Nassau County Alumni Gather to Watch Game

January 21, 2009

A group of St. John’s University alumni and friends from Nassau County met at the Walk Street Tavern in New Hyde Park, NY for a few rounds of drinks and to watch the Red Storm play against Villanova University on Sunday, January 18. 

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The snow fall and cold weather outdoors did not dampen the school spirit of the attendees who gathered in a private room at the tavern to enthusiastically watch the game on a big screen television.

Alumni were delighted to spend a Sunday afternoon with each other and remarked about the enjoyable atmosphere.  “It is great that alumni from this area would get together and support the team,” said Patrick McGuire ’84C.  “This was a great venue to reconnect with alumni and I hope we do more [events like this] in the future.”

Bill Lipson, Assistant Director, Alumni Relations was impressed with the loyalty of these alumni who came to root for their favorite team despite the bad weather.  “This gamewatch was a lot of fun and would not have been possible without the help and dedication of our alumni,” he said.  “The alumni in Nassau County initiated this and they pulled off a great event. There will certainly be more activities in Nassau County in the future.”