I'm overjoyed to announce that Thomas Lee Dearing has just passed his thesis defense with flying colors.
Dr. Dearing is the first member of the ROCC team to graduate and has asked whether the ski and hike trips remain open to former members (to which the answer is, obviously, "Yes!"). So far, he has not released his results on the "ongoing investigation into the non-conservation of free time in graduate research", although undisclaimed sources say he has had enough time to commit to a regular game of Dungeons and Dragons.
As of writing, I'm not sure what Tommy's plans are for the immediate future but I have no doubt he'll be successfull in whatever endeavor he'll take on next.