贝洛伊特的梦想家, the President’s Kitchen, and 更多的
明尼阿波利斯的奇迹(和其他回忆)
人, 让我告诉你, all of South Minneapolis cherishes the May Day parade she leads—hundreds and hundreds of citizens marching with their home-made puppets, 有些巨大而短暂的美丽, celebrating the arrival of spring and its renewed hope. There’s even a community-generated storyline uniting the parade, 在波德霍恩公园举行仪式, as a giant sun-spirit crosses the lake to join the revelers.
One person, very humbly, has touched the souls of thousands. Even on cloudy days, the real sun bursts through for the ceremony. 如果你有能力，来看看这个奇迹吧.
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另一个人, 大卫·本杰明73, brings back my memories of goalpost-ironic 贝洛伊特 sports (see fall/winter 2014 Last Word). He not only inherited my [sports information] job, I also passed him my off-campus apartment. He paid me back with the charts for a fantasy football card game and sparked my continuing fascination with the works of Robert Coover.
我记得圣. 奥拉夫的比分是82-0, and the “hey guys” quote as one I received when I reported the massacre to the Chicago Tribune. I prefer David’s version, as it caps his loving tribute to the remarkable Coach Ross.
凯西-马尔尚73, sorry I wasn’t evolved enough then to pay attention to what was the true import of 贝洛伊特 sports. 我记得, I spent hours immersed in old basketball box scores trying to tally Ron Bontemps’ exact scoring record. 可能还在玩大卫的纸牌游戏.
戴夫·摩尔71届/ 72届MAT
明尼阿波利斯,明尼苏达州.
总统的厨房
In 1991, I met [ninth college president] Victor Ferrall at an alumni gathering in Phoenix. When he learned that I had started a kitchen and bath design business as my second career, he mentioned that the President’s House kitchen was an inconvenient disaster and needed a complete overhaul.
6月，我和丈夫去东部旅行, and I offered to donate my services to redesign the kitchen. 我随身带着我的便携式画板. After measuring the space, I sat in the college library and worked out a design. As I was doing the layout, I discovered that the corners did not align. I went back to check my measurements and found a blocked off central fireplace and chimney that no one knew was there. Vic Ferrall and Linda Smith liked my design and by the end of the four days I had available to be at 贝洛伊特, 我们已经找到了橱柜的来源, 台面, 装修承包商, 电气承包商, 还有一个水管工. They were the easiest people I ever worked with as a designer. I am so pleased to see that my design is still in use. I hope that the presidents and their wives have found it convenient and enjoyed using it.
卡洛琳Matthiasson的59
亚利桑那州图森市
贝洛伊特的梦想家
Like others I was glad to see the story about the 贝洛伊特 dreamers. 还有前伯洛伊特教授克里斯·惠勒, I volunteer with several non-profits and faith groups that work to support immigrants, 包括梦想家, 面临驱逐出境的人, and those preyed upon by unscrupulous businesses as well as victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. My recent visit to campus was facilitated by Katia, one of the Dreamers. I was very impressed with the students I met with in the social justice organization and the Outdoor Environmental Club.
I attended two of Pablo Toral’s (political science) classes, and I also attended the day-long Student Symposium, when 贝洛伊特 students made professional-quality presentations on many diverse topics. Of greatest interest to me was the presentation by students who participated in the No More Deaths Spring Break, where they helped immigrants in the desert who might have otherwise died. The trip and presentation was led by Ousia Whitaker-DeVault’15. Immigrants cross the border without permission for many reasons, including violence and poverty. Obtaining permission is infinitely 更多的 difficult for those from Mexico and Central America than those from Europe.
鲍勃·诺里斯66
生科罗拉多州.
第一和最后一任博士.D.
Seeing the article about the portrait of Robert Irrmann’39 reminded me of an interesting aspect of his influence. 我是他的学生中第一个获得博士学位的.D. in history and wound up teaching at Eastern Illinois University in 查尔斯顿,生病了. Michael Shirley’79 became Irrmann’s last student to earn a Ph.D.他最后也在EIU教书. We maintained a close relationship with Bob in his retirement years in 贝洛伊特 and Madison. We both miss his friendship and still appreciate his mentoring.
大卫J. 毛雷尔的57
查尔斯顿,生病了.
