1992

Okay, so maybe it’s cold in your city. Stop complaining about it. It’s December—it gets cold most places. Hanover, for instance, has been much colder than I remember (and I’m only writing this in October). But while most people moan, a few jump for joy at the coming of winter. Indeed, as the wind picks up and the snow clouds build over Lake Placid, N.Y., Gammy Myler is finally in season.

That isn’t to say that the summer months prevent Cammy, who finished fifth in the women’s luge in the 1992 Games, from train- ing for tire 1994 Winter Olympics in Nor- way. Arecent Valley News article on Cammy highlighted Lake Placid’s latest indoor train- ing facility—a refrigerated, ice-covered track on which Cammy and other lugers practiced their starts throughout the summer. Look for Cammy, America’s number-one female luger, to fly out of the starting gates in Lille- hammer and bring back America’s first medal in women’s luge.

Another athlete in the news is Tim Carey, who just finished his second year with the Red Sox, this time with their Lynchburg, Va., team. An article in the Lynchburg News & Advance describes Tim as Lynchburg’s “most eclectic” player and commends him for his fine reading list, which includes books on mil- itary science, the Spanish language, and U.S. economics. According to the article, Tim, an Asian Studies major who stands out as Lynch- burg’s most cerebral player, is simply prepar- ing himself for a life that may or may not include baseball. In Tim’s words, “Baseball is somediing I really enjoy right now. If things don’t work out, I’ll have something to fall back on. I won’t be crushed.”

AJune 1993 column in the Chatham (N.J.) Independent Press announced that CraigSmith was recently honored by the New Hampshire Psychological Organization for an original psychological paper that contributed to the advancement of psychology as a sci- ence. Whew. Smitty is now studying atjohns Hopkins Medical School and is living withjim Fitzpatrick.

Gloria Lopez, who grew up in Lawrence, Mass., has returned to her hometown to become the youdt leadership coordinator for the Lawrence Community Partnership, a pro- gram which links the community widt the schools. An article in the Lawrence Eagle Tribune commends Gloria for giving some- thing back to Lawrence by identifying the real issues that face the children of the city.

The Millertown (N.Y.) News announced that Luke Haj ek has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and will spend the year studying German and teaching English in the Rhein- land-Pfalz region of Germany.

In other news, imagine my surprise recent- ly when I flipped through some newspapers and saw the wedding announcements of two ’92s. Bill Hoyt and Rob Koreman were recently added to the growing list of the Mar- ried. (No, they did not marry each other. I just can’t remember the names of the brides involved.) Here’s wishing you many years of matrimonial bliss.

Kristel Dorion writes from Vancouver, Wash., where she landed after driving cross- country with Amy Kaplan. Kristel works for the Cascades Volcano Observatory on a Vol- cano Crisis Assistance Team (VCAT). She spends her time building a database of vol- canoes in Latin America as well as research- ing geophysics and volcanology. Among other adventures, Kristel flew onto Mount St. Helen’s by helicopter and inspected the craters left by the last eruption. Although work and ceramics class take up some of her time, Kristel is looking for other ’92s in the area.

Well, that’s all for 1993. As tire new year begins, please make a resolution to write to your class secretary with news of yourself and your friends. Keep in touch and take care.

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