Football players pose for Vanity Fair
Before the season has even begun, the Big Green football team and its outstanding players are once again in the news and spotlight. Five members of the Dartmouth football team were invited to participate in a photo-shoot sponsored by Vanity Fair, a women's magazine, this past weekend in Los Angeles. The five students -- Mark Abel '97, Scott Hapgood '97, Brian Larsen '97, Lloyd Lee '98 and Zach Walz '98 -- are all members of the pre-season All-Ivy First Team, and they were invited with other Ancient Eight first-teamers to participate in the Vanity Fair photo spread slated for an October release. This spread will be the first for both Ivy League football players and the magazine. When Vanity Fair initially asked if Dartmouth would participate, according to Walz, most of the team members declined because of the exorbinant costs associated with the excursion. "Later, the magazine agreed to pay for travel and students were asked to pay for lodging and meals," Walz said. Vanity Fair also treated the Dartmouth players with stretch limousine service from The Hanover Inn to Lebanon Airport for Thursday morning's flight to Los Angeles. The photo shoot began early Friday morning around 8 a.m.