It’s been too long, ’12s. Summer is right around the corner and I, for one, am glad. Winter has been, er, a trying experience for those of us in the Northeast so summer literally could not come soon enough. It is the light (and warmth) at the end of the unbearably long, blizzard-filled tunnel that has been the past few months. Seriously, 20 degrees was starting to feel warm, ain’t nobody got time for that. Am I right? 


Before I get to the reason we’re all here—the updates—just real quick, I love hearing from you guys, so keep the updates coming. Send them my way at k.crisp12@gmail.com. Okay, on to the good stuff.


Thomas Balch is in Seattle working on robots that build airplanes and “aerospace stuff” (in case you’re wondering, there are also rockets involved—just saying). He also recently spent seven months in Japan and just went to Brazil as well. With that said he is looking forward to a bit of downtime in Seattle to settle in, sail, hike, climb and get a little ultimate Frisbee in. 


Great news on the graduate school front, everybody. Victoria Yu got into Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Jessica Reyes was accepted into Tufts University School of Medicine. And Alix Peabody got into the University of Southern California master’s program in screenwriting. Guys, I speak for all of us when I say we are so proud of y’all! Can’t wait to hear all about the great things you guys are going to do.


This is pretty cool. Matt Jorgensen, Ben Waller and Aidan Nelson are doing pretty big things in the overalls world. Yup, you read right. Overalls are back. Children of the 1990s, rejoice. Their company is called Rousers and they make “overalls for the modern man.” They won at Kickstarter and raised $25,000 in the form of preorders within the first three weeks of their campaign. You can still preorder some ’ralls (that’s an abbrev) on their website if you’re interested, which you all should be. I know I’m hoping they’ll expand and start making some ’ralls for the modern woman (my Gap jean overalls just don’t fit like they used to and I’m trying to get back into the overall game). You can find out all the information you need here: matthew-jorgensen-0rlg.squarespace.com.


Finally, Karen Schuster has an update on her update from the last round of notes. She’s still in China, but is now working at the growing digital arm of McKinsey. Keep doing you, Karen.


As always, it’s been a pleasure, ’12s. Over and out. 


—Kelley Crisp, 1284 Beacon St., Apt. 410, Brookline, MA 02446; kelley.a.crisp.12@dartmouth.edu