Class Note 2011
Hello, fellow ’11s. Now after spending the past four years in Hanover with you all, I know you’re not a shy bunch. So why are you being so timid with the updates? Please send any and all news my way, and if you really don’t want to let me know what’s going on with you, let me know all the cool things that our classmates are up to.
To the updates!
Susan Matthews is in her second semester of journalism school at NYU and is also currently interning at OnEarth, a magazine run by the Natural Resource Defense Council. Among other things her time at NYU has taught her that semesters are unnervingly long in comparison to terms.
Martha Gillon is one of several ’11s participating in Teach for America. She’s in Nashville, Tennessee, and told me that she took her students to the National Civil Rights Museum in nearby Memphis for Black History Month.
Chase Raines, Alex Taylor, Sam Snow and Dallis Fox are traveling around New Zealand together for several months. Check out their blog at http://thereisnorealworldnz.blogspot.com to read about their adventures farming, buying a car, getting haircuts and more.
Two ’11s—Mostafa Heddaya and Jamie Berk (my freshman year roommate!)—have started a new magazine called American Circus. It features fiction, essays, political coverage and pieces of long-form journalism, some of which are written by our classmates. “The project started because we knew a bunch of great young writers who didn’t really have anywhere to publish,” Jamie writes. “They’ve all written for cool places, but all of them longed for a place to write more freely and experiment with form and take on some bigger projects. Since our launch we’ve accumulated a dedicated group of about 20—many of them connected to Dartmouth in one way or another.” Other ’11s who have gotten involved include Anise Vance, Charlie Dameron, Marguerite Imbert and Rahul Malik. You can take a look at all their work here: www.amcircus.com.
Finally, Kim Waters is keeping busy in the academic world. She’s participating in a dual-degree program through Columbia and the London School of Economics and is taking classes this semester at Columbia while also learning Portuguese. She’s off to Brazil this summer for her thesis research, and also presented her Dartmouth thesis research at a graduate conference at Boston University in March.
Those are all the updates for now. While I have your attention, don’t forget to donate to the College Fund! Hope to hear from you all soon. Send any life updates, book or movie recommendations (what’d you guys think of The Hunger Games?) and funny anecdotes my way.
—Drew Joseph, 2727 29th St., NW, Apt. 233, Washington, DC 20008; (510) 418-2244; aqjoseph@gmail.com
