Mandarins 2003 - 2004

Melissa Rashford
Nickname: Marashfo, Marash, Marashamaphone
Hometown: Rome, NY
Year: Senior
Major: Music Industry
Number of Semesters in Mandarins: 8
Favorite Muppet: Gobo, Leader of the Fraggles
Favorite Song to Sing: Anything from RENT, Aida, or The Last Five Years

Tracy Helf
Nickname: T-$, Tray Dawg, Tray-C, Scooter, Miss Helf
Hometown: Albany, NY
Year: Senior
Major: Music Education
Number of Semesters in Mandarins: 7
Favorite Muppet: Scooter and Skeeter
Favorite Song to Sing: Anything by Ben Folds, Fashion Nugget by Cake, Milkshake - thanks to Dana, and Craig is the Champion- I wrote it myself about Craig Forth

Katie Palmiter
Nickname: Sleeping Beauty
Hometown: Redmond, WA
Year: Senior
Major: Art History
Number of Semesters in Mandarins: 7
Favorite Muppet: Statler and Waldorf
Favorite Song to Sing: Tom Jones' "It's Not Unusual"

Debbie Silliman
Nickname: Debs, Deb-be
Hometown: Rote, PA
Year: Senior
Major: Photojournalism, Music History
Number of Semesters in Mandarins: 7
Favorite Muppet: Animal
Favorite Songs to Sing: Keep Fishin', Magic Carpet Ride, Cherry Pie

Dana Wise
Nickname: "B"
Hometown: Allentown, PA
Year: Senior
Major: Music Industry
Number of Semesters in Mandarins: 7
Favorite Muppet: Rizzo the Rat
Favorite Song to Sing: You're So Vain, I Will Survive, I Believe in a Thing Called Love, Milkshake, any Tenacious D song

Rachel Roy
Nickname: RaeRo, Rach, Rachbaby, Rae
Hometown: Portland, PA
Year: Junior
Major: Voice Performance
Number of Semesters in Mandarins: 6
Favorite Muppet: Animal
Favorite Song to Sing: Why, Ready For Love, Good Morning Good Morning Good Morning!

Courtney Chiavara
Nickname: Court
Hometown: Camillus, NY
Year: Sophomore
Major: EFB w/ Pre-Med at ESF
Number of Semesters in Mandarins: 4
Favorite Muppet: Fozzie Bear or Snuffleupagus
Favorite Song to Sing: This is a tough one... My Own Song or Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Carlyn Satkus
Nickname: C Dawg, Big C, Carface, Monkey, ridiculously tall girl in the back
Hometown: Homewood, IL
Year: Junior
Major: Philosophy
Number of Semesters in Mandarins: 4
Favorite Muppet: Animal (although I bigtime heart Kermie and the Chef!)
Favorite Song to Sing: Anything by That Dog, Indigo Girls, RENT, Sublime, Vanilla Ice, Tom Petty or Joni Mitchell...plus everything else in the WORLD.

Julia Chang
Nickname: Jewels, Julia Chang Do, JuJuBeBopDuop
Hometown: Livingston, NJ
Year: Senior
Major: Interior Design (P.S. No, I do NOT watch Trading Spaces)
Number of Semesters in Mandarins: 2
Favorite Muppet: Pepe the King Prawn
Favorite Song to Sing: Sitcom theme songs...especially ones from the old TGIF!

Katherine Dee
Nickname: D-E-E
Hometown: Kentfield, CA
Year: Freshman
Major: Music Education
Number of Semesters in Mandarins: 2
Favorite Muppet: Kermit
Favorite Song to Sing: Anything!

Betsy Gwin
Nickname: Betsy Wetsy
Hometown: Knox, NY
Year: Sophomore
Major: Anthropology
Number of Semesters in Mandarins: 2
Favorite Muppet: Robin, Kermit's lil nephew (he's soooo cute!)
Favorite Song to Sing: Anything from Moulin Rouge, as long as Ewan McGregor is backing me up. ;)

Stephanie Springer
Nickname: Steph
Hometown: Ballston Spa, NY
Year: Freshman
Major: Liberal Arts
Number of Semesters in Mandarins: 2
Favorite Muppet: Kermit...singing the Rainbow Connection and all...
Favorite Song to Sing: I Will Survive, it's a "feel good" song!

Jessica Thompson
Nickname: Jess
Hometown: Boca Raton, FL
Year: Freshman
Major: Voice Performance
Number of Semesters in Mandarins: 2
Favorite Muppet: Miss Piggy
Favorite Song to Sing: I Believe in a Thing Called Love, One More Time/Straight Up, and Heaven of course