Editorial |
Association President's Message Course profile - Travel Studies Campus Alumni profile - Sara Posen '88 Celebrating Humanities - David Beattie '68 Professor Janet Bews 1938-2000 So Much to Do - Life in Bosnia Profile of a Volunteer - Kate Ramsay '71
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by Liz Fleming '76
One of those changes was the
decision to publish on-line to reduce our printing and mailing
costs for this issue. The vast majority of us are electronically
savvy so we hope we've made a decision that will work. It's our
plan to remain an on-paper publication most of the time, but
do let us know what you think of this e-version of TrenT. We'd
like to hear On another less prosaic and perhaps more poetic note, I have a memory I'd like to share with you. This year, during Head of the Trent weekend, my husband Jamie and his buddies managed to reassemble a varsity rowing crew that had last rowed together in 1979 for a come-back race against a number of other alumni boats (see the photo of the boys in green below). Twenty-one years later, a few pounds heavier and considerably wiser than they were in their university days, that stalwart crew rowed its way to victory and a passle of medals to hang around their necks. It was a magic moment.
It would have been easier to stand around on the shore, lift a few brews and reminisce about how good they used to be - but those guys chose to get back on the water. After the race, as they stood together on the shore, sweaty, tired, and incredibly pleased with themselves, more than a few vowed to find their way back to regular rowing, to rediscover that old enthusiasm. I hope they will, because there's nothing sweeter than an old love rekindled and no better place than Head of the Trent to set it ablaze. Why don't you come back next year and see what embers are still glowing? |