. It was the Palin choice that changed my vote. Bring Back Memory Quiz. This will be graded on a curve. This will bring back memories of my academic career at SU. Why was this not multiple choice!!!!! Which was furrier Darren Silverstein’s boots or Rich Welger’s back? This is a trick question, His knuckles not his back. Devil? Now that would me Messiah? Bob Wh
ite Boom Boom? Barb Mancini What was the name of the Native American Lacrosse Player? There was such a person What did Belushi ride down the hall way? The Big Wheel Name the person who went with the hometown? Hull? Me again Windsor Locks? Zonk? Da Bronx? Pedro? What was in the eye of the guy making pizza in the window at Acropolis? There is Pizza cheese, head cheese and toe cheese. That was a combination of all three. Johhny Zorba or Archie? Pepsi Pepsi no coke! Zorba What was the name of the thing on the rotating skewer at Archies? His family called him “Old Yellar” And bonus question good for 25 points….. What two men met on September 9th 1979? Since it was not Starsky and Hutch it must be Belushi and Moon.
ite Boom Boom? Barb Mancini What was the name of the Native American Lacrosse Player? There was such a person What did Belushi ride down the hall way? The Big Wheel Name the person who went with the hometown? Hull? Me again Windsor Locks? Zonk? Da Bronx? Pedro? What was in the eye of the guy making pizza in the window at Acropolis? There is Pizza cheese, head cheese and toe cheese. That was a combination of all three. Johhny Zorba or Archie? Pepsi Pepsi no coke! Zorba What was the name of the thing on the rotating skewer at Archies? His family called him “Old Yellar” And bonus question good for 25 points….. What two men met on September 9th 1979? Since it was not Starsky and Hutch it must be Belushi and Moon.
True Tales of a School Librarian..The Betsy Dudko Story
What is your name Betsy Chinnici
What was your room number? 207
Who was your roommate? Ramona Fabregas
What was your hometown? Fairfield, Connecticut
What was your major? Interior Design
Did you know any JAP’s? Yes
Funniest all time Belushi moment? When he came to me to borrow $ for Ramona’s valentine gift. I’m thinking jewelry, roses….NO!! It was a six foot boa constrictor that lived in our dorm room in an aquarium that we were supposed to feed live mice to. Needless to say, Ramona scampered upstairs to sleep in Belushi’s room and left that reptile with me. (I hate snakes!) Somehow it found a new home very quickly.
Funniest all time moment bar none? Won’t say!
Favorite “Establishment”?
Did you have pets while at SU? Snake
What was your favorite song? The Who’s “Teenage Wasteland” Baba O'Rily written by Pete Townshend
Tell us about your post SU Years.
Where do you live now? Stratford, Connecticut
Tell us about yo
ur family? My husband is Russ and we were married in 1985. (23 years) My son is Chris (18) he is currently a freshman at University of Hartford and loves being a college student. Can I go back??? My daughter Melonie (9) is in 4th grade and competes in gymnastics and is a happy little angel. (so far)
What is your occupation? Library Media Specialist
Can you help Todd land a new job? I don’t think so.
Favorite vacation spot? St. John’s VI. Caneel Bay
.
Has life been good to you so far? So far so good.
What do you still hope to accomplish? More traveling around the world.
What will your gravestone read? “Never go straight, just go forward.”
Is your spouse everything you hoped for? Of Course after 23 years of marriage he better be.
Favorite Current TV Show? Grey’s Anatomy
Are you a preppie? Just a non-conformist
Would you be up for an annual reunion? Yes
Favorite All time life moment? Finding out I was finally pregnant for the first time at 37.
Did you vote for Obama or are you a loser? Yes and he better fix things.
ur family? My husband is Russ and we were married in 1985. (23 years) My son is Chris (18) he is currently a freshman at University of Hartford and loves being a college student. Can I go back??? My daughter Melonie (9) is in 4th grade and competes in gymnastics and is a happy little angel. (so far)
What is your occupation? Library Media Specialist
Can you help Todd land a new job? I don’t think so.
Favorite vacation spot? St. John’s VI. Caneel Bay
.
Has life been good to you so far? So far so good.
What do you still hope to accomplish? More traveling around the world.
What will your gravestone read? “Never go straight, just go forward.”
Is your spouse everything you hoped for? Of Course after 23 years of marriage he better be.
Favorite Current TV Show? Grey’s Anatomy
Are you a preppie? Just a non-conformist
Would you be up for an annual reunion? Yes
Favorite All time life moment? Finding out I was finally pregnant for the first time at 37.
Did you vote for Obama or are you a loser? Yes and he better fix things.
I have to tell you, that you know the true spirit of Christmas. The
happy memories that have flooded back to me in the past week is a wonderful gift.
Would you tell Bernard I remember the night that I pierced his ear with a needle, ice cube and a bottle of Sambuca? Michie was a good friend for the 3 semesters I was at SU and I would love to see her again. I think I met up with Woj at the top of Killington's restaurant about 15 years ago??
happy memories that have flooded back to me in the past week is a wonderful gift.
Would you tell Bernard I remember the night that I pierced his ear with a needle, ice cube and a bottle of Sambuca? Michie was a good friend for the 3 semesters I was at SU and I would love to see her again. I think I met up with Woj at the top of Killington's restaurant about 15 years ago??
I'll Be Back.....Not Arnold...Just Pumped Like Him...
My recollection of Judy Herman is that of a voice major who's voice never stopped. TEP Little sister...Karen's partner in crime...
If I had to think of her body style I would say somewhere between Ken Greene's and Kathy Goldman's..
Who says that people don't change?
Getting to Know Judy Herman-Then and Now...
Who was your roommate? Karen Cufari (soph); Sally Johnson (fresh - 3rd fl)
What was your hometown? Cherry Hill, NJ
What was your major? Music Industry/Voice
Were you a JAP? Absolutely not!
Did you know any JAP’s? Of course!
Funniest all time Belushi moment? "Rrrrula Lennnska"
Funniest all time moment bar none? Why do I only remember the drama now?
Favorite Bar? Slutter's... oops, I mean Sutter's Mill
Favorite Drug? At that time, the ol' MaryJane
Did you have pets while at SU? No (does Morrie Levine count?)
Was SU the site of your first sexual encounter, you Virgin? LOL!!!!
With how many people did you have sex while at SU? I plead the 5th 
What was your favorite song? Anything from Pink Floyd's The Wall
Tell us about your post SU Years.
Where do you live now? Dumont, NJ (Bergen Cty)
Tell us about your family? Divorced, no kids, 2 cats
What is your occupation? Personal Fitness Trainer & EMT for Bergen Cty (I did work for 10 years in the Music Business and justified my SU diploma)
Favorite vacation spot? What's a vacation?
Has life been good to you so far? Can't complain :)
What do you still hope to accomplish? Understand men (I know, it's impossible)
What will your gravestone read? Eternally optimistic to a fault
Is your spouse everything you hoped for? If he were 6 ft under, he'd be perfect.. (I'm sorry, did that sound bitter?)
Favorite Current TV Show? "Rescue Me"
Are you a preppie? NO!
Would you be up for an annual reunion? Let's see how this one goes
Favorite All tim
e life moment? Taking 2nd place in a Bodybuilding competition
Did you vote for Obama or are you a loser? OBAMA!
What was your favorite song? Anything from Pink Floyd's The Wall
Tell us about your post SU Years.
Where do you live now? Dumont, NJ (Bergen Cty)
Tell us about your family? Divorced, no kids, 2 cats
What is your occupation? Personal Fitness Trainer & EMT for Bergen Cty (I did work for 10 years in the Music Business and justified my SU diploma)
Favorite vacation spot? What's a vacation?
Has life been good to you so far? Can't complain :)
What do you still hope to accomplish? Understand men (I know, it's impossible)
What will your gravestone read? Eternally optimistic to a fault
Is your spouse everything you hoped for? If he were 6 ft under, he'd be perfect.. (I'm sorry, did that sound bitter?)
Favorite Current TV Show? "Rescue Me"
Are you a preppie? NO!
Would you be up for an annual reunion? Let's see how this one goes
Favorite All tim
e life moment? Taking 2nd place in a Bodybuilding competition
Did you vote for Obama or are you a loser? OBAMA!
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