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Praising the People Behind the Picnic Cristina Ruffo, chair of the picnic committee, hoped every- one had a great time at this

year's Caribbean Cool picnic and was grateful to members of the committee, who work hard each year to make the event a huge success. "I sincerely appreciate all their hard work and creativity," she says. "A special thanks to Sandi Harrod, in the School of Business Administration, Nicole Karas in human resources, Madonna Moreno in human resources, Janey Middleton in the College of Arts and Sciences, Wendy Tankersley in the Naval ROTC, Mary Anne Timm in information management and Joan Wolf in budget and treasury for their wonderful work."

Members of the picnic committee worked behind the scenes to put on a jammin ' Jamaica picnic. Ruffo also sent a big thanks to Kirk Bennett and John Frazer for their expertise and technical skills and to DWS Scudder, TIM-Cref and Valic for supporting USD's recognition efforts. "Thank you again to the volun- teers, contest judges and the HR staff," she says. "I would also like to thank the staff at the UC ticket office and Thu Tran from gen- eral services for their help."

f . t murals and club sports, is topped off in 'Z:':t during one of the picnic's relay races.

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Gary Becker, director o style as he makes a run