Class Challenge Standings
As of December 5, 2004
As you read in the letter from Mike Vespoli, Fred Pennekamp, Adam Brick and me a couple of weeks ago (click here to read), the boathouse groundbreaking is delayed by a couple of months as we complete an environmental assessment. The good news in all of this is gives the rest of more time to knock those wily veterans from the Class of ’68 out of the top spot in the Boathouse Fundraising Challenge.
And there seem to be a few classes making a move for the top. In particular, the Class of ’65 made a strong move into the Top 10 over the Autumn, going to #5 from #12. I have a feeling that they (Can’t Get No) Satisfaction until they get a Ticket To Ride to the top spot. After all, the currently top-ranked ‘68ers were just freshmen pups when the Men of ‘65 were in the prime of their senior year. Word had it that they hazed those frosh so bad that then freshman Mike Vespoli was so afraid of the seniors that all they heard from him was The Sounds Of Silence (Take heart you current freshmen, Vespoli recovered his voice and now uses it ALL the time. Class of ’65: we need you now more than ever!). But the ‘60s was a lot of Yesterday’s ago, and the ‘65ers might just be In The Midnight Hour and willing to give up the mantle of My Generation to their former novices. So will the ‘65ers strut their stuff like Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag or will they be left to sop up The Tracks Of My Tears?
My own Class of ’86 moved onto the medal platform this Fall. This is good news because I’ve talked a lot of ’86 smack already and don’t want to be left On My Own. Is the bronze enough for my newly minted forty-something classmates? How Will I Know if the ‘86ers are serious about taking the top rung? Because ‘86ers are Secret Lovers of victory. We’re Addicted To Love of winning because it’s a Higher Love (though neither The Greatest Love Of All nor Baby Love). Anything less than #1 would Give Love A Bad Name, and the Love Touch of a bronze medal is just not What You Need. I’m so confident that we’ll Live To Tell of our victory (because that’s just The Way It Is), that I Can’t Wait to plan the victory party. We’ll be Holding Back The Years by Dancing on the Ceiling and doing the Conga. So What You Need to do, dear classmates, is put the Sledgehammer down and write big checks! Let’s Go All The Way. That’s What Friends Are For.
Finally, the Class of ’99 made the biggest move of the fall as they vaulted to #14 from #30. These intrepid twenty-somethings Believe they are No Scrubs and can move into the Top 10. Every Morning they are Livin’ La Vida Loca and thinking they’ve got a Genie In A Bottle with one wish to win the Boathouse Challenge. Baby One More Time with a move like this fall and they’ll be in the top spot.
So that’s all for now. We’re going to keep the Challenge alive for an additional quarter, so gather your classmates and break out your checkbooks! The end of year is a perfect time to donate to the boathouse.
Never Row,
Drew
PS – There are a couple of unusual changes in the numbers from
prior months due to some changes in the way donations are accounted for.
We’ve been assured by the university that the numbers you see now
more accurately reflect the actual donations and participation.
Class Challenge point standings for all classes.
| Dollars | No. of | Dollar | Donor | Total | ||
| Rank | Class | Raised | Donors | Points | Points | Points |
| 1 | 1968 | $1,269,946 | 13 | 100 | 195 | 295 |
| 2 | 1970 | $564,392 | 11 | 95 | 165 | 260 |
| 3 | 1986 | $411,210 | 8 | 90 | 120 | 210 |
| 4 | 1983 | $169,800 | 8 | 75 | 120 | 195 |
| 5 | 1965 | $178,687 | 7 | 80 | 105 | 185 |
| 6 | 1979 | $95,281 | 9 | 45 | 135 | 180 |
| 6 | 1993 | $28,625 | 12 | 180 | 180 | |
| 6 | 2000 | $9,243 | 12 | 180 | 180 | |
| 9 | 1989 | $157,078 | 7 | 70 | 105 | 175 |
| 9 | 1978 | $128,673 | 8 | 55 | 120 | 175 |
| 11 | 1984 | $147,325 | 7 | 65 | 105 | 170 |
| 12 | 1985 | $136,500 | 7 | 60 | 105 | 165 |
| 13 | 1992 | $19,454 | 10 | 150 | 150 | |
| 14 | 1982 | $52,750 | 7 | 30 | 105 | 135 |
| 14 | 1999 | $16,360 | 9 | 135 | 135 | |
| 14 | 2001 | $18,047 | 9 | 135 | 135 | |
| 17 | 1988 | $40,000 | 8 | 10 | 120 | 130 |
| 17 | 1987 | $70,786 | 6 | 40 | 90 | 130 |
| 19 | 1996 | $11,972 | 8 | 120 | 120 | |
| 19 | 1998 | $5,202 | 8 | 120 | 120 | |
| 21 | 1990 | $29,850 | 7 | 5 | 105 | 110 |
| 22 | 1991 | $12,700 | 7 | 105 | 105 | |
| 22 | 1997 | $11,418 | 7 | 105 | 105 | |
| 24 | 1975 | $250,000 | 1 | 85 | 15 | 100 |
| 24 | 1973 | $49,000 | 5 | 25 | 75 | 100 |
| 26 | 1961 | $48,498 | 5 | 20 | 75 | 95 |
| 26 | 1964 | $101,206 | 3 | 50 | 45 | 95 |
| 26 | 1976 | $68,300 | 4 | 35 | 60 | 95 |
| 29 | 2004 | $1,150 | 6 | 90 | 90 | |
| 30 | 1974 | $42,100 | 4 | 15 | 60 | 75 |
| 30 | 1967 | $7,151 | 5 | 75 | 75 | |
| 32 | 1995 | $6,643 | 4 | 60 | 60 | |
| 33 | 1966 | $4,050 | 3 | 45 | 45 | |
| 33 | 1969 | $11,206 | 3 | 45 | 45 | |
| 33 | 1981 | $8,000 | 3 | 45 | 45 | |
| 33 | 2003 | $2,050 | 3 | 45 | 45 | |
| 33 | 1963 | $6,050 | 3 | 45 | 45 | |
| 33 | 1994 | $10,150 | 3 | 45 | 45 | |
| 39 | 1971 | $31,144 | 2 | 30 | 30 | |
| 39 | 1972 | $11,550 | 2 | 30 | 30 | |
| 39 | 1980 | $1,500 | 2 | 30 | 30 | |
| 42 | 1959 | $5,000 | 1 | 15 | 15 | |
| 42 | 1958 | $3,000 | 1 | 15 | 15 | |
| 42 | 1942 | $500 | 1 | 15 | 15 | |
| 42 | 2002 | $50 | 1 | 15 | 15 | |
| 46 | 1977 | $0 | 0 | |||
| 46 | 1962 | $0 | 0 |
