By Kiera Reilly, C’93 @KieraReilly
As Penn’s Class of 1993 gears up for our 20th reunion in May (that’s right, we graduated last century), we’re re-connecting with each other and making plans to reunite on campus via Email, Facebook and Twitter, things that didn’t exist when we were students! Our class Facebook page sees the most interaction, as classmates post stories and memories from our time on campus:
Princeton at Penn Men’s Basketball – now this is what my friend Chris Lehmann called “Pandemonium at the Palestra”
Penn Six singing “It Ain’t Easy Being Conrad Bain” from their 1993 album “Jacket Off” album. Jason Downie, C’93 – lead singer, Ed Matz, C’93 – lyrics
Brian Keys leading Penn Football past Lafayette – one of our first Penn football games!
“The Simpson’s” writer Matt Selman, C’93, sneaking Penn into an episode.
A recent story in The DP* highlighted the Feb Club, a tradition that our class started, thanks to our then-class president Michael “Scoops” Rosenband, C’93. Scoops sent along a page from the Friars directory highlighting his – and our class’ – contribution to fun times in February.
Class President Michael “Scoops” Rosenband credited with bringing Feb Club to our class in the Friars directory.
Alyssa Newman, C’93, shared this photo of the Feb Club t-shirt – the rules were that if you attended 10 out of the 11 events, you received a Feb Club t-shirt (this year’s seniors are offering an event each day). Back in the day, a free t-shirt was nothing to scoff at, nor was an excuse to go out and have fun with classmates during dreary February.
The back of the original Feb Club t-shirt – a tradition started by the Class of 1993!
If you can’t see, here’s the list of activities:
Feb 1 – Cavanaugh’s
Feb 3 – Metropolis
Feb 7 – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off at the Eric 3
Feb 9 – Smoke’s
Feb 12 – Penn Basketball vs. Columbia
Feb 16 – Cavanaugh’s
Feb 18 – Chasers
Feb 20 – Boccie
Feb 23 – Murph’s
Feb 25 – Ice Skating at the Class of 1923 Rink
Feb 28 – Smoke’s
My personal favorites were watching Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and ice skating at the Class of 1923 Ice Rink – something I had never done before.
Julie Berliner Bell, C’93, saved her Feb Club shirt too – it’s part of a quilt of other favorite t-shirts.
Our class is looking forward to May when we’ll reconnect, remember and reminisce about the fun times we had while students at Penn. We have a great group of classmates helping to plan our reunion and raise funds for Dear Old Penn – see our class reunion page for the full list.
If you’re a member of our class, be sure to join our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter.
If you’re planning to attend the reunion, be sure to add your name to the hundreds of classmates already listed on our “We’re coming!” page by emailing reunion co-chairs Lisa Nass Grabelle, C’93, L’96, or Chrissy Bass Hofbeck, C’93.
And, don’t forget to contribute to our Class Gift! We’re hoping to increase the number of participants that donate to Penn – please make your gift today!
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