By Mirjam Donath


This newsroom picture was taken a day after Michael Bloomberg was assured that he can stay in the mayoral chair of New York. But it could have been taken on any given Friday or Tuesday night in the past months when we have plugged the dongles into the computers of the seventh floor. 

The 'we' here are:
Colin Beattie, the rebel, lover of the sound of nature: migrating birds, buoys dancing on the sea, anything that could bring him out of the walls of the school.
Caitlin Brown, the sophisticated, whose piece on Jules Verne is a must-listen -- therefore I kindly ask our audience to plead her to post it. Caitlin played an emperor in class, charismatic and bossy, only to let us know at the very end that it was a role of hers: she is a professional actress.
Cillian Conchuir, sometimes with muffins, other times with harps, kept the spirit of the Irish in us.
Michelle DeLateur, the bomb of the newsroom. Her "worst piece" was better than our best ones.

Now is the time to reveal a secret of our professor Dean Olsher to show the importance of the next two members of our newsroom: Sara Goldblatt and Jane Hardy. Dean was born in Italy, near Verona. Technically at least. Legally, the piece of land that saw him first belongs to the United States, as it was a military base. No wonder why he works at his best when surrounded by Italians. The presence of the natives Sara and Jane who brought Italy into the gray New York building, intellectually, spiritually, and gastronomy-wise, was essential.

Without Flora Fair there is no End of the Dial 2009. Creator and moderator of this site -- and its various content -- if you are here it is thanks to her.

"Veni, vidi, vici," embodies Allison Fishman's spirit and she did all three warm-heartedly.
Matt Frassica is a pro. I wonder why he joined the class. No, I'm grateful for that.
Phillip Molnar has a Hungarian family name. FYI. And his voice is sound for sound's sake. Check it out.  
Mark Sherstinsky is a doctor. You would tell if you met him: really calm, really healing. Has some Italian connections too.
Sensitive, good-hearted, hard worker, New Yorker: Misha Wagner has stood the Olsher-proof and passed the class with flying colors.

Thank you guys. It was a thrill.

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