In a first and last for Red and White @ Silver, Ian, Jim, and Zack welcome an elected representative, four-term State Representative Brian Lanoue! Many of our classmates can attest that Brian has been a political junkie dating back to high school. In fact, in mid-November during our senior year, Brian Lanoue and fellow politico Ian sat in Ms. Binder’s Intro to Politics class, still waiting for the decision on who the next President of the United States would be. Twenty-five years later, these two students recount watching that strange election night with their class in the NFA Library. Jim and Zack also pull a fair amount of interesting stories from the agreeable Representative, including how he set a weightlifting world record. Finally, much to no one’s delight but his own, Ian devised the most diabolical trivia yet, forcing Brian to combine knowledge of weightlifting and presidential politics for each question; Brian’s performance should make proud the entire Connecticut legislature.

His name is Representative Brian Lanoue, and he’s a member of the NFA Class of 2001.