Seen & Heard

QUOTE/UNQUOTE: "It's not the ideal time in my life to do it. But it is the ideal time to do it in Zimbabwe." TOMMY CLARK '92 ON GRASSROOT SOCCER, AN HIV EDUCATION EFFORT HE IS ORGANIZING

Dorothy Hui '98 was sneaking across the screen in Mole 2: The Next Betrayal, the second season of the Survivor-type reality series that aired on ABC this summer. It's a whodunnit that Hui characterizes as "a game of deduction not unlike Agatha Christie meets Carmen Sandiego." While playing games to earn money, the group had to figure out who among them was a saboteur—the "mole." Each week one player making a wrong guess was eliminated from the game. As we went to press in late July, Hui was one of only three players still standing from the starting pool of 14 contestants. Hui must be convincing: During the required "lying" period of the audition she persuaded the casting director that she sings with a heavy metal band (Hui actually plays guitar and sings with New York City band Dimestore Scenario, which favors pop rock), among other untruths.... "Its a crucial time for interfaith relations," the new director for interreligious affairs for the American Jewish Committee, Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff '68, told The Christian ScienceMonitor this summer. A 28-year veteran of the military—he recently retired as command chaplain for all U.S. forces in Europe—Resnicoff came face to face with the harsh realities of religious conflicts in Bosnia and Vietnam. One of the leaders in establishing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, which was dedicated in 1982 with the theme "To heal a nation," Resnicoff is nowworking to build relationships: "One of my goals is to make sure when Jews and others come together we are developing relationships, not just dialogue—relationships will change the world," he told the Monitor....Electronic Media magazine recently profiled the Federal Communications Commissions new media bureau chief Ken Ferree '83, saying he "draws positive reviews for his shoot-from-the-lip candor." He's also one of the more colorful FCC bureau chiefs ever, according to the magazine: "That he commutes to work on a motorcycle (a 1,100cc Honda named Little Sorrel after General Stonewall Jackson's horse), has a black belt in kung fu, played college football (offensive tackle, All Ivy, All New England), flies airplanes, teaches at a law school and plays classical piano add dimensions to the legend." That image might help Ferree as he takes on his next mission: rewriting all media ownership rules, overseeing the rollout of digital TV and deciding the regulatory framework for cable modem service....At age 90, George Thomas '34 is somewhat of a leg- end at Cheshire High School, reports the Waterbury, Connecticut, Republican-American. Asubstitute teacher in Cheshire since 1982 (Thomas earned his teaching certificate at 56 and then taught elementary students until he was 70) he's covered classes on sign language, history, cooking and even gym with touch football. Students tower over the 5-foot, 3-inch Thomas, but are drawn in by his soft-spoken manner and stories—which range from tales about Ted "Dr. Seuss" Geisel '25 to stories about Pearl Harbor. "I can give them something they can't get out of books," he told the newspaper in June. "I'm old enough to remember the first World War. I can remember the Depression and how awful it was."...Steven Roth '62 has earned his space at the top—quite literally. As CEO of Vornado Realty Trust, he is the biggest commercial office landlord in Washington, D.C. (12.9 million square feet) and New York City (14.2 million square feet). Even with the financial markets in a slump, a number of analysts believe that Vornado is better positioned than its rivals to ride out the downturn. That includes a Lehman Brothers' analyst, who tells Institutional Investor maga zine that "Vornado is our top pick for 2002."...As San Francisco's new U.S. attorney, Kevin Ryan '80 joins an elite pool of the nation's 93 top prosecutors who must balance the federal government's traditional priorities with the new emphasis on fighting a war on terrorism. Ryan succeeds Robert Mueller III, who became FBI director last summer after nearly three years as the regions U.S. attorney. Since September 11, the Justice Department and FBI have dramatically shifted priorities to fight terrorism, and being a U.S. attorney is no longer just a matter of deciding whether to indict bank robbers, corporate thieves or corrupt politicians. The biggest question that surrounds Ryan's ascension to U.S. attorney is his lack of experience with the D.C.-based bureaucracy that drives much of what U.S. attorneys do, and the often stark differences between state and federal court, according to the San Jose MercuryNews. "I'm smart enough to know what I don't know," Ryan told the Mercury News. "But I think I have an advantage because I'm not coming from within the system. To use an overused phrase, I'll be able to think outside the box."...Henry Tewksbury '45 is known as "The Cheeseman" in Vermont, where hand-crafted cheeses have become a big hit with gourmands. He recently published The Cheeses of Vermont (Countryman Press), a book celebrating the state's intrepid cheesemakers, more than half of whom make cheese from the milk of their own animals. Formerly a big cheese (sorry, we couldn't resist) in Hollywood, where he produced Father KnowsBest and created the 1960s show It's aMan's World, Tewksbury spent the last decade stocking and sampling nearly 500 kinds of cheeses for the Brattleboro, Vermont, Food Co-op. A favorite: the cheeses made from sheep's milk by Vermont Sheperd, a three-time winner at the U.S. Championship Cheese Contest. "There's nothing like it," he told the Providence, Rhode Island Journal. "There's a progression of flavor. First there's a haunting mustiness, and from that it goes into a symphony of flavors that are smoky with a little taste of Gruyere." ...University of Dayton assistant professors Clare Talwalker '90 and her husband are the couple of the moment, given she was raised a Hindu and her family lives in India while he was raised Muslim and his family lives in Pakistan, reported the Dayton Daily News in June. Talwalker, a cultural anthropologist, traveled to southern India for several weeks this summer for study and research. When she arrived at the end of May, the war of words between India and Pakistan—both intent on gaining control of Kashmir—had already heated up. People talked of "wanting a war to happen, and to 'finish off' the problem, as though that were possible," she told the Daily News. Since then, tensions have eased, she says, and people await "some move from [Pakistani President Pervez] Musharraf that shows he is trying to come down on militant groups in Pakistan, at least to the extent that he can." The couple find few such tensions at home: They married last year with little or no concern from families or friends, despite cultural, religious and political differences between their two countries that go back more than 50 years. Both are now secularists who reject all forms of religious faith worship....When asked to develop a proposal for a community health project as part of his medical residency at the University of New Mexico, Tommy Clark '92 did more than just kick around a few ideas—he worked out an outreach soccer program that would promote AIDS awareness abroad. Clark has since fielded some Big Green help for Grassroot Soccer, his plan to train and encourage pro soccer players to use their fame and influence as role models to educate children in Zimbabwe about HIV transmission and prevention. Clark's father, Bobby, the popular soccer coach at Dartmouth from 1985 to 1993, is an advisor, and brother Jamie is the assistant director of the program. Former Dartmouth player Methembe Ndlovu '97, assistant captain of the Zimbabwe national team in 1998, will serve as program director. And Andrew Shue '89, another former player who also played in Zimbabwe and was a star of TV's Melrose Place, has joined the team. "When Tommy told me about this, I knew instantly it was a great idea," Shue tells Hanover's daily, the Valley News. "It kind of brings full circle the shared experiences we've had of playing soccer at Dartmouth, going to Africa and wanting to do something positive with our lives." For more information, go to www.grassrootsoccer.org.

cause for applause Edward B. Marks 32 and Charles F. Day '52 each earned the Tucker Foundation's inaugural Lester B. Granger '18 awards for distinguished service work by Dartmouth alumni. Marks spent half a century working on refugee issues for the U.S. government and the United Nations. Since retiring he has written two books: AWorld of Art: The United NationsCollection and For a Better World:Posters from the United Nations, the basis for a UN poster exhibit currently touring the globe. Dey, former dean of the Tucker Foundation and creator of its outreach programs, has dedicated his life to education and racial equality. At Dartmouth he directed programs such as A Better Chance, a summer transition program designed to help minority students qualify for private secondary schools. In 1973 he left the Tucker Foundation to become the first head of the newly combined Choate School and Rosemary Hall. Although he retired in 1991, Dey made a comeback to launch a paid internship program for high school students with disabilities through the National Organization on Disability.

Contributors: Roxanne Khamst '02, JulieSloane '99 and Simone Swink '98

QUOTE: UNOUOTE "The shot put is quickly becoming the most electric event in track and field. To people who used to get psyched for the sprints or the mile, we are the buzz now." ADAM NELSON '97, ONE OF THE TOP SHOT-PUTTERS IN THE WORLD, WHO FIRES UP FANS BY CLAPPING, PRANCING AND FLINGING WARM-UP GEAR BEFORE HIS THROWS, IN SPORTS ILLUSTRATED