Class Note 1997
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Chris Miller and Phil Lord have a major hit on their hands. They directed and co-wrote the screenplay of their first movie, the animated 3-D feature film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, based on the popular children’s book. As of this writing, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com, Cloudy, the No. 1 film in the country for two weeks in a row and the only animated film to achieve that feat this year, has grossed nearly $144 million worldwide. Cloudy boasts an all-star vocal cast including Anna Faris, Bill Hader, James Caan, Andy Samberg, Neil Patrick Harris, Lauren Graham and Mr. T.
Chris and Phil recently appeared on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, where much of the conversation focused on how they met at Dartmouth and on Craig’s affinity for Hanover. The host mentioned his love for Molly’s Balloon (“It’s very nice and the waitstaff are very attractive”), but he was not a fan of Lou’s, where he said he was “outcelebritied” because the staff would not seat him at a table reserved for “Dr. Trousers.” They also talked about the Homecoming bonfire and Craig asked them if they ran around it naked. Chris and Phil said shirts were optional and Chris commented that, “You get a big sunburn on one side of your body and the other side is horribly pale.” They were also featured in The New York Times, which followed them around Los Angeles theaters as they checked out audience reactions on opening night.
In publishing news Ty P.K. Tengan, an associate professor of anthropology and ethnic studies at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, has a new book, Native Men Remade: Gender and Nation in Contemporary Hawai’i. The legacies of colonization and the tourist industry promote a feminized image of Native Hawaiians, leading many indigenous Hawaiian men to feel disempowered. In the 1990s a group of Native men in Maui responded by refashioning and reasserting their masculine identities in a group called the Hale Mua (“Men’s House”). As a group member and ethnographer Ty examines through personal stories and first-person narratives how the mostly middle-aged, middle class and mixed-race members assert a warrior masculinity through martial arts, woodcarving and cultural ceremonies and participate in temple rites, protest marches, public lectures and cultural fairs. He connects these rituals and practices to cultural revitalization and Hawaiian nationalism.
Congratulations to Karin (Chesebro) Field and Tony Field on their expanding family. On September 23 at 6:24 p.m. they welcomed Clarice Juliette, who weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces, and measured 20.8 inches. She joins siblings Vanessa and Quentin.
Also, congratulations to Jenn Tudder Walus and Matt Walus on the birth of their second child, Christian Steven, who arrived on July 2 at 12:51 p.m. weighing 9 pounds and measuring 20 1⁄2 inches. Jenn wrote: “With that size he’s bound to be a Big Green football player! He joins big sister Siena, who is 3 and already an aspiring Rockapella. She loves to hear my old Spring Sing ’97 concert and knows every soloist by name.”
Speaking of the Rockapellas, Jenn was in Hanover for the group’s 20th reunion over Memorial Day weekend. Including Jenn, six of the seven ’97 Rockapellas were there: Allison Pope Mangin, Dawn Delizia Nolan, Jessica Russo Revand, Inger Strand Kenworthy and Julie Gottlieb Fisher. “It was definitely a fun weekend,” Jenn wrote, “although I was very pregnant at the time and had to play beer pong with water—not quite the same.”
This is my first column from our new home in Austin. It’s great to be back in Texas after so many years.
Best wishes to all for a happy and healthy new year!
—Jason Casell, 9209 Donner Lane, Austin, TX 78749; jcasell@aol.com
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Chris Miller and Phil Lord have a major hit on their hands. They directed and co-wrote the screenplay of their first movie, the animated 3-D feature film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, based on the popular children’s book. As of this writing, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com, Cloudy, the No. 1 film in the country for two weeks in a row and the only animated film to achieve that feat this year, has grossed nearly $144 million worldwide. Cloudy boasts an all-star vocal cast including Anna Faris, Bill Hader, James Caan, Andy Samberg, Neil Patrick Harris, Lauren Graham and Mr. T.
Chris and Phil recently appeared on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, where much of the conversation focused on how they met at Dartmouth and on Craig’s affinity for Hanover. The host mentioned his love for Molly’s Balloon (“It’s very nice and the waitstaff are very attractive”), but he was not a fan of Lou’s, where he said he was “outcelebritied” because the staff would not seat him at a table reserved for “Dr. Trousers.” They also talked about the Homecoming bonfire and Craig asked them if they ran around it naked. Chris and Phil said shirts were optional and Chris commented that, “You get a big sunburn on one side of your body and the other side is horribly pale.” They were also featured in The New York Times, which followed them around Los Angeles theaters as they checked out audience reactions on opening night.
In publishing news Ty P.K. Tengan, an associate professor of anthropology and ethnic studies at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, has a new book, Native Men Remade: Gender and Nation in Contemporary Hawai’i. The legacies of colonization and the tourist industry promote a feminized image of Native Hawaiians, leading many indigenous Hawaiian men to feel disempowered. In the 1990s a group of Native men in Maui responded by refashioning and reasserting their masculine identities in a group called the Hale Mua (“Men’s House”). As a group member and ethnographer Ty examines through personal stories and first-person narratives how the mostly middle-aged, middle class and mixed-race members assert a warrior masculinity through martial arts, woodcarving and cultural ceremonies and participate in temple rites, protest marches, public lectures and cultural fairs. He connects these rituals and practices to cultural revitalization and Hawaiian nationalism.
Congratulations to Karin (Chesebro) Field and Tony Field on their expanding family. On September 23 at 6:24 p.m. they welcomed Clarice Juliette, who weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces, and measured 20.8 inches. She joins siblings Vanessa and Quentin.
Also, congratulations to Jenn Tudder Walus and Matt Walus on the birth of their second child, Christian Steven, who arrived on July 2 at 12:51 p.m. weighing 9 pounds and measuring 20 1⁄2 inches. Jenn wrote: “With that size he’s bound to be a Big Green football player! He joins big sister Siena, who is 3 and already an aspiring Rockapella. She loves to hear my old Spring Sing ’97 concert and knows every soloist by name.”
Speaking of the Rockapellas, Jenn was in Hanover for the group’s 20th reunion over Memorial Day weekend. Including Jenn, six of the seven ’97 Rockapellas were there: Allison Pope Mangin, Dawn Delizia Nolan, Jessica Russo Revand, Inger Strand Kenworthy and Julie Gottlieb Fisher. “It was definitely a fun weekend,” Jenn wrote, “although I was very pregnant at the time and had to play beer pong with water—not quite the same.”
This is my first column from our new home in Austin. It’s great to be back in Texas after so many years.
Best wishes to all for a happy and healthy new year!
—Jason Casell, 9209 Donner Lane, Austin, TX 78749; jcasell@aol.com