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January 2005

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Heather J. Bartek, AS'00, and Richard Onofrio, E'00, were married in June 2004 on Cape Cod. They live in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The wedding was attended by several Northeastern alumni: Anne Cormier, E'00; Brian Frost, E'00; Samantha Frost, E'00; Jason Horvath, BA'00; Marina Pestana, BA'01; and Hugh Wyman, E'00. Bartek is the assistant director of travel programs at the Harvard Alumni Association. Onofrio is a senior hardware engineer with Nokia.

David Borden, MBA'00, of Framingham, Massachusetts, is one of the principals, along with his brother, Randy, in Boston's Studio Kaiju. The studio produces Kaiju Big Battel, a wrestling show that features good and bad monsters that crush cardboard cities while fighting for control of the world. The show has been staged in Boston and New York, and made its way to Los Angeles in September 2004.

Kalin Mitchell, BA'00, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Jamila Hill, AS'00, of Boston, are engaged to be married this year, on May 28.

Erik Olson, L'00, of Newark, Ohio, took part in a month-long demonstration by sleeping on the sidewalk in front of the home of Dick Murphy, mayor of San Diego. Olson and others were attempting to focus attention on social problems affecting the city and the nation. Olson is the originator of the Invest-In Project, which tracks the human-rights records of government agencies and measures poverty in San Diego's poorest neighborhoods.

Kelly Sprague, BPH'00, of East Northport, New York, and Todd Senglar were married on October 15, 2004. They honeymooned in French Polynesia for two and a half weeks. Sprague plans to complete work on her doctorate in physical therapy by summer 2005.

Tanise Adams-Wade, BA'01, and her husband moved to Sanford, Maine, in March 2004. ìSince July 2004, I have been working for the supermarket chain Hannaford Bros. as their treasury operations manager at corporate headquarters, in Scarborough,î she writes.

Jane Ceryak, AS'01, of Arlington, Virginia, graduated from George Mason University's School of Law in May 2004. She is engaged to Erik Wishneff, of Arlington.

Andre LaFleur, AS'01, of Vernon Rockville, Connecticut, is the new assistant men's basketball coach at the University of Connecticut. He will work with UConn head coach Jim Calhoun, who was Northeastern's head coach when LaFleur was a member of the Husky basketball team.

Diana M. Bates, AS'02, has moved to Washington, D.C., and is a realtor with Long and Foster, specializing in residential real estate in the metro area. Her e-mail address is diana.bates@longandfoster.com.

Nicole Jorgensen, AS'02, of Everett, Massachusetts, is a proofreader, editor, and graphic designer with AMR Research in Boston.

Kerry-Ann Powell, L'02, of Alexandria, Virginia, is the food safety expert for the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, which focuses on issues in such areas as the environment and consumer protection. Powell, who has worked for Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Public Citizen, and the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights under the Law, will concentrate on informing people about the health and environmental risks of genetically engineered food.

John A. Prince, CS'02, of San Diego, is the founder of www.hotelplanner.com, a company that provides group hotel bookings as well as a system that allows hotels to bid for business. Prince notes that 6,000 hotels participate.

Sarah R. Murphy, AS'03, of Rathmines, Ireland, is attending Trinity College in Dublin, working toward a master's degree in Anglo-Irish literature.