The Flat Hat


Volume 90, No. 6 December 3, 1999
The Student Newspaper of the College of William and Mary





NEWS

BOV approves $1 million in aid

The College's Office of Financial Aid became $1 million richer after the Board of Visitors allocated the department a portion of the College's budget surplus at a Nov 18 meeting. The BOV also approved a special resolution asking for emergency money from the commonwealth's General Assembly and Gov. Jim Gilmore in order to renovate and expand Millington Hall.

The excess financial aid will be available for second semester and students will not have to make any special petitions for the money. Of the $1 million, $650,000 will go to in-state students and $350,000 will go to out-of-state students.

See FINANCIAL AID




OPINIONS

Editorial: In the money

Every College office could use an extra $1 million, but giving the money to the Office of Financial Aid was probably one of the best decisions the Board of Visitors has made this year.

The Princeton Review determined the College was 18th for "students dissatisfied with financial aid." The money will help satisfy students who qualify under federal law for financial aid, but whose needs cannot be met by the College.

See EDITORIAL

VARIETY

Where will you be?

Either you're totally psyched about the turning of the millennium or you're so sick of hearing about it that the mere thought of it makes you want to scream. Some people think the dawn of the new millennium might mean the end of the world, others are using it as a really good excuse to party.

See MILLENNIUM

REVIEWS

'Sleepy Hollow': Off with their heads

A man pants in a clearing in a cornfield at night. The camera shows the point of view of something running towards him, knocking down corn stalks with the force of its stride. Schliing! A sword slings from its scabbard. The man turns, his eyes widen, his mouth becomes a terror-O. Camera zooms in on this pure fear.

See HEADLESS

SPORTS

Lane finishes fifth in nation

The men's cross-country team finished 13th at the NCAA Cross Country Finals in Blooming-ton, Ind., where senior Matt Lane placed fifth in the nation, the best finish for a male runner in school history. However, tragedy befell junior Gene Manner, who was spiked in the foot at the beginning of the race, thus hampering his performance throughout the course.

See LANE








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