may 2016
senior wills
the stentorian | ncssm
eating. To Isaac I leave my
tower of soda cans, to remind
you of every lemonade you
never had. To Josh I leave my
rug, to keep Isaac confined
when he paces, and the
responsibility to uphold room
118’s reputation in spite of him.
To Rohan I leave the struggles
of RChem, may your research
be rewarding. To Isaiah,
Jonah, Eric, Ethan, Evann, and
Jonathan I leave my duties as
Student Ambassador, wear
your jackets with pride and
make sure the RLA’s know
who’s really in charge. To all
the 1st Hunt juniors I leave
my best wishes for your senior
year, a thank you for being part
of mine, and the promise of a
bed at Duke should any of you
choose to visit.
I, Spencer Hoffman-
Edminster, in my final
days at NCSSM, do hereby
provide my blessing for
the most honorable Jordyn
Jones to share a room with
Jayquan Jameis Brown for his
outstanding commitment this
year. To Benjamin Fertik, for
his enthusiasm and dedication
during cross country, the
sacred tradition of the haka
that has carried us through
3 state championships. To
Skanda Sastry, The Steven
Crou.se, Daniel Pezzi, and Ellis
Ackerman, many shenanigans
and good times at practice, and
the legacy of an excellent and
most interesting track season,
may they have many more.
I, Senator Andy T.
Hoang, leave Kenny Hoang
the 2K insight and power to
stay focused and do great
things in life and Avra Janz the
tenacity to lead and accomplish
a lot in Student Government.
I, Rose Huang, leave
the leftover butter in the
third Bryan fridge to Angela
Deng; warm hugs during
midnight fire drills to Dory
Li; wet hair and matching
hoodies to Brooke Patterson;
tux shopping and hammock-
ing in the tobacco district
to Saigopala Reddy; more
frequent sibling outings to
Sahil Gupta; a bougie lifestyle
to Raymond Gao; mock trial
cram sessions to Michelle
Roh; and a less stressful but
extremely successful senior
year to Evan Jiang.
I, Ayo Ilesanmi, leave the
aux cord to Devin Sawyer, and
the hype to Nikhil Gavini
I, Maury Jackson, being
of sound mind and body,
do hereby leave my two
roommates, Dasha Callender
and Kevin Jarman, the
memories and bonds and the
will to have successful futures
in life; my “3rd roommate”,
Benjamin Haydon, the will to
procrastinate Latin America so
much and be the smartest in
the room; Kevin Larson, the
will to receive the title of Most
Glizzy and most talented 5’10
big man I know, Brendan Kane
and Femi Olatidoye, the will to
be the most unselfish players,
Justin Kobler, the will to carry
on the ignorance and basketball
potential for me to call you my
prodigy, Djelimory Diabate,
the will to be the ugliest dude
I know and potential to put
up Justice-type numbers next
year if you don’t become a
lazy bum, Jason Bukwu, the
will to bominate bon ba bourt
band be bugly bat ba bame
bime, Ramon Richardson,
the will to be the smartest
Waka Flocka Flame I know
and have superior athleticism
on the court, Dasha Callendar,
the endless competitive battles
and shenanigans over the past
two years, and the rest of the
team, the will to be successful
next year and in future life
endeavors. #GLIZZYGANG
binder that has done well for us
despite our doubts every time.
Alicia Wang, apologies for not
making as cool of a nickname
for you! Maggie Zhang, keep
staying cute and smiling! Josh
Zhou, my child, I leave my
gratitude for some very nice
conversations while flying to
Ohio and playing 94%. Sherry
Chen, the best of times in
orchestra and the 5 in AP Stats.
To all the juniors, I leave much
love and wish the best for all
future endeavors!
I, Katherine Li, being
my heart, soul, and two years
of incredible experiences.
Kunal Lodaya - To Lucy
Wu I leave silly Snapchat faces,
long walks of advice, and a
legendary siblingship (thanks
for being a wonderful friend
bud J ); to Evan Jiang I leave
music listening and a hope that
you will find your own room
gnome (and actually get good
at Smash); to Nieo Olegario
I leave all kinds of band
room antics, from sticking
exercises to Naruto, and of
course touching the clock; to
singing to Disney songs. To
Tanasha, I leave the ability to
slay because you slay me. To
Eren Guttentag, I leave co
president of the Abstinence
Club. To Sydney Hafiier, I
leave impromptu adventures,
surviving the world’s most
boring class, and lots of fun.
To Claire Yin, I leave summer
adventures at Duke, surviving
a whole summer of research,
and love for being the first cool
junior I met. To Teri Lowry, I
leave fun nights on Franklin
Street, lots of laughter, risky
behavior, a supportive bra for
when we all leave, co-president
I, JingJing Jacobson,
being of sound, mind, and
body, do hereby leave Kira my
love for Panic! At the Disco,
the song Reaper, and literally
everything trash related; Annie
5 o’clock dinner, my hatred of
stairs, and love for the elevator;
Avra my tts lifestyle— you
work so hard you deserve to
slack off as much as I did more
than anyone 1 know; Nishma
my lounge rat tendencies; and
Sherry you already have my
becked up sleep schedule-
good luck with that next year
my dude.
I, Kevin Larson, filled
with ivKieine hrazynes*^ dr>
hereby Iceve my protein and
peanut butter to all lifters;
Siiiiiii and Bheef Keef’s intro
to “Love Sosa” to yah boy Rob
Winslow; Ju.stin Kobler the
wrath of Gary and my textbook
Larry Bird jumpshot; Spanish
class to Brendan Kane; Jason
Bukwu my timely skipping of
work service; Femi Olatidoye
my luscious beard curls; and to
DJ, a respectable vertical leap.
To my RLA’s, I leave “fist”,
and an insatiable desire to drink
DMQ; to Mike, an everlasting
love of housekeeping and room
inspections; to Dass—ha and
Maury, two incredible years of
off the memories; and to Larry,
my partner, a commission
to spread the message far
and wide, til all have been
converted. As always - 107 on
top
I, Amanda Li, of sound
mind and body hereby leave
my junior sister, Silvia Knappe
lovely days of cats at Second
Chance and Emergency Couple
binge watching! To Erica Sung,
tofii dancing and to Jennifer
Fang, seaweed dancing. To
Tiffany Tang, I leave whatever
work ethic I have left and fun
times pipetting. To Stephen
Li, the eternal fight to be the
•best friends and the LIgacy
of the Li’s. To Robin Chen,
take care my son, take care.
Mridu Nanda, I leave all the
late nights writing essays for
college. To Sarah Perkins, fond
memories of green generation,
sadness about Love Canal, and
love for baby goats. Youngmin
Shin, I leave the somewhat
confusing but loved geologic
of sound mind and body, do
hereby leave Saigo many
more adventures in downtown
Durham, Kiwi/Cookie,
and starlight mints, and an
awesome sibling relationship;
Grace Li bean references, the
future of ACC, and a badass
time stranded on an island
together; Michelle fun KWave
practices and that one Monuts
delivery; Yesle fewer math
struggles senior year and
admiration for your cuteness/
healthiness; Tia awkward
fb conversations, hugs, and
sriracha; Dahee awkward
waves and excellent dancing;
Ching painful ab workouts and
heart-to-heart convos; Nandan
that ACC/ScienceDays double
legacy and sarcastic insults;
Rachel Dou winks, plastic
swords, and shameless singing
(you’re a fool); Grace Miller
a nice night on 3rd Bryan
and my absolute love; Ryan
Shelton luck with future tennis
team juniors and more love
for you than for David; Sumi
an apology for always leaving
on weekends and a promise
to visit next year; and Dory,
the Bruno RChem legacy, a
spot on the Bryan 306 futon,
long and deep discussions
about life, MANY hugs, a
fun and stressless senior year,
and all of my love. Finally,
to the 3rd Biyan seniors and
especially Sarah Wu, I leave
Ishaan Rao, Ravin Kantesaria,
Mukil Guruparan, and Ashvin
Warrier, I leave a hope that
Raas will continue to kick
butt next year; to David Thole,
I leave my clipboard, with
the knowledge that you will
be a wonderful RLA; and to
Robin Chen, 1 leave emotional
connection with next year’s
residents of 2nd Hill (I know
you will be a wonderful mom!)
I, Celeste McFarlane,
give Rchem struggles and
failures along with my second
beall couch to Nishma Vias.
Competition Cheerleading
cat fights to Teri Lowry and
Ayanna Webster. I give the
front row at mixers and
Justin Bieber twerk parties to
Akelo and Tanasha Owens.
I give the Abstinence to club
to Eren Guttentag, Samantha
Foster and Teri Lowry. 1 give
Facebook arguments and hyper
liberal rants to my jsib Eren. 1
give beauty strength and grace
to all my gorgeous intelligent
black sisters left at NCSSM .
I, Monica Mehareb,
leave to Kelsey Seets night
snacks, large cucumbers, and
impromptu tattoos. To Marcus
Mefferd, I leave a sibling date,
the one 1 always promised you.
To Akelo, I leave loud karaoke
of the Abstinence Club and,
•most importantly, an immense
amount of love.
1, Sarah “Bill Organzo”
Morrow, being of sound
mind, body, and soul, do
hereby leave the newest hall
relic to Riah H. Newfont and
the future inheritors of First
Beall; rock climbing trips
and the expectation that one
of you will attend a service
academy for the sake of
tradition to Riah, Ben Hawley,
and Kendall Holleman; improv
and all its spontaneity to Riah,
Calvin Lane, Jordyn Jones, and
the rest of the troupe; creative
solutions to limited track
facilities to the field athletes;
stories that become permanent
nicknames to Darith Klibanow;
spontaneous songs and dances
and my appreciation for a
successful Sadie Ask to Sarah
H. Perkins, Heather H. Willis,
and Dian Niu; my morbid sense
of humor to Rachel Morrow,
and finally my calendar
pictures, random observations
and stories, and love of nature
and adventure to anyone who
will put them to good use'.
Vishftl Nftik - l hereby
leave the following things to
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