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UCAB plans April concert
Singer/songwriter Ben Folds will perform an afternoon set April 13 at the Lake Mataoka Amphitheater due to the efforts of the University Centers Activities Board. Folds, formerly a member of the group Ben Folds Five, has spent the last 15 years recording music with three different bands as well as having a solo career.
Acting SA president maintains cabinet
Acting Student Assembly President junior Brian Cannon is attempting to set up a provisional government until his official inauguration April 8. Cannon was elected Feb. 13 to complete the term of former president senior Linsay Burnett and serve as president next year. He asked Burnett's cabinet to continue their duties until April, his request received mixed responses.
Commiunity walks for peace
Several students turned out last Saturday for a Walk to Talk Peace, designed to protest the imminent war against Iraq. Orchestrated by students and the Williamsburg Community of Faith for Peace, the walk from the Wren Building to Millington Hall attracted more than 50 participants.
Author speaks on civil liberties
Pulitzer Prize winner and author Anthony Lewis delivered the 77th annual Cutler Lecture at the Marshall-Wythe School of Law Wednesday. Lewis, who has spent the majority of his career as a journalist writing about the U.S. Supreme Court, lectured on the state of civil liberties in the United States since Sept. 11, 2001.
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Dozens of students were arrested yesterday for the annual "Captured for Kids" event to benefit St. Jude Children's Hospital, including freshman Greg Kruchko (left). Students who were arrested were kept in the lobby of the University Center until they could raise $10 each in bail. Prisoners were entertained with performances by a capella groups and the Beleidi belly dancing group.
College sets $500 million goal
The College announced the launch of the $500 million Campaign for William and Mary Feb. 8. The Campaign has already secured $201 million in the form of donations, pledges and commitments.
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A fair trade
The Daily Grind announced Feb. 15 that it will become a 100 percent Fair Trade cafe. All coffees served in The Daily Grind will be of TransFair's Fair Trade Certified label, verifying that the farmers who grew the coffee beans were part of democratically run cooperatives, therefore receiving a fair price.
Moot court session covers affirmative action program
At Monday's symposium on the future of affirmative action, law students competed in a moot court presentation of an affirmative action case currently before the Supreme Court. Congressman Robert Scott, D-Va., University of Texas Education and Law professor Norma Cantu, American Enterprise Institute Scholar Michael Greve and Duke Law School professor William Van Astyne served on the panel of mock justices who heard the case.
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Acting president reveals new executive mission
In its first meeting since the election of a new student body president and vice-president, the Student Assembly Senate focused on the future.
World Beat: North Korea
A North Korean fighter jet momentarily crossed the western sea border with South Korea yesterday but retreated without incident when two South Korea jets raced to the area, the South Korean Defense Ministry said. According to the Feb. 20 edition of the Washington Post, the flight also prompted South Korea to put an anti-aircraft missile unit into battle position. This comes just days after North Korea threatened to abandon the armistice keeping peace along the countries' border.
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