This Homecoming Weekend (October 2-3) we will have a classwide 50th birthday party in Hanover! Watch your email and class newsletters for details.

I just received my copy of The Dartmouth’s new book, which draws on its archives to celebrate its 220th anniversary. Randomly opening it, I landed on a “vintage” ad—from our era—for D subscriptions. It featured Bill Scott and Alan Zarembo, who appear naked except for newspapers they are perusing on the Green. Another student (I’m pretty sure it’s Suzanne Spencer ’93) looks on with a shocked expression. The headline: “We cover everything that matters.” It was dated January 1991, but I believe it first appeared in the issue mailed to incoming first-year students, which we edited during Sophomore Summer, because it also says, “Join the ranks of the wise and wordly upperclassmen. Subscribe to The Dartmouth.” I think Bill and Alan were just wise enough to avoid standing out on the Green barely clothed in January (I may be wrong about that, but there are also leaves on the trees in the photo).

After I reached out to my fellow D editors and had such a great response, it occurred to me that I should tell you, dear classmates, that I’d be happy to do this for any of you! If you have a certain group you’d love to catch up with, please let me know.

Our news editor Kelly McMann wrote: “I think about The D often because without the experience as a reporter and managing editor I would not be on my current career path. I am a political scientist and have written two books and numerous journal articles and grant proposals. My experience at The D enabled me to write more quickly and confidently and, most importantly, it helped me enjoy writing. I often use my story as an example when encouraging my students at Case Western Reserve University to explore career paths both inside and outside the classroom.

“I study foreign politics, so initially I spent a lot of time living and interviewing people in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia to examine democratic activism and corruption. More recently, my research has taken a global turn, and I have been fortunate to visit many parts of the world to speak about my work to academics and democracy practitioners. At home in Cleveland, my husband, Greg York, and I are busy with our two children, Marie and Henry, both avid swimmers and engaged, curious teenagers. After working as a senior scientist at a company, Greg made a career switch, attending law school and becoming a patent attorney. We regularly see Todd Gorman, now based in Quebec, and Scott Miller, in Boston, and their families.”

Krista Klein, arts editor, wrote: “My two bound volumes of The D proudly sit in a prominent place with a typewriter (one of my many) on top! I think my favorite story, written when I first started (not when I was an editor) was on ‘basement shoes.’ It was silly and probably not terribly journalistic, but the topic was intriguing to me and everyone seemed to read it. One of my other fantastic experiences with The D was interviewing John Updike when he was in Hanover for a reading. In high school I had loved his books, and so it was a thrill—I remember being absurdly nervous to interview him at the Hanover Inn, but it went smoothly and then I called my dad to discuss afterward.”

—Kelly Shriver Kolln, 3900 Cottage Grove Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403; (920) 306-2192; dartmouth92news@gmail.com