Class Note 2009
The holiday season is upon us and I am thinking about one thing and one thing only: baked brie. Remember that awesome holiday party that President Wright would throw during reading period? You were probably deep in the trenches of the 1902 Room, staring at your blinking cursor while tossing back your eighth bag of fruit snacks, when suddenly you’d hear the faint tones of a holiday classic emanating from the Green. You’d emerge, bleary-eyed, into the frigid open air to see a huge Christmas tree (where the heck did that come from?) and bear witness to a delightful choral concert. Then you were ushered into a well-lit room bursting at the seams with an endless supply of holiday snacks. And oh, what snacks! Warm apple cider, spiced cookies, sliced fruits, hot cocoa and, of course, a big loaf of baked brie. Gorgeous, melty, flaky, sticky, savory, sweet and great on apple slices—we polished them off one after another, and the friendly Dartmouth Dining Services people just kept them coming. Eventually the party would die down. We’d shake Jim Wright’s hand (or Susan’s, if we were lucky) and head back to our finals cave, contented and full, ready to conquer that 15-page paper (which, let’s be honest, would end up being 12 pages, triple-spaced). Those were the days.
I’ll be spending my holiday season desperately trying to recreate that baked-brie recipe, but let’s see what our other classmates will be up to!
Lindsay Hunt is now working at Real Simple magazine as the food editorial assistant.
Colin Treseler moved to Stockholm, Sweden, to work for Klarna as the leader of its product development team.
Aulden Kaye is working with the New York City Opera as the assistant to the general manager and artistic director.
Dylan Kane continues his adventures in the great outdoors: “I am in Midpines, California (near Yosemite), in the midst of a National Outdoor Leadership School wilderness EMT class. I’ve been traveling the last few months through the national parks and forests of Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and California.”
Elsa Rodriguez works for a youth science nonprofit dedicated to providing opportunities to students who are typically underrepresented in the sciences: “I recently led a trip to Hot Springs, South Dakota, with 14 Chicago high school students. We spent one week at the University of Chicago studying paleontology, anatomy and geology, then headed to South Dakota, where we dug up mammoth bones and went on hikes (many for the first time)!”
Hannah Simon finished her master’s in science education and is now working as a clinical associate for biomedical startup. She is also “brainstorming ways of how I can do college again in reverse, like Benjamin Button.”
Maura Tappen is now attending medical school at the University of Rochester.
Mark Harris is moving to Cooperstown, New York, in January to begin his clinical rotations.
Julia Bronson has moved out west to attend dental school at Midwestern University in Glendale, Arizona.
Ibrahim Elshamy is living in Cairo, Egypt, this year, learning from and about local organizations that create civic education materials to empower the majority of citizens without much political knowledge to begin participating in an emerging democracy.
Nathan Empsall has started a new job as an associate with M+R Strategic Services, helping several nonprofits with their e-mail lists and Internet campaigns.
Jeffery Koh will be clerking for the Delaware Court of Chancery in Dover starting in August.
Check out Danny Michlewitz’s blog about his travels through Asia: duhmich.com/blog.
That’s all for now, guys. You are all the gooey center of my crusty baked-brie heart. Happy holidays and class of ’09 love.
—Peter Rothbard, 542 Eastern Parkway, Apt. 3-B, Brooklyn, NY, 11225; (407) 421-4676; peter.s.rothbard.09@alum.dartmouth.org
