Lombardi sketches budget strategy
Chancellor John V. Lombardi moved forward last week in preparing the campus for "a rather dramatic reduction" in its budget by posting a webpage and addressing the Faculty Senate about impending decisions.

House cuts University by 18%
The University system made no gains last week as the House completed action on its $22.5 billion fiscal 2004 budget plan. Despite attempts by some lawmakers to restore some of the $79.8 million slashed from the University's appropriation, House members left the proposed 18 percent cut intact.

Minuteman prevails as Athletics logo
"The Minuteman triumphs," Athletics director Ian McCaw announced at a press conference late Wednesday afternoon. "The alumni and friends of the University have spoken."

Wiarda leaving for post at Georgia
Political Science professor Howard J. Wiarda, a highly regarded scholar of foreign policy and Latin America politics, is leaving the faculty after 38 years to head a new department of international affairs at the University of Georgia.

Students' idea spawns Shakespeare festival
What began as a small idea between two undergraduates late last semester grew into a full-blown Shakespeare Festival at the Renaissance Center on a warm spring day with a cast of 70 plus dozens of crew members.

Marketing classes pitch Honda to students
Students in two Marketing classes formed an ad agency this semester to market a car to UMass students. The courses, taught by associate professor of Marketing Kathleen Debevec Witz, have 29 enrollees who were given $2,500 by the Honda Element College Program, an educational and marketing effort by American Honda, to plan and implement a marketing event.