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2 The College of New Jersey Magazine OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MISTAKE Editor's note: We printed an incorrect date in our caption for the Looking Back photo in the summer 2026 issue. We regret the error, but not the flood of letters received because of it. " I AM INCREDIBLY PROUD OF TCNJ AND OF THE ENTIRE TEAM BEHIND THE SCENES WHOSE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE COLLEGE'S SUCCESS. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING TCNJ CONTINUE ITS RISE AND RECEIVE THE NATIONAL RECOGNITION IT SO RICHLY DESERVES. " KORAB SEJDIU '01 TALK UP You got the date of the production incorrect in the photo of Oklahoma! It was 1995, not 1987. I played the role of Laurey in that production. MARIEKE GEORGIADIS-ERTEL '99 What a nice surprise to open the summer 2026 issue and see some very familiar faces gracing the pages, including my own. I was a cast member in the production of Oklahoma! and got quite a rush to see a photo so many years later. I messaged my besties who were also in the play, and we strolled down memory lane. Thank you for allowing us to relive our college days. DANA FRAYTAK TROIANO '97 I opened the summer magazine this morning and saw the photo from Oklahoma! I wasn't in the show, but I worked in Kendall Hall at that time, and I assisted the music director, professor Philip Tate, on this one. STEVE MOGER '98 In my senior year, I was the director of a production of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, which was scheduled to be performed at the then-new Rathskeller on campus. But an infamous freak storm wrecked the Rat, and the performance for that night had to be canceled. Being the creative college thespians we were, we snuck into the Rat at midnight, with the ceiling threatening to fall on us at any moment. We dismantled the set and reconstructed it at the event space at the Travers/Wolfe dorms, and our Jacques Brel was performed to standing ovations. THOMAS ZUCOSKY '78 HAT TIP TCNJ Magazine is a great, valued publication. Keep up the good work. LEONARD W. ZALESKI '79

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