1992

I am a desperate man these days—for news on my classmates, that is. I know, you guys thought I meant that because I am 35 years old and still single. No, no, no—that is a whole different kind of desperate, and one to be discussed in some other publication (most likely psychological).

Anyway, I write that caveat because I recently got news from Jen Sandoval Faherty about our classmate Lil Guerra and her husband, Kevin Lewis '91. Lil is a professor at Bates, but was recently offered a position at Yale and will be in New Haven this fall as an assistant professor of Caribbean history. In addition, she had a book of poetry called Revelaciones Exoticas (I'll let you smart Ivy Leaguers take a guess as to what that means in English) that was honored at the International Poetry Festival in May—in Havana, Cuba! In typical Jen fashion, she followed up these revelations by admitting that she is a stayat-home mom (she and husband Mike Faherty have three kids) and doing important things like TiVo-ingAmerican Idol and The Apprentice (I know, Jen, you are going to kill me because I let people know this about you...if it will make you feel better, I will let everyone know I am still addicted to The Simpsons).

Got a news clipping from the Somerville (Massachusetts) Journal announcing the installation of Molly Phinney Baskette as church pastor at the First Congregational Church in February. Congratulations, Molly!

Finally, another shout-out of congrats has to go to Loren McGean, who helped the Dartmouth Figure Skating Team win the title at the U.S. National Intercollegiate Figure Skating Team Championships in late March! Loren's father, Michael McGean '49, is the head coach, and he brought Loren into the fold because, according to the story I received, "she is widely acknowledged as a top choreographer." If I have said it once I've said it a thousand times, but I am going to say it again my classmates are cool.

However, that is all I have to report on my cool classmates. So feed me some info and let me give you pub. If nothing else, at least let Jen know she is not the only reality-TV fiend out there!

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