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Heartfelt thanks to all classmates who responded to the 50th reunion program committee survey. We heard from 108 of our 387 classmates (28%). We appreciate your feedback on the program content and format, suggestions for topics, and willingness to share your expertise and that of your classmates…
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What Gives Us Joy What are you doing for pure enjoyment?” we asked. “How did you find your avocation and would it surprise your younger self?” What follows is a…
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I have been legally blind my whole life, and so my visual world has been much hazier than that of my sighted friends. Growing up I knew that there were dandelions, lilacs, roses, and even “flocks” (I later found it was phlox), but plants and their flowers were largely undifferentiated in my mind. Though I learned a few more things over the next 35 years, my ignorance of plant life remained profound.
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While I was in Puerto Rico during the winter quarter of our sophomore year, attending a seminar for Carleton sociology students led by Byron Fox, I bought an amphora-shaped earthenware vase with yellow and green glaze dripping down its outside…
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Confession: I am two of the 70+ members of the Class of 1972 Facebook group. I am Nancy Ashmore, whose 250 friends include family, high school and college classmates, and Minnesota friends and neighbors. I am also Medora MacDougall (a Facebook alias), whose 315 friends include several hundred authors and readers of lesbian romances, mysteries, and science fiction…
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Tango is about connection and grace, sadness and hope, and moments of believing there is nothing else…
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I will always be grateful to Professor Davis Taylor (English Dept.) for noticing that I actually spent more time in studio art classes than I did in science labs. He asked me if I’d considered going into dentistry instead of medicine, since part of doing dentistry is artistic…
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I am winding down from 40 years as a corporate and securities lawyer, with a mixture of non-profit board participation as well, pro bono activities in immigration law, mediation, working with at-risk youth, and, more recently, election protection work…
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During the last 10 years, I’ve become an avid runner. I did the Richmond (VA) Marathon in 2018 and 2019. I don’t know where the desire to run came from. At Carleton, I remember thinking (erroneously) that there were the jocks and there were the rest of us…
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Everybody has a story — and we want to hear yours. Write the story yourself or be interviewed: your choice. Submissions should be no longer than 375 words and accompanied…
