Seniors Interview Their Elderly Future Selves

WHO ARE YOU now? Who will you be in 25 years? Seniors Kari Reuter and Jenn Bergeron have asked their fellow classmates to address these metaphysical issues by writing letters and choosing favorite photographs and mementos for the class of 1992 time capsule.

The capsule, slated for a Bema burial or a . gentler hibernation in the College Archives, will be opened in the year 2017 at 1992's 25th Reunion. Organized as part of this year's senior symposium on "The Future of the Species," the collection of letters and keepsakes is intended to show something about how we, as people, change over time.

So what do seniors want to tell their future selves?

"No one on his deathbed regretted not having spent more time at the office, "John Dean warned the potentially A-type grownup he might become. Dean wrote his letter on the back of an old resume, claiming this would both illustrate the recycling ethic of the '90s and provide "one hell ofa laugh."

"Do I still like to write? Do I still pick up my guitar now and then?" Nicole Clausing asked her 46-year old personality. "If I said 'New Kids on the Block' to the average person on the street, would that be more likely to elicithysterical laughter or a blank stare? "

Reuter said that the symposium committee expects to capsulize between 200 and 300 parcels and letters before graduation. In addition, the symposium committee plans to plant a commemorative pine on the Bema with a gift from the class of '67.