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 For Elizabeth "Lizzie" Keating '90, going green is a natural way of life; not a new millennium trend. She grew up in Wellesley, MA and carries vivid memories of her neighbors recycling all the time- and this was in the 1970s. Growing up in the northeastern corner of the state contributed to her environmental consciousness. This way of living paid off this past April when she and her fiancé opened Green Cab VT. Described as "the latest innovation in taxi service", this environmentally conscious cab company offers transportation service to residents in Burlington and Montpellier, VT utilizing alternative fuel vehicles, hybrids, and electric cars.
Like all Americans, Lizzie was spending massive amounts of cash at the gas pump. "My fiancé converted his car to run on vegetable oil," she said. "I was throwing cash into my car; he was throwing waste product into his. It was a no-brainer to convert."
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The Gunnery Parent Council has done it again! Despite a tense economic climate, they still managed to stage a successful school-related fundraising event. The Gunnery's Parent Auction raised $189,000 gross. In a room illuminated in bright pinks and formal blacks, fantasies became realities for all involved as parents and faculty had the opportunity to bid on items ranging from the luxurious to the indulgent to the practical. Ultimately, the students and the school community reaped the benefits due to the generosity of the parents.
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 The One World Club is off to a compelling start this year with a Connecticut debut of a documentary on the plight of child survivors in northern Uganda. Boarding students gathered last week to listen to Matt, Jay, Rachel, and Johannes, four young people from all over the country, have left their jobs and schools to travel to New England schools and promote support for the Schools 4 Schools program. The students watched a documentary about the program, heard the presenters give their reasons for joining the program, and had an opportunity to purchase crafts from the area. The young people also gave programs at Newtown High School, the Taft School, and Branford High School.
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 Junior class dean Sean Walsh organized this year's junior trip hoping to fuse academic enrichment with class bonding. Arriving on the southeastern side of Manhattan, the class of 2010 went on a grand tour of the downtown area. First they learned of the history of the American immigrant touring Little Italy, Chinatown, and the African Burial Grounds, among others. They also visited the financial district where they toured the Federal Reserve and the stock exchange. In the afternoon, they broke up into six smaller groups and visited either MOMA, Lincoln Center, NBC Studios, Museum of Modern Art, Central Park, or Harlem for a Hip Hop Tour. "The students by and large," said Sean, "were very positive."
"I've never been to New York City before," said Matthew Milana '10, "so it was a little overwhelming at first, but it was a neat experience. Fifteen of us went to NBC Studios where we saw the news broadcast station, the set for the Today Show, and the sound stage for Saturday Night Live."
by Anna Kjellson
 Boys' crew again made the two-day trip to Saratoga Springs at the end of October to race at the Head of the Fish. This 2.3 mile head race traditionally marks the end of the fall regatta season, drawing competitors from all over the Northeast as well as Canada. Gunnery crews have placed in the top five here every year that they have participated, racing fours in both varsity and novice events.
Last year, Head Coach Rob Reinhardt decided to enter the varsity eight event as well to give the boys another opportunity to compete at a higher level. Because the Gunnery team is small (thirty boys on average year to year) the same eight rowers race twice - once in the fours and then again in the eight.
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 The Alumni Council grew out of the group which came together to produce The Master of the Gunnery, a biography of founder Frederick Gunn, in 1887. A smaller group than the Alumni Association, the group took on such projects as the raising of money for the commemorative plaque to alumnus William Hamilton Gibson, Class of 1866, and the establishing of a memorial on the baseball field to Alexander Compton who perished on the Titanic. In recent years individual reunion classes have raised money to endow the prize for Excellence in Teaching (Class of 1955) and to endow the publication of the Gunn Scholar research.
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For T.K. Knowles '85, getting fired from his job was actually a good thing. While working at a media production company, he and one of his colleagues were let go, left with the daunting task of finding a new way to support themselves. Both tossed around the idea of going into business for themselves, but starting a new business at the time, according to TK, was "a scary proposition."
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