While many Colonials were taking advantage of the long weekend for an extra day of partying Saturday night, alumna Lauren O’Donoghue received an unexpected proposal on her way to dinner.
This post was updated on Feb. 20, 2012 to reflect the following:
The Hatchet incorrectly mispelled Lauren O’Donoghue’s last name as “D’Onoghue.” It is spelled “O’Donoghue.”
Alumnus Cory Whelan proposed to his girlfriend and fellow alumna Lauren O'Donoghue Saturday evening in Kogan Plaza. Elise Apelian | Hatchet Staff PhotographerO'Donoghue was on her way to dinner at Founding Farmers and did not know that Whelan, who drove down from Massachusetts with his roommate and his sister, was in the District. He lined the path to him with candles. Elise Apelian | Hatchet Staff PhotographerThe couple met as members of Colonial Cabinet in the summer of 2007. Only a couple days before he surprised her, O'Donoghue mentioned that she would like to be proposed to on campus, in Kogan Plaza. Elise Apelian | Hatchet Staff Photographer
