1987

This month's installment starts out with a story from the world of music. Many of us remember crowding into fraternity and sorority basements to listen to the all-'87 band Moonrocks. Well, now you can enjoy their music in the comfort of your own home, and you probably won't get a beer spilled on you, either. The band has independently produced their first commercial album, entitled "Moonrocks." The album is mainly a promotional effort, but it is available in limited quantities to the public. Brad Hoopes reports that he and fellow band members Colin Mahoney, Tim Malcolm, Benjamin Moynihan, and John Nason continue to play in New England and hope that the LP will gain them more recognition.

Word from Madison, Wis., has it that Don Parsons is hard at work earning a Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of Wisconsin while enjoying the family life with his wife Carol (Moynihan '89), and son Mark. They were recently visited by TonyBird, who graduated in June, and TomMcNally, who is an account executive with Lipin Enterprises in Chicago.

Drew Shagrin took time out of his summer to travel with a delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta. The group was there to educate conventioneers on the subject of statehood for the District of Columbia. Drew began law school at Berkeley this fall and shares an apartment with Jackie Reich, who is a graduate student in Italian there.

On the other side of the classroom, DanaSimberkoff has completed her first year teaching at the Concord school district's Rundlett Junior High School. Dana was one of only six new teachers in the district last year (out of 342), and she taught a new writing workshop course to eighth graders. She approached the course with the philosophy that one must be able to write about oneself before writing about others. The autobiographical pieces were popular with her students, and she tried to inject each homework assignment with an interesting theme to keep the attention of the 13-year-olds. Although Dana majored in psychology, her exposure to Dartmouth's education department steered her toward what may become a career in teaching.

Finally, Mike Sullivan reports on the first annual Gusto Open Golf and Party Extravaganza hosted by Ken Kennerly in Oxford, Md. The event took place over the Fourth of July weekend and featured a three-round golf tournament, boating, softball, and a number of social events. No fewer than 17 of our classmates participated. Mike was the big winner of the weekend, bringing in a silver cup and platter as well as a Masters-esque green jacket for extraordinary performance on the golf course. JeffSchwartz was the winner of the Gusto Open Mug, and Scott Rusert captured the Gusto Hacker's Mug for the highest score. The weekend's only casualty was Jack Shea, whose Softball catch worthy of Sports Illustrated was interrupted by a fence that broke his nose in the process. Overall, though, the weekend was a smashing success (sorry, Jack), and plans are in the works for 1989.

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