Class Note 1984

Well, this has been quite a challenging few months. While I have been sitting at home, putting the finishing touches on my attempt to create the world’s largest ball of twine, our class executive committee has been quite busy. One might even say productive. The members have crafted a heartfelt message that they have asked me to share with you. Accordingly, we interrupt our regularly scheduled column to bring you the following message from our 1984 executive committee.

Our class theme is “Caring: for each other; for the College; and for those who come behind us.” In this spirit of caring for each other, we are pleased to announce the formation of the class of ’84 Compassion Committee. The committee, through its leadership and members, will provide emotional support to classmates in time of need. A classmate in need might be someone who is experiencing a recent death in the family, illness of their own or of a family member, loss of employment, anxiety due to coronavirus, or other conditions such as addiction, abuse, discrimination, or simply struggling with life’s challenges. The committee will determine how to best provide support, which may take the form of reaching out with calls, cards, general advice, referrals, mobilizing meals or a local resource, and general support (a friend to lean on). All discussions with the committee will be kept in strict confidence. If anyone is interested in serving as a committee chair or member or if you are an individual in need, we encourage you to reach out to Julie Levenson, levensonjulie@yahoo.com, or David Cumberbatch, djcbatch@aol.com.

We now return you to our regularly scheduled column, already in progress…

…everything got sorted out just as the police arrived. Kyle Gore, the alleged mastermind, continues to maintain his innocence. Kyle was able to rapidly post bail (siphoning off some class dues), which eliminated the risks associated with spending a night in prison in that outfit. Gore retained attorney Dan Daniels for his criminal defense. Dan was confident that Gore would be acquitted of all charges, except maybe for that one involving the theft of one of Eric Dezenhall’s llamas. Stay tuned.

Rose McSween has taken to Zoom to relieve the boredom associated with her quarantine. She recently participated in a Zoom call with 75 current and former Dartmouth women’s lacrosse players. Though I wasn’t invited, I did successfully manage to Zoom bomb the call. For those of you who recorded the call, I was the balding guy, fifth row, third from the right.

Those of you who have elected to spend quarantine exploring the far corners of the internet have likely come across Chris Mobley. That sounds bad. Actually, it’s not. Chris, who spends his days working for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as the sanctuary superintendent for the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, apparently spends his evenings playing the guitar. He recently posted a socially distanced rendition of “Men of Dartmouth” on his Facebook page. It’s no “biggest twine ball in the world,” but it will have to do.

—Eric Grubman, 2 Fox Den Way, Woodbridge, CT 06525; (203) 710-7933; grubman@sbcglobal.net; Juliet Aires Giglio, 4915 Bentbrook Drive, Manlius, NY 13104; julietgiglio@gmail.com