1985

BE ADVISED: I have marching orders from GeneralJeff Weitzman to prominently feature (e.g. relentlessly market) our upcoming reunion in the Mag from now till then. Generalissimo Jeff wants everyone to clear their calendars for June 14-16, 1996, and also to solicit your involvement in planning said event. I, your humble co-secretary, have already submitted to the will of El Jefe Jeff by volunteering to plan activities for families. (I'll be figuring out childcare arrangements, so we can have activities without children as well!) The remainder of this column will be liberally laced with reunion Themed promotional items. For your protection, all such items will be labeled "REUNIONHYPE!!!"

FROM THE 'NET (crackle! humm! whirrrr...): It's everywhere, and you can't get away from it. One momentyou're one place, then BAM! you're jacked into some completely other thing. I'm not talking about the Internet here. I'm talking about the oldest network aroundmoms. An operative approached my wife at a regional Mom Net gathering (cleverly disguised as a Girl Scout leaders' meeting) and disclosed that her neighbor's daughter is going out with our classmate Ed Burns, who, we were further informed, is working as in-house counsel at the Baseball Commissioner's office in N.Y.C. REUNION HYPE!!! I can see Ed atreunion next year organizing a friendly softball game. Ed can oversee choosing up two teams ofplayers, management, and negotiating teams forthe union and the Commissioner's office. Then,representatives of each group can meet at the Hopto hash out terms of play. There may even he timeleft over to play ball!

FROM THE OTHER 'NET: The magazine forwarded me an e-mail from Elizabeth Scarborough, who works for that hip cyber-shop known as the Voyager Co. Elizabeth has been editor of The Complete MA US, For All Mankind, and Puppet Motel.

RE UNION HYPE!!! I can see Elizabeth bringing some really cool demo CD-ROM software togive away at the reunion, can't you?

VIA SNAILmAIL: Dr. Daniel Gray belatedly reports his marriage to Dr. Maja Lundborg last December at Trinity College in Hartford. In attendance were Dave Lashar (best man), Chris McCartie, and DanielKeen. After their Hawaiian honeymoon, they're settled in Philly where Dan is starting a fellowship in radiology at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

RE UNION HYPE!!! Perhaps at Reunion,Dr. Gray could lead a panel of distinguished classmates from the health-care profession and debatethe following topic: Which is the better shower or Chicago Hope?

I Go WHERE THE LOGOS GO: Kevin Ash sent a copy of a new logo he designed for Black Bird Ale, official malt beverage of the New Haven Ravens ball club, and a gorgeous niece of work it is.

REUNION HYPE!!! It is obvious that Kevinis the guy to design our reunion logo. Furthermore, this submission has sparked an idea: whynot brew up a limited-quantity batch of '85DARTMOUTH REUNION ALE? A jauntybeverage, whose aroma evokes the crackle of bonfires past, with the amber hue of the ConnecticutRiver, the frothy foam of a Pong cup after a slamshot, and an icy finish like the crunch of feet onHanover snow. Let's see, if we could, get 1,000people in Hanover for the weekend, and theydrink four beers a day at $5 each, then we couldraise $30,000. Whaddaya say - any home-brewers out there up for the challenge? Between you,me, and Kevin -we could brew up a whole newtradition!

Enough hype for one sitting. Mark will be slinging it at you next month.

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