A cast reunion

A then-and-now photo collage of a group of friends from college

Photo by Lauren DeFilippo ’04

Photo by Frank Arsenault

Pictured, starting in the front, from left to right: Lee Briante ’03, Jon Green ’03, Bryce Craver ’03, Jacob Jones ’03, Dan Winikur ’03, Franko Arsenault ’03, and Scott Landes ’03

The cast of characters shown here are the minds behind UMass Amherst’s UVC-TV show Feeding the Ducks, an unscripted sketch comedy that ran from 20002003. Last year, the groupfriends to this dayreunited for the 20th anniversary of their graduation. Always game for a laugh, they decided to recreate the first photo, taken in 2000 in the shower of their shared Belchertown home. Twenty years later, fitting in a shower together was let’s say less feasible, so they opted for a hallway instead. When asked how they maintained their friendship over the years, Lee Briante ’03 simply replied, “I guess we just like each other.”

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