1989

I'm sitting here at home on a Saturday night flipping through Parenting magazine (pathetic, perhaps, but I'm sure many of you understand) when a familiar face stares back at me. Victoria Dalgliesh Kanaley of Mission Hills, Kansas, asks: "How can I get out of the house more easily when the babysitter arrives?" The magazine goes on to provide six easy solutions. I hope they worked for Victoria, who is described as the mom of Anna, 4, and Rose, 16 months.

Lorie Berger "finally took the plunge" and moved back from France to attend medical school at the University of Pittsburgh. She writes, "Words cannot express culture shock of this magnitude" and, fortunately, she says, there are quite a few students in her class who are as "nontraditional" and almost as old as she is. Which brings me to a few observations as many of us head off to Hanover for reunion. Fifteen years? Closer to 20, actually, since we first met our freshman-year roommates. Do we feel that old? More importantly, do we look that old? I guess we'll find out in June. By the way, Lorie Berger says, "One of the best strange things about Pittsburgh is that they play 'Bos music on the radio all the time."

Meanwhile, Jeremy Rider, firmly planted in the present, has sent me almost enough material for an entire column. He writes that Mike Batterman and his wife, Veronique Day, were undeterred by the SARS epidemic and went to China last summer to pick up their adopted daughter,Zoe. Mike then resigned his position in the art history department at Southern Illinois University and moved with his family to France to start their own studio art school. Jeremy also reports that Mike Cranna and his wife, Becky, welcomed the birth of Aidan Augustus Cranna this past October. Aidan joins brother Zach (3) in Portland, Oregon, where Mike and Becky are both employed by independent energy producer, AES. And, Jeremy writes, Chad Tyranski and his wife, Barbara, "continue to do their part to exacerbate the population explosion in the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.They now have three children: Declan, (4) Jared (3) and Jocelyn (1)." Jeremy says, when questioned regarding his future family plans, Chad cryptically responded, "We have a five-bedroom house." Jeremy himself tried to avoid telling me a single thing about himself, but finally relented. He and his wife, Jill, met while working at the same lobbying organization on Capitol Hill. He's a fellow Bethesda, Maryland, resident, the father of sons Bo (3) and Jesse (1) and the co-owner of a clothing company based in Georgetown called Be As You Are.

Doris Heinen dropped a line from Austin, Texas, where she lives with her husband, Wayne Key. Over the years they've invested in real estate and more recently founded a professional roofing company dedicated to excellence and integrity. Doris says there was a definite hole in the market, which they've had great success in filling. They have a 4-year-old son and a baby daughter, who make Doris' life busy enough to put her martial arts and triathlon training on hold for now.

Before we go, a note that the next all-class reunion for the Dartmouth Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Alumni/ae Association (DGALA) will be held in Hanover the weekend of October 1-3. For more information, please visit the D-GAIA Web site at www.alum.dartmouth. org/affiliated/dgala.

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