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Show accented by a coral pashmina scarf. The more conventional and prevalent ‘basic black’ is an excellent foil to this ensemble.) The only sting I was actually subjected to was when one classmate informed me, upon learning where I lived, that she was, “ glad someone lived in Utah”. I was more amused than anything, as well as perplexed because she was a railway engineer in Yukon Territory, which isn't exactly Paris, France or Paris, Texas. On the other hand, there were also women who were more like me, who were in the midst of a career change, or ‘just taking time off. Some were married, some weren't. (Alluding to my last article, most who had married had at least added their husband's last name to their own if they didn't change it altogether, which I found disappointing. ) There | was diversity, you just had to look for it. And, as always, there's someone who has a harder time than you, Yes it became tiresome to continually explain why exactly I live in Utah and that I actually do enjoy living without the benefit of streetlights. But... And, as always, there's someone who has a harder time than you. Yes, it became tiresome to continually explain why exactly I live in Utah and that I actually do enjoy living without the benefit of street lights. But. I was not in the position of justifying why I, a Smith graduate, was an editor of Harlequin romance novels! (Just so you don't think I am totally heartless, I had a respectable conversation with this woman on the concept that romance novels are more egalitarian than they used to be; that the conflict between hero and heroine is usually situational, rather than a battle in which a women ultimately submits to an overpowering male because she can no longer deny the passion that being dominated brings out in her.) This issue of The Zephyr is supposed to be about ‘good news’, so I must tell you that there was a silver lining. The day before graduation at Smith is known as Ivy Day. It consists of a processional, closing convocation, and the President's State of the College address. This tradition involves the graduates and alumnae lining each side of the main campus path, one woman deep. Parents, families, and friends crowd behind them. Junior Smith. We are three thousand women, of different ages, colors, sizes, characters, beliefs and we are all dressed in white, illustrating our common bond. Our white may be an Armani suit, cotton jeans, or a vintage 70’s prom dress with combat boots, but it is white. As alumnae we parade first through each other, then finally through the forthcoming graduates and into the Quadrangle, applauding each other all the while. My class walks between the graduates and I see them looking at us, trying to see themselves in a decade just as I did 10 years ago. For everyone, but particularly for them, we are a walking mural. This procession paints the unvarnished time line of a woman's life. As a female you are reminded of the young woman you once were and you are presented with the old woman that, with the grace of God, you will become. Your life falls away behind you and stretches ahead into the distance. The possibilities and the realities of life are laid out before you and there is no turning away from its bittersweet truth. And finally. The sum of us together is much more than the individual. The fact of three thousand of us, plus as many parents, children, peers, families and friends, professors and mentors gathered in one place, at one time, to celebrate women, believing in women, being present because of women is indescribable. The rest fades away. This is what reunion is about. Q000 COMING TO MOAB? A THIRD DEEP ROCK. Artesian Bottled Water TRAM? & Nope..We wanted your attention.just We're new totogetMoa & we'd like your business. 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