President-elect advocates Green Audit
Junior Student Assembly President-elect Linsay Burnett has requested additional support for the proposed Green Audit, an assessment which exposes structural changes to be made within the College to save the College money while also reducing energy and operating costs.

State budget will not affect financial aid
The Office of Student Financial Aid reports that the current budget crisis will not cause a reduction in state financial aid resources. In fact, the Virginia General Assembly increased money allocated for student financial aid for the 2002-2003 academic year by approximately $218,000.

Activists picket for wages, recognition
Members of the Living Wage campaign have resumed picketing twice a week for administrative support for increasing the salaries of classified and hourly employees. The lowest-paid workers at the College were given a 10 percent salary increase in November of 2001, under the first part of the plan.

Pearre Hardey - The Flat Hat
Senior Erika Bottomly (right) and two other members of the Intonations, the oldest all-female a cappella performance group on campus, sing at the annual Lollacappella concert, held March 19 in the Commonwealth Auditorium of the University Center. In addition to the Intonations, the Accidentals, the Gentlemen of the College, DoubleTake, Common Ground, One Accord, the Christopher Wren Singers and Reveille performed. The event is a College tradition for the community of a cappella groups.

Kappa Sigma lobbies for charter
National fraternity Kappa Sigma is launching an effort to return to the College after losing their charter in the spring of 1999. After unsuccessfully approaching the Council for Fraternity Affairs last April about returning, the fraternity plans on meeting with the CFA next month about a possible fall 2002 recolonization.