Grill Lovers: Donnelly and Merrick
... have it done! After faithfully serving the Hall for the past ten years, the portable charcoal grill under the green tarp grilled its last as it rusted out. But thanks to Notre Dame Day this is not the end of the story. A new portable grill was ordered and Friday cookouts at Plaza St. Edward (the backyard patio) were saved. Still, there was one major problem. The grill needed to be assembled. Fearing that this would be a bit too much for him, Fr. Ralph asked the Hall President, Cole Edwards, for assistance. President Edwards then turned to the Commissioner for Grilling, Peter Haley, for assistance who then turned to his fellow sophomores, Charlie Donnelly and Ben Merrick, for assistance. Unbeknownst to Fr. Ralph, Donnelly and Merrick assembled the grill by themselves... and correctly too! On the assembling of the grill, Fr. Ralph said, "The Gentlemen of St. Edward's never fail to raise to the occasion- whatever it might be- for King and Hall, and Donnelly and Merrick are testament to that. My heartfelt thanks to both of them! Now, only if I had another ten of each of them, I could control this University!"
