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2000
Campus Chronicle
Daniel Fitzgibbons, Editor
205 Munson Hall
University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003
Sweatshop
issues to be reviewed
With student activists pressing sweatshop labor issues at colleges across
the country, campus officials are establishing a committee to review
current institutional requirements for firms that manufacture items
with UMass insignia.
Controversy
to raise beer-limit comes to a head
Amid a bad brew of negative publicity, Student Affairs officials this
week reversed a days-old decision to allow students of the legal drinking
age to bring 30-can cases of beer into their residence halls. The old
limit was 24 beers.
Budget
worries raised at forum
Although complaints were more common than questions at the budget forum
on March 7, by the end of the nearly four-hour meeting, the audience
told Chancellor David Scott the discussion had been helpful. Scott offered
to organize another forum within the next few weeks.
Undergraduates
studying abroad in record numbers
There may be "no place like home," but the International Programs Office
(IPO) sent a record number of students abroad during the 1998-1999 academic
year. And it looks like the numbers will be even higher this year, according
to Barbara Burn, associate provost for International Programs.
Wideman
receives double honors
English professor John Edgar Wideman has received two major honors almost
simultaneously. Not only has he been named the subject of a literary
conference at the University of Virginia, his short story "Weight" has
been named the best story of 1999 by the prestigious O. Henry Awards.
Honors
college dean field down to 5
Five candidates for the position of dean of Commonwealth College are
scheduled to participate in open meetings with faculty and staff over
the four weeks following Spring Break.
Students
choose community service over beaches
Students enrolled in the Alternative Spring Break Program are preparing
for a life changing experience as they get ready to depart for their
destinations in the South on March 11. These students are forgoing the
traditional reveries associated with spring break to work side by side
with self-help groups to address pressing community needs.
ONLINE EDITION
Vol. 15, Issue 24
March 10, 2000
