At our last Ithacan editorial
board meeting before leaving for the spring National College Media Convention
in New York last weekend, I told the board that I would be bringing the current
editors who would be participating in the conference to “meet
the family” — namely our New York Ithacan alumni — at our annual
spring dinner. I compared it to an extended family reunion where you meet a
whole bunch of cool, interesting cousins you never knew you had.
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| From left: Jake Leary, Scott McDermott, Graham Hebel, Fernando Ferraz and Connor Lange. |
And a family reunion is
what it always feels like. This year’s group spanned more than two decades,
from the class of 1997 to the current freshmen attending the conference. Forty
of us turned out on Monday night despite the impending blizzard scheduled to
start at midnight. The photo section was well-represented, with eight former
and current editors present, including a rare appearance by Scott
McDermott! And Jill Agostino stopped by — her first dinner with the New
York crew since the Times moved her back to the city from D.C. (where
our alumni are still missing her).
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| Evin Billington, Miles Surrey, Aaron Edwards and Frances Johnson |
The alumni lineup consisted
of Jill Agostino ’86, Nicolas Barajas ’08, Evin Billington ’16, Jaclyn Cataldi
’15, Jack Curran ’15, Jared Dionne ’13, William Earl ’09, Aaron Edwards ’12,
Evan Falk ’09, Max Gillilan ’16, James Hawver ’07, Graham Hebel ’13, Frances
Johnson ’16, Sami Khan ’02, Kira Maddox ’16, Scott McDermott ’97, Tucker
Mitchell ’16, Casey Musarra ’11, Gillian Nigro ’14, Rachel Orlow ’13, Taylor
Palmer ’14, Steven Pirani ’16, Matt Quintanilla ’07, Deepa Shah ’06, Elizabeth
Sile ’11, Shawn Steiner ’13, Miles Surrey ’15, Andy Swift ’09, Andrew Weiser
’11, Jennifer Williams ’16, Stacey Coburn Williams ’07, Chloe Wilson ’14 and
Vicky Wolak ’14.
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| Jim Hawver, Matt Quintanilla, Deepa Shah and Stacey Coburn Williams |
Current students who
attended were Editor-in-Chief Kayla Dwyer ’17, Assistant Multimedia Editor
Connor Duffy ’20, Photo Editor Fernando Ferraz ’17, Assistant Photo Editor
Connor Lange ’19, Assistant Life & Culture Editor Jake Leary ’20 and
Assistant Multimedia Editor Matt Maloney ’20.
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| Jack Curran, Gillian Nigro and Kira Maddox |
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| Kayla Dwyer, Libby Sile and Bill Earl |
It was terrific to see
everyone, as always. Thank you to the good people at Heartland Brewery and Chophouse at on
W. 43rd St., who made sure we had a good time, as they have for many years now.
And special thanks to Deepa Shah, without whose organizational talents — and
generosity — these events would be a lot more difficult to manage.
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| Andrew Weiser, Casey Musarra and Evan Falk |
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| Shawn Steiner, Jennifer Williams and Steve Pirani |
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| Taylor Palmer and Chloe Wilson |
