Making Headlines for More than Seven Decades
It began as the Utica College Oracle in 1947. Today, 70 years and a name change later, Utica College’s student newspaper is still keeping the UC community informed —and giving hundreds of budding journalists a voice.
At the helm of each Tangerine staff: The editor-in-chief, whose yearlong tenure comes with endless challenges, choices, and opportunities. For many, it’s a springboard to a career in communications. For others, it’s a first chance to develop a management style. For all, it’s a year of powerful lessons.
Here, editors from 1968 to 2016 reflect on the power of student journalism, the simmering campus controversies they covered, and the headlines they’ll never forget.
Where It Began -Former editors recall their paths to the coveted title.
“As a junior, I thought it was time to start adding to the resume a bit. I worked mostly as a features writer for my entire junior year, and stayed with it even though the editors continually misspelled my first name in my byline. (When they finally printed a correction of my first name, they misspelled my last name.) I pursued the editor position because I wanted to see if I actually knew what I thought I knew.” —Anthony Ricci, editor-in-chief, 1977-78
“I owe my involvement with the Tangerine to the Harlem Globetrotters. Honest. I had done a little work for the paper during my freshman year but was an irregular contributor. One night early during my sophomore year, I got a call from a friend who worked at an off-campus sandwich shop on Burrstone Road called Bumpers. He said the shop's owner had asked him to stay open late that night because the Globetrotters might stop by after their game. I called a staff photographer and we rushed over. We waited. And waited. My friend gave up and began preparing to shut down the shop. Suddenly, the door flew open and in walked Curly Neal of the Globetrotters. We got the interview. We got pictures. We may have been amateurs, but Curly was a pro at this. The editor of the Tangerine, Tony Ricci, loved the story and ran it on the front page. He gave me more assignments, and I was hooked.
By my senior year, I had served in every other editorial position—reporter, editor, assistant editor. I felt I had the necessary experience and qualifications to pursue the editor-in-chief job. I also wanted to test myself, to immerse myself further to see if this was something I really wanted to do when I graduated.” —Vernon Hill, editor-in-chief, 1979-80
“I was a journalism student and my neighbor in the dorm was Cory Lavalette ‘99, who was the editor-in-chief at the time. He encouraged me to get involved and told me I should apply to be the editor. I was really driven and wanted to take advantage of every opportunity that was afforded to me in college. I knew that being the editor of the Tangerine was going to be a challenge that would make me a better journalist.”—Christina Rockhill Kunzman, editor-in-chief, 2000-01
“I joined the Tangerine as a reporter during the spring semester of my freshman year. I had a couple of friends who took the practicum the fall before, and they encouraged me to get involved. I didn’t regret it. I was a reporter, the online events reporter, and I think I had a short-lived stint as copy editor, too. I was encouraged by some professors to apply for the editor-in-chief position. I felt prepared as a student journalist to lead the reigns of the paper and had the confidence of my peers and administrators. I went up against two very qualified candidates, and the faculty, in the end, chose me. I was humbled and grateful and understood the magnitude of the task ahead of me.” —Christopher Cooper, editor-in-chief, 2010-2012
“Growing up, I always wanted to do something with sports journalism. When I was a freshman, I had to take journalism as part of my major. I was extremely nervous talking to strangers, so that first year was definitely a different experience for me. But as time went on, I enjoyed it more and more. When our adviser asked me about being the sports editor prior to my junior year, I jumped at it. I could do something I liked and get paid to do it. I couldn’t go wrong.”—Matthew Rogers, co-editor-in-chief, 2015-16
My Biggest Headline - From campus upheaval to national tragedy, editors recall the stories that made an impact.
“The major continuing story in 1968 was the possible UC-SUNY merger, which had already been in the wind for three years. It was a challenge to keep up with primary sources, since everyone from Utica Mayor Dominick Assaro to Syracuse University Chancellor William Tolley was involved. The UC Foundation President, at one juncture, announced it was a done deal. The faculty was up in arms; the upperclassmen were worried that their SU diplomas would be in jeopardy. We covered it in every issue from September to March.”—Linda Vaccaro Schmidt, editor-in-chief, 1968-69
“After the Kent State shooting in May 1970, a student-led movement at Utica College called for a shutdown of the school. I was not an impartial observer and journalist, but was actively anti-war and used my position to promote the shutdown. By that time, opposition to the war was the consensus among students and faculty, so the story was well received. Looking back, I suppose I would have qualms about being an advocate and tried to be more of an objective reporter. But it was a very polarized time, much like it is again now. Still, it was exciting to be given a voice during such a turbulent time.”—Paul Lomeo, co-editor-in-chief, 1969-70
“The big news at the time was the attempt to co-locate the now-SUNY Poly campus on the grounds of UC. The issue was rife with controversy with many for, more against. The sentiment among students was definitely against; the feeling was that the co-location would diminish UC’s small footprint and big college charm. At that time, the Tangerine was put to bed on a Tuesday afternoon and distributed on a Friday morning. Calling a Thursday afternoon Town Hall with then-UC president Thomas Sheldon was a direct effort by the school administration, we thought, to manage the news and throw some cold water on a hot-button issue, since our story would be old news by the time we went to press again a week later. So, we blocked out the rest of the paper and got it to the printer with a hole on the front page for the co-location story. I drove the story to our printer that evening and picked up the papers for distribution early Friday morning. Before then, I don’t ever recall a Friday Tangerine with reference to a news event that happened the day before.” —Anthony Ricci, editor-in-chief, 1977-78
“I remember watching the first tower fall on that sunny Tuesday morning in September 2001. A large group of students was gathered around the television in student center, and no one was really saying much. Complete shock was in the air. After the second tower fell, our editorial group pulled together and we thought about putting off our first issue, which was supposed to go to the printer the next day. That decision was quickly crushed. We had decided that this was news and that the issue had to be published. My staff was amazing, and we covered the attacks in that week’s issue and a few other issues, as well. To ignore what had happened would have been a blemish on the Tangerine and a disservice to the people affected.”—Nick Angelides, editor-in-chief, 2001-02
“During homecoming weekend 2011, an RA in North Hall was called a racial slur by a resident. I witnessed the incident, and the victim was my friend. That Monday, the Tangerine was copied on an email from the R.A. reporting the incident to President Hutton, the dean of students, members of the Student Senate, and the VP of student affairs. We immediately knew we had to cover the story in that week’s issue, but we also understood the sensitivity required. Most importantly, we had to cover the story without my byline since I was now a part of the news. I met with Managing Editor Alissa Scott and Advisor Patty Louise and decided that we would have our top writers manage the story, and I would write a front-page editorial.
That week’s paper had at least six pieces about the incident, including some letters to the editor. We were also able to speak with other students who shared their stories of racism on campus. Thanks to our coverage, the incident sparked a campus-wide conversation about race relations at UC.”—Christopher Cooper, editor-in-chief, 2010-12
“There was a lot of big news the year I was editor: the tuition reset, construction of ‘the Hutt,’ the Welcome Center, the new Brvenik Center downtown. But the presidential search was the biggest story for us. President Hutton had been around for 18 years, so turnover in that position was obviously something that campus wasn’t used to. We covered the search as a series that spanned over multiple issues. There were more than 100 candidates at the beginning, and the Tangerine was updated through the entire process by Mark Salsbury, chair of the search committee. Once the committee had narrowed it down to three candidates, they all came for their final interviews. There were sessions open to students and faculty, and we were all over those. I wrote a story on each candidate, and we put them together in a section. There wasn’t a huge student turnout, so I thought those stories were really important in allowing the student body to see what each candidate was all about. We didn’t know when the Board was going to make their official decision, so it was exciting when I got the text message that they were about to hold the press conference. I ran over to DePerno for the announcement. We were able to get a one-on-one interview with Laura Casamento that same night. Sometimes, as a school newspaper, you can get caught up writing stories on insignificant things, so it was amazing to be giving better coverage than the local news outlets were on the presidential search.”—Matthew Rogers, co-editor-in-chief, 2015-16
Outside the ‘UC Bubble’- Covering the “real world” from a Pioneer’s perspective.
“There was campus and societal unrest going on all across the country in the late 60s. Our little corner of upstate New York was not immune.” —Linda Vaccaro Schmidt, editor-in-chief, 1968-69
“It was the late 1960s, so everything was touched by the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights movement, women’s rights, recreational drugs, rock music, and the sexual revolution. There were real divisions within and between students and faculty, and to some degree, between commuters and residents. The locals tended to be more conservative. When I started college, most all my friends were locals. But by my senior year, that had changed.” —Paul Lomeo, co-editor-in-chief, 1969-70
“The two biggest ‘real world’ events during my time at Utica College were at opposite ends of the spectrum. One was the ‘Miracle on Ice,’ when the U.S. men's Olympic ice hockey team won the gold medal at Lake Placid in 1980. I knew some students who attended the game. I remember a ‘beer blast’—er, I mean, dance—being practically deserted because people were more interested in watching one of the games. The second event was the Iranian hostage crisis. I remember most students being patriotic in their views. But I also remember others saying that the U.S. largely was responsible for the circumstances that led to the crisis. It was an eye-opening moment for me to realize that ‘my’ generation could be splintered on a major political issue. We had practical limitations, though. As a weekly newspaper that went to press on Wednesday and was distributed Thursday evening, it was unrealistic for us to give much coverage to ‘real world’ stories that changed from day-to-day. This reinforced the notion that, as college students, we were mostly insulated from the world at large. Man, we were lucky.” —Vernon Hill, editor-in-chief, 1979-80
Making Waves - Controversial Coverage
Thanks to opinionated writers and an engaged student body, controversy often followed the Tangerine’s biggest stories.
“We had controversy over several issues, including the potential state takeover of UC, the role of students in decision-making, an occupation of the computer center by members of the Black Coalition, and an active chapter of Students for a Democratic Society. But my most controversial editorial involved the then-simmering unrest among dorm students and my opinion of the management of the dorms. There was an ad hoc committee on dorms and lots of agitating for change at the time. I think Ray Simon probably had to defend the freedom of the press after one particular editorial I wrote on the issue.”—Linda Vaccaro Schmidt, editor-in-chief, 1968-69
“I wrote an anti-war editorial headlined ‘Hell No, I Won’t Go.’ Since we had co-editors, editorials were by-lined with the writer’s name at the end of the piece. The piece ran long, so my name was just lopped off by accident. Since this screed was written in the first person, it didn't look good that the author remained anonymous.”—Paul Lomeo, co-editor-in-chief, 1969-70
“I had a friend who was a recent UC grad who was working at a local newspaper. When I became editor, I asked him to write an occasional column because I thought he had a unique take on things, a nice writing style, and would give the paper an insight into the ‘real world.’ After three or four columns, I got two calls—one from the writer who said his job was being threatened if he continued writing the column, and another from the publisher of the local newspaper who said he ‘should not have to compete’ with a professional writer submitting columns to my paper. Naturally, we had to stop the column for fear of my friend losing his job, but I was astounded to think that a newspaper publisher would consider the Tangerine his competition. I thanked him for reading our paper.” —Anthony Ricci, editor-in-chief, 1977-78
“We relied on advertisements to keep our paper operating, and SUNY Institute contacted us about running an ad for their open house. Other colleges had advertised in the college’s publication in the past, and we felt it was an acceptable practice. We never expected it to be controversial. When President Hutton attacked us in an email, we took it as an act of censorship and published his letter alongside one of our editorials. We even covered the event as a news piece, as well.” —Nick Angelides, editor-in-chief, 2001-02
Tedious Technology - The Evolution of the Publishing Process
Before “copy and paste” meant two clicks of the mouse, editors logged thousands of hours going to press the old-fashioned way.
“Oh, boy. It's hard to describe to anyone in 2017 that we typed out the stories on typewriters, then we spec'd the copy (specified, as in noting what typeface and size, depending on copy length, for each story), then we drew a full-size mockup of each page. When we closed each issue, usually late on Wednesday night, I would drive the whole envelope of paper over to Spadafora Brothers print shop in Rome and leave it by the front door. Sometimes that could be a harrowing drive in my VW on ice and snow. On Friday morning they delivered the final product, tabloid-sized, on newsprint. Whew!” —Linda Vaccaro Schmidt, editor-in-chief, 1968-69
“Articles were pecked out on manual typewriters. Editing was done in pencil on the copy. Sheets were pasted together to form a complete article. Pages were designed on pre-printed templates, with estimates of article length based on the number of typed lines. We wrote in the title of the article, and used lines to show column length and direction on the page template. Photos were cropped with grease pencil marks and sized with a circular proportional scale. The office had a working darkroom. All those skills transitioned exactly into my early career at the Utica newspaper.”—Paul Lomeo, editor-in-chief, 1969-70
“We used typewriters (not all were electric) to write stories. The newspaper was laid out on paper using a graphics ruler, a blue pencil, and rubber cement. All of this was hand-delivered by me or someone on the staff to our printer, Steffen Publishing in Holland Patent, 18 miles away, every Tuesday evening. The paper was then delivered to campus on Friday morning by the printer.”—Anthony Ricci, editor-in-chief, 1977-78
“‘Cut and paste’ really meant cut and paste. We'd cut up our typewritten stories with scissors to insert or delete material, then paste the pieces of paper back together. Everything got dropped off at an off-campus printer for typesetting. On Wednesday, a handful of editors would go to the printer to oversee production of the pages, which involved the people who worked there pasting our stories into place while we made adjustments, sometimes line by line. This had to be done, of course, but it cost us the better part of a day.”—Vernon Hill, editor-in-chief, 1979-80
“Back then, we used manual typewriters with a few IBM Selectrics to write our stories. The Associated Press Stylebook was our bible. The long hours put in each week by a handful of students in order to publish a weekly newspaper 26 times a school year was intense, particularly given the technology back then. It was literally driving back and forth with copy—no fax, no Internet.” —Jacqueline LaChance McKeon, editor-in-chief, 1983-84
“We used a really old Mac with Quark. Eventually we got a second computer from the Ray Simon Institute and were thrilled. We were right on the cusp of using digital pictures, but most of our photos had to be developed from film and scanned in. The computers were always crashing. I remember one night when the weekly issue was almost complete and the computer crashed without saving our edits. We were up until 2 a.m. trying to get the paper out.” —Christina Rockhill Kunzman, editor-in-chief, 2000-01
“Back then we had to print out all the drafts and edit by hand, then retype the corrections onto the computer, and save everything to a zip disc. Once we finished the final edit, which was often past midnight, I would drive 40 minutes to our printer to drop off our digital publication. I remember getting back to my dorm with only 30 minutes before my first morning class. We hinted at going digital back then, but we feared that our technology was just not capable at the time.”—Nick Angelides, editor-in-chief, 2001-02
“This was the year we really got our online presence going. Nick Souza ‘16 spearheaded that effort. Our website started to run all of our stories and had additional photos. The most time-consuming part of the process was probably designing what the paper actually looked like. We were so lucky we found Courteney Klepfer ‘16, who was amazing with Adobe InDesign, the program we used to design the paper. She made everybody’s job so much easier and helped complete the design revamp that we had been trying to do. We all worked together, and it was a good time.” —Matthew Rogers, co-editor-in-chief, 2015-16
Passion Projects - Editors on the stories they loved most.
“I remember writing about why textbooks cost so much and were often late in arriving at the bookstore. Everyone involved was quick to blame everyone else, which helped me to view issues from different perspectives, even though it was maddening to learn there was no single ‘villain.’ Another story involved a non-student from off-campus who was harassing female students. When I learned a friend was among the victims of the harassment (nothing physical, just bizarre, stalking type of behavior), it reinforced how important it was for the Tangerine to reflect what was happening to students in their everyday lives.” —Vernon Hill, editor-in-chief, 1979-80
“I loved working on the April Fool’s spoof edition of the paper, ‘The Gangerine.’ The journalism professors cringed every year, and it was a great, hands-on way to learn the true definition of libel.”—Jacqueline LaChance McKeon, editor-in-chief, 1983-84
“I enjoyed finding stories that hadn’t been told. As a young idealistic journalist, I wanted to make a mark and try to investigate stories and issues around campus that probably made a lot of headaches for the administration. Looking back, I am so thankful to the advisor at the time, Kim Landon, who supported me even though it probably made her job very difficult.”—Christina Rockhill Kunzman, editor-in-chief, 2000-01
“Some of my favorite pieces to cover were the ones that focused on campus growth. I loved seeing Utica College define what type of institute it wanted to be. Although UC was an affiliate of Syracuse University, President Todd Hutton was determined to leave his mark and make a name and identity for UC. During my time there, our sports program had grown, two new dorms were completed with a third one on its way, and our involvement in the community was growing.”—Nick Angelides, editor-in-chief, 2001-02
“My favorite story to work on was when UC’s dining services provider, Aramark, and UC cut ties after 32 years during the 2010-2011 winter break. Aramark was always under criticism about the quality of service, so while we knew that this split was inevitable, we didn’t know it would happen in the middle of the academic year. We reported the story from every angle, from a long and open interview with President Hutton, to former employees of Aramark and future employees of Sodexo, to student reactions. One thing was clear: Everyone was excited to welcome Sodexo with open arms.”—Christopher Cooper, editor-in-chief, 2010-12
My Philosophy as Editor - How each editor changed the paper’s direction and left his or her mark.
“I wanted to shake things up a bit. I wanted to see how different things would look in terms of graphic design. I added a column with capsules of news events happening off campus (we cleverly called it ‘Off Campus’). We added a ‘Personals’ page. I wanted it to be a little more Village Voice, as befitting my vantage point as a 21-year old journalism major growing up in the age of Watergate.” —Anthony Ricci, editor-in-chief, 1977-78
“I guided the staff to do our best to report what was happening on campus. This meant a fair representation of all sides of the story. Looking back, I wish that we had dug deeper for some in-depth reporting. At the same time, we did not have either the experience or the resources. More effort could have been made into this area, and that's my shortcoming. We were so busy with day-to-day operations that it was difficult to see the big picture. This was another lesson because it happens in the professional world, too.”—Vernon Hill, editor-in-chief, 1979-80
“My editorial philosophy was simple: We were not a public relations tool for the College, and we were going to cover the news whether it was favorable or not. When I came onboard, many of the previous section editors had graduated. This left me to look outside of the college’s journalism major to fill editorial roles. I think this made for a more well-rounded paper and brought new stories and material to the surface. We did not believe in sugarcoating anything, and that may have been a change for some of the college administration to accept. We pushed to cover more stories per issue, which meant going from an eight-page layout to a 12-page one. I did not like ‘off the record’ statements, and I would work hard on having sources trust me so that they would comment on the next piece that I needed help with.” —Nick Angelides, editor-in-chief, 2001-02
“Our philosophy was to cover campus news exclusively. We didn’t want to get into national politics or sports, because our readers can go anywhere else to get that. Even if we found ourselves writing about things as simple as the cafeteria changing hours or a new major, we owned it. We wanted to produce something that our readers couldn’t get anywhere else. We debated a few times on certain national news issues, but for the most part, we kept it all news, no opinion, and all campus issues.” —Matthew Rogers, co-editor-in-chief, 2015-16
The Powers that Be - How the Tangerine editor’s relationship with UC Administration affected reporting — or not.
“The Tangerine was an outspoken critic of the administration on almost every front. It was pretty much a sign of the times that if you were a college student, you didn't agree with anyone in a position of authority. I did try to give positive editorial support to those administrators and faculty whom I felt were listening to the students and responding to their concerns.”—Linda Vaccaro Schmidt, editor-in-chief, 1968-69
“I had regular discussions with Professor Ray Simon, who was my mentor and the official advisor to the Tangerine. I had regular discussions with then-journalism professor Mary-Margaret Patterson, who would occasionally spend her Friday lunch hour letting me know what worked and what didn’t in that week’s issue. But, for the most part, and to their credit, the administration left us alone. For that I was grateful. —Anthony Ricci, editor-in-chief, 1977-78
“I remember getting a call from then-President Tom Sheldon's office one day saying that he wanted to see me. I immediately thought that we had managed to upset him somehow. Instead, he was giving us an exclusive on a story about the new tuition rates. As young journalists, it would have been ‘fun’ to cause a little trouble now and then, and it occasionally happened. One time, a college administrator demanded to see my story before I submitted it to my editors. Just to see what would happen, I showed it to her. She marked up the pages to change the story to suit her point of view. I ignored her ‘suggestions,’ submitting the original story exactly as I had written it and my editor ran it that way. At the time, I thought I was teaching her a lesson about not being able to push us around.
I also remember, as a reporter before becoming editor, one year when contract negotiations between the faculty and administration were not going well. Trying to get to the bottom of it was difficult. Who to believe? The people whispering in my year off the record, or the people willing to sit down across from me and answer my questions? Again, it was a good lesson about journalism. I did my best to report both sides. I will always wonder if I could have done more or done something differently. You can second-guess yourself to death in this business.”—Vernon Hill, editor-in-chief, 1979-80
“The relationship with the administration was tumultuous, and now as a public relations practitioner at a school district, I can see what I giant pain we were. We were always trying to ‘break’ a story about some injustice.”—Christina Rockhill Kunzman, editor-in-chief, 2000-01
“The administration trusted us and knew that we were going to get the story straight, and when we didn’t, they knew that we would be quick to correct ourselves. And because I was editor for two consecutive years, I was able to build the trust and confidence of President Hutton’s administration.”—Christopher Cooper, editor-in-chief, 2010-12
Lessons Learned
Seek the truth, be aggressive, and adapt to change. Former editors share advice for today’s Tangerine staff.
“Be very aggressive, because opportunities are limited. Take heart in the fact that the skills you may learn in entry-level journalism jobs can be transferred to other more secure work.”—Paul Lomeo, editor-in-chief, 1969-70
“Always seek the truth because not everyone tells the truth. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes, because everyone makes mistakes. Just don’t be so hardheaded that you prevent yourself from learning from those mistakes. Journalism, through social media, speaks a different language from the journalism I grew up with, so my advice would sound like apples while everyone else is speaking oranges. But, that being said: Learn to spell. Learn the rules of grammar. Read the Elements of Style by E.B. White.” —Anthony Ricci, editor-in-chief, 1977-78
“You need that thick skin, for one. For another, journalism has a future. Just as it turned out for me not to be a lifetime of writing stories on typewriters, people must adapt to change. At the same time, journalism still needs dedicated people who can report, edit and present the news in a way that is meaningful to readers. Whether for a newspaper or a website or whatever the future brings, that will never change. —Vernon Hill, editor-in-chief, 1979-80
“Push yourselves to become better journalists who tell fair and balanced stories. If you really believe in what you are doing and the story you are telling, don’t be afraid to make waves, but be willing to take responsibility for your actions and apologize for mistakes.” —Christina Rockhill Kunzman, editor-in-chief, 2000-01
“Push for the truth, and follow up on that truth. As student journalists, we are in a position to truly make change.” —Christopher Cooper, editor-in-chief, 2010-12
“Be open-minded and don’t accept ‘no’ as an answer. You owe it to yourself and the campus community to report the news—even the unfavorable news.” —Nick Angelides, editor-in-chief, 2001-02
“Continue to raise the bar. The newspaper can get better and better each year, and with technology these days, the potential is limitless. Continue to ask questions about anything and everything.” —Matthew Rogers, editor-in-chief, 2015-16
Where Are They Now?
Linda Vaccaro Schmidt ’69 is retired after a long career in marketing communications and public relations, including positions with Turner Broadcasting and Cox Communications. She also owned her own freelance communications company for 17 years. Linda has two daughters and lives in Atlanta.
Paul Lomeo ‘70 is a lifelong Utica resident. After graduation, he worked in a variety of roles with Utica newspapers for nearly a decade. Later, he did communications and public affairs work for Planned Parenthood, the regional labor union, and Zogby International. Paul retired in 2008. He and his wife have three sons.
Anthony Ricci ’78 isretired after 36 years in Oneida County government. He’s married with two daughters and lives in Utica.
Vernon Hill ‘80has been in the newspaper business for more than three decades. Since 1988, he’s worked for the Springfield Republican in Springfield, Massachusetts, most recently as assistant managing editor. He lives in South Hadley, Massachusetts, and enjoys spending time with friends.
Jacqueline LaChance McKeon ‘84 has worked as a freelance writer since 1989. After graduating from UC, she spent more than a decade as a newspaper reporter and editor. Today she serves as community relations assistant for Camphill Ghent retirement community and is a contributing writer for the The Chatham Press in Chatham, New York.
Christina Rockhill Kunzman ‘01 enlisted in the United States Army as a broadcast journalist shortly after graduating from UC. She covered Operation Iraqi Freedom in Baghdad and was the editor of the Army’s weekly paper and producer of the weekly television program, which went on to win the Keith L. Ware award for Best News Program in the Army and the Thomas Edison award for Best Program in the Department of Defense. Christina now works as a public information officer for the Binghamton City School District and lives in Endwell, New York, with her husband, Darren, and daughter, Madison, 5.
Nick Angelides ’02 lives in Poland, Maine, with wife, Stephanie, and sons Dru and Jacob. He has worked as a reporter and photographer for the Sun Journal and L/A Magazine. He’s currently an application engineer and one of Maine’s premiere wedding photographers.
Christopher Cooper ‘12 is Community Relations Coordinator for Success Academy Charter Schools in Brooklyn. Previously, he worked as a journalist and researcher for Euromoney Institutional Investor, where he reported on Latin America’s legal markets and interviewed several high-profile figures including Mexico’s Energy Secretary Pedro Joaquín Coldwell. He lives in Brooklyn.
Matthew Rogers ’16 is a coach for the Utica College football team and a master’s student in UC’s liberal studies program. He lives in Utica and still reads the Tangerine every week.
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