1985

Although this will be read months later, we are in NCAA March madness as I write. I must admit that I am destined, once again, to be the office loser in the tournament pool. I don't know what it is about these things but I never take the calculated risk of choosing the right upset in the right round (c'mon now; how many of you would have picked UNC to lose in the first round to Weber State?

Immediately, I am down an almost insurmountable amount given how far I had UNC going through the tournament. I just cannot win!) My final prediction—Duke over U Conn with a combined final score of 131. Let's all see how I fared.

Meanwhile, since my fellow classmates have left me quite high and dry this deadline in terms of news (noteworthy or otherwise), this special "Dartmouth in Photos" issue is a tad weak on our behalf. My apologies, but please understand that the request for a photo to "capture our class" was quite a tall order. By necessity (i.e., deadline), the class of 1985's contribution to the visual collage comes out of my personal photo album from my Dartmouth days. I made the leap of faith that our freshman bonfire cast a sufficiently wide net to capture a nostalgic element from our collective class experience. I remember thinking that this was quite a "unique" ritual (particularly the all—night guarding of the structure) and then standing in utter awe at the beauty of it when lit. Hope you all agree.

E-mail has saved me this month as I came into work one day last week and was pleasantly greeted by a "Hi, You!" message on my computer from Elise Miller. Having recently relocated with her husband, Dan Neumeyer, from California to Washington, I think Elise's opening description is enough to make most of us green with envy over her newfound surroundings. With no further adieu, allow me to vshare the highlights with you:

"So greetings from the Northwest. We're loving our new Whidbey Island home and we couldn't be more welcomed by this wonderful community here. We can see the Cascades and Mt. Baker from almost every window in our house and the waterfront (for kayaking, tidepooling, swimming in the summer, etc.) is only a couple hundred yards away.

"I recently returned from Atlanta where I was attending a conference on chemical exposures in children and learning disabilities. I'm in the planning stages of starting a new institute for children's environmental health that will serve as a resource for sound research/science on everything from endocrine disrupting chemicals to pesticides to biotech foods It's going to be quite an undertaking, but I am so excited about this work I just want to try to make a difference if I can in this field I also recently got some funding to work on a book project interviewing emerging leaders from a wide range of professional fields who are committed to working toward a sustainable future from their respective venues and integrating their 'inner' and 'outer' work in the world....That's some of the latest...hope all's going well with you...email when you have a moment, or better yet, come visit us in the Northwest!" Always an admirably full plate, Elise. FYI, she can be reached at: PO Box 757, Langley, WA 98260; .

By the way, was that you, Mark Engel, in the lodge at the base of Jiminy Peak in mid-March???? Seems we're making a habit of running into one another on the eastern ski slopes.

All the best to all of you.

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The bonfire reaches for the sky.