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Vol. 93, No. 18 April 26, 2002

Commencement speaker announced
Former U.S. Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander will travel 590 miles from his current position as Goodman Visiting Professor of Practice in Public Service at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government to speak at the College's Commencement exercises at 1 p.m. May 12.

Students still without housing
Last Saturday, 145 students waited to be reinstated before the housing lottery. This year, the Office of Residence Life bumped 470 students, compared to the 242 bumped in 2001 and the 120 bumped in 2000.


LAUREN PUTNOCKY -- The Flat Hat
Senior Peter Maybarduk participates in yesterday's noon rally to bring the BOV's attention to the living wage campaign.

Prize poet concludes Writers Festival
Irish poet Seamus Heaney, winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in poetry, addressed a full house at the Kimball Theatre last Friday. Heaney's talk, the final event of The Patrick Hayes Writers Festival sponsored by the English department, included readings of several of his poems, along with commentary.

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SA debates safety measures
The Student Assembly Senate considered three new resolutions, one whose objective was to honor James Sands Kelly, '51, who has continued to serve the college for nearly 55 years, at its meeting Wednesday. The other resolutions discussed addressed campus safety.
IR club travels to Brazil for conference
The International Relations Club represented the College in Brazil for a fifth year at the Model United Nations Conference. This year the team was one of the largest present with 17 members, 13 of who returned with awards.

Finance committee to propose tuition raise
The Board of Visitor's Committee on Financial Affairs voted yesterday to recommend a nine-percent increase for in-state and a 12-percent increase for out-of-state undergraduate tuition to the full BOV meeting, scheduled for today.

Ceremony honors ROTC
Members of the ROTC from both the College and Christopher Newport University received awards Wednesday at the ROTC's Spring Awards Ceremony. Twenty-two military organizations within the community were also present.

Beyond the Burg

  • Trucker accused of kidnapping woman

  • Study results confirm mail safety

  • U.S. cardinals meet with pope


    • Police Beat
    A listing of recent campus crime reports for the week of April 26, 2002.

    World Beat: France
    Elections cause discord -In Monday's first round presidential vote in France, Jean-Marie Le Pen stunned voters and observers with an unexpected second place finish, according to CNN and BBC reports.

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