1989

Are you ready for summer? Me neither. No job, no focus, infinite possibilities, but a depressingly finite bank account. Are we destined to bide our summer rime slinging hash in a hometown greasy spoon restaurant? Herding hordes of maniacal grade schoolers at a day camp run by Attila the Hun? Performing office tasks that require the mental agility of a sponge? NO! Well, maybe. But for your summer speculation, I've planned an itinerary for the "89 ONE-YEAR REUNION SUPERBONUS ROCKIN' GALA SUMMER FOUR," a multi-continental travelog featuring the places which '89s presently, if reluctantly, call home.

We'll start our tour in Boston, where we can consult Kay Beierle for business advice, nightspots, the whereabouts of half our class, and housing. Katy works at Boston Consulting Group and shares a house with Paul Sorensen and Tom Palmer. Combining the corporates with the charitable, Katy reports that they are "running a halfway house for wayward '89s —half-way between wherever they're coming from and Dartmouth." Recent visitors include SandyGuylay and Julie Livingston, just back from a traverse across Southeast Asia with Laura Bedford. The transition from river rafts and elephants to Boston drivers was tough, but Katy pulled them through.

Our trip's next leg, led by Sandy and Julie, will take us to Taiwan. There we'll meet up with Bonnie Kramer, who can introduce us to her English students, some of whom may sound familiar. Bonnie has reportedly named her preschool class after '89s. While in Asia we may have an opportunity to drop in on Jeanne Shea, the recipient of a Fufbright-ITT fellowship for study in China.

Next, we'll leave the language lovers and return to the U.S. for some science friction, starting with Jeanette White at Johns Hopkins Medical School. "Med school life was designed," she proclaims, "NOT to give great knowledge, but to test human capacity both for regurgitation of factual detail AND for LACK of regurgitation of one's lunch while seeing one's first C-section." The lovely city of Baltimore will provide overnight accommodations for our tour group, possibly in one of the four-star roach motels. "Squishing competitions held daily," Jeanette reveals.

Our ride through Providence can be roach-free, as Erich Fischer, astrophysicist-turned-chauffeur,propels us through the streets in his new Saab. We'll catch a performance of the Brown Derbys, Brown's male a capella group, in which Erich will dazzle you with his solo and fancy footwork on "Faith." If only he had stubble.

After leading a trip in Europe, working at the A Bar A ranch, and hiking in the Grand Canyon, Willemijn De Clerq buckled down to work at Microsoft in Seattle. But six months of "I'm sorry you lost your thesis on our program" could exhaust anyone, and Willemijn will join our group in San Francisco, her new home and our final destination. She promises there'll be sun. P.S. to all '89s: Remember to send your current address to the Alumni Office so that you can be notified of mini-reunions planned for your area!

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