3 * LOVETT COLLEGE (Game Show Week)

You're probably full of questions right now; we've all been there before. Let us begin by explaining our role as coordinators of Orientation Week. We are responsible for choosing your advisors (36 out of a pool of almost 300!), pairing you with your roommate, putting together this book, and planning an amazing O-Week. We are here to make you feel at home at Lovett, and we invite you to contact us with any questions or concerns you might have both this summer and during the school year. You might be wondering who we really are... well here's a look at Lauren, Christy, and Page, a.k.a. Bob Barker's Beauties.

Hey you guys! I'm Lauren Kaufman, and no, I have not resorted to using the phrase "y'all" yet. As a native Long Islander (pronounced "Lawn Gighlender"), I intend to keep it that way. I have been nicknamed "38-special" because every thirty-eighth word that I say indicates my New York accent (think My Cousin Vinny), but I know that those wacky Southerners are just jealous! I like to scare them by frequently using the horn in my Yankeemobile while belting out every and any song on the radio, regardless of whether or not I know the words. I'm a junior materials engineering major -- a what? A materials... oh, never mind -- there are a grand total of 3 or 4 of us at Rice, so go ahead and look at me like I'm some rare exhibit at the museum. I'll even allow you to say, "oooh la la!" People say that I have a very distinct laugh. In fact, some claim that they can stand on the 6th floor of Lovett and hear me laughing down on the ground floor. I don't mind making a complete fool of myself for the sake of my sanity and that of others, especially if it'll cheer someone up. I love to figure skate, rollerblade, and play softball. Among my favorite things are Buffalo wings (HOT ones, of course -- none of that wimpy stuff), The Wonder Years, surgical pants, the Footloose soundtrack, and Vonnegut books. If you want to get in good with VIP's like me, show up at Rice with a Hershey bar in hand. :) Oh, and my favorite game show of all time was Bumper Stumpers.

Hey guys (you'll hear no "y'all" from me either)! I'm Christy Adessa, a senior hailing from Appleton, Wisconsin -- 70,000 of your best friends on the mighty Fox, the river of dreams. To answer your next few questions: yes, I adore cheese and bratwurst; yes, da Packers are God's gift to the NFL; and yes, I can talk like a character from the movie Fargo (oh, jeez!), but I don't. I'm majoring in linguistics, but please convince your parents to hire me anyway. Last year, I spent the fall in Prague, so you may occasionally hear me spouting random Czech phrases. If you ever go, here's a helpful hint: zmrzlina means ice cream, and you can get it for about a quarter. Vyborne! I am living proof that you can survive happily in the big bad world of Houston after you draw a bad card at room jack: this will be my third year off-campus (come meet my cat, Lord Zod!). My free time is spent singing in a cappella groups and hamming it up with Lovett theater. I love coffee, Bookstop, Ben Folds Five, thunderstorms, snowstorms, and (of course) Jeopardy!

Hey crazy chickens! I'm Page Gandy all the way from Edinburg, Texas. It's a small town on the border of Mexico where, yes, we DO drive cars, not horses! I'm going to be a senior double majoring in psychology and political science, hoping to go to grad school in child psychology. I am hyperactive, LOVE to have fun and am usually bouncing off the walls. You can find me swing dancing, playing linebacker for Lovett's CHAMPIONSHIP WOMEN'S FOOTBALL TEAM, listening to Dave Matthews, trying to speak Spanish (pos... whatever), dealing with my friends' life crises, teaching Kirstin how to play soccer, jumping on the Acatramp at Wiess (it's really not that scary over there), trying to figure out the words to Rusted Roots songs (oh me say oh... ), cheering for the Dallas Cowboys, procrastinating, and just being weird. I am addicted to Sour Patch Kids, Dr. Pepper, Strawberry Pop-Tarts with no icing, and Jeopardy. Oh, and unlike the other Yankees, I DO say y'all!