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News
History department gets $5 million
The history department has a new name and a $5 million endowment to use toward graduate fellowships, undergraduate scholarships and an award for the top history student. The money will also support summer research grants, travel funds for research, a distinguished speaker series and internships both off campus and abroad. Harrison and Peggy Tyler, the donors, were present at a ceremony yesterday afternoon in Blair Hall announcing the gift to history professors and students.
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News
Heating Things Up
Last night students, professors and other members of the Williamsburg community crowded into Washington 201, filling every seat and close to every inch of floor space, overflowing into Washington's lobby. The occasion was a teach-in that questioned the appropriateness of Henry Kissinger's installation as chancellor during the Charter Day ceremony tomorrow morning. Multiple newspaper reporters and cameras from news channels 3, 6 and 8 were also on hand to record the evening's events.
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Opinions
Emerging Voices
Debates about Vietnam can still draw a crowd as evinced by the students, faculty and local residents who crammed into Washington 201 Thursday night for a teach-in about Henry Kissinger's leadership during the Vietnam War.
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Variety
Verses from Vietnam
If Einstein had written the Theory of Relativity in iambic pentameter, it might have been much easier for some people to understand. Traditionally, however, poetry is not associated with physics. Few would expect Einstein or other physicists to be published poets -- that is, until recently.
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Reviews
Getting to the heart of Survivor
To some it is a cruel corporate play on human emotions, an exploitation of average people and preying upon their own greed in order to boost ratings. To others it is an addiction, a constant source of nail-biting suspense and endless water-cooler chatter.
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Sports
Spiders net victory against men
Going into Saturday's game with CAA-rival University of Richmond, head coach Rick Boyages and his Tribe basketball squad had to feel fairly confident. The Tribe were coming off a hard-fought nine-point victory over American University that had boosted their conference average back to .500.
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