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Thelion Society Members
Michael Adelman | Gordon Arsenoff | Jeff Ballerini | Allan Batalier | Dan Blake | Andrew Boardman | Jeremy Boardman | Matt Bunyak | Fred Bush | Micha Elsner | Zak Feder | George Flevares | Brian Furniss | Marie Guido | Will Jennings | Stewart Knox | Amanda LaPage | Tenley Marvez | Melinda Morrison | Brenda J. Myrthil | Adam Norwood | Sid Parameswaran | Lewis Powell | Ryan Rohanna | Richard Schermeyer | Jessica Schulman | Michael Sinkoff | Kaeti Stoss | Zak Talarek | Lulu Tsai | Jonathan Widawsky
Class: 2004 | Major: History
Hometown: Irvington, NY | Height: 5' 9" | Weight: 210 | Buzzes: Switch
2003-2004 Tournaments Attended: New Tournament at Cornell, TRASH Regionals, MLK Invitational, Ann B. Davis, Penn Bowl the 13th, NAQT Sectionals, NAQT ICT, TRASHionals 007
Notes: Mike is a founding member of the Thelion Society, and was its President from its inception until 2004. He has been a member of the University's College Bowl team all four of his years, including 2001-02's and 2002-03's region-winning units, as well as this year's squad. Mike directed Rochester's 2004 Frederick Douglass Invitational Championship and Flower City Invitational tournaments.
Favorite quotes: "Yes, I rather like this God fellow. He's very theatrical, you know, a pestilence here, a plague there. Omnipotence: gotta get me some of that." --The Family Guy
"I don't know much about Dick." --Micha Elsner, speaking about author Phillip K. Dick
Business Manager, Webmaster
Class: 2006 | Major: Physics
Hometown: University Park, MD | Height: 5'9" | Weight: 150 | Buzzes: Right
2003-2004 Tournaments Attended: New Tournament at Cornell, Terrapin Invitational, MLK Invitational, Ann B. Davis, Penn Bowl the 13th, NAQT Sectionals, NAQT ICT, ACF Nationals
Notes: Gordon is the Thelion Society's first Webmaster. He can recite Star Wars: Episode IV line-for-line, though he's never done this for the Thelion Society. Old versions of his favorite quotes are known to be irritating to other members. He was a member of last year's College Bowl team, which took 3rd place at the NCT, as well as the 2003-04 edition.
Favorite quotes: "If at first you don't succeed, skydiving isn't for you." --A. L. Irons
"And Jesus said, "You can't handle the truth!" --Alex Trebek
Class: 2007 | Major: Music
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2003-2004 Tournaments Attended: NAQT Sectionals
Notes: Jeff is a member of the 2003-04 College Bowl team.
Class: 2007 | Major: Physics, Math
Hometown: Key West, FL | Height: | Weight: | Buzzes:
2003-2004 Tournaments Attended: Frederick Douglass Invitational Championship
President
Class: 2006 | Major: CAS
Hometown: Candor, NY | Height: 5'10" | Weight: 230 | Buzzes: Switch
2003-2004 Tournaments Attended: New Tournament at Cornell, TRASH Regionals, MLK Invitational, Ann B. Davis, Penn Bowl the 13th, NAQT Sectionals, TRASHionals 007
Notes: Dan has the ability to recite the entire alphabet backwards in less than 3 seconds, which would be important, if reciting the alphabet backwards constituted a career.
Class: 2006 | Major: History, Political Science
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2003-2004 Tournaments Attended: Frederick Douglass Invitational Championship, MLK Invitational, Ann B. Davis
Class: 2006 | Major: History, Economics
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2003-2004 Tournaments Attended: Frederick Douglass Invitational Championship, MLK Invitational, Ann B. Davis
Class: 2007 | Major: Frederick Douglass Institute of African and African-American Studies
Hometown: Horseheads, NY | Height: | Weight: | Buzzes:
2003-2004 Tournaments Frederick Douglass Invitational Championship, TRASH Regionals, MLK Invitational, Ann B. Davis
Class: Grad | Major: English
Hometown: | Height: | Weight: | Buzzes: Left
2003-2004 Tournaments Attended: New Tournament at Cornell, Terrapin Invitational, MLK Invitational, Ann B. Davis, Penn Bowl the 13th, NAQT Sectionals, NAQT ICT, ACF Nationals
Notes: While an undergraduate at Swarthmore, Fred invented the "Lame" rule common to trash tournaments today. Fred was captain of last year's College Bowl team, and led a spectacular comeback from over 150 points down in a playoff win against Cornell at the regional tournament. He captained the 2003-04 team as well.
Class: 2005 | Major: Computer Science, Classics
Hometown: Rockville, MD | Height: 5'?" | Weight: 120 | Buzzes: Left
2003-2004 Tournaments Attended: New Tournament at Cornell, Terrapin Invitational, MLK Invitational, Ann B. Davis, Penn Bowl the 13th, NAQT Sectionals, NAQT ICT, ACF Nationals
Notes: Micha was on last year's College Bowl team, and reprised that rôle in 2003-04.
Class: 2006 | Major: Political Science
Hometown: Long Island, NY | Height: | Weight: | Buzzes:
2003-2004 Tournaments Attended: NAQT Sectionals
Coach
Class: Grad | Major: Business
Hometown: Warren, OH | Height: | Weight: Infinite at the event horizon | Buzzes: Right
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Class: 2005 | Major: Political Science
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2003-2004 Tournaments Attended: TRASH Regionals, MLK Invitational, Ann B. Davis, NAQT Sectionals, TRASHionals 007
Class: 2005 | Major: Biology - Genetics
Hometown: North Tonawanda, NY | Height: Taller than my roommates | Weight: None of your damn business | Buzzes: My dominant hand
2003-2004 Tournaments Attended: Frederick Douglass Invitational Championship, New Tournament at Cornell, TRASH Regionals, MLK Invitational, Ann B. Davis, Penn Bowl the 13th, NAQT Sectionals
Class: 2004 | Major: Math
Hometown: Billerica, MA | Height: | Weight: | Buzzes:
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Class: 2004 | Major: Physics
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Class: 2006 | Major: Physics, Astronomy
Hometown: Newark Valley, NY | Height: | Weight: | Buzzes:
2003-2004 Tournaments Attended: Frederick Douglass Invitational Championship, TRASH Regionals, MLK Invitational, Ann B. Davis
Class: 2007 | Major: Political Science
Hometown: Henrietta, NY | Height: | Weight: | Buzzes:
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Travel Secretary
Class: 2005 | Major: Political Science
Hometown: Merrimack, NH | Height: 5'1" | Weight: 120 | Buzzes: Right
2003-2004 Tournaments Attended: New Tournament at Cornell, TRASH Regionals, MLK Invitational, Ann B. Davis, Penn Bowl the 13th, NAQT Sectionals, TRASHionals 007
Favorite quotes: "The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from achieving." --Russell Green
"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use." --Kierkegaard
Assistant Director, Student Activities; Thelion Society Advisor
Class: n/a | Major: n/a
Hometown: Dakota City, NE | Height: Just enough to see over the table | Weight: Not quite enough to tip over the table | Buzzes: Right
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Notes: Brenda has been the Thelion Society's advisor and biggest supporter since its inception, and also runs the intramural College Bowl tournament on campus every year. If you'd like to know more about the Student Activities Office, you can go to their website at http://www.sa.rochester.edu/sao/.
Class: 2007 | Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Hometown: Fayetteville, Arkansas | Height: | Weight: | Buzzes:
2003-2004 Tournaments Attended: Frederick Douglass Invitational Championship
Class: 2006 | Major: Physics, Math
Hometown: Chennai, India | Height: 5'10" | Weight: 140 | Buzzes: Right
2003-2004 Tournaments Attended: New Tournament at Cornell, Penn Bowl the 13th, ACF Nationals
Notes: Sid is sensitive about several things, including his accent, people complaining about being busy, campus food, people who diss fraternities, physics, or math, and has a general, inexplicable fear of Mike. He can often be seen at the Physics Department in Bausch & Lomb, The Pit, Sigma Nu, Danforth, or in his room. His favorite food is anything that is made off-campus, and his favorite quizbowl strategy is prentending to still be learning English to garner sympathy and extra time from moderators, such as when he gets Mira Sorvino confused with Mena Suvari. Sid was on last year's College Bowl team.
Class: 2005 | Major: Philosophy
Hometown: Chicago, IL | Height: | Weight: | Buzzes:
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Class: 2007 | Major: Mechanical Engineering
Hometown: Jefferson, PA | Height: | Weight: | Buzzes:
2003-2004 Tournaments Attended: Frederick Douglass Invitational Championship
Class: 2004 | Major:
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2003-2004 Tournaments Attended: Terrapin Invitational, MLK Invitational, Ann B. Davis, Penn Bowl the 13th, NAQT Sectionals, NAQT ICT
Class: 2007 | Major: Microbiology, Health & Society
Hometown: McLean, VA | Height: | Weight: | Buzzes:
2003-2004 Tournaments Attended: Frederick Douglass Invitational Championship, New Tournament at Cornell, Terrapin Invitational, TRASH Regionals, MLK Invitational, Ann B. Davis, Penn Bowl the 13th, NAQT Sectionals
Class: 2004 | Major: CAS
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2003-2004 Tournaments Attended: MLK Invitational, Ann B. Davis
Publicity Director
Class: 2005 | Major: Art History
Hometown: Rochester, NY | Height: 5'ish" | Weight: | Buzzes: Right
2003-2004 Tournaments Attended: TRASH Regionals, MLK Invitational, Ann B. Davis, NAQT Sectionals
Favorite quotes: "A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read." --Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
"God does not play dice with the universe: He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players [i.e. everybody], to being involved in an obscure and complex variant of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time." --Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, Good Omens
Class: Grad | Major: Political Science
Hometown: Elyria, OH | Height: 6'0" | Weight: 185 | Buzzes: Switch
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Notes: Another of the Thelion Society's founders, Zak is the "Father of the Thelion Society Constitution." A graduate of Northwestern University, Zak was the captain of the Region 2-winning College Bowl team that went to Nationals in 2001-02. In addition to that, he also attended NAQT Nationals in 2001-02.
Class: 2007 | Major: Biomechanical Engineering
Hometown: Tacoma, WA | Height: | Weight: | Buzzes:
2003-2004 Tournaments Attended: Frederick Douglass Invitational Championship
Class: 2007 | Major: Physics
Hometown: Huntington, NY | Height: | Weight: | Buzzes:
2003-2004 Tournaments Attended: TRASH Regionals, MLK Invitational, Ann B. Davis
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