1988

It's looking like a busy wedding season again. Next month you can add one more name to the list of married '88s: Brent Forester, who will wed Kim Lewis '90 in Mamaroneck, N.Y. Brent was applying to medical residency programs when we last spoke; he's headed into the field of psychiatry. Kim, for those who know her, or for you '90s who check this column for your friends, is in publishing at Little, Brown in New York.

Then, in August, how about heading to Hanover for the double '88 marriage of JevinEagle and Jani Rauch? Jani is in her second year at Dartmouth Med, while Jevin is working for a publishing company in Woodstock, Vt.

Married last spring (but I just heard about it, so it's news to me) was Rowland Wu. Un- fortunately, no details on the bride, but I do know that Rowland is an intern at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York, and he has a ready supply of disturbing stories for anyone who wants to hear them.

Someone who might well be getting married soon is Brian Storr. According to sources, Brian—who, you'll remember, was headed to Pepperdine Law School—quit after one day of orientation to return to Czechoslovakia, where he had been teaching English. Brian didn't return out of a love for teaching, sources say—he returned for a young Czech gal named Vladka, who I imagine must endure countless humorless puns on her name. (By the way, if you're scoring at home, this is the second straight column in which Czechoslovakia has been mentioned. Let's go for a three-peat.)

Another reporter in the field tells me that Kristen Steck is in Germany working for a hazardous-waste handling company. Word is that Kristen's LSA experience helped her land the job—hey, you never know when that'll come in handy.

Speaking of foreign study programs, a note to my fellow English FSP-London veterans: Matt Biberman, Susan Hayes, BetsyKilleen, Meegan McCorkle, ChardMcDonough, Chris Moore, Joan Pepin,Chris Schons, and Cyndi Strand. Drop a line to the English Department and let them know how you feel about the program. Because of some bureaucratic snafus, the program is in danger of being radically overhauled to conform to the majority of the College's foreign study offerings. If you like it the way it was (or even if you didn't), write Professor Alan Gaylord at Sanborn House. As of this writing, no decisions had been made; your voices should be heard in this important debate.

Drop me a line while you're at it. I'd love to hear from all of you. This, in fact, is the first installment of a new '88 column feature: "People I'd Like To Hear From." (Yes, it ends with a preposition. Sue me.) In future months I'll be going through the Freshman Book and picking a handful of names, sort of at random, to run in bold print at the end of the column. The onus will then be upon you to write me, knowing full well all your classmates and friends will have seen your name and will be eager to see what you're up to. You could be next.

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