Panorama Staff- In Depth
Panorama:
Life On The Hill Staff...
A Closer Look




Name: David Gaynes
Hometown: Bridgeport, Ct.
Year: 1999
Temporary Setback: A while back during a layover in Burbank, CA., Gaynes decided to look in the phonebook for actor, and hopefully long lost cousin, George Gaynes's telephone number. Much to his surprise, the number was listed, and David dialed it. He was dismayed to find out that George Gaynes was nothing more than a stage name. What a disappointment.

Name: Patrick Brettell
Year: 2000
Patrick Brettell is from Easton, PA which is the proud location of a monument to a crayon. Patrick is proud to be the tone deaf reincarnation of Elvis Presley.

Name: Ilko Menkov
Hometown: Bulgaria, HI
Year: 2000
Just a poor foreigner, whose life goal is to steal Panorama's camera. He needs it to make someone shoot a movie about my skiing skills. Be careful because he is going to Tahoe soon, and that will be a perfect chance to take the camera.

Name: Vidal J. Torres
Position: Editor
Year: 2000
Mr. Punctuality: Vidal has been known to waltz into meetings when he pleases and has been fired and rehired sixteen times. People have a huge problem with his tardiness, but insofar that he is as wide as he is tall, no one is willing to do anything about it.

Name: Joe Woods
Year: 1999
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Stuff To Know About Joe: Joe once beat up a Dominoes pizza delivery boy because it took the guy 31 minutes. He remains a devout supporter of Roma's Pizzeria. He runs the 40 in about 3 seconds...not bad.

Name: Dave Weaver
Year: 1997
Career Interests: This Exeter Prep School hockey prodigy traded in his stick for a microphone this year. His unrealized dream of playing hockey on the profesional level may very well be replaced by the dream of covering it on national television. Always known to be the most modest at everything he does, Weaver once shouted out after a sports report, "Stick with me kid! I'm awesome at this stuff!"

Name: Reginald Denis
Hometown: The City
Year: 1999
Wrong Guy: Reggie is often confused with Reginald Deny, Truck driver brutally abused during the L.A. riots. When asked for his autograph, Reggie just shakes his head and signs, saying "I'm not who you think I am."

Name: Andrew "Honus" Osterman
Year: 2000
Positions: On-screen talent, Pa, Editor
Car: The only 2wd Jeep on campus
Andrew came to us from the swamps of Washington DC where he bussed tables and guided white water rafts. Until he came to Panorama he had absolutly no talent with a camera, and according to Dave, he still doesn't. As a budding classics majior he fills time by trying to figure out how to fulfill his requirements in a department which only offers four courses a year. As a hobby he puts up with Vidal as a roomate.

Name: Christian Tico
Year: 2000
Christian, at the tender age of 17, is easily corrupted by the other staff members. Although having had no previous experience as a PA, this upstanding young man is well on his way to the Panorama Hall of Fame. His pet peeves include littering, country music and (especially) running low on battery juice.

Name: Colin Carman
Hometown: New Jersey
Year: 2000
Daily rituals: Mudbaths, bikini wax, and detailed conversations about Jungian archetypes.

Name: Liz Stock
Year: 2000
Favorite band: Liz is a devout Motley Crue fan and follows them whenever they are on tour. She proudly displays her numerous tatoos and gets a new one after every show. Ask her to show you the one on her butt.

Name: Sam Richardson
Year: 1999
The Omen of Panorama: Sam is routinely plagued by reports where sound does not come out and where lighting is bad. He attributes this to negative psychic powers channeled through him by his late twelfth uncle, uncle Sam. While no one can understand his mystical ability, most hypothesize that it has something to do with his name.

Name: Rachel Osborne
Year: 2000
The sound of music: Rachel's favorite movie star is Julie Andrews and as Panorama's publicity manager this is routinely manifested in ad campaigns. The most recent one read "The hills are alive with the sound of Panorama." Might we be taking this a little too far?

Name: Pam Kennedy
Year: 2000
Pam has blond hair and always wears an overcoat. Everything else remains a mystery.

Name: Shauna Wreschner
Year: 2000
Height: 4'8
Man on the Street: Shauna's duties for Panorama include asking the question of the week of random people at the student center. As of last week the show provided for a podium so that she could be in the shot as she interviewed people.

Name: Al Albano
Year: 2000
Funny Guy: Al is a member of Bobby Peru, Hamilton's comedy troupe. When he is not on stage making people laugh, he is usually at home, depressed and miserable, putting on a clown suit in front of a mirror and crying. Al is manic depressive, but always gets the quick laugh on camera.

Name: Oyku Kalaycioglu
Year: 1997
Hometown: Istanbul, Turkey
Senioritis: Oyku is quick to use her senior thesis as an excuse to miss meetings. Other reasons she has used in the past are "I don't know how to use the camera anyway," and "I don't speak english."

Name: Lauren MacDonald
Year: 2000
Last time Lauren taped a story for Panorama: August 29, 1996.

Name: Katie Mantell
Year: 2000
Hometown: Orange, Connecticut
Colin's PA: Katie taped Colin's segments for awhile and then grew very bitter about the state of affairs at the college. When Colin tackled the tainted water story, the man on the street taste test was too much to bear, and she cracked under the pressure. She looks forward to returning to active duty very soon.

Name: Ian Spatz
Year: 2000
Tale of a Freshman party animal: Spatz lives in the loudest freshman room on campus- he runs with the bad boys, so to speak. Not much of a role model, but MAN can he charge batteries.

Name: Gwen I. Bueno de Mesquita
Year: 2000
Every Wednesday night is hump night for Gwen and her cronies. Don't ask what goes on, but rest assured it's one hell of a good time.

Name: Christine Bower
Year: 2000
Codename: Space Cadet
Christine is active among a multiplicity of campus organizations. Throughout the stresses and pressures of coping with school work and extracurricular activities her outlook on life remains the same as her blood type: B positive.