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Karen Conti

Karen Conti

Chicago attorney | WGN legal consultant | Class of 1986

First up on Karen Conti's list: South Farms.

"The best way for me to relieve the stress of studying was to go out for a long run on the farms south of campus. On a nice fall day, I would run for miles in those fields," she says.

But, as all South Farms memories seem to go ... 

“I do recall that there were a few times of the year that the smell of fertilizer would be so overwhelming that my run had to be replaced by a swim session at IMPE.”