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Christian Madera

Alto Sax - Rank J

• Year:2010
• Major:Film, Philosophy
• Hometown:New Hyde Park, Long Island
• Marching Band Positions
• 2008 Rank Leader (J)
• 2008 Section Leader
• Favorite Concert Songs:Pinball Wizard, Paradise City
• Quote:"The spirit gone, man was garbage." -Joseph Heller

Lauren Maistros

Alto Sax - Rank L(izard)

• Year:2010
• Major:Biological Sciences, minor in French
• Hometown:Westborough, MA
• Marching Band Positions:
• 2008 Fundraising Chair
• 2009 Treasurer
• Favorite Concert Song:Shenandoah
• Quote:"Sucks to your asthmar." -Lord of the Flies

Mary Jo Austin

Alto Sax - Rank Bling ($)

• Year:2009
• Major:Policy Analysis and Management (health option), concentration in Law and Society
• Hometown:Cassadaga, NY
• Marching Band Positions:
• 2006-2008 Rank Leader (&, L, $)
• 2006 Uniform Chair
• 2007 Secretary
• 2008 Section Leader
• Favorite Concert Song:Karn Evil 9
• Quote:"Never let go of hope. One day you will see that it all has finally come together. What you have always wished for has finally come to be. You will look back and laugh at what has passed and you will ask yourself... 'How did I get through all of that?'" ~The Wonder Years

"Scottish" Michael Bowes

Alto Sax

• Year:OLD
• Marching Band Positions:
• 2008 Announcer

Rebecca Costello

Alto Sax - Rank L(izard)

• Year:2009
• Major:Applied Economics and Management (specializations in accounting and strategy) and a concentration in French studies
• Hometown:Brewster, NY
• Favorite Concert Song:Throwdown or Obvious Child

Meghan Giles

Alto Sax - Rank L(izard)

• Year:2009
• Majors:Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Hometown:Dalton, NY
• Favorite Concert Song:Everybody's Everything
• Quote:"If it comes easy, if it doesn't require extraordinary effort, you're not pushing hard enough: It's supposed to hurt like hell." -Dean Karnazes

Aaron Stehura

Alto Sax - Rank L(izard)

• Year:2009
• Marching Band Positions:
• 2008 Rank Leader (L)

Matt Caulfield

Alto Sax - Rank L(izard)

• Year:2008
• Major:Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Hometown:Wyckoff, NJ
• Marching Band / Pep Band Positions:
• 2005 BRMB Treasurer
• 2005 Rank Leader (L)
• 2006 Show Committee
• 2007 Drum Major
• Favorite Concert Song:Jesus Christ Superstar
• Quote:"I'd like to do more than survive. I'd like to rub it in your face."

Anwar Petty

Alto Sax

• Year:2008
• Major:Hotel Administration
• Hometown:Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Kings County, New York

Andy Poshadel

Alto Sax

• Year:2008
• Major:Mechanical Engineering
• Hometown:Goshen, NY
• Marching Band / Pep Band Positions:
• 2005 BRMB Equipment Chair
• 2005 BRPB Equipment Chair
• 2005 Rank Leader (&)
• 2006 Show Committee
• 2007 Section Leader
• Favorite Concert Song:Pinball Wizard

Eric Rittmeyer

Tenor Sax - Rank &

• Year:2008
• Major:Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• Hometown:Byron, NY
• Marching Band / Pep Band Positions:
• 2005 Rank Leader (&)
• Favorite Concert Songs:Pinball Wizard, Carry on Wayward Son, Doctor Worm, Obvious Child
• Quotes:"Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution." -Theodosius Dobzhansky
  "Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you." - Carl Jung
• What about now?Currently a grad student at LSU studying Systematics and Evolution of reptiles and amphibians in Melanesia.

Jacqui Wertheim

Soprano Sax - Rank &

• Year:2008
• Major:Physics
• Hometown:Cleveland, OH
• Favorite Concert Song:Call Me Al

Courtney Alexander

Alto Sax

• Year:2007
• Major:Science of Earth Systems with a concentration in Ocean Sciences
• Hometown:East Greenbush, NY
• Marching Band / Pep Band Positions:
• 2005 Uniform Chair
• Favorite Concert Song:September, but they took it out of the folder. I also like Carry on Wayward Son and Pinball Wizard.

Andrew Coffin

Tenor Sax

• Year:2007
• Major:Plant Science, concentrating in Horticulture
• Hometown:Hartland, ME
• Marching Band / Pep Band Positions:
• 2004 Rank Leader
• Favorite Concert Song:Pinball Wizard, or maybe Carry On My Wayward Son...they are all pretty good. Sax cheer: Bagpipes
• Quote:And I know what I have to do now. I have to keep breathing, because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?

Ted Hammond

Alto Sax

• Year:2007, M.Eng 2008
• Major:Mechanical Engineering
• Hometown:Winchester, MA
• Marching Band / Pep Band Positions:
• 2004-2005 Rank Leader
• 2005-2006 Section Leader
• Spring 2007 Pep Band Conductor
• Favorite Concert Song:Pinball Wizard
• What about now?Working for GE Aviation near Boston

Matt Harsin

Alto Sax

• Year:2007
• Major:Industrial and Labor Relations with a concentration in Human Resource Management
• Hometown:Independence, KS
• Marching Band Positions:
• 2004-2005 Rank Leader
• 2005 Historian
• Favorite Concert Song:Pinball Wizard
• Quote:Life is like topography. There are summits of happiness and success, flat stretches of boring routine, and valleys of frustration and failure. - Calvin and Hobbs

Daniel Kerr

Baritone Sax

• Year:2007
• Hometown:Staten Island, NY

Felix Moser

Tenor Sax

• Year:2007
• Major:Biology
• Hometown:Wichita Falls, TX
• Marching Band Positions:
• 2004 Rank Leader
• 2005 Historian
• Favorite Concert Song:Carry On, My Wayward Son
• Quote:um... "the laws of probability dictate that someday our football team will win... lol, nah!"

Dana Muir

Alto Sax

• Year:2007
• Major:Animal Science (Pre-Vet)
• Hometown:East Greenbush, NY
• Marching Band Positions:
• 2005 Secretary
• Favorite Concert Song:Carry on Wayward Son
• Quote:"I am wealthy in my friends" ~ William Shakespeare

Sara Paddock

Alto Sax

• Year:2007
• Major:Biology (concentration in ecology and evolution and specialization in marine biology and biological oceanography) and Science of Earth Systems (concentration in ocean sciences)
• Hometown:Sherburne, NY
• Marching Band Positions:
• 2004-2005 Rank Leader
• 2005-2006 Section Leader
• Favorite Concert Song:Emerald Eyes and then of course Me and Julio (because whether or not you admit it, Paul Simon rocks your world too)

Dawn Saepia

Alto Sax

• Year:2007
• Major:Geological Science, SES option, hydrological systems concentration
• Hometown:Glen Cove, Long Island
• Marching Band / Pep Band Positions:
• 2006-2007 Rank Leader
• 2007 Section Leader
• Favorite Concert Song:Shenandoah!
• Quote:"It's better to regret having done something rather than regret not doing something at all."

Ali Rodriguez

Tenor Sax - Rank &

• Graduated:2005
• Major:History and English
• Hometown:Lakeland, FL
• Marching Band / Pep Band Positions:
• 2002 Rank Leader (&)
• 2003 Section Leader
• 2003 Alumni Relations Co-Chair
• 2003 Pep Band Librarian
• 2004 Head Manager
• Favorite Concert Song:PINBALL WIZARD (in case you couldn't tell :))
• What about now?Working on Masters in History at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill

Alexis Stambaugh

Soprano Sax - Rank L(izard)

• Year:2005, 2009
• Major:Veterinary Medicine
• Hometown:Rhinebeck, NY
• Marching Band / Pep Band Positions:
• 2003 Rank Leader (L)
• 2003 Uniform Chair
• 2004 Section leader
• Favorite Concert Song:Obvious Child, Pep Band: 25 or 6 to 4
• Quote:"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~Dr. Seuss
• What about now?Finally finished 8 years on the hill, and is now practicing veterinary medicine in the North Country, where we get 6 feet of snow!

Rob Chu

Alto Sax - Rank L(izard), J

• Graduated:2004
• Major:Policy Analysis and Managament
• Hometown:Demarest, NJ
• Marching Band / Pep Band Positions:
• 2002-2003 Rank Leader (J, L)
• Favorite Concert Song:My Old Cornell
• Quote:Beat Yale!
• What about now?I'm currently a graduate student at Yale University studying Health Policy and Administration.

Josh Savrin

Alto Sax - Rank &

• Graduated:2004
• Major:Mechanical Engineering
• Hometown:Cleveland, OH
• Marching Band / Pep Band Positions:
• 2000-2003 Rank Leader (&)
• Spring 2004 Pep Band Conductor

Kathryn Bach

Alto Sax - Rank L(izard)

• Graduated:2004
• Major:Animal Science, concentrating in Reproductive Physiology
• Hometown:Tolland, CT
• Marching Band / Pep Band Positions:
• Rank Leader
• 2001 Historian
• Favorite Concert Song:Emerald Eyes
• What about now?working on a masters in reproductive physiology at none other than good old cornell university, then who knows what!

Jordan Bernstein

Ranks L and J

• Graduated:2004
• Major:AEM
• Hometown:New Hyde Park, NY
• Favorite Concert Song:Pinball Wizard, Rockford Files
• What about now?Business analyst for Starwood Hotels (Sheraton, Westin, W, St. Regis, Four Points) based in White Plains, NY.

Angie Patterson

Ranks J, &, and L(izard)

• Graduated:Fall 2003
• Major:Natural Resources
• Hometown:Lackawaxen (Lack-of-Action), PA
• Marching Band / Pep Band Positions:
• Rank Leader (J, &)
• Favorite Concert Song:Call Me Al
• What about now?Being a recent post-graduate, I am pursuing my future career goals in environmental conservation, specifically in marine ecology.

Ted Kelleher

Alto Sax - Ranks J, F

• Graduated:2003
• Major:Mechanical Enginnering
• Hometown:Berwyn, PA
• Marching Band / Pep Band Positions:
• 2001 Section Leader
• Rank leader (J,F)
• Favorite Concert Song:Pinball Wizard
• What about now?In the Navy

Susan Hu Kuo

Alto Sax - Rank L(izard)

• Graduated:2003
• Major:Electrical Engineering with a concentration in telecommunications and signal processing
• Hometown:Whitehouse Station, NJ
• Marching Band / Pep Band Positions:
• 2001-2002 Rank Leader
• 2002 Section Leader
• Favorite Concert Song:Late in the Evening
• What about now?Currently still at Cornell working on a Masters degree. Next year I'll be down in Maryland working for Northrop Grumman.

Natalie Walleser

Tenor Sax - Ranks J, &

• Graduated:2003
• Major:Communication
• Hometown:De Soto, WI
• Marching Band / Pep Band Positions:
• Rank leader for JBob, and &
• 2001 Uniform co-chair with Erin McNeilly
• Favorite Concert Song:Obvious Child, and I conducted Come on Eileen for the senior concert
• What about now?Now I am a starving graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Molly Oliver

Alto Sax - Rank L

• Graduated:2002
• Major:Biological Sciences
• Hometown:Pulaski, NY
• Marching Band / Pep Band Positions:
• Class Representative
• 2000 Historian
• 2000 Section Leader
• 2001 Treasurer
• Favorite Concert Song:Late in the Evening
• What about now?I'm going to med school at NYU.

Praveen Anumolu

Alto Sax - Rank L(izard), Founder of Rank &

• Graduated:2001, 2003
• Majors:Earth and Atmospheric Sciences & Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Hometown:Smithtown, NY
• Marching Band / Pep Band Positions:
• 1998 Rank Leader (&)
• 1999 Section Leader
• 1999 Show Committee Chair
• 2000 Social Chair
• Favorite Concert Song:Emerald Eyes
• What about now?Director of an engineering company on Long Island.

Tovah Minster

Alto Sax - Rank Kick Ass

• Graduated:2001
• Major:English and Religious Studies
• Hometown:Las Vegas, Nevada
• Marching Band / Pep Band Positions:
• 1998-1999 Historian
• 1998-1999 Rank Leader
• 2000 Drum Major
• Favorite Concert Song:Pinball Wizard and Venus (just for the dancing)
• What about now?I am currently living in Washington, DC where I will graduate from Georgetown University Law Center in May 2004. After passing the bar (all your thoughts and prayers are welcome) I will be working for a litigation firm in DC until I pay off the massive debt I have accumulated over the past seven years.

Christopher Crockett

Rank Kick Ass

• Graduated:1999
• Major:Electrical Engineering
• Hometown:Mansfield, MA
• Marching Band / Pep Band Positions:
• 1997 Rank Leader (K)
• 1998 Section Leader
• Favorite Concert Song:Pinball Wizard and Throwdown
• What about now?Well, after a couple of years of doing the engineering thing I've decided to go in an entirely different direction and become a teacher. I am currently attending Johns Hopkins graduate school and working towards my M.A.T. and Physics Certification. I'm also actively involved in community theater, hiking clubs and an amateur astronomy club. See, there is life after Ithaca!

Liz (Ceccacci) Orelup

Ranks S, J, and K

• Graduated:1996
• Major:Meteorology (ALS)
• Hometown:Somers, NY but now Milford, CT
• Marching Band / Pep Band Positions:
• 1994-1995 Section Leader
• 1994-1995 Rank Leader (K)
• 1994-1995 Pep Band Publicity
• Fall 1995-Spring 1996 Pep Band conductor
• Favorite Concert Song:Call Me Al
• What about now?I'm a research meteorologist in a small consulting company called Oceanweather. I recreate hurricane wind fields using a parametric model, work with satellite wind measurements, do statistical analyses, and prepare deliveries for clients.