1987

'Happy snow season! Back in October I attended the Harvard-Dartmouth game in Cambridge and was able to catch up with or at least spot many familiar faces, including Liz O'Connell, at Harvard Business School after residing in England for several years; Theresa Nibi, working in Boston; Jen and John Hamlin; KK McMahon, looking tan and relaxed after her honeymoon with new husband Jeff Bochman; and Joe Voves, all the way from Newington, Conn. Harvard Square was filled with freshmen in their '96 jerseys milling about and generally harassing those unlucky folks who wandered unaware into the Square. Some things never change, I guess.

I noticed many of our classmates have a hand in educating the next generation. BetsyWall Rutherford recently landed a job in the alumni office at St. Timothy's, a girls' school in Maryland. Betsy and husband Ken '86 live in Baltimore. Betsy asked me to pass on the message to "please pay your class dues!" If you're not sure what these funds are for, here's the scoop. The money goes into mini-reunions (including young alumni events); mailing expenses for the green newsletter; Alumni Magazine subscriptions; class projects; and any other mailings other than the annual fund notice that go only to members of our class. Please send your $25 to Betsy W. Rutherford at 246 Waxter Way, Baltimore, MD 21217.

Chris and Mary Halpin Carter live in New Hampshire, from where Mary commutes to her position as director of admissions at the Pingree School. Mary formerly taught at Pingree. Chris is an attorney after attending law school at Boston College.

Best wishes to Betsy Park on her engagement to Jeff Johnson '85. This courtship has been going on since sophomore winter, when I recall the two ski buffs zooming off to Killington in Betsy's VW Bug. Betsy recently completed her M.B.A. from Kellogg, at Northwestern University in Chicago.

A news clipping culled from the Boston Globe described how Jon Cowan and friend Rob Nelson spent the past election campaign season organizing a movement called "Lead or Leave." According to the Globe article, the message of the movement was to ask congressional candidates to sign a simple pledge: "I, ,do hereby pledge that unless the Fiscal Year 1996 federal budget deficit is 50 percent lower... I will not seek re-election when my term expires." As they traveled around the countryjon and his partner used analogies to which young voters could relate: your share of the national debt is enough to buy a pizza every day you're in college... or take 500 friends to a U2 concert." Wow!

On another subject, as I read back through the article I noticed the reporter referred to twenty something voters as the "MTV generation." I resent that—I don't believe I've watched MTV since the days of cable paid for by my sorority. What's your opinion? Are you in agreement or indignant? Write in to tell me, and while you're at it update me on your latest news.

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