Class of 1971 Newsletter

1 - Migrations - March 2020

It’s weird to be sending out a 50th class reunion newsletter at the very moment we are all social distancing. It would be doubly weird to anticipate an event 15 months from now and ignore a pandemic at our doorsteps.

But we don’t need more COVID-19 survival tips in our inbox. What’s really in demand now is a strong sense of community and a belief that we can weather this crisis together.

With each issue of Migrations, we’ll explore a theme related to the changes over the past 50 years, as seen by classmates. The first two stories appear below. Here is a list of future subjects for a list of the future subjects and consider contributing your own Changes Story, telling us your perspective on a change that’s taken place in your life, your field, your community, or the world.

Life-long activist Bob Stilger helps communities like Fukushima and Paradise discover new possibilities in the wake of disaster.

Read Bob’s Changes Story.

Bill’s Pizza and Pepsi. Cigarettes and more cigarettes. Oreos and Pringles. Then a health scare starts Jane Willard on the path to positive change.

Read Jane’s Changes Story.

Does it seem like the Carleton Voice Alumni Notes consist mainly of youngsters’ wedding party photos? Well, some of us missed that big wedding trend. But we were youngsters once, too, and now ZOOBOOK LOVE is putting our longevity on record. See our first Zoobook Love Stories and submit your own.

Migrations will also keep you updated on reunion programs, schedules, and class news. All the important stuff, plus some that’s just fun, will have a home on our class time machine.

Okay, it’s really just the class website.

Each issue, we’ll pull up vintage content from campus news, editorials, archival photos, and bits related to our theme.

Go down the memory hole.

We have the solution! Check out our new video for Formula ’71 Reunion Miracle Crème.

Migrations is edited by Charlie Quimby, overseen by the spirit of ’71, and written by you.

If you have a comment, a story idea, a rant, a remembrance, email us.