Seen & Heard

QUOTE/UNQUOTE Knocking down the shanties "was not meant as a politicial act. It was meant to preserve the Green. If there's trash in the public street, you can pick it up." FRANK REICHEL '86 AT THE DARTMOUTH REVIEWS 20TH ANNIVERSARY

As President-elect George W. Bush huddled with a dozen high-tech executives in an economics summit in early January, one baseball cap stood out among the suited CEOs. The trademark lid belonged to Gregory Slayton '81, who was advising Bush as part of his transition team. Slayton, president and CEO of emarketing company Click Action, has been dubbed "a senior statesman in Silicon Valley" by The New Yorker magazine. Slayton first caught Bush's ear as a leading fundraiser in Silicon Valley and co-chair of the National High-Tech Advisory Council for the former governor... .Another Bush adviser, Ohio Rep. Rob Portman '78, has cemented his reputation as an upand-coming GOP lawmaker. In early Janury he was appointed chairman of the House Republican leadership, a position with major impact on the initiatives and strategies originating within the Republican leadership. Portman served in several posts during the first Bush administration and was a key adviser during George Ws presidential campaign....Another chairman (and CEO), Henry M. "Hank" Paulson '68 of Goldman Sachs, has given $2 million to endow the Colleges football coaching position in the name of legendary coach Robert L. Blackman. Paulson, a freshman offensive lineman on 1965's undefeated football team, followed success on the gridiron with achievement on Wall Street....Seth Swirsky '82 is making a name for himself in the shower. The prolific songwriter has made it to the Top 10—twice—and is now dealing with cosmetic company L'Oreal, which plans on using a Swirsky tune in its European advertising campaign for its hair products. Swirsky s music has been recorded by Tina Turner and Celine Dion, among others, and two songs sung by Taylor Dayne, "Tell it To My Heart" and "Prove Your Love," topped the international charts in 1987-88. Swirsky is also working on a musical and writing children's books. "For people like me, the train is constantly running," he says. "I need to be able to find a track to put that energy on."...Former Marine Corps colonel and Vietnam veteran Jim Fowler '52 has channeled the energy of hundreds of thousands. He established the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C., for both military and civilian athletes to help heal the rift he saw between the military and the public after the end of the Vietnam War. The race celebrated its 25th anniversary in October, with Fowler among the dignitaries cheering at the finish line.... Also celebrating an anniversary: The Dartmouth Review, the erstwhile controversial conservative newspaper that surged to prominence in the 1980s. The paper recently celebrated its 20th year and hired John Mac Govern 'BO, a founding editor, as its full-time CEO. Among the handful who attended the Manhattan celebration were former shanty-wrecker Frank Reichel '86 and current editorial staff....A gentler tradition comes to an end more than 30 years after it started on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Fred Rogers '50 is retiring from his TV show to concentrate on producing content for his Web site, at misterrogers.org. The children's television star and Esquire cover model will zip his cardigan and slip into his sneakers for the last time later this year....Another icon returned to the small screen in December, when Finding Lucy a documentary on comedienne Lucille Ball by Emmy Award-winning producer Pamela Mason Wagner '81 and husband Thomas, premiered as part of the PBS American Masters series. A film studies major, Wagner tapped the expertise of Dartmouth assistant professor Maty Desjardins, who has written extensively on Ball. Some of the film's biggest fans: the 40 members of Dartmouth's Bentley Fellows, the support group for the Hopkins Center, who gathered in Manhattan for a private showing. "They thoroughly enjoyed the documentary and the discussions with Pam and her husband afterward," says Hop director Lewis Crickard....Actor Michael Moriarty '63 has some Canadian liberals seeing red. According to a recent profile in The Wall Street Journal, the former star of NBC's Law & Order, now a Vancouver, British Columbia, resident, has energized Canada's sleeping conservative elements with his rightist views on the national health-care system, gun-control laws and the tax system. He's also gaining critics, such as Web-zine Salon, which reflected on his "bizarre antics" and pointed readers to an unofficial love/hate fan page called The Schizophrenic Michael Moriarty Home Page at www.geocities.com/ TelevisionCity/2352/MM.html....And it only seemed as though singer and songwriter Kevin Connolly '83 had lost his mind when he packed wife and dog into a VW van and headed out from Massachusetts to the West Coast. But it was for the music, man. From snake handlers to strippers, bikers to tow-truck drivers, he has captured the characters of small-town America in his latest album, Around the Bend. Connolly, who has been mentioned by critics in the same breath as Van Morrison and Bob Dylan, has played on the same bill as wellknown alternative musicians Joan Osborne and the Indigo Girls. To hear his latest tracks, click on www.kevinconnolly. com....A150 on the road this spring: President James Wright will attend receptions with alumni in the Sarasota and Naples clubs in Florida on March 14 and 15, respectively. Call Alumni Relations toll free at (888) 228-6068 for details....Speaking of Florida: Long before pregnant chads and recounts, Brill's Content magazine asked 25 of the more influential political pundits how the 2000 election would turn out. With questions ranging from vice-presidential selections to the Clinton-Lazio Senate race in New York, analysts were given points based on their clairvoyance. When the scores were tallied in the February issue of Brill's, Mort Kondracke '60 and Paul Gigot '77 finished second and third, respectively, ahead of many familiar names such as Dan Rather, Cokie Roberts and George Stephanopoulos. Kondracke is seen on The BeltwayBoys and writes a column for Roll Call; Gigot appears on PBS's The News Hourwith Jim Lehrer and writes a column for TheWall Street Journal. Across the checkout aisle from Brill's, the February issue of Vanity Fair explained how to "gasbag your way to fame and lecture fees" in "Punditry for Dummies." Salon columnist Jake Tapper '91 and Imus in the Moming favorite Laura Ingraham '85 were offered up as examples of how to "Dress the Part." "The moody Mafia hit-man dark shirts and electric ties of Salon s Jake Tapper are a singular statement," according to the magazine, which also zinged Ingraham: "Sparky blondes such as Ingraham, who posed on the cover of The New York TimesMagazine in a leopard-print miniskirt, have learned to lower their wattage and adopt a tamer junior-law-partner getup that makes their political cheap shots sound like feisty advocacy."

Slayton '81 and Bush

Rogers '50 leaves the Neighborhood.

Moriarty '63

Gigot '77

Kondracke '60

OUOTE/UNOUOTE "Sparky blondes such as [Laura] Ingraham, who posed on the cover of The New York Times Magazine in a leopard-print miniskirt, have learned to lower their wattage," VANITY FAIR

entered Dartmouth intending to major in creative writing but quickly found his way to a double major in film studies and studio art. The written word still influences his chosen means of creative expression, though. "My paintings are more poetic than anything," he says (see Untitled, previous page). Brown divides his time between painting and running The Orange Chicken, a gallery of fine and decorative art he co-owns in Manhattan.

club newsDespite the challenges of pullingtogether alumni from the 467-square-mile sprawl that is Los Angeles, Jill Schoeriberg '89 hasstirred up enthusiasm for community service among the area's 80-member Dartmouth Club. Schoenberg, an editor of the PressTelegram in Long Beach, wasnamed the club's first communityservice chair in early 1999. She hassince managed to make volunteering an established part of the club'sactivities. "This is a busy, hugecity," she says. "It is nearly impossible to find a day that works foreveryone, and even if you do people are less likely to work whenthey have to drive 60 miles to getthere." Despite the hurdles,Schoenberg was able to gather asolid group of six volunteers to helpat-risk second-to fifth-graderswith reading and science fair projects at the Windsor Hills Community Learning Center in nearbyCulver City. Schoenberg hopes toincrease the club's community service schedule within the next couple of years. "Starting from scratchis difficult," she says, "but the interest is there, so I'm still hopeful."

Contributors: Morgan Cain '02, Michael Glenzer '01, Lily Mac Lean '01, Randy Stebbins '01, Simone Swink '98, Kevin Whitcher '99, Jen Whitcomb '00 and Courtney Williamson '93