Franklin & Marshall College

Grace Park ‘14
Hall in Ware: 2nd Mull
Hometown: Quakertown, Pa
Major/ Minor: Biology/Public Health
Interests: playing sports, fishing, watching movies, community service
On campus activities: Kappa Delta Sorority, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship
Favorite campus food: grapes & cheese from Pandinis.
Favorite Ware college house event: meeting President Porterfield, color wars
Favorite book: the BFG by: Roald Dahl, The Last Lecture by: Randy Pausch
Favorite Movie/ TV show: the Proposal, Coach Carter/ Friends, Grey’s Anatomy
Favorite artist: John Mayer, Nicki Minaj, Alicia Keys
Favorite course taken at F&M: Costume Design
Favorite bagel at bagel breakfast: Cinnamon raisin

Bianca Santos ‘14
1st Schaeffer
Hometown: Kennett Square, PA
Major: Possibly double major Psychology and Dance?.
Interests: Dance, listening to music, food!!
On Campus Activities: Dance team, Dance Company, Kappa Delta Sorority
Favorite Ware College House Event: Thanksgiving Dinner!!.
Favorite Book: The Handsmaid’s Tale.
Favorite Movie(s): The Hangover, Elf, The Blind Side, A Beautiful Mind
Favorite MusicArtists:  P!nk, Kid Cudi, Lady Gaga
Favorite Course: TDF320- Kinesiology for Dance
Favorite Bagel at Bagel Breakfast: Plain with Brown Sugar Cinnamon Cream Cheese

Abby Komlenic '13
Second Floor Muhlenberg
Hometown: Mechanicsburg, PA
Major: Government, physics (minor)
Interests: French, technology, good books, and late night philosophizing
Ware College House activities: Constable, member of the Social Committee, member of the House Directorate
Campus activities: F&M Dance Company, Call Center (ITS) Student Worker
Favorite Ware College House event: End of the Year BBQ!
Favorite movie/TV show: Garden State/Arrested Development, Firefly, or Psych
Favorite book: Flags of Our Fathers or The Lovely Bones
Favorite music artist: Kate Nash
Favorite courses taken at F&M: HIS 157: War and Gender in Modern
Europe (first year seminar), GOV 322: French Politics (F&M in Paris)
Favorite food at bagel breakfast: Blueberry bagel with maple walnut cream cheese

Evan Cheney ‘13
3rd Mull
State College, PA
Major: English
Interests: Soccer, Skiing, Reading
Campus activities: President of Ski and Snowboard Club, Club Soccer Team, Preceptor for Philosophy 175: The Emergence of Philosophy in Ancient Greece
Favorite Ware college house event: Thanksgiving dinner
Favorite Movie/ TV Show: The Godfather
Favorite book: Too many to list
Favorite music artist: Pink Floyd
Favorite courses taken at F&M: History of Modern China, Psych 100, Medieval Lit, History of Ancient Philosophy
Favorite fruit at bagel breakfast: Everything at bagel breakfast is superb 

Estefani Cespedes ‘14

2nd Rauch
Hometown: Manhattan, New York
Major: Business/Asian Studies
Interests: Poetry, Community Service, Music
Ware College House activities: Member of Ware in The World
Campus activities: SISTERS, Spanish Club
Favorite Ware College house event: Bagel Breakfast
Favorite Movie/ TV Show: The Dark Night/ Modern Family
Favorite book: Candide: Or Optimism/ Invitation to a beheading
Favorite music artist: Lupe Fiasco/ Marco Antonio Solis
Favorite courses taken at F&M: Chinese
Favorite bagel at bagel breakfast: sesame seed with plain cream cheese

John Arnold '14
Hall in WARE 1st Mull
Hometown Mechanicsburg PA
Major: Undecided
Interests: Reading, hanging out with friends, yeah I'm pretty boring.
Ware College House activities: Ware Parliament
Campus activities: LGBTA, Phi Kappa Psi, Quidditch Team, and Ware Parliament
Favorite Ware college house event: Thanksgiving Dinner
Favorite Movie/ TV Show: Glee
Favorite book:  Harry Potter
Favorite music artist: Lady Gaga
Favorite courses taken at F&M: US History II with Professor Gosse
Favorite fruit at bagel breakfast: Cinnamon Raisin Bagels
Other info: Let's go Ware!

Angelo Arce '13 (left)
3rd Rauch
Hometown: Smoketown, PA
Major: Biology
Interests: lots
Ware College House activities: Living in the Ware Den
Campus activities: Cross Country, Indoor/Outdoor Track
Favorite Ware College House event: Color Wars
Favorite Movie/ TV Show: Dragon Ball Z
Favorite book: Bible
Favorite music artist: John Frusciante
Favorite courses taken at F&M: Sculpting, Cell Bio
Favorite fruit at bagel breakfast: Watermelon

Erika Herrera ‘12

3rd Mull

Hometown: Los Angeles, CA

Major: Art with a concentration in photography.

Interests: Japanese, museums, horror movies
Campus activities: LGBTA

Favorite Ware college house event: Thanksgiving dinner
Favorite Movie/ TV Show: Fight Club

Favorite book: South of the Border, West of the Sun—Haruki Murakami

Favorite music artist: The Pixies

Favorite courses taken at F&M: Digital Photography, The Camera, Liquid Media Drawing, Figure Drawing, Chinese Ink Painting, Survey of Japanese Art, and Japanese. HOLMGREN IS THE BEST PROFESSOR
Favorite fruit at bagel breakfast: The orange juice
Other info: I’m very excited to spend my last year with the best house on campus, in the best hall 3rd Mull.

Sarah Strong ‘14
3rd Schaeffer
Hometown Scotch Plains, NJ
Major: Possibly Neuroscience and a Minor in Dance
Interests: Dance, Community Service, Relaxing & Having Fun with Friends
Ware College House activities: Sophomore Class Representative on Parliament, Ware Social Committee, Ware Mentors
Campus activities: F&M Dance Company, Alpha Phi sorority, Ware Parliament
Favorite Ware college house event: Bagel Breakfast…yummm
Favorite Movie/ TV Show: Dirty Dancing (the original), Up, Rugrats & That 70s Show
Favorite book: The Giver by Lois Lowry
Favorite music artist: Trevor Hall, Justin Nozuka, Train
Favorite courses taken at F&M: FND 112 - Physics of Movement
Favorite bagel at bagel breakfast: Blueberry

 Thomas E. Knickman ‘13
3rd floor (room 315) in Thomas 
Hometown: Jarrettsville, Maryland
Major: Either SPM or Business with a Computer Science minor
Interests: Law, Business, Biology, Computer Science
Ware College House activities: None (yet!)
Campus activities: F&M Mock Trial Team
Favorite Ware college house event: End of year Picnic
Favorite Movie/ TV Show: Mr. Brooks / Prison Break
Favorite book: The Firm - John Grisham
Favorite music artist: Kenny Chesney, Daughtry, Eminem, Pretty much anything
Favorite courses taken at F&M: ENG 105 American Road Trips
Favorite fruit at bagel breakfast: Favorite food at bagel breakfast is a plain bagel with cream cheese
Other info: I love to work on my truck and go off-roading. I'm also a big woodworker, computer programmer and basically anything else outside! I also love to play tennis and baseball. 

Matthew Haller ‘14
3rd Schaeffer
Hometown: Concord, MA
Major: Double Government and Sociology
Interests: Golf, Music, Reading, Ultimate Frisbee, Swimming
Ware College House activities: Deputy Prime Minister, Social Chair
Campus activities: Phi Kappa Psi, F&M Cares, Club Swim Team President
Favorite Ware College House event: Ware: Unplugged, End-of-Year BBQ
Favorite Movie/ TV Show: Any of the Transformers or Pirates of the Caribbean Movies, The Chicago Code
Favorite music artist: Rascal Flatts, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Matt Nathanson, Matchbox 20, Mat Kearney, Taylor Swift
Favorite courses taken at F&M: Soc 100 with Carrie Faulkner
Favorite fruit at bagel breakfast: Blueberry

Sarah D'Amico '14
2nd Mull
Hometown: Wilmington, DE
Major: Undecided, but pre-med track
Interests: Sports, Dance, Sports Medicine
Campus activities: Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, some others less frequently
Favorite Ware college house events: Color Wars, President Porterfield Meet & Greet with Ware
Favorite courses taken at F&M: TDF-Kinesiology for Dance with Pam Vail, and FND-Culture of Chocolate with Professor Yetter-Vassot
Favorite fruit at bagel breakfast: Pineapple (but I usually go for a sesame seed bagel with lox cream cheese)
Other info: I love fixing things and I like finding things.

Chelsea Bush ’14
3rd Muhlenberg 
Hometown York, PA
Major: Pre-Med (Mathematics) 
Interests: Reading, tennis, running, playing the piano/guitar
Campus activities: Tennis team 
Favorite Ware college house event: Ware Thanksgiving dinner
Favorite Movie/ TV Show: The Other Boleyn Girl/ The X-Files
Favorite book:  Gone With the Wind
Favorite music artist: Young Money 
Favorite course taken at F&M: The jury’s still out on that one...probably calculus. 
Favorite bagel at bagel breakfast: Blueberry 
Other info: Holla at your boy.

Nikolas Economy ‘13
3rd Rauch
Hometown: Mordor (Madison), NJ
Major: Chem.
Interests: Wilderness survival.
Ware College House Activities: HA Pie-Eating Contest, Ware in the World.
Campus activities: Intramural soccer and football, F&M cares, Put It Together in the Community ‘09
Favorite Ware College House Event: Ware Thanksgiving Dinner.
Favorite Book: The Count of Monte Cristo
Favorite Movie: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Favorite Artists: John Frusciante
Favorite Course: Graphic Novel (Contemporary)
Favorite Fruit at Bagel Breakfast: The red ones.

Kevin Hines ’13
First floor Mull
Hometown: Lancaster, PA
Major: Biology
Interest: Basketball
On campus activities: Club Volleyball, Intramural Basketball and Volleyball, Basketball
Favorite artist: Lil’ Wayne
Favorite course taken at F&M: General Chemistry II 

Greg Duckloe ‘13
1st Rauch
Hometown: Stroudsburg, PA
Major: Art History
Interests: Running, Driving, Motorcycling, Snowboarding, and Canoeing, among others of course.
Ware College House activities: Operations Committee Chair and Junior Class Representative on Parliament.
Campus activities: Cross Country, Track and Field, Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity.
Favorite Ware college house event: Bagel Breakfast!
Favorite Movie/ TV Show: My favorite movie changes all the time, but at the moment it's Layer Cake.
Favorite book:  Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
Favorite music artist: The Rolling Stones
Favorite courses taken at F&M: Culture of Chocolate, Organization in the 20th Century, Intro to Western Art, Lancaster: The Architecture of Faith.
Favorite fruit at bagel breakfast: Pineapple!
Other info: I'm really looking forward to being an HA in Ware for one last year.  Last year was great and this year should be even better!

Gwen LeBar
1st Mull
Hometown: Athens, Ohio
Major/ Minor: Dance, possibly sociology
On campus activities: Dance Company member, Dance Club Secretary, Just Say Yes (Improvisational dance company), Lead Choreographer: On the Move Dance Program and Kappa Delta Sorority! 
Ware College House activities: WARE in the World
Favorite campus food: tomato & mozzarella panini from Pandinis 
Favorite Ware college house event: Thanksgiving! 
Favorite book: Pride & Prejudice or Jane Eyre 
Favorite movie: Dirty Dancing 
Favorite artist: Degas
Favorite course taken at F&M: Ballet and Beginning Italian 
Favorite bagel at bagel breakfast: sesame bagel with plain cream cheese

Francis Blancero
2nd Schaeffer
Hometown: Staten Island, NY
Major/ Minor: SPM/PSY
Interests: Running/fitness/stimulating educational conversation
On campus activities: Track/XC Team/Ware in the World
Ware College House activities: Ware in the World
Favorite campus food:  Jazzmans brownie cookies
Favorite Ware college house event: HA pie eating contest
Favorite book: Siddhartha 
Favorite movie: Fight Club, among others
Favorite artist: No favorite, but like anything from Rilo Kiley to Lil Wayne
Favorite course taken at F&M: Nature of Hope 
Favorite bagel at bagel breakfast: Everything
Other info: I like music, comedy, sports, interesting academic topics and just about anything worth doing/discussing. 

Melissa Serrano ‘14
Hall in Ware: 2nd Schaeffer
Hometown: Bronx New York
Major/ Minor: Sociology major with a Minor in Women and Gender Studies
Interest: Poetry, Human Rights, Music, Dance and Community Service 
On campus activities: Vagina Monologue, S.I.S.T.E.R.S, Mi Gente Latina, Human Rights Initiative, and Better World Books
Favorite campus food: Chicken Caesar Salad from Jazzmans
Favorite Ware college house event: Color Wars
Favorite book:  Bastard Out of Carolina
Favorite movie: Inception, The Notebook, Dear John and Kung Fu Panda
Favorite artist: I have none
Favorite course taken at F&M: Psychology 100 with Professor Casler
Favorite bagel at bagel breakfast: A plain bagel with cream cheese why mess with a classic =)

Alex Yfraimov ‘13
3rd Muhlenberg
Hometown: Bellmore, NY
Major: Psychology.
Interest: Japanese, BJJ, history
On Campus Activities: Constabling, remaining the Pie Eating Champion (In Ware); Asian Cultural Society, Badminton, Ocha no Jikan, The PIT.
Favorite Campus Food: Meat.
Favorite Ware College House Event: HA Pie Eating Contest.
Favorite Book: Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly.
Favorite Movie/ TV Show: Spirited Away/Lost.
Favorite Artists:  Metallica
Favorite Course: Men in Literature
Favorite Fruit at Bagel Breakfast: My favorite fruit is the everything bagel. It is the only fruit I enjoy.
Other Info: Born in 3rd Schaeffer, spent my teen years in 3rd Mull, will live out my adult years in 3rd Muhlenberg, and whether I work through my golden years or retire to the Sunny Oak's New College House retirement home I do not know but whatever I do it will be with the same level of finesse that has come to characterize my college career. Looking forward to a great year and great residents.

Malu Malhotra
2nd Muhlenberg
Hometown: New York, NY
Major/ Minor: Public Health/ Latin
Interest: running, soccer, travel, the Yankees  
On campus activities: Colleges against Cancer (Survivorship chair), Kappa Delta Sorority, F&M cheer squad, WARE sustainability committee (co-chair) 
Ware College House activities: WARE sustainability committee (co-chair), HA :) 
Favorite campus food: Kivo Mac & cheese
Favorite Ware college house event: thanksgiving dinner
Favorite book: The Secret Life of Bees, Mountains Beyond Mountains, Pride and Prejudice 
Favorite movie: Cool Runnings
Favorite artist: Sister Hazel, John Mayer 
Favorite course taken at F&M: Foundations: The Invention of Childhood 
Favorite bagel at bagel breakfast: sesame bagel with plain cream cheese 
Other info: I love the television show Friends and read both the weather forecast and major news headlines every morning when I wake up. And although I'm from New York (and am a very serious Yankee fan) i went to boarding school in Massachusetts and hold a special place in my heart for Boston (the city, not the red sox...)