FROM THE NEST | SUMMER 2024 | 43 Students share a moment in a Centennial Complex dorm, circa Fall 1971. “Everything I own. My father shook his head at our overloaded minivan and said all that stuff is not going to fit in my dorm room. But somehow it did, and after dropping me off, they returned home with an empty vehicle.” —Paul Bonomi ’01 “A haunting feeling that my crappy study habits were going to be revealed in my GPA.” —Anthony Arturi ’85 “1980 milk crate of records, three-way acoustic suspension speakers, turntable, pre amp, amp, cassette tape recorder and Yamaha headphones (for times to keep it quiet). Before our tests, my dorm mates at Taylor would crank ‘Tom Sawyer’ by Rush to get us prepared.” —John McCawley ’84 “MY RECORD PLAYER, WHICH ALSO HAD AN 8-TRACK PLAYER ATTACHED.” —Ruth Kossin Queen ’80 “MY FIELD HOCKEY STICK AND TENNIS RACKETS.” —Liz Hainey ’83 “MY 1985 GARFIELD COMFORTER, WHICH I STILL HAVE AND IS NOW A DOG BLANKET.” —Teri Challender McNab ’89 “MY PILLOW!” —Jodi Landau Ryan ’85 “My James Taylor Greatest Hits album (yes, vinyl ... cassettes were still a new thing).” —Lisa Paparone ’85
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