2003

Recently I received the following awesome update from Katie Lundquist swor. “i am the manager of the U.S. women’s national bandy team, and accompanied the team to the 2014 World Championships in Lappeenranta, Finland. We had a tough schedule and less-than-optimal ice, and ended up sixth out of six teams. We were one goal away from the semi-finals, though, after losing to Canada with a late-game goal and tying Finland and Norway. Canada then beat the United States in overtime in the fifth-place game, because it was the week of the olympics and that’s just what happened all week long. The 2016 World Championships are slated for Roseville, Minnesota, and the team is always looking to get new players involved. The 2014 team featured former hockey players from Princeton and Cornell, so it would be great to get some green on the team!” admittedly, when Katie first told me about this I had no idea what bandy was. Thankfully, in 2014 Wikipedia exists, and I have found out it’s a combination of ice hockey, field hockey and football. I definitely agree we should have some Dartmouth representation on home ice in two years!

I also heard from Courtney and Jason DaCosta, who “welcomed Flynn david daCosta on Febru- ary 2. We live in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where Courtney is a lawyer with 3M and Jason manages customer operations for technology company alarm.com.” By the time you all read this you’ll probably have had the chance to meet the little guy in person as the whole gang is planning on coming back for reunion! i don’t feel so badly about keeping this column short and sweet as I know the next one will be jam-packed with news and notes from our 10-year celebration. However, remember, nothing is too small or insignificant to celebrate here. For example, today I ate a quinoa and kale salad for lunch. It was horrific, but very healthy and, knowing me, that’s something i will shout on the rooftops!

—Jill Haltigan, 3537-4 Hunters Woods Blvd., New Castle, PA 16105; jill.haltigan@gmail.com