I was dismayed to read that you would no longer be listing marriages and newcomers in Spark. I understand your explanation that a lot of this information is spread via social media nowadays. That may be the case, but I am no longer connected with a vast number of the people I was friends with while at Calvin, and this was always one of the most exciting parts of each issue. Reading which of those old friends is starting to have kids and being surprised that that other person I worked with on a project once just had their seventh child, I always loved getting to read that.

Jared Smith ’06, Rosedale, Md.