Class Note 2008
Bailey Massey married Dillon Magrann-Wells in Los Angeles in December. Many generations of the Dartmouth Film Society were represented, including Meredith Fraser. There was plenty of dancing, laughing and macaroons! Jenny Fisher continues to fight the good fight against HIV. She hasn’t cured it yet, but will gladly accept the Nobel Peace Prize if it’s thrust upon her. Chris Barth and Ashley Thorfinnson ’07 moved to Minneapolis at the end of last year. Say hi if you find yourself in the Twin Cities! Or even if you don’t!
JeanEllen Cowgill spoke at South by Southwest in a series called “#Movements: When a Hashtag Breaks the News,” about the rise of social media and hashtag activism. Dave Lamb, Jessica Ogden Lamb, Khiet Chhu, Devin Fallon and their spouses discovered the wonders of gas station milkshakes at a Cumberland Farms in Massachusetts. Khiet is also vying to become the undisputed Crokinole Champion of 2016 and we wish him all the best in this endeavor. Whitney Waugh will be moving to N.Y.C. in July for her clinical psychology internship at NYU Bellevue.
Kevin Tang has been happily working as a designer at Twitch.tv in San Francisco. Blunderbuss Magazine, a literary site he helped found with fellow ’08s Travis Mushett, Niral Shah, Hayley Powers Thornton-Kennedy, Meredith Fraser, Lauren Wool and Alex Howe will be celebrating its third anniversary soon—look forward to a fundraising party this spring in New York!
Barton McGuire and Valerie Arvidson apparently loved the Hobbit movies and moved to Wellington, New Zealand, last August to embark on new projects for the next few years. If you are ever down under in kiwi-land, send them a message! Laura Assis (née Rodriguez) and her husband, Wagner Assis, welcomed their son, Charlie, in February.
James Kim’s two recent films, Precursor and After Her, were recently selected by the Clean Shorts Film Festival in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and the Milledgeville Film Festival in Georgia, respectively.
—Jon Hopper, 51 Astor Place, 9th Floor, New York City, NY 10003; (203) 539-1225; jonathan.r.hopper.08@dartmouth.edu
