{"id":2984,"date":"2010-11-17T11:41:52","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T15:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wmlinfospot.wordpress.com\/?p=2984"},"modified":"2016-07-20T16:09:43","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T20:09:43","slug":"kathy-rinaggio-quoted-in-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/2010\/11\/17\/kathy-rinaggio-quoted-in-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathy Rinaggio, quoted in the New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2010\/11\/kathy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2986\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2010\/11\/kathy.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taking the extra time to be courteous, Kathleen Rinaggio,\u00a0 ambassador for the University of Scranton and Weinberg Library Circulation Clerk, changed an ordinary day for a visiting New York Times writer into an\u00a0 &#8220;unexpected little moment&#8221; that &#8220;was the high point of my staycation&#8221;,\u00a0 said Joe Queenan in a recent essay.\u00a0 A discussion of &#8220;That Championship Season&#8221;, a play written by Jason Miller, started Kathy&#8217;s trip down memory lane. 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