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HOWL committee members (left to right): April Hamer and Macray Poidomani, co-leads; Morgan Olszewski; Megan Bogner,
        auction lead; Laura Knight; and Mike Staehely. Not pictured: Zach Flahaven, Andrew McComb, Abby Siwak, and Hannah Sundwall.



                    A HOWLing Good Time
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