Amparo Abel-Bey

Major: Anthropology/Sociology
Year: Senior
Commuter
Hometown: Dix Hills
Worst driving habit: eating breakfast/drinking coffee while driving
Hobbies/interests: music!
Favorite TV Show: Dog Whisperer
Best class you too at Stony Brook: SOC 247
Favorite Stony Brook Tradition: Earthstock, Zebra Path (when it’s colored red for the 50th Anniversary)
Favorite place to hang out on campus: Humanities, Atrium

Amy Ziegner

Major: Anthropology
Year: Senior
Commuter
Hometown: Babylon
Worst driving habit: I react slowly to brake lights
Hobbies/interests: film, baking, traveling
Favorite TV Show: Top Chef, No Reservations
Best class you too at Stony Brook: Writing About Culture (CCS 201)
Favorite Stony Brook Tradition: Roth Pond Regatta
Favorite place to hang out on campus: The Wang Center Courtyard

Andrea Lopez

Major: Psychology and Linguistics (French Language Minor)
Year: Junior
Commuter
Hometown: Centereach
Worst driving habit: trying to text message people back on my cell while driving
Hobbies/interests: playing the guitar, learning new languages, hanging out with friends
Favorite TV Show: American Idol
Best class you too at Stony Brook: Introduction to Literary Studies (SPN 312), Introduction to Web Design and Programming (CSE 102)
Favorite Stony Brook Tradition: Earthstock
Favorite place to hang out on campus: Radio Station, Union, by the water fountain (Wang) when the weather is nice

Andrie Kazamias

Major: Clinical Laboratory Sciences
Year: Sophomore
Resident
Hometown: Island Park
Worst driving habit: driving with one hand
Hobbies/interests: volleyball, soccer, vacation in the Mediterranean
Favorite TV Show: Friends, Gossip Girl
Best class you too at Stony Brook: Introduction to Psychology (PSY 103)
Favorite Stony Brook Tradition: Opening Weekend
Favorite place to hang out on campus: anywhere outside

Caroline Knoepffler

Major: Political Science
Year: Junior
Commuter
Hometown: Blue Point
Worst driving habit: speeding
Hobbies/interests: snowboarding, going to the beach, spending time with friends and family, shopping
Favorite TV Show: Friends, Entourage, America’s Next Top Model, South Park, Cash Cab
Best class you too at Stony Brook: News Literacy (JRN 101)
Favorite Stony Brook Tradition: Strawberry Fest
Favorite place to hang out on campus: SAC

Celia Mak

Major: Health Science
Year: Senior
Resident
Hometown: Manhasset
Worst driving habit: speeding up when others are tail-gating me
Hobbies/interests: fish, playing piano, swimming
Favorite TV Show: Samantha Who
Best class you too at Stony Brook: The Music of Beethoven (MUS 303)
Favorite Stony Brook Tradition: Roth Pond Regatta
Favorite place to hang out on campus: The Sports Complex

David Cooper

Major: Political Science and Psychology
Year: Senior
Commuter
Hometown: Ridge
Worst driving habit: switching CDs while driving
Hobbies/interests: guitar playing, song writing
Favorite TV Show: Lost, House
Best class you too at Stony Brook: U.S. Foreign Policy (POL 336) with Professor Norpoth
Favorite Stony Brook Tradition: Roth Pond Regatta
Favorite place to hang out on campus: CSA office

Dominique McIntosh

Major: Psychology
Year: Junior
Commuter
Hometown: Queens
Worst driving habit: not having a car
Hobbies/interests: writing songs, hanging in parks
Favorite TV Show: Smallville, America’s Next Top Model, Monk
Best class you too at Stony Brook: Sociology of Gender (SOC 247) with Professor Oyewumi
Favorite Stony Brook Tradition: Campus Lifetime every Wednesday
Favorite place to hang out on campus: Friend’s room in Kelly Quad, UCC

Elyssa Infurna

Major: Film Studies
Year: Senior
Commuter
Hometown: West Hempstead
Worst driving habit: speeding
Hobbies/interests: singing, dancing, song writing, traveling
Favorite TV Show: One Tree Hill, American Idol
Best class you too at Stony Brook: Intermediate Writing Workshop A (WRT 102) with Professor Plaisted
Favorite Stony Brook Tradition: Earthstock
Favorite place to hang out on campus: SAC Commuter Lounge

Emily Fedele

Major: Linguistics and European Studies
Year: Senior
Commuter
Hometown: East Norwich
Worst driving habit: red lights, stop signs
Hobbies/interests: languages, Italian, movies, peanut butter, running, martial arts, outdoors
Favorite TV Show: Monk, Psych
Best class you too at Stony Brook: Semantics (LIN 346), Medieval Epics (EGL 395)
Favorite Stony Brook Tradition: Decorate-a-Pumpkin
Favorite place to hang out on campus: Atrium of Humanities

Katie O’Brien

Major: History (Pre-law)
Year: Junior
Resident
Hometown: Guilderland, NY
Worst driving habit: changing the radio station too much
Hobbies/interests: Discovery Channel, shopping
Favorite TV Show: Friends, Platinum Weddings, The Deadliest Catch, South Park, Project Runway, The Colbert Report
Best class you too at Stony Brook: The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry--Causes and Consequences (HIS 241)
Favorite Stony Brook Tradition: Strawberry Fest
Favorite place to hang out on campus: Staller steps in the spring when it’s sunny

Keith Fiore

Major: Business
Year: Sophomore
Commuter
Hometown: East Hampton
Worst driving habit: cell phone, radio
Hobbies/interests: archery, fishing, driving, friends, hunting, work
Favorite TV Show: House
Best class you too at Stony Brook: The Legend of King Arthur (MVL 141)
Favorite Stony Brook Tradition: Midnight BREAKFAST
Favorite place to hang out on campus: Union, my car

Kirin Mahmud

Major: Business and Economics
Year: Sophomore
Commuter
Hometown: Yaphank
Worst driving habit: accelerate too fast
Hobbies/interests: playing/watching tennis
Favorite TV Show: Grey’s Anatomy, The Office, Gossip Girl, Dancing with the Stars
Best class you too at Stony Brook: Financial Accounting (BUS 210)
Favorite Stony Brook Tradition: Roth Regatta
Favorite place to hang out on campus: SAC 145, Langmuir in H-Quad

Lauren Behr

Major: Sociology and Business
Year: Sophomore
Commuter
Hometown: Northport
Worst driving habit: I am a chronic radio/song changer
Hobbies/interests: tennis, swimming, hanging out with friends
Favorite TV Show: One Tree Hill, Gossip Girl
Best class you too at Stony Brook: Sociology of Gender (SOC 247)
Favorite Stony Brook Tradition: Earthstock
Favorite place to hang out on campus: Commuter Student Services and the Staller steps

Lauren Perugini

Major: Psychology and Environmental Studies
Year: Sophomore
Commuter
Hometown: Ridge
Worst driving habit: reading license plates
Hobbies/interests: writing poetry, reading, acting immature
Favorite TV Show: House, Lost
Best class you too at Stony Brook: Honors Topics (HON 111)
Favorite Stony Brook Tradition: Roth Regatta
Favorite place to hang out on campus: CSA Office

Maria Gabriela Abalco

Major: Biology
Year: Senior
Commuter
Hometown: Hempstead
Worst driving habit: changing radio stations constantly
Hobbies/interests: music, sports, reading, and writing
Favorite TV Show: Ghost Whisperer, Gossip Girl
Best class you too at Stony Brook: SPN 397
Favorite Stony Brook Tradition: Earthstock
Favorite place to hang out on campus: Atrium at Humanities

Misbah Rehman

Major: Business
Year: Junior
Resident
Hometown: Karachi, Pakistan
Worst driving habit: occasionally driving 600+ miles in a day, speeding, changing radio stations
Hobbies/interests: technology, hanging out in the Union
Favorite TV Show: Mythbusters
Best class you too at Stony Brook: News Literacy (JRN 101)
Favorite Stony Brook Tradition: Roth Pond Regatta
Favorite place to hang out on campus: The Union

Najma Rafiq

Major: Sociology
Year: Junior
Commuter
Hometown: West Islip
Worst driving habit: speeding
Hobbies/interests: watching movies, shopping, eating
Favorite TV Show: House
Best class you too at Stony Brook: Medicine and Society (SOC 200)
Favorite Stony Brook Tradition: Strawberry Fest, Opening Weekend
Favorite place to hang out on campus: SAC

Rachel Futtersak

Major: Psychology
Year: Senior
Commuter
Hometown: Stony Brook
Worst driving habit: being oblivious and backing into things
Hobbies/interests: writing, dance, theater, shoe shopping
Favorite TV Show: The Office, Secret Lives of Women
Best class you too at Stony Brook: Contemporary Dance I (DAN 165), Biology and Human Social and Sexual Behavior (BIO 358)
Favorite Stony Brook Tradition: Opening Weekend
Favorite place to hang out on campus: Dunkin Donuts at Tabler

Rachel Roger

Major: Biology
Year: Sophomore
Commuter
Hometown: Farmingville
Worst driving habit: singing, very loudly, while driving
Hobbies/interests: music, hanging out with friends
Favorite TV Show: American Idol, Scrubs
Best class you too at Stony Brook: Introduction to Stony Brook (LDS 101)
Favorite Stony Brook Tradition: all new freshmen trying bubble tea at Jasmine
Favorite place to hang out on campus: Staller steps on beautiful days

Sakina Nayaz

Major: Biology(International Studies Minor)
Year: Senior
Resident (I commuted for 3 semesters by train before I became a resident!)
Hometown: Jackson Heights, Queens
Worst driving habit: N/A
Hobbies/interests: Traveling, languages, The Economist, Indian music and world politics
Favorite TV Show: The Office
Best class you too at Stony Brook: India’s Foreign Policy
Favorite Stony Brook Tradition: Roth Regatta
Favorite place to hang out on campus: Steps in front of the Staller Center for the Arts

Stephanie Nolasco

Major: Psychology
Year: Senior
Commuter
Hometown: Woodhaven, Queens
Worst driving habit: texting
Hobbies/interests: guitar, singing, drawing, basketball
Favorite TV Show: South Park
Best class you too at Stony Brook: Special Topics in Biopsychology: Drugs and the Brain (PSY 359)
Favorite Stony Brook Tradition: Homecoming
Favorite place to hang out on campus: Basketball courts, H-Quad

Sunia Choudhury

Major: Psychology
Year: Senior
Commuter
Hometown: Selden
Worst driving habit: ha, I don’t have a license – I don’t drive  
Hobbies/interests: operas, plays, reading, all around geek
Favorite TV Show: Family Guy, Gossip Girl
Best class you too at Stony Brook: Non-Western Literature (CLT 220) with Professor Mannir
Favorite Stony Brook Tradition: Roth Regatta, Strawberry Fest
Favorite place to hang out on campus: Union

Tiffany Fernandez

Major: Biology
Year: Sophomore
Commuter
Hometown: Port Jefferson
Worst driving habit: braking too fast
Hobbies/interests: singing, shopping, tennis
Favorite TV Show: Prison Break
Best class you too at Stony Brook: News Literacy (JRN 103)
Favorite Stony Brook Tradition: Strawberry Fest
Favorite place to hang out on campus: Staller steps

Tim Aiello

Major: Psychology
Year: Senior
Commuter
Hometown: Rocky Point
Worst driving habit: cell phone use
Hobbies/interests: body building, watching the Mets, people, psychology
Favorite TV Show: CNN, Mets game
Best class you too at Stony Brook: Special Topics in Biopsychology: Drugs and the Brain (PSY 359)
Favorite Stony Brook Tradition: Roth Regatta
Favorite place to hang out on campus: Staller steps