Frosh-O Staff

Commissioners
Celia Johns & Nicola Menchetti

Hey Chaos!
We're Celia and Nicola, your Frosh-O Commissioners and can't wait to welcome you home to the best dorm on Campus. No, seriously, we just won hall of the year, so get pumped. We have a jam-packed weekend of fun planned for when you arrive, and trust us, move in will be here before you know it! So get plenty of rest, get packed up and we can't wait to meet you!

Peace, Love and Chaos,
Celia and Nicola

Celia Johns (click here to e-mail her!)
Major: Biological Sciences, minors: Peace Studies and Science,Technology and Values
Graduation Year: 2011
Hometown: Louisville, KY
Favorite Movie: Sky High
Favorite Song Lyric: "I love the way you rock" Matt Nathanson
Favorite Word: y'all
Favorite TV Show: Jon and Kate Plus 8
Favorite Building at ND: grotto at night
Favorite Disney Princess: Ariel
Favorite Dining Hall Food: quesadillas made in the panini maker!
Favorite Cereal: blueberry morning
Favorite place to study on campus: back corner of the library basement
Favorite thing/event about Cavanaugh: Interhall Football Domination!
Favorite Memory from this Year: Slip and Sliding on North Quad after the first home game of the year

Nicola Menchetti (click here to email her!)
Major: Film, Television, and Theatre & Hesburgh Program of Public Service
Graduation Year:2011
Hometown:Tallahassee,FL
Favorite Movie:I'm in FTT so my favorite movie tends to change, but right now I really dig Barefoot in the Park and as always The Fifth Element and the first Pirates of the Caribbean
Favorite Song Lyric:Led Zeppelin: Yes there are two paths that you can go by, but in the long run there's still time to change the road you're on.
Favorite Word:Snazzy
Favorite TV Show:Recently I remembered the show "Land of the Lost" from when I was about 8 and it rocked!
Favorite Building at ND:LaFun - like it's name suggests, it's a hoppin' place!
Favorite Disney Princess:Jasmine
Favorite Dining Hall Food:Salad bar
Favorite Cereal:A crazy mix of granola, honey nut cheerios, cracklin' oat bran, & cinnamon toast crunch
Favorite Place to study on campus:LaFun Basement
Favorite thing/event about Cavanaugh:What's not to love about Cavanaugh?
Favorite memory from this year:When a bunch of Cavanaugh girls and I painted ourselves sparkling gold for the first home football game.

Frosh-O Staff
These girls will help you make it through FROSH-O! Get excited because they are excited!

Brittni Alexander (click here to email her!)
Major: Science Business
Graduation Year: 2012
Hometown: Blauvelt, NY
Favorite Movie: Wedding Crashers
Favorite Song Lyric: You can run, you can hide, but you can't escape CHAOS!
Favorite Word: Why
Favorite TV Show: Lost
Favorite Building at ND: Cavanaugh/The Golden Dome
Favorite Disney Princess: Belle and Mulan
Favorite Dining Hall Food: Pizza
Favorite Cereal: Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Favorite Place to Study on Campus: The hallway
Favorite thing/event about Cavanaugh: Cavanaugh's spirit
Favorite memory from this year: Some of my favorite memories have been ones where our section gathers in the hallway and talks, laughs, and throws occasional dance parties.

Alicia (Lish) Elliot (click here to email her!)
Major: Business Managment-Consulting Minor in Theology
Graduation Year: 2012
Hometown: Ambler, PA
Favorite Movie: 10 Things I Hate About You
Favorite Song Lyric: It when you cry just a little, but laugh in the middle, that you've made it. -Jason Mraz
Favorite Word: Ubiquitous
Favorite TV Show: Friends
Favorite Building at ND: CoMo/GUG
Favorite Disney Princess: Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)
Favorite Dining Hall Food: Cottage Cheese
Favorite Cereal: Kashi
Favorite Place to Study on Campus: CoMo
Favorite thing/event about Cavanaugh: Being able to sit in teh hallways and always have someone to talk to. Whenever someone walks by, even if you don't know everyone, it is a very welcoming place and even as a freshman, you feel like you belong.
Favorite memory from this year: Is this a real question? I cannot even begin. But ti sum it up I would say probably second semester, and more specifically the "getting ready" with my friends and having a new sense of sisterhoos since we all live together. 90's NIGHT!


Malia Gresham (click here to email her!)
Major: ALPP-Psychology
Graduation Year: 2012
Hometown: McKinney, TX
Favorite Movie: Juno & The Matrix
Favorite Song Lyric: When the world fits inside of your arms, do you really need to pay attention to the alarms? -Jack Johnson
Favorite Word: There are far too many good words to pick just one, but a few of my favorites are Encroach, Facetious, and Lament.
Favorite TV Show: Grey's Anatomy
Favorite Building at ND: I am a fan of Cavanaugh
Favorite Disney Princess: Sleeping Beauty
Favorite Dining Hall Food: Apple Slices
Favorite Cereal: Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds
Favorite Place to Study on Campus: North Quad
Favorite thing/event about Cavanaugh: SYR!
Favorite memory from this year: The first time, Molly, Brit, Maria, and I all went out together.


Michelle Hopke (click here to email her!)
Major: Business
Graduation Year: 2012
Hometown: Alexandria, VA
Favorite Movie: The Notebook
Favorite Song Lyric: Clap de clap clap de clap de clap
Favorite Word: Juniper
Favorite TV Show: Gossip Girl
Favorite Building at ND: LaFortune/Reckers
Favorite Disney Princess: Belle
Favorite Dining Hall Food: S'mores Squares
Favorite Cereal: Reese's Puffs
Favorite Place to Study on Campus: Bond Hall
Favorite thing/event about Cavanaugh: People, location, Rector, Snowball, too many to name!
Favorite memory from this year: Rushing Stonehedge after defeating Michigan in the pouring Rain!


Lily Hough (click here to email her!)
Major: Undecided, Arts and Letters
Graduation Year: 2012
Hometown: Kansas City, MO
Favorite Movie: Superbad
Favorite Song Lyric: Is my body too bootyliscious for you babe?
Favorite Word: Fo sho
Favorite TV Show: Lost
Favorite Building at ND: LaFortune
Favorite Disney Princess: Mulan
Favorite Dining Hall Food: Tortellini
Favorite Cereal: Kix
Favorite Place to Study on Campus: Como
Favorite thing/event about Cavanaugh: Interhall Sports, Cav Basement (24 hour space)
Favorite memory from this year: The massive snowball fight on North Quad

Anne Huntington (click here to email her!)
Major: History
Graduation Year: 2012
Hometown: River Forest, IL
Favorite Movie: Slumdog Millionaire
Favorite Song Lyric: There's no where you can be that isn't where your supposed to be, its easy. All you need is love. -The Beatles
Favorite Word: LOVE!
Favorite TV Show: What Not to Wear
Favorite Building at ND: DPAC (Debartolo Performing Arts Center)
Favorite Disney Princess: Mulan- she literally kicks ass
Favorite Dining Hall Food: MYO (Make your own) Pizza at North with Feta cheese
Favorite Cereal: Frosted Flakes and Trix
Favorite Place to Study on Campus: That's something I try to avoid all together... And I can't give away my secret spot
Favorite thing/event about Cavanaugh: The Dance-a-thon was so much fun! Cavanaugh girls always have fun and we went all out for the dance-a-thon!
Favorite memory from this year: The feeling of relief after finishing and making it to all of my first classes.

Samantha Niver (click here to email her!)
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Graduation Year: 2012
Hometown: Kapolei, HI
Favorite Movie: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Favorite Song Lyric: And the decades disappear like sinking ships, but we perserve. God give us hope but we still fear what we don't know. -The Killers
Favorite Word: Conundrum
Favorite TV Show: Gilmore Girls
Favorite Building at ND: North Dining Hall
Favorite Disney Princess: Ariel
Favorite Dining Hall Food: their muffins
Favorite Cereal: Honey Bunches of Oats
Favorite Place to Study on Campus: Second floor Hesburgh Library
Favorite thing/event about Cavanaugh: Without a doubt the best dorm on campus. And now we have the award to prove it. Prime Location
Favorite memory from this year: St. Patty's Day

Radmila (Rada) Sarkisova (click here to email her!)
Major: Pre-Med
Graduation Year: 2012
Hometown: Grand Rapids, MI
Favorite Movie: He's Just Not that Into You
Favorite Song Lyric: He has a poet's soul, and the heart of a man's man I know he'll say that he's in love, but between you and me he won't be good enough. -Tim McGraw
Favorite Word: Evidently
Favorite TV Show: Lost
Favorite Building at ND: Jordan
Favorite Disney Princess: Belle
Favorite Dining Hall Food: Egg Rolls
Favorite Cereal: Cinnamon Crunch
Favorite Place to Study on Campus: Como
Favorite thing/event about Cavanaugh: DANCE IN JORDAN. Dates or no dates the Cavanaugh girls got to hand out together and do our favorite thing DANCE.
Favorite memory from this year: Playing Escape as loud as possible from our window right after Cavanaugh won hall of the year.

Brit Schaefer (click here to email her!)
Major: Chemical Engineering
Graduation Year: 2012
Hometown: Sidney, OH
Favorite Movie: The Shawshank Redemption
Favorite Song Lyric: All the dishes rattle in the cupboards when the elephants arrive. -Cake
Favorite Word: Facetious
Favorite TV Show: Desperate Housewives
Favorite Building at ND: Sacred Heart Basilica
Favorite Disney Princess: Nala from the Lion King!
Favorite Dining Hall Food: Chicago Alfredo Pasts Stir Fry
Favorite Cereal: Cheerios Crunch
Favorite Place to Study on Campus: The Reserve Room in the Library
Favorite thing/event about Cavanaugh: Dance-a-Thon! And being in the center of campus
Favorite memory from this year: First snowfall of the year, taking pictures in it, and watching all the Southerners FREAK OUT! =)

Stephanie Sirianni (click here to email her!)
Major: Business (Finance/Accounting) and Economic
Graduation Year: 2012
Hometown: Laguna Hills, CA
Favorite Movie: The Holiday
Favorite Song Lyric: Live your life with arms wide open. Today is where our book begins, the rest is still unwritten. -Natasha Bedingfield
Favorite Word: Yeppers
Favorite TV Show: The Biggest Loser
Favorite Building at ND: LaFortune
Favorite Disney Princess: Ariel
Favorite Dining Hall Food: Reese's Peanut Butter Cups from ice-cream bar :-)
Favorite Cereal: Cracklin' Oat Bran and Reese's Puffs
Favorite Place to Study on Campus: Window seat of Hesburgh Library
Favorite thing/event about Cavanaugh: Can't really pick one: the close-knit community and friendliness of everyone, Cavanaugh Football, and great location.
Favorite memory from this year: Dancing in Stonehedge after the rainy Michigan Football Game

Student Liasons
These girls are will answer any questions you might have about college, classes, what to bring, etc. They are excited to answer your questions, so e-mail them! (All five girls are sophomores.)

Ashley Amarosa (click here to email her!)
Major: Finance/ Film, Theater, Television with a concentration in TV
Hometown: Nesconset, NY
Activities: Cavanaugh Football, Cavanaugh Soccer, Football Recruiting Student Worker, Duncan Highlander Games

Hi, my name is Ashley Amarosa. I am living in a quad on the third floor next year. You are about to enter the best four years of your life at the best place in the world. The University is not just a great academic institution, but a wonderful forum for meeting life-long friends, enjoying unforgettable sporting events, and growing as a person. If you have any questions or concerns feel free to email me. I look forward to meeting you all next year.



Madeline Kelley (click here to email her!)
Major: Political Science and Business
Hometown: Shorewood, WI
Activities: Residential Scholars, Interhall Soccer/Flag Football, I work at Decio Commons

Hey girls! Welcome to Cavanaugh and Notre Dame. You are going to love it here. It's really an incredible place. I am really excited to meet you and answer your questions. Hang in there this summer- I'm sure you cannot wait to get on campus!









Molly Kiernan (click here to email her!)
Major: Sociology and Spanish
Hometown: Avon, CT
Activities: Sophomore Class Council, Circle K, Tutoring at Robinson Community Learning Center

Hey girls! Welcome to the best dorm on campus! If you have any questions about majors, activities, or anything else, feel free to send me an email. I would love to hear from you and can't wait to meet you in August!












Christine Mascali (click here to email her!)
Major: Chemical Engineer
Hometown: Hudson, OH
Activities: Concert band and varsity band, pit orchestra, chamber orchestra, ballroom dancing, softball















Katlyn Turner (click here to email her!)
Major: Chemical Engineer
Hometown: Granger, IN
Activities: National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Society of Women Engineers (SWE), Engineering Student Assistant, Cavanaugh Co-Liturgical Music Commissioner (LMC) with Christine Mascali