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Students forced to evacuate dorm
The Bryan Complex was evacuated at approximately 1:15 this morning when an alarm, triggered by a fire extinguisher discharged in Madison Hall, sounded, according to Campus Police. "It was unhealthy to go in because of the powdered chemical in the air," a campus police officer on the scene said.
Local residents debate Barksdale dorm possibilities
Williamsburg community members met Wednesday afternoon at the Christian Science Church on Jamestown Road to discuss the implications for nearby residents of the planned future construction at the College. Student presence was minimal, with only one student in attendance, but several representatives of the College faculty and staff were at the meeting.
State action affects city ordinance
A bill passed early last month by the Virginia legislature could force the City of Williamsburg to alter the ordinance passed last fall requiring mandatory city inspections of rental properties.
Students make lottery plans
With lottery approaching this weekend many students have spent the week reviewing their living options for next year. In the past, the lottery has caused much anxiety. However, two students who will not experience this anxiety are the male and female students with the top lottery numbers.
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LAUREN PUTNOCKY -- The Flat Hat
Members of the Williamsburg community attended the Rally for America last weekend in William and Mary Hall. The event was designed to give voice to patriotic pride in the area. Approximately 2,000 people attended, but few students. |
Rally for America
William and Mary Hall hosted the Williamsburg Rally for America last Saturday morning. The rally was a grassroots movement started by a local citizen to celebrate the United States that attracted an estimated 2,000 participants.
Professor discusses Chechen war
Nina L. Khrushcheva, a professor of International Affairs at Columbia University, spoke at Washington Hall Saturday.
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Alumnus, former sex coulumnist hosts Q-and-A session for students
Wednesday night, after being greeted at the door by stacks of glossy sex pamphlets and piles of candy-colored -- and flavored -- condoms, more than 200 students squeezed into the University Center's Tidewater A for a question-and-answer session with sex expert Erik Garrison, '94.
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World Beat
Missiles fired from Israeli AH-64 helicopters killed a leader of Hamas, a radical Palestinian Islamic organization, five others and may have wounded twenty to fifty more in central Gaza City late Tuesday night, according to Palestinian officials and hospital administrators.
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