a grad population, over the years.

a first-year grad student, my desk was in 1061 east hall with a dozen others. just earlier i remembered those former officemates of mine:

• i'm still officemates with ryan, after all these years. mike, whose desk was across from me, is now a little down the hall from my current office. marie and jared had corner desks, that year; he's now down the hall and she's now on the fifth floor.
  
  
• john is still a um student, but his advisor is at yale, so he is there for the year (or longer).
  
  
• i only see kyung yong when i am walking to the library or moving up- and downstairs. young kwon is still somewhere in ann arbor; few ever see him.
  
  
• eliana transferred to chicago, to be closer to her husband.
  
  
• alison returned to her home state of florida.
  
  
• dave decided to be an ecologist/biologist. he's now on the other end of the diag, and northwest of east hall.
  
  
• ken is no longer with us.
  
  
• ray, yuan, and another chinese student finished their actuarial programs, and are now working people.
  

much has happened in three years. the world turns, the years pass, and we grow older and have more stories to tell. the new kids still look fresh-faced, even the second-year students.

they haven't seen their peers leave .. yet.