Seen & Heard

QUOTE/UNQUOTE "Tonight we revel in the miracle of American politics and exult in the sweet dance of democracy." —H. CARL MCCAIX '58, CELEBRATING HIS VICTORY IN NEW YORK'S DEMOCRATIC GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY

As the Southeastern Conferences new commissioner, Mike Slive '62 is finding his greatest challenges involve problems off the field. The SEC, now in its 70th college football season, is a financial and competitive juggernaut—and the envy of other conferences. But in the last decade its 12 schools have been slapped with nine major NCAA violations and two charges of academic improprieties. As The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, Slive brings experience on both sides of NCAA law: As the current chairman of the NCAA Infractions Appeals Committee, Slive has administered punishment to schools who broke NCAA rules; as an attorney, Slive defended schools against NCAA probes in the 1980s and early 1990s. In one of his first acts as commissioner, Slive formed a task force to find ways to encourage academic integrity and NCAA compliance within the SEC. "This conference deserves and has earned the right to set the national agenda," Slive told the Associated Press. "The agenda now is how to keep the wonderful world of intercollegiate athletics in the perspective it deserves to be in."...Leonard Levitt '63 was a driving force in the recent conviction of Kennedy cousin Michael C. Skakel for the bludgeoning death in 1975 of a 15-year-old neighbor. Levitt had helped renew interest in the unsolved case in the early 1990s while he was a reporter for Greenwich Time. Levitt, now working for Newsday, was among the crowd of reporters covering the sensational murder trial and conviction in Norwalk, Connecticut, with other alums John Goldman '58 of The Los Angeles Times and David M. Herszenhorn '94 of The NewYork Times. Rushton Skakel Jr. '78, a brother of the defendant, testified as a defense witness regarding the death of Martha Moxley. Rushton was a Dartmouth sophomore visiting his home in Greenwich, Connecticut, on the night his family's young neighbor was killed. Reporter Levitt was nearly forced to testify but prosecutors ultimately dropped their subpoena and instead called a newspaper librarian to read portions of a Levitt story into the record as evidence...."For five years Henry Broaddus ['97] has managed to stop millions of gallons of wastewater from flowing into the Pamunkey River," reports the Richmond, Virginia, Style Weekly. Broaddus has been fighting county officials who want to build a new eight mile outflow pipeline that would cross his property and discharge water from a planned sewage treatment plant into the Pamunkey. Although the county has offered him $12,000 for the 1.1 acres of his family's land, he isn't ready to see the environmental and historic beauty of the river go down the drain. Broaddus and fellow supporters have tried unconventional forms of protest—such as lining a stretch of a nearby highway with porcelain modes—and more conventional approaches, such as the court case now awaiting a verdict....Girls who play sports grow up to lead in the work world, according to the national study "From the Locker Room to the Boardroom: A Survey on Sports in the Lives of Women Business Executives" conducted by Op- penheimer Funds. Laura Stein '83, Adv'94, is living proof. Stein, one of those questioned in the study, is the senior vicepresident and general counsel of H.J.Heinz Cos. At Dartmouth she tried athen-new sport for women—rugby. "Itwas the closest opportunity to play football and it was fun," Stein told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, in an article last summer about the study. She credited sports with teaching her the importance of teamwork, strategy, making the most of each player s strengths and back stopping weaknesses. Steins leadership is gaining recognition beyond the boardroom: She was named one of "Pennsylvania's Best 50 Women in Business" by Central PennBusiness Journal... .Steve Lipscomb '84 plays a different game. As creator and CEO of the World Poker Tour, Lipscomb hopes to do for cards what the PGA Tour did for golf and NASCAR did for stock car racing, according to Card Player magazine. The tour will consist of 13 televised poker events from casinos around the world, culminating with a grand finale in Las Vegas with the previous events' champions joined by anyone who would like to buy in (a seat at that table will cost $25,000)... Just after graduation Kyle Ancowitz '98 went off-Broadway, directing two shows in New York City in swift succession. Then one of the actors starring in his second show offered Ancowitz a directorship in a new troupe, Blue Coyote. The troupe has since started its third season this fall with the Ancowitz directed Dimly Perceived Threats to the System at the Abingdon Theatre in midtown Manhattan....Marc Belton '81, seniorvice president of General Mills in Minneapolis, was No. 36 in Fortune magazines list of 50 "Most Powerful Black Executives in America" last July. "Belton no longer runs the company's $2.6 billion cereal business—as of March, he has even greater responsibility: Yoplait, Canada, and new business development divisions," according to Fortune...."We're no different from a convention of model train enthusiasts," Sam Conway, Adv'91, insisted to The Philadelphia Inquirer. He was referring to the annual anthropomorphists' convention he organizes in Philadelphia. Over the summer it drew almost 1,100 men and women for a weekend of workshops, shopping and partying. While the majority of participants browsed through comic books and compact discs in street clothes with horns strapped discreetly to their heads and tails pinned nonchalantly to their pants, others were dressed head to toe in full furry regalia....Two of Dartmouth's greatest living football legends met on the field last summer, when Reggie Williams '76 greeted Miami Dolphins quarterback Jay Fiedler '94 during an NFL training camp workout at Disney's spons complex in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Williams, who played linebacker for 14 seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals (1976-89), currently serves as vice president of Disney Sports Attractions. In the NFL opener on September 8, Fiedler threw three touchdown passes to lead the Dolphins to a 49-21 win over the Detroit Lions. "Yes, it came against a sorry Lions defense, but Fiedlers game Sunday could be the first indication that he's ready for the breakout year we've been predicting," says TSN commentator Rob Hurtt.

Mike Slive '62

Henry Broaddus '97

Laura Stein '83

Reggie Williams '76'and Jay Fiedler '94

QUOTE/UNQUOTE "Nothing justifies government power as well as a permanent state of war. We will find ourselves soon enough with 1984's permanent state of war, and perhaps with other elements of 1984. as well." —WILLIAM LEND '69, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL CONSERVATISM IN WASHINGTON, D.C., IN A. CRITIQUE OF PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH'S WAR ON TERROR

cause for applause Jenry Casagrande "90 says he founded 3D Life Adventures two years ago "to offer learning expeditions' to high school students in which they explore nature and America's rich cultural traditions," One of his four-week New England excursions this past summer featured a Big Green layover in Hanover with a lecture by Dartmouth professor Jere Daniell'55, a guided tour of the Orozco murals in Baker Library, paddling the Connecticut River and a visit to Moosilauke, where the students worked on trails with members of the Dartmouth Outing Club in exchange for rooms at the Ravine Lodge. For details on the program, visit www.3d2one.org.

Contributors:DavidM.Herszenhom '94,Roxanne Khamsi '02, Julie Sloane '99 amd SimoneSwink '98