Stephen Rovenger:  

School My biggest crush was Lisa Strahs. In fact, she was my only crush through highschool. Unfortunately, I wasn't mature enough to understand what was going on and so it didn't last long. We became better friends years later. Most inspirational teacher...hmm.. besides Mr. Martindale...it would probably be Mr. Chiachiere. Too bad I didn't master Spanish, but I did remember enough to help me with my current employment. If I could do it all over again, I would have kicked the crap out of everyone that pushed me around. But that would have sent me to the Principal's office and my parents wouldn't have been too thrilled. But, if nothing else, I would have done more work and gotten better grades and maybe followed my dream afterall. It's not like I didn't have connections in high places. How many highschool kids could brag about an uncle ( David Gerber ) that produced television sitcoms, like Police Woman. Now, if I wanted to be a sports photographer, who better to get advice from than my cousin, Madison Square Garden's head photographer, George Kalinsky. But, I couldn't decide what I wanted to do and went into my father's company instead. I wouldn't have met my wife, Jill, had I gone onto higher learning. So, I suppose my choice wasn't that bad. I don't recall any funny or crazy school memories, not because it was so long ago, but because I didn't like highschool. I was glad when it was over. College The only room mate I enjoyed was Bruce Shingleton. We roomed together for 3 years and it was great. Though we had different majors, we liked the same things. Bruce majored in Computer Science and used to write his own programs. I remember telling him once that he was wasting his time with a dead end major like that. That's pretty funny now with the incredible technology that's gone on since then. I remember that Quinnipiac once thought of phasing out that major from its curriculum for small classes and little interest in that field of study. As for the food at our college, it was not desirable to me and others. I dropped 40 lbs in my freshman year. I'd like to be that skinny again. With one of our current accounts, Island Storage of Farmingdale, I've had the pleasure of visiting several local schools including Hofstra, C.W. Post and Stonybrook University to rent out storage crates to students for the summer and partake of a most improved menu for the masses. I was quite impressed with the variety of wholesome food now available, both nutritious and inexpensive. I never had to drag myself to class to turn in a paper although I once waited until 3 days before one was due to sit down and write it. I used to study in the Library as it was impossible to do that in my room. There was way too much partying going on there. For film projects, I did my work in the girls' lounge. They were too busy doing other things to bother me. Sometimes I had an audience but most times, I was alone to do my editing and playbacks. Weekends were boring unless I left campus. I usually did. Yale's campus was only 20 minutes away and I usually went there to see old Black and White films in their theatre. On warm days, I'd climb up Sleeping Giant, the state park across the street from our campus. That was always relaxing and the view was breath taking. I studied Film and majored in Fine Arts. I made several cartoons in college, 2 dramas, 1 comedy and wrote a script for a movie; 40 plus pages of scenes, shooting angles and dialogue. That was the paper I wrote 3 days before it was due. I edited my own work and the work of fellow classmates. One of those fellows did go on to " higher learning ". He busted his tail to get where he is now and I am awed by his past and current work. He has directed a few low budget films and worked for Disney. Lately, he has been Produci...Expand for more