Sunday, November 3, 2013

Where they are now?: Alumni Spotlight

Dom Fanelli in the background, wearing a blue blazer, honing his professional listening skills.

Today, we start the new series of “Where are they now?: Alumni Spotlight,” an opportunity to find out where and what our fellow Stedsmen are up to since graduation. First in the spotlight is Dominic (Dom) Fanelli ‘11, a German and Economics major, former RA, and ACE teacher.

Let's find out what Dom's up to now...

St. Ed: Someone told me that you're now working for NBC in Germany? I didn't realize NBC does German programming. I would like to hear Blacklist in the original German.

Fanelli: You may want to hear it, but I don't.  James Spader has a terrible accent. No, I actually teach at a local high school, and I am the assistant basketball coach for Nuremberg Basketball Club, or NBC for short.

St. Ed: I hear that German cuisine, moreover beer, is heavy. How do you keep from having to break out the larger lederhosen?

Fanelli: German beer is heavy.  I have resorted to wearing sweat pants.  The elastic band fits any sized belly.

St. Ed: What is the toughest word for an American to say in German?

Fanelli:  Any word with "ch."  We have trouble making the soft clearing your throat noise.  It doesn't sound too bad when the Germans do it, but when I try it, I sound like an Austrian with rocks in his mouth.

St. Ed: So, you're in Germany on a Fulbright scholarship, working with NBC, but let's be honest. Aren't you there "Herr Fanelli" to continue spying on the German Chancellor and the rest of Europe?

Fanelli: Someone has to make sure Germans aren’t up to no good!  But…please keep that to yourself.

St. Ed: Of course, Dom. Of course.

There you have it folks... Dom Fanelli in the Steds’ Alumni spotlight.

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