<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-21/magazine/spring-2022/poetic-ending.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>A Poetic Ending</title><excerpt>Randall VanderMey, who retires after teaching English at Westmont for 32 years, has embodied a life of curiosity and inquiry, inspiring those around him with his creativity.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            <img src="/_migrated-binaries/sites/default/files/styles/basic_page/public/048A5813-8603-4BB6-85B6-FFA3D2AD48E4_1_201_a.jpeg" alt="Vandermey photograph"/>
        </image><caption>Randy as Leonato in 'Much Ado About Nothing' (dir. Mitchell Thomas), 2012</caption><description>1 Column Content Background Color White Heading...</description></item>