Back in the late 1980s we didn’t take nearly as many photos or videos as we do now. With this in mind, I asked ’90s, “What moment, event, place, group or memory from your years at Dartmouth do you not have a photo or video of, but wish you did?” Pamela Chandran suggested that a better question would have been, “Because of which college moments are you eternally grateful that there were no digital cameras or phones around to record them?” (Well put, Pamela.) Jay Davis: “The moment that 30 ’90s stood, holding hands, in Long Island Sound, having paddled 210 miles downstream from Ledyard.” Lauren Kehoe: “I wish that I had a picture of me bowling at Astrobowl in West Lebanon [New Hampshire], but I think everyone was too drunk to remember a camera, and I was the designated driver, so I had bigger concerns.” Jane Varner Malhotra: “What happened to all the ‘party rug’ pictures from the fourth floor of Hitchcock freshman year, Jason Kable?” Sue Domchek: “I wish that I had pictures from a cross-country ski trip that a bunch of us took into one of the DOC cabins. I can’t remember exactly who was there, although I know for sure that the group included Chuck Drake and Barbara Harper (both now gone—hard to believe). I am reasonably sure that Josh Blum, Jeff Hanissian, Dan Posner and Becky Thomas were there, as well. It was cold. So cold that Barbara’s contact lens solution froze (and from my materials engineering class, I can tell you that is really cold). We ate dinner with our gloves on, did pull-ups and jump squats to stay warm, slept huddled in a pile and skied out the next day to cars with dead batteries. Crazy but wonderful! Crystal clear skies, stars everywhere, quiet in the woods.” Becca Michaels Kornet: “Roth Herrlinger asking for donations outside Thayer to pay his fine after being caught rushing the stands at the football game.” Mark Sternman: “I wish I had photos of all of the Democratic presidential candidates who came to campus prior to the 1988 presidential primary. I recall seeing Bruce Babbitt, Michael Dukakis, Richard Gephardt and Gary Hart. That campaign greatly affected my career and continues to draw attention today, as evidenced by Matt Bai’s recent book, All the Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid, which in part delves into a key press conference that took place at the Hanover Inn.” Scott Reed: “Having graduated with a major in German, I wish I had one photo or video of foreign language drill sessions. Whenever possible I would conduct my early morning drill sessions outside on the Reed Hall lawn. Ausgezeichnet, baby.” Jennifer Merriman: “That’s an easy one—all the hikes, runs and DOC trips I did during peak leaf season in New Hampshire and Vermont. Franconia, Kinsmans, Armington Lake and River Road in Norwich all stand out. It was all so beautiful.” Greg Waldbaum: “I wish I had a video of the road trip Marc Kramer and I took via motorcycle Sophomore Summer to Middlebury. It was a scene right out of Fonda and Hopper’s American classic Easy Rider.” Lucinda Welch: “More pics from freshman trips (it rained and I think my film got ruined) and of friends doing all the awesome outdoors-in-splendor-of-beautiful-New Hampshire activities that we did. Also I wish I had photos of the freshman bonfire, making a 90 on the football field at halftime, Winter Carnival events and videos of Decibelles performances. And, I must admit, there are moments that I’m glad were not captured on film.”


—Rob Crawford, 101 Black Oak Road, Weston, MA 02493; crawdaddy37@gmail.com; Walter Palmer, 87 South St., Rockport, MA 01966; palmerwalter@mac.com