Men and vimmen of Dartmouth! It is with great pleasure that I address you for the first time as your new class secretary. I am honored to represent you and eager to catch up with old friends and new.

I can’t remember the last time I submitted news for a Dartmouth Alumni Magazine column, so I thought I’d open with a brief recap of my past year of changes.

Dateline December 28, 2012: Stuck in Mount Kisco, New York, peering over the edge of the fiscal abyss. The bad news is that we’re likely to go over; the good news is that we survived the Mayan calendar doomsday and will be around for the fall.

Greetings to all classmates! Please use the contact information at the end of our class column to get in touch with me.

Given that you’ll be reading this one month before the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games on July 27, it seems only fitting to attempt a sports theme.