Well, it's hard to believe that Homecoming is already upon us. As someone who had the opportunity to get up to campus quite a bit this summer, I can honestly say that what the campus needs right now is some '99s to liven the spirit in the face of the impending residential and social changes. I hope that you can all make it back!
While many recent grads are gearing up for their return to the Hanover Plain, some '99s have been lucky enough to stay. Landis Fryer, Shauna Brown, and Stacey Morris are now in their fourth month as officers in the Admissions Office. Tammy Weiner is up north working as a research assistant at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center for a year before applying to medical school. As part of the Clinical Scholars Program she is trying to institute a newborn hearing screening program for the state of New Hampshire.
Cassie Miller, on the other hand, fled the torture of nightly meals at Thayer soon after finishing up the yearbook this summer. Sick of Hop fries and Collis smoothies, she just couldn't be convinced to stay despite College offers of Coke instead of Pepsi and the room in Mid-Mass that she always wanted.
Homecoming brings back many of our colleagues who spent the summer abroad. Gabe Levy and Aaron Pelletier are returning from a trip to Papua, New Guinea, where they worked as research assistants to Dartmouth Professor Robert Welsch. The three anthropologists studied the social and cultural devastation caused by a tsunami that hit the region in the summer of 1998. David Kung is back from a trek through 12 different countries, and Austin Whitman, Jon Rivinus, Rusty Talbot, Dan Gestwick, Andy Hilton, Mike Stern, and Christopher Rea are all relaxing after several regattas with the lightweight crew team in England. Danica Lo was also in England coordinating an international volunteer project with disabled children. Danica is now at the American University in Cairo advising the bilingual student newspaper. Another '99 joining academia abroad is Masaru Fulenwider-Musashi who is teaching English as part of the Japan Exchange Teaching (JET) program. Leisurely global travelers who have since returned to take their place in the real world also include Elizabeth Castellani, Scotty McConnaughey, Pam Smith, Roy Wildeman, and Kendra Kosko. Welcome home to all.
I recently came across an article about football captain emeritus Adam Young who is playing tight-end for the Mississippi Pride, one of six teams in the new Regional League. Young, an All-Ivy selection while at the Big Green, hopes to one day join the ranks of the NFL. I'm sure that we will be hearing more about the Jackson-based player real soon. Another Dartmouth football alum, Matt Shevlin, also turned some heads when he entered the World Amateur Body Board Competition in Todos Santos, Calif. with Zack Walz '98 and John Luisi '98. Matt finished 32nd in a field of over 500 entrants worldwide. As promised, news of another wedding has made its way to my Blitz account. Sean Taylor contacted me to let me know of his plans to attend the marriage of Cesar Ruiz and Emily Cornell in early July. Make sure you drop Cesar and Emily a note to say congratulations, and keep your ears open for any new developments elsewhere on the love front.
That's about it for now. I'll be travelling next month, so stay tuned for a special guest column. In the meantime, you can still send me your updates, news, gossip, and tales of fun. Cheers.
Seth Kelly,
seth.kelly.99@alum.dartmouth.org