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may 2014
senior wills
the stentorian | ncssm
bagel talks to Madi Hendrick,
and my thanks for tolerating
my absolute craziness and
ridiculousness to Keilah
Davis, Maebelle Matthew,
Daria Nonnemaker, Carey
Dunn, Savannah Swinea,
and Ashlyn Stackhouse. May
these memories we have made
together (or the atrocious
things you’ve dealt with) stay
with you and may you continue
to show the same tolerance
of my ludicrous-ness to the
incoming juniors
1, Kasey Marshall,
being of partially sound mind
and body leave to Isabelle
Lee my eternal love/tea/
poorly hung K-pop posters,
to Heather Malin nice hugs/
harmonizing in the shower,
to Aimee Maurais my general
admiration/respect, to my
handful of IB juniors great
success/the ability to control
what plays on the hall radio
for once, to Rachel White that
rudely worded PowerPoint file
you left on my computer, to
Ashlyn Parsons the knowledge
of my profound friend crush,
to Sarah Daugherty the power
of cool, to Casey D’Amato
my (incorrectly spelled)
namesake, to Tony Courville a
Hello Kitty t-shirt, and to Erick
Aguilar (jbro) my most siricere
apologies.
amounts of actual involvement
but all the pride and love to my
j-bro Nick, Kirk’s class to Tori
and Peter, confusion and being
totally behind in photography
to Judith and Miranda, and
perfect memories to all
my friends that I may have
forgotten in my last minute
senior will (I still love you guys
just as much, promise). And
to all the wonderful juniors at
SMath, I leave amazing fun
and the best friends you’ll ever
make. Have a great senior year
guys.
I, Lindsay Macchio,
being of sound mind and body,
do hereby leave the beautiful
Third Beall checkerboard
blinds in the lounge, well
dusted plants, and a hall
dynamic that kept us all in one
piece during the tough times
and has left us inseparable. I
love you guys. To the Roomz,
I leave the magnificent 303,
the tumblr wall, and the RLA
legacy, which I know you
will do incredible things with.
To my baby Tyler Fox, last
minute Starbucks runs and
hanging outside the doors of
3BL. To Rohit, a junior sibling
trip to Elmo’s during the first
few weeks (Do you guys have
bacon here?). And of course, to
Dolan, carpqoling trips back to
the OBX and all of the naps.
Taco Bell, and music sharing
therein.
I, Katie Martin, having
completely lost my sanity
after two years of stress and
amazing opportunity, do herby
leave midnightcraziness and
the perfect roommate contract
to Meredith and Brittany, the .
back of the softball bus to
Victoria and Heather, speed
bumps and good times to
the softball team, super legit
breakdance moves and insane
choreo to Tucker and Michael
(and my other breakdance
juniors), lunch/dinner PFM
chats to Ashlyn and Savannah,
long hours, scouting sheets,
and robot parts to Bailey,
Carey, and Patricia, bad
rom-coms to Elly, Maebelle,
Madison, and the other
wonderful juniors who came
to wonderful hall activities on
Ground Reynolds, the craziest
and most awesome hall ever
to all my Grey juniors, small
I, Hannah McShea,
being of fragmented mind
and transient body, do hereby
leave to Layla, her raft, Arabic
worksheets, and panda videos,
and to Elisabeth, her Loris,
radical self-love, and honey
with cinnamon. To Adam,'
Catherine, and Max, I leave
SPACE, morning kolaches, and
late-night Sonic; to Matthew, a
postmodernist essay and some
well-timed concerts; to Matias,
a Duke scarf and an intellectual
Eden; to Adam, deleuzion
and the eternal recurrence of
Kanye; to Anne, cute breads
and short films; to Jennifer, a
catfish dinner; to Jovan, lab
weekends and all-you-can-eat
metal; to Joseph, a cat trooper,
Jaba the Slime Mold, and salt;
to Gerri and Dallis immense
love; to Bailey, 6 Riverside
juniors and a pregnancy test; to
Erick, a crown too heavy like
the queen Nefertiti, to Senita,
trail avoidance; to other rbio
juniors, autoclave art and
perseverance; to Caroline and
Katherine, mixed-up names,
#SOIC14, and queenhood; to
Auston, many more emails and
to Ebube, an email never sent;
to Pranav and Shiaomeng, a
pain in the back (haha) and an
unwieldy amount of pressure
sensing film; to the triforce,
YGS; to the bio floor, late
night stays and an accidental
infestation of Physarum
polycephalum.
I, Samantha Michael,
being of sound mind and body,
do hereby leave Jared and your
sister our “family bonding”
outings, including the failed
one to the quarry; Trenton our
daily hugs; Taylor our nightly
back rubs and those handcuffs
;) ; Jarod the ability to not be
weird anymore; Cheyenne
our bus rides together during
basketball season and a bond
created that I’ll never forget
3; Brenna our jokes on the
court and that one time we
counted 1-2-3-5 (and then
later 1-2-3-4); the Lady Uni’s
a team I could have never been
prouder of and one that I’m so
happy I can say I was a part
of; Jordan the Duke basketball
game where we met the camel,
cute bike rides while holding
hands, our baby Genevieve,
constantly accidentally
matching, cuddling and
scratching your head, and just
being my overall best friend
here at Smath (even if we did
have a slight altercation over
some stupid pastels).
I, Layla Namak, being
of sound mind and body, do
hereby leave Puja Patel, Su
Cho and Nguyen Le the crazy
nights of playing Monopoly,
the countless trips to Starbucks
and Panera, Indian accents,
Chinese takeout and pizza,
random interpretive dance
parties, downtown Durham
adventures, and all the
unforgettable memories;
Hannah McShea, Elisabeth
Parker and Jesse Hansen
the Tri-Force+1, hugs and
laughs, rainforest music,
and late-night real talks; the
amazing and beautiful girls
of 2nd Bryan awesome hall
food, love and support, and
an exciting and successful
senior year—don’t stress out
too much about college apps;
Kayla Boling my position
as Blue Mirror production
editor; the incoming Attaches
fun times on the Institutional
Advancement Hall with Ms.
Shepherd and Mrs. Carr;
Samantha Zamick and Kate
Branch the 214 (the best
room-); and the Class of 2014,
Lastly, to ST, I leave happiness
and innocence because that’s
what I love most about you, the
entirety of my love and more
because you mean more to
me than you will ever know, a
friendship that I never want to
lose, and success in everything
you pursue because one day,
you’ll change the world.
I, Vany Hoang
Nguyen, hereby bestow
Addy Liu, Darby Madewell,
Maebelle Mathew, and Aliza
Gersing 1E2E2D and the
best of luck of being RLA’s;
Esther Lee, Jessie Huang,
Pranav Kemburu, and Bina
Amin ACC and the honor of
Asiafest; Howard Li, Suzanne
Zhou, and Anna Xu Random
Acts of Kindness; Rachel
Cohn and Jiyu Cheong UNI’s
Fighting Hunger; SMuf juniors
an amazing ultimate season;
RChem juniors a successful
research year; Andrew Gavin
new discoveries of Asian
culture; Grant Miller sweet
To Chris Zhen I leave another
knee brace. To Jack I leave
more coke bottles to throw. To
Jennifer I leave an imaginary
horse to ride. To Margaret I
leave a dozen grade AA eggs.
To Vishesh 1 leave many
vegetarian meals. To Shouri I
leave Toosh.’ To Chris Yuan,
I leave the yellow river. To
Max I leave skittles and
FBLs. To Stephanie I leave
the possibility of my sleeping
deeper or impaired hearing.
I, Maggie Pan, being
of sound mind and body, do
hereby leave my junior brother
Howard a million answers to
a million questions, my SAT
prep seminar, and the very best
wishes for senior year. To my
Royall girls, I leave Urvi and
Ga Kay hot cheetos; Jessica,
pill-bugs and the tiny catnap
carpet; Shan, my Wall-E
impersonations; and Julia, my
roommate and my other half,
6 years of memories, bubble
tea Sundays, and a promise of
the memorable experiences
with you over these past two
years—from mixers, surprise
birthday parties, dances and
college struggles to our first
commencement and now
graduation—may you all
find happiness and prosperity
wherever you go.
I, Kim NgO, of sound body
and mind, do hereby leave the
lovely ladies of Ground Royall
memories of hall activities
and a wonderful senior year
in the hopes that you all will
cherish every moment of
it as I have done. To CP, I
leave the title of captain.in
the hopes that you will be
a better captain than I was,
intellectual talks that would
seem so meaningless to others,
but have so much meaning to
me, and my undying love for
running, because before you
know it, it’ll be over. To NRW,
I leave you my upmost respect
because you never cease to
amaze me, a blissful senior
year because I never want to
see you unhappy, memories
of cross country and track
that have brought us closer
together, and the mindset that
you can accomplish anything,
because trust me, you can.
clementines; Tucker Green
a fork; Cindy Chen physics
help and Dranny; Rebecca
Shen the spirit of IM’s; Addy
Liu >100 days of happiness;
Kevin Chen, my beloved field
bu^dy, facebook stickers,
kdramas, my body, dodging
inchworms, UNC thrills, and
the never ending lunch dates;
Stephanie Ding butt waggles;
William Lim the spirit of
ultimate and never ending
smiles; Michael “baby” An a
better SMath sibling, lots of
love, and Bali Hai lunches;
Esther Lee the passion of
service and ultimate because
there is no one I see myself in
more than her; and, finally, to
Mary Clarke Worthington the
#clutchlife, cheerwine floats,
my Savage ultimate hat, and
the countless nights of laughter
and memories I will forever
treasure.
1, Pranay Orugunta, do
hereby leave the following
endowments to my fellow
peers at NCSSM. To my
juniors 1 leave the Oval
Office chat in good hands. To
Adithya 1 leave our amazing
TSA poster. To Tess Overton
I leave a better junior sibling.
To Kavi I leave a brochure of
excellent elementary schools.
eternal friendship. To Amanda
and Connie, I leave the honor
of being the coolest Royall
juniors. To Tessa, 1 leave one
meter stick of questionable
origin; and to Kimberly,
Walker Chapter 4 Problem 46.
To RChem, I leave consecutive
zeroes on weekly-plans and
three jars of Ti02. To Chris
Yuan, 1 leave AquaCapsule’s
legacy and a 16oz coffee;
to Kim and Yvonne, three
traumatized daphnia; to Vany
and Shraddha, stolen lettuce
from the PFM; to Matias,
chalk fingerprints; to Danuh, a
massive system of equations,
to Kavi an SSO form; and to
Margaret, bottom bunk next
year. Lastly, to Carson Hsiao,
my other other half, I leave late
night video calls, a lick on your
elbow, my utter irrationality,
and a heartfelt “meow.”
1, Kevin Parham, being
of sound mind and body, do
hereby leave the following: the
114 to Praruj, take good care of
it and pray that it doesn’t rain
too hard; Climbing Club to
Connor Brazinski and Thomas
Winslow, hopefully you will
do much more with it than I
did; to Jared, Steven, Shane,
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