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Community - Broadneck
Capital Gazette Communications
Published
07/13/09
In a world where friendships with people thousands of miles away can be formed instantly via Facebook, MySpace or LinkedIn, Emma Gilbert, 17, forged deep friendships the old-fashioned way: face-to-face in a faraway land. 
Wendi Winters — For The Capital
This trio met last year on the Italian island of Sardinia during a high school foreign exchange program. They held a reunion in at the Arnold home of the Gilbert family. From left, Rehanna Minooei, 18, of Branchburg, N.J.; Emma Gilbert, 17, a rising senior at Broadneck High School; and Suzanne Elveland, 19, of Oslo, Norway.Find Us On Facebook
During the past school year, Emma spent a semester in Italy, part of a "total immersion" program sponsored by American Field Service. "We all met in Nuroro in Sardinia, an island of Italy," said Emma, a rising senior at Broadneck High. She is one-third of the "Gilbert Triplets," with brothers Connor and Hayley completing the trio. "Though some of us lived four hours away from...
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