My own mental health has definitely taken a hit. From late last summer through early December, I drew a topical cartoon (the Daily Cartoon) five days a week for newyorker.com. I was forced to stay extremely well-informed in order to make jokes about the very stuff that was turning my head into a dark, scary place, and wreaking havoc on my digestive system. (It’s my habit to read or watch news during meals.) At night, I lay in bed, sleepless for hours, replaying the day’s events.
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Remembering our connection with Martin Luther King
Nearly fifty years ago, I met Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I had a Saturday lunch with him and his advisors, in the Parish House attached to the National Cathedral, in Washington DC. It was March 30th, 1968.
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Mini-Reunion Sept 30 – Oct 02 2016
Forty-seven participants – classmates, spouses, and significants – from the competitive Class of 1968 trounced the numbers from ’66, ’67, ’69, and ’70. That’s one of several leading indicators that attendance at our 50th Reunion — June 7-10, 2018 — would set a record. Here follows an executive summary of what you enjoyed, or what […]
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Fall 1964 and dateless in Williamstown: a Tom Bell story
Some of us were savvy during our early days at Williams, cutting a swath through mixers, connecting with a different girl each week, never alone. No doubt you, gentle reader, were in that category. Some of us almost got it right for homecoming weekend freshman year. One of us remembers a last minute Oh I’m […]
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Freshman Week 1964
We converged on campus in the Purple Valley traveling by plane, by train, and mostly by car. From points to the south, the Taconic Parkway north provided a pastoral ride with a hint of cooler fall weather and the color of leaves beginning to turn. From the East, the Mohawk trail offered its own beauty. […]
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Demakis v Sawyer, Round 1
An editorial written by Tom Demakis in the Williams Record in January of our senior year about the antiquated and inadequate athletic facilities existing at the College, the second tier academic status of the coaching staff, restrictive rules, and decline of the Williams Athletic Council as a sounding-board for students set in motion a series […]
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Multiculturalism at the New Williams – The Davis Center
The Davis Center at Williams? That was after our time. Until recently it was called the Multicultural Center? Still after our time. Or was it? Though the Center was not founded until the late 1980’s, it grew out of the movements at the core of our tumultuous 1960’s. The Davis Center was founded as the […]
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