Dominican College of San Rafael - Firebrand Yearbook (San Rafael, CA)

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STEPHANIE LOUISE PARENTI San Francisco, California MAJOR: HISTORY MINOR! ART HISTORY Wl1o's Who Among American - , S Cslleggs Snag Universitges ?3:Zia?1Zag:EIi6g6 tu ent 0 y ecretary ' - - , Class President '68 Commlfmty Servlce 67 Executive Board '67, '68 SCTA 69 1'

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SUANNE O'HARE When the curtain has fallen on our four years at Do- minican College, Suanne O'Hare will not be forgotten. Her love is the theater, and there has not been a musical or drama production which did not include her work, whether she was claiming the spotlight or working behind the scenes. Suanne feels that she has grown much in the past four years. She has come to more of an appreciation of the theater as a whole, and less of a desire for the limelight. She now wants to share her appreciation with others. through the lVlarin Shakespeare Festival for the present, and through high school teaching in the future. Unlike many she knows what she wants, and she is not waiting until graduation to start working for it-she has always been working for it. Suanne is a girl who was never really caught up in the full swing of college life- she was always content and happier to be a little apart from the utypicaln college atmosphere. Because of this she is often misunderstood, but though she is sensitive to the reactions of her audience, she is not afraid to be a little different. Suanne has developed a unique role for herself and remains consistently in character, she is not a follow- er. One suspects that Suanne sees deeply into a person. She is an actress herself and she knows when another per- son is acting, sees what another person really is. If she could rewrite the script of life, loneliness and unhappiness would be deleted, along with closed, un- friendly people. If all the world were a stage, Suamle would be in her element. II3

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STEPHANIE PARENTI Long walks, people who love, laughter and little broth- ers-these are the things that appeal to Steph. She is a person who is nearly impossible to describe because too many good things sound trite and contrived and bad things just do not apply. A combination of the Tliinker and the Listener, she is always willing to attend to someo11e else's problem, though she keeps her own inside. Her nature is seasoned with a dash of the romantic and an impulsiveness that leads her to splurge on new clothes or talk someone else into splurging. San Francisco is her favorite city and her home, and Union Street is her favorite part of it. Eyelet dusters, cafe au lait, cameos and ice CICLIIIIQ her favorite things rellect her personality-a little paradoxical and always intriguing. Responsibility does not scare Stephg she has proved her capabilities as a leader. 'Yet she is a quiet rather than charisniatic leader, disliking controversy and debate over what is to be done, upset if her actions do not wi11 approv- al. And although she has often been placed in the lime- light, she is much happier doing a quiet good job behind the scenes. Steph could never be a politician. She sees too much good in people and is too kind herself to ever hurt others. Perhaps that is why those who know her ap- preciate her for what she is-a loveable, loving person. Il5