Sara Dougadir
Year: 2009
Position: Music Director
Homer Class: Fall of 2005 (now merged with fall of 2004... word up)
Hometown: Charlottesville, VA
Audition songs: Sunday Morning- Maroon 5, Obvious- Christina Aguilera
Major(s)/Minor: Music, American Studies, Studio Art minor
Favorite UVa Tradition(s): Beach Week, of course! And the Lighting of the Lawn.
Life outside of Sils: First Year Players, violin teacher
One food I cannot live without: bacon.
Sorry, but you will NEVER catch me: watching really horrible reality TV. Go ahead. Watch the Hills and Date my Mom. It's your own IQ that's plummeting.
Jenna Pastuszek
Year: 2009
Position: President
Homer Class: Spring 2006
Hometown: Swarthmore, PA
Audition songs:"Something More" by Sugarland, "Stay" by Allison Krauss, and "Unwritten" by Natasha Beddingfield
Major(s)/Minor: History/Elementary Ed./French minor
Favorite UVa Tradition(s): Streaking the lawn, painting Beta Bridge, and quoting Thomas Jefferson
Other things you do outside of Sils: Alpha Phi, FYP, Big Sibs...running from place to place, and stressing out (it's a full time job)
Dream job: dressing up as Cinderella at Disney World. Who wouldn't love living in that castle!!
One food I cannot live without: Chocolate. You name it- candy, cookies, ice cream, birthday cake, Ima eat it.
Sarah Gulotta
Year: 2009
Position: Social Chair
Homer Class: Spring 2006
Hometown: Philly
Audition songs: Fix You- Coldplay, Jaded- Aerosmith
Major(s)/Minor: Psychology, minors in Biology and Russian.
Favorite UVa Tradition(s): STREAKING - duh. And singing "The Good Ol' Song" at football games. And basically everything about football games.
Life outside of Sils: Bartending, First Year Players, random theatre/music stuff, Brown Residential College craziness, reading a ridiculous amount of books, attending a ridiculous amount of concerts.
Go-to girl for: Bartender-related things and picking out indie music.
Dream job: Well, I actually plan on pursuing my dream job which will be training dolphins and other various marine mammals at SeaWorld. Buuut maybe I'll open up a "Coyote Ugly"-type of bar on the side. You know, just for fun.
Lauren Craig
Year: 2009
Homer Class: Fall 2006 (YOMERS)
Hometown: Oakton, Virginia
Audition songs:Daddy's Little Girl- Faith Hill, It Was Written in the Stars- Ella Fitzgerald, Some Days You Gotta Dance- Dixie Chicks
Major(s)/Minor: Biology (Pre-med)
Favorite UVa Tradition(s): Streaking the lawn will be my favorite, when I get someone to do it with me.
Life outside of Sils: pre-med society, lacrosse
Go-to girl for: boy troubles, nutrition, and overall physical health
One food I cannot live without: ice cream, and pie, and sugary bread items (such as muffins or French toast)
Gaby Wilson
Year: 2010
Position: 20th Anniversary Concert Manager
Homer Class: Fall 2006
Hometown: (most recently) Woodbridge, Virginia (Air Force brat)
Audition songs: Free Your Mind- En Vogue, The Voice Within- Christina Aguilera, Fallin'- Alicia Keys
Major(s)/Minor: Biology/English or Religious Studies
Favorite UVa Tradition(s): Late Night at White Spot (you see pretty much the whole University right before it closes at 3am!)
Life outside of Sils: Alpha Phi, Madison House Boosters (play with elementary school students, help them with reading and their homework), Madison House Medical Services, Silver Wings, piano/guitar jams with Kayce, cope with my addictions to YouTube, Facebook, and Microsoft Outlook
Dream job: running a dermatology practice with my fellow pre-med Homer sissy, LC where we play nothing but Sils CDs all day long.
Sorry, but you will NEVER catch me: without an itinerary of the day/week plotted out hour-by-hour in my planner and/or saved in an excel document on my laptop...Anal retentive?...Maybe, but I prefer obsessive compulsive.
Kayce McGehee
Year: 2010
Position: Alumni Chair
Homer Class: Fall 2006
Hometown: Chesapeake, Virginia
Audition songs: Fallen- Sarah Mclachlan, Your Song- Elton John, Landed- Ben Folds
Major: Undecided until the last minute
Favorite UVa Tradition: streaking the lawn...duh.
Life outside of sils: a starving musician...playing gigs at random places to pay for rent, wasting time on myspace and facebook.
Dream job: a rockstar (married to another musician in my band...HOT.)
One food I could never live without: chips and salsa
Jessi Koss
Year: 2010
Position: Web Vixen
Homer Class: Spring 2007
Hometown: Sterling (Loudoun), Virginia
Audition songs: Fantasy- Mariah Carey, When You Believe- W.Houston & M. Carey, Everyday is a Winding Road- Sheryl Crow
Major(s)/Minor: Political Science/Religious Studies, Media Studies minor
Favorite UVa Tradition(s): Beta bridge getting a daily facelift, the Good Old Song, the fact that Foxfield falls on my birthday weekend
Life outside of Sils: Alpha Phi, UVA Women's Ice Hockey, Club Lacrosse, Madison House Cheer Coach, reading/writing, vintage shopping, and the consumption of junk pop-culture, music, and style shows on VH-1, TLC, and E!
Go-to girl for: random facts & trivia, dresses, current stores having sales, blunt advice, someone to lay the smack down, how to fit extremely large amounts of clothing into small areas
Dream job: to be the next Barbara Walters
Dana Kalan
Year: 2010
Homer Class: Spring 2007
Hometown: Orange, Virginia
Audition songs: Rich Girl- Hall & Oates
Major(s)/Minor: Foreign Affairs/ Theatre
Favorite UVa Tradition(s): 4th year Fifth (can't wait for my 4th year to keep the tradition alive :)
Life outside of Sils: University Dance Club, First Year Players, Coupes, Take it Away, Ben and Jerry's, Alpha Phi
Dream job: a movie star...I love being in the spotlight and have dreamed about performing in front of a camera ever since I was born (I've already got one movie under my belt- Hush filmed outside of Orange County, VA- my hometown..rent it and you'll see my 3rd grade old face on the entire screen for a couple seconds in the christmas church scene)
One food I cannot live without: angel hair pasta...its fast and easy to make and it's so yummy
Ali Noyes
Year: 2010
Position: Bass singer
Homer Class: Spring 2007
Hometown: Vienna, Virginia
Audition songs: Over the Rainbow- Eva Cassidy
Major: Music/Business?
Favorite UVa Tradition: The good old song, Rotunda Sing, Tom Deluca
Life outside of Sils: I'm all Sils, baby
Go-to girl for: How best to procrastinate up to the very last millisecond.
Caitlin Morton
Year: 2010
Position: Assistant M.D.
Homer Class: Spring 2007 (!!!)
Hometown: Winchester, VA
Audition songs: Son of a Preacher Man- Aretha Franklin
Major(s)/Minor: Um. I'll let you know...
Favorite UVa Tradition(s): Lighting of the Lawn, late-night visits to the Castle
Life outside of Sils: First Year Players, Kids Acting Out, Cav Daily crossword puzzles, drink my body weight in Yoohoo
Go-to girl for: which character you would play in ANY given Disney film
Sorry, but you will NEVER catch me: wearing matching socks. Trust me, life is way more fun (and quite easier) with mismatched socks.
Courtney Stroud
Year: 2010
Position: Business Manager
Homer Class: Spring 2007
Hometown: Vienna, Virginia
Audition songs: Living Room- Tegan & Sara, Underneath- Jessica Simpson
Major(s)/Minor: nursing!
Favorite UVa Tradition(s): dressing up for football games. nothing is better than seeing fellow hoos (or even you yourself) faceplant in their sunday best down the intimidatingly sloped hill that is our student section.
Life outside of Sils: alpha phi, online shop (its a disease), compulsively twirl, attempt to cook
One food I cannot live without: popcorn.
Happiness Chijioke
Year: 2011
Position: Social Chair
Homer Class: Fall 2007
Hometown: Chester, VA
Audition songs: Fallin'- Alicia Keys, If I Ain't Got You-Alicia Keys, Zombie-Cranberries
Major(s)/Minor: Pre-Med, Bio, Psych, or Chem..i think
Favorite UVa Tradition(s): Dorm Sings
Life outside of Sils: Family, Friends, Church, Sports, and Being Happy
One food I cannot live without: Foo Foo (it's a Nigerian thing)
Sorry, but you will never catch me: Streaking the lawn...i think
Dream job: Pediatrician. COME ON!!! Dr. Happy is too perfect.
Go-to girl for: a shoulder to cry on and a solution to the problem
Sophie Dougadir
Year: 2011
Homer Class: Fall 2007
Hometown: Charlottesville, VA
Audition songs: If I Ever Fall in Love Again- Boys II Men, Let Me Leave- Marc Broussard
Major(s)/Minor: Undecided... nothing involving math
Favorite UVa Tradition(s): The whole football scene (although I prefer 'orange fever' to 'guys in ties, girls in pearls')
Life outside of Sils: Watching Sportscenter, working on my fitness (up in the gym), texting all day long.
One food I cannot live without: Corn on the cobb
Go-to girl for: Rap mixtapes; anything Lil' Wayne
Amanda Reid
Year: 2011
Homer Class: Fall 2007
Hometown: Boca Raton, Florida
Audition songs: Joyful, Joyful - Sister Act II, Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Katharine McPhee version, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cindy Lauper
Major(s)/Minor: Chemical Engineering with a concentration in Biochemistry/ hoping to minor in Spanish
Favorite UVa Tradition(s): haven't been here long enough to really say, but probably dressing up for football games
Life outside of Sils: Society of Women in Engineeing, voice lessons, dabbling in just about all the sports, dancing and rapping along to rap, shopping, working at Gap Body, snuggling
One food I cannot live without: sushi!
Go-to girl for: a make-over
Emily Swan
Year: 2011
Homer Class: Fall 2007
Hometown: Abingdon, VA
Audition songs: “Emotions” Destiny’s Child, “I Wasn’t Prepared” Eisley, “You Oughta Know” Alanis Morrissette
Major(s)/Minor: Drama/Psychology Double
Favorite UVa Tradition(s): you know a school is badass when their number one tradition is streaking their grounds
Life outside of Sils: I am in FYP, I loooooove to act, I’ve been a ballerina for fifteen years. I like doing schoolwork. Is that weird?
Sorry, but you will never catch me: having free time. I have a time and a place for everything, and my planner tells me where I need to be when to do what. I’m a busy girl.
Go-to girl for: boy problems or problems of any sort. I love being a counselor. I’m such a good listener and I always know what to do to make things better for other people.