You’ve likely noticed by now that Centennial Reunions is going to be a very big deal. More than 1,500 Reedies are expected to converge back on campus to help celebrate Reed’s 100th birthday at Centennial Reunions, June 6-12, 2011. Though the lure of Reed is undeniable (Dr. Demento has said, “After 48 years Reed still pulls me like a magnet. I can already feel the field getting stronger!”), we know that returning to the mothership can be fraught with conflicting feelings… thus, we embark on a course of humor, of which I’m sure the good doctor would approve (warning, Mateo-brand levity ahead!).
Mateo Burtch ’82, a freelance writer and cartoonist in the Bay Area, will be leading us down the primrose path with his periodic comic strips, beginning with this reflection on some classic characters…
