Dartmouth Class of 1980 - Fall 2015 Newsletter Page 1 Dartmouth Class of 1980 - Fall 2015 Newsletter Get Ready For Homecoming Weekend! Dartmouth Class of 1980 - Fall 2015 Newsletter Page 2 Homecoming Weekend - October 9 - 10, 2015 Homecoming comes early this year, right at the peak of the fall foliage season in Hanover. Will you be coming to Hanover for Homecoming? If so, please be sure to reach out to your fellow ‘80’s. For your convenience, here’s a quick overview of the weekend’s planned events: Kate Laud writes “Come join the Dartmouth Class of ‘80 at Homecoming Weekend. Key events are: October 9th, Dartmouth Night - Gather with us at 6:15 on Crosby Street, (off East Wheelock Street between Topliff and tennis courts) for the start of the parade. Look for our class banner. The parade starts at 7:30 and the bonfire starts at 8:30. October 10th, Saturday - Join us at 11:30 for our mini tent tailgate with the ‘81s and ‘79s on the lawn of Sphinx/AD. We will have hot chili, but you can also bring your favorite tailgate grub. The game, against Yale, will start at 1:30. Come see the renovated Memorial Stadium and the BAKER BELL TOWER TOURS - 2:00–4:30 pm team’s new black uniforms. Self-guided - directions and information available at front desk, main hall of Baker-Berry Library. The full Dartmouth Alumni event schedule is Tours may be canceled due to weather. here … http://www.alumni.dartmouth.edu/ events/homecoming/events, … or you can find a WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL VS. YALE - 5:00 pm quick schedule guide below … Leede Arena. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9th DARTOBERFEST – 5:00 pm Tent, Alumni Gym Lawn - Get warm and enjoy DARTMOUTH HERE, THERE & EVERYWHERE some food and live entertainment. - 1:00-5:00 pm Tent, Blunt Alumni Center - Join alumni relations ALUMNI AND UPPER CLASS STUDENTS staff and leaders to learn how to stay connected GATHER FOR PARADE – 7:00 pm with Dartmouth throughout the year Corner of Crosby and Lebanon streets - hope to see lots of ‘80’s marching - look for the ‘80 banner! NAVIGATING COLLEGE ADMISSIONS – 2:00– 4:30 pm DARTMOUTH NIGHT PARADE – 7:30-8:00 pm Room 028, Silsby - A workshop for alumni and Along Lebanon and Main Streets, and around the their children. Registration Required: (603) 646- Dartmouth Green 2258. Dartmouth Class of 1980 - Fall 2015 Newsletter Page 3 DARTMOUTH NIGHT CEREMONIES – 8:00 pm Sphinx AD lawn across from Memorial Gym - look Steps of Dartmouth Hall for the 1980 banner BONFIRE ON THE GREEN – 8:30 pm FOOTBALL VS. YALE - 1:30 pm Memorial Field - hope to see everyone in the Class GATHERING FOR ALUMNI, FAMILIES, AND of 1980 section of the stands! FRIENDS Post Glow Tent, Blunt Alumni Center and the WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL VS. BROWN – 5:00 Zimmerman Lounge - enjoy refreshments with pm alumni from around the globe. Leede Arena SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10th Notes On Classmates WOMEN’S RUGBY VS. PRINCETON - 10:00 am Brophy Field It’s been a while since we’ve had non-reunion related classmate notes, and we’ve got a lot of BAKER BELL TOWER TOURS - 10:00 am – updates to share. So here we go! 12:30 pm Self-guided - directions and information available Earlier this year, Ed at front desk, main hall of Baker-Berry Library. Rowland posted this on Tours may be canceled due to weather. LinkedIn, in response to many birthday wishes : BACK TO CLASS: FALL LECTURE SERIES - “Thank you to everyone AS THE 2016 ELECTIONS APPROACH, WHAT IS AMERICA’S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK? – 10:00- for the wonderful 11:00 am birthday wishes. Am just Hood Museum Of Art Auditorium - presented by a little older fatter and Ed Rowland Matthew Slaughter, Paul Danos Dean Of The Tuck slower... To my fellow School and Earl C. Daum, 1924 Professor Of Dartmouth 80s, we won't make the International Business. Reunion as our twins graduate from High School that weekend.” Ed, we hope you BARTLETT TOWER REDEDICATION and your family had a great time CEREMONY - 11:00 am –11:30 am celebrating a wonderful milestone in the Celebrate the restoration of the exterior of bartlett lives of your twins! Tower. Tours to follow. WE ARE MOVING DARTMOUTH FORWARD – And Cesar Molina 11:00 am - 12:15pm writes from Peru “Once Hood Auditorium - Learn how the Moving again I didn’t make it to Dartmouth Forward initiative is progressing from Hanover for our those leading the initiative on campus. reunion. Distance is a huge obstacle to meet BARTLETT TOWER OPEN HOURS - 11:30 am – up with you guys. Best 1:00 pm regards to all!” We were Climb the 86 steps to the top of the 71-foot-tall thinking of you, Cesar, Cesar Molina stone structure built between 1885 and 1895. and hope our 40th reunion will find you PRE-GAME TAILGATE - Classes of 1979, 1980 among the many! and 1981 – 11:30-ish am – 1:30 pm Bill Barbaresi wrote “It’s great hearing Dartmouth Class of 1980 - Fall 2015 Newsletter Page 4 from everyone and it would be Early in April, Andy Sullivan offered “I great to see you all this should be able to make it by Friday spring. Location is no excuse, afternoon and look forward to seeing since we live in Newton, everyone else. MA. Unfortunately, at this point, it’s unlikely I will be I am on vacation this able to make it to the week visiting our oldest reunion. I had already who is a Journalism committed to a number of Bill Barbaresi major at USC. Enjoying trips (only one for fun and, yes, it’s like sunny LA and was able I’m still in the Glee Club…a choir I sing to see Arlo Guthrie sing with in Cambridge is performing in Paris "Coming into Los and London---just couldn’t pass it up). I Angeles" in LA on hope all of you who are able to be in Monday. On Tuesday we Andy Sullivan Hanover have a great time. “ were the studio audience for my son's talk show (CU@USC) where he interviewed a Another classmate who was USC alum who directs House of Cards. out of the country during the reunion, Dana Cetlin, writes But "imagine my chagrin" as a 'rent when “Dear All - Our daughter is my 'shmen used the word, "zeitgeist" on celebrating her scheduled air. I am sure that is one of the 10 college graduation next month naughty words that George Carlin said (provided she turns in cannot be used in earshot of the general her final English paper, of American public. I will confirm when I course) with a backpacking Dana Cetlin return home to Atlanta as I probably have trip through Europe with her college that Carlin LP jammed in the back of my roommate. Remember those days? Lou Reed collection.” Only difference between their generation Chuck Muenzen, it and ours is that they've actually invited turns out, was in the old 'rents and families to join them for Hanover the week the last leg in England, which before our reunion - unfortunately coincides with our reunion one week too soon! weekend. Don't quite understand the Chuck wrote “I really invitation, other than perhaps something wish I could join you, to do with them getting a week's worth of but as it happens I will room, board and sightseeing paid for. But be in Hanover the Chuck Muenzen as a consequence, wife Amanda and I will weekend before attending my son Steve's be there instead of with you all, which is Thayer BE conferment and won't be able the only disappointing part. At least we'll to extend my 4 day trip to 11 days. I wish have a visit that same weekend with all those who do go a great reunion.“ classmate and fellow Aire/Glee Club pal That’s a good reason, and give our best to Tom Bartlett and his family who settled Steve! north of London. So we'll raise a toast to all of you over a pint.“ And this note from John Ribaudo - “I Dartmouth Class of 1980 - Fall 2015 Newsletter Page 5 usually am able to attend Sean Wilson offers this update from a the reunions but this time reunion side-adventure: “Peter Corren I won’t be able to make ('81) and I kicked off reunion early by it! I’m still practicing arriving on Saturday the 13th at the neurology with Kaiser Ravine Lodge and enjoying a Senior Permanente in Fremont, Dinner with some of the Class of 2015 on CA (the San Francisco the night before their Bay area).” John Ribaudo Commencement. The next day, Peter and I climbed Mt. Moosilauke and turned south Libbie Davis Groves wrote “Can’t make on the Appalachian Trail to hike the it to the reunion, but I hope you will all "Hanover 50", arriving on campus have a merry time! Thursday afternoon, just in time for the evening's kick-off festivities. Along the My last child just way we shared stories, got wet from rain, graduated from college and got married. All four married off … I think that means I’m retired :-) My fourth grandchild was born in January. Libbie Davis Groves Published a book this spring. It’s the story of our journey through my husband’s terminal cancer. Grief Undone: A Journey With God And Cancer is available on Amazon. Tried to “keep it real”. Sean Wilson & Peter Corren ‘81 atop Mt.