Class Note 2011
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November-December 2026
Class Note 2011. Mattie Govan wrote in with an update for this submission: In June, she and Tom Sheridan welcomed newborn son Joseph Mohan. Congratulations, Mattie! She says everyone is doing well. Additionally, her interview with author and outdoorsman Thomas McGuane was published in The Believer magazine in January.
The last 12 months have flown by, and while reminiscing on July 2025, I recalled that being on campus for our reunion was vastly different from our time as students. The Hop was under construction (the grand opening of the renovated facility was in October 2025), and we had to navigate various cement blockades and makeshift walkways to pass by the front. Half of Main Street bears little resemblance to our time there: Starbucks is now underneath where Mai Thai used to be, The Works Bakery Café around where the Canoe Club used to be, Sushiya in lieu of Yama, Playa Bowls instead of Morano Gelato (but there is now Hanover Scoops across the patio), Han Fusion in place of the Orient, no Bagel Basement, no EBA’s, no 5 Olde, no C&A’s, no Salt Hill Pub. In browsing the map just now, it also looks as though BocaSoca Mexican Grill replaced Boloco at some point in the past year.
Collis Café has been renovated and looks new, in the style of the Fahey-McLane and McLaughlin dorms. According to the Dartmouth dining services (DDS) website, they still serve stir-fry and pasta. (I had a moment of nostalgia last year and asked Thomas Lane to make Thai peanut stir-fry. It turned out surprisingly good! And is apparently also one of the few ways I’m willing to eat brown rice, ha.) The ’53 Commons, which began its renovation our senior year, looks nothing like the former Food Court-Homeplate-Pavilion arrangement, but it still makes Pavilion cookies—laid out on baking sheets, if I recall my 2012 visit correctly, since the dining facility is now all-you-can-eat after a meal swipe. I was told that breakfast options in ’53 Commons are abundant, including multiple fruit juices, various flavors of sparkling water, French toast sticks, and other food options.
What DDS staple do you miss the most—or what’s new in your life these days? (For me, I’m excited about my new prism lenses to mitigate binocular vision dysfunction for close work such as at a computer—definitely feeling that eye strain in this decade of life.) Send your updates, life milestones, or Hanover reflections my way for our next column!
—Hillary S. Cheng, 26611 La Roda, Mission Viejo, CA 92691; (603) 546-8452; hillary.s.cheng@dartmouth.edu
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The last 12 months have flown by, and while reminiscing on July 2025, I recalled that being on campus for our reunion was vastly different from our time as students. The Hop was under construction (the grand opening of the renovated facility was in October 2025), and we had to navigate various cement blockades and makeshift walkways to pass by the front. Half of Main Street bears little resemblance to our time there: Starbucks is now underneath where Mai Thai used to be, The Works Bakery Café around where the Canoe Club used to be, Sushiya in lieu of Yama, Playa Bowls instead of Morano Gelato (but there is now Hanover Scoops across the patio), Han Fusion in place of the Orient, no Bagel Basement, no EBA’s, no 5 Olde, no C&A’s, no Salt Hill Pub. In browsing the map just now, it also looks as though BocaSoca Mexican Grill replaced Boloco at some point in the past year.
Collis Café has been renovated and looks new, in the style of the Fahey-McLane and McLaughlin dorms. According to the Dartmouth dining services (DDS) website, they still serve stir-fry and pasta. (I had a moment of nostalgia last year and asked Thomas Lane to make Thai peanut stir-fry. It turned out surprisingly good! And is apparently also one of the few ways I’m willing to eat brown rice, ha.) The ’53 Commons, which began its renovation our senior year, looks nothing like the former Food Court-Homeplate-Pavilion arrangement, but it still makes Pavilion cookies—laid out on baking sheets, if I recall my 2012 visit correctly, since the dining facility is now all-you-can-eat after a meal swipe. I was told that breakfast options in ’53 Commons are abundant, including multiple fruit juices, various flavors of sparkling water, French toast sticks, and other food options.
What DDS staple do you miss the most—or what’s new in your life these days? (For me, I’m excited about my new prism lenses to mitigate binocular vision dysfunction for close work such as at a computer—definitely feeling that eye strain in this decade of life.) Send your updates, life milestones, or Hanover reflections my way for our next column!
—Hillary S. Cheng, 26611 La Roda, Mission Viejo, CA 92691; (603) 546-8452; hillary.s.cheng@dartmouth.edu