Class Note 2017
Issue
July-August 2022
Let’s give it up to Apoorva Dixit, who has been booked and busy this past year, starting and growing a podcast, attending law school, and so much more.
Apoorva launched They Knew Which Way to Run, a podcast on the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. Apoorva was born on Bhopali soil scarred by methyl isocyanate—a poison leaked by an American factory that killed 10,000. Yet, the first time she heard of the tragedy was sitting in a social studies class 8,000 miles away in Memphis, Tennessee. Motivated to understand why, she returned to Bhopal as a Fulbright scholar. She spent nine months with gas survivors of every religion, class, and caste to understand what it means to survive a disaster. Each disaster creates a new class of inequities, and time erases evidence of the violence that caused them.
Apoorva says that building this podcast required arduous research, complex storytelling, and emotional resilience. Creating the podcast has helped her heal and process her time in India and her birthtown’s legacy. She’s thankful for her great friends who helped make the art, music, and website to accompany the podcast, such as Amy Zhang, who made the podcast logo.
Listen to They Knew Which Way to Run wherever you get your podcasts or on theyknewwhichwaytorun.com. Apoorva releases episodes every three weeks. If you get a chance to listen to the podcast, reach out to Apoorva! She loves hearing about people’s different responses to the podcast!
As if building They Knew Which Way to Run wasn’t enough work already, Apoorva is also a J.D. candidate at Duke University School of Law. She’s interested in pursuing civil rights work after law school and this summer she will intern at the Boston public defender’s office.
Next, congratulations to Ellen Kim and Pat Xu, who tied the knot in April! We love a Dartmouth love story!
Ellen and Pat met during a freshman mixer at the Choates and became fast friends. During the next few years they got to know each other through walks around Dartmouth’s golf course, rock climbing at Rumney, and takeout from Tuk Tuk. Although they lost touch toward the end of their time at Dartmouth, Pat visited Ellen a year after graduation and they quickly reconnected. After dating for two years, Pat proposed to Ellen back at the same golf course they stargazed at during freshman year.
Ellen and Pat got married in Dallas. The celebration had a rustic theme and one of their friends officiated the ceremony. The reception included an avocado bar and contra dance. They also had a welcome dinner at Ellen’s family home, which featured Texas BBQ, open fires, cornhole, and pong.
After the wedding, Ellen and Pat went to Spain and France for 10 days and toured the Basque and Andalusia regions. They hiked a few miles of the northern Camino de Santiago pilgrimage, marveled at the Alhambra palace in Granada, and strolled through the Mosque-Cathedral in Córdoba. They also had a delicious tasting menu in San Sebastian that included pigeon and four dessert courses.
Now Ellen and Pat are back in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where Ellen is working on her Ph.D. and Pat works as a software engineer. This summer they look forward to attending our five-year reunion, taking a trip to Cape Cod, Massachusetts, playing volleyball, and hosting and cooking for friends with the Korean BBQ grill they received as a wedding gift.
—Dorian J. Allen, 3 Rue Jacquard, 3ième étage, Lyon, France 69004; dorallen@comcast.net
Apoorva launched They Knew Which Way to Run, a podcast on the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. Apoorva was born on Bhopali soil scarred by methyl isocyanate—a poison leaked by an American factory that killed 10,000. Yet, the first time she heard of the tragedy was sitting in a social studies class 8,000 miles away in Memphis, Tennessee. Motivated to understand why, she returned to Bhopal as a Fulbright scholar. She spent nine months with gas survivors of every religion, class, and caste to understand what it means to survive a disaster. Each disaster creates a new class of inequities, and time erases evidence of the violence that caused them.
Apoorva says that building this podcast required arduous research, complex storytelling, and emotional resilience. Creating the podcast has helped her heal and process her time in India and her birthtown’s legacy. She’s thankful for her great friends who helped make the art, music, and website to accompany the podcast, such as Amy Zhang, who made the podcast logo.
Listen to They Knew Which Way to Run wherever you get your podcasts or on theyknewwhichwaytorun.com. Apoorva releases episodes every three weeks. If you get a chance to listen to the podcast, reach out to Apoorva! She loves hearing about people’s different responses to the podcast!
As if building They Knew Which Way to Run wasn’t enough work already, Apoorva is also a J.D. candidate at Duke University School of Law. She’s interested in pursuing civil rights work after law school and this summer she will intern at the Boston public defender’s office.
Next, congratulations to Ellen Kim and Pat Xu, who tied the knot in April! We love a Dartmouth love story!
Ellen and Pat met during a freshman mixer at the Choates and became fast friends. During the next few years they got to know each other through walks around Dartmouth’s golf course, rock climbing at Rumney, and takeout from Tuk Tuk. Although they lost touch toward the end of their time at Dartmouth, Pat visited Ellen a year after graduation and they quickly reconnected. After dating for two years, Pat proposed to Ellen back at the same golf course they stargazed at during freshman year.
Ellen and Pat got married in Dallas. The celebration had a rustic theme and one of their friends officiated the ceremony. The reception included an avocado bar and contra dance. They also had a welcome dinner at Ellen’s family home, which featured Texas BBQ, open fires, cornhole, and pong.
After the wedding, Ellen and Pat went to Spain and France for 10 days and toured the Basque and Andalusia regions. They hiked a few miles of the northern Camino de Santiago pilgrimage, marveled at the Alhambra palace in Granada, and strolled through the Mosque-Cathedral in Córdoba. They also had a delicious tasting menu in San Sebastian that included pigeon and four dessert courses.
Now Ellen and Pat are back in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where Ellen is working on her Ph.D. and Pat works as a software engineer. This summer they look forward to attending our five-year reunion, taking a trip to Cape Cod, Massachusetts, playing volleyball, and hosting and cooking for friends with the Korean BBQ grill they received as a wedding gift.
—Dorian J. Allen, 3 Rue Jacquard, 3ième étage, Lyon, France 69004; dorallen@comcast.net