September 20, 2002

Money Talks

By MEGAN ROONEY

While women's groups continue to push for the elimination of the swimsuit portion of the Miss America pageant, one college president thinks changing it from within may be the best strategy, and he has agreed to be one of the seven judges this week for the annual contest.

Evan S. Dobelle, president of the University of Hawaii System, says that at first he was not interested: "I mean, come on, it's a beauty pageant, and it seemed pretty gimmicky." Then he had a chat with the 2001 Miss

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