Summer Field Camp of 2008

The "Other" Awards

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Ron White Award
To Jim Christopher
for the geology student who exemplifies the characteristics of Ron White:
crass attitude, endless enthusiasm, and consistency in making Dr. Gleason laugh.


Michael Winsloe Award
To Andrew Kosiba
for the geology student who exemplifies the characteristics of Michael Winsloe
by making rapid-fire arms imitations while crossing large open fields.


Indiana Jones Award
To Bobby Taylor
for the geology student who exemplifies the characteristics of Indiana Jones
by screaming like a girl when he sees a snake in the field.


Scott Causer Award
To Rob Conti
for the geology student who is consistently mistaken for Scott Causer even though
he looks nothing like Scott Causer.


“Fall Guy” Award
To John-Luke Henriquez
for the geology student most adept at falling on command.


David Letterman Stupid Human Tricks Award
To Justin Schwab
for the geology student who displays the best Stupid Human Tricks.


Hard-Headed Woman Award
To Elizabeth Hensel
for head-butting her way out of the forest.


ComiCon Award
To Ted Sikora
for his extensive knowledge of Super heroes and Buffy-lore.
If only he had devoted as much time to his Geology studies!!!


The Official Gimp Award
To Jennifer Christoffel
for limping her way through the South Bethlehem mapping project.


The “Do you want fries with that wedding?” Award
To Adam Craig
for the best imitation of a priest/rabbi/justice of the peace/or whatever in a fake wedding.


The Exterminator Award
To Nina Wernecke
for graciously spattering fly-guts on her team mates while knocking bugs off of them in the field.


The Honorary Member of the Cortland Geology Department Award
To Sarah Stryker
for fooling half the camp into thinking she was a Cortland student instead of a Fredonia student.


The Rock Surfer Dude Award
To Jon Zabron
for surfing the most tubular rock slabs down the slopes, dude.


The Pace-O-Matic Award
To John Kroon
for guiding his team well out of their field area, and into a blasting zone.


The Maybeline-girl Award
To Ashlie Peters
for field testing their latest line of sweat-proof foundation and eye-make-up.


The Oprah Book Club Award
To Jodi Gaeman
for finding solace in a multitude of literary works while the rest of us partied around her.


The  “Competent Boudin” Award
To Rene Olsen
for maintaining her competence, sanity, and smile in spite of the sea of immaturity around her.


The Robetusin Award
To Brian Sansone
for entertaining his bunkmates nightly with a serenade of coughing.


The Jungle Explorer Award
To Matt Vitale
for wielding that cheep and scary, Wal-mart machete.


The “I’m THAT guy” Award
To Jason Newton
for having the most checkered past of any of us and still being alive to talk about it.



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