Class of 2019

Here’s the scoop: Thirty-seven percent of ’19s are still receiving text messages from Dartmouth Dining Services (DDS).

I unsubscribed from what are colloquially known as “Foco texts” in 2019, when I was sad that I’d graduated and couldn’t attend the 2019 fall harvest dinner. Randomly, in 2022, I was somehow re-added to the recipient list, and now I receive messages at an irregular cadence about hand readers and Clam Chowder Day at Foco. Further attempts to unsubscribe have been unsuccessful.

When I gave the short-lived DDS food truck my cell phone number in 2018 in exchange for a free order of French fries, I did not think I’d still be getting texts about Collis hours at age 27. If anyone knows how I can free myself from this, please tell me, and in exchange I will let you write the next Class Notes column. Thank you!

Paolo Takagi-Atilano congratulated Koby Gordon on an impressive result at what I am assuming is the 2025 American Birkebeiner cross-country ski race.

Jonathan Lu and Ryan Monasch recently caught up in New York.

Kierra Sweeney shared that Aishu Nallapillai and Chris Bertasi got engaged in Banff, Alberta, while snowboarding! Congrats, Aishu and Chris! You are an adorable Dartmouth love story.

In other scoops, ’19s have been making the news recently! Danni Kohut was interviewed by Fox 11 Los Angeles for her work leading a response to the Palisades Fire, running a wildfire relief drive and managing hundreds of volunteers and clients in West Los Angeles. Amazing work, Danni. Jeremy Lewin was featured in The New York Times for his work as Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) liaison to the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development.

Keep the scoops coming, ’19s!

—Tara Burchmore, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; tara.f.burchmore@gmail.com