$2,000 Thompson Hall Mural/Political Science Dept. "Social Science at Play" by local artist Lynn Peterfreund (with student involvement) will be located in the Thompson Hall lobby for the thousands of students who visit Thomspon regularly to enjoy.

$1,800 UMass Ballroom Dance/UMass Ballroom Dance Club/RSO To support a coach for the club. This coach will not only aid the club but also the hundreds of people who attend the student run classes and dances which occur throughout the year.

$2,000 The Bacchea/Theater Dept. The Bacchea, a Greek tragedy that includes a large chorus of women who must move, chant and sing the text, is a musical which is being produced with the aid of award winning choreographer Marlies Yearby.

$1,000 Fred Clayton/CC/SU Arts Committee/RSO Fred Clayton and the International Rhythm Connexion blues concert is part of a series of events which feature American artists who reside in Europe. The concert also had a "Meet the Artist" component open to all UMass community and a discussion in Afro-American studies 155/156.

$1,000 Toby Kasavan, Mark Hennen, Daniel Carter Trio/CC/SU Arts Committee/RSO This Avant Garde music by Toby Kasavan, Mark Hennen, Daniel Carter Trio is part of a series of events which feature American artists who reside in Europe. The concert also had a "Meet the Artist" component open to all UMass community and a discussion in Afro-American studies 155/156.

$1,500 Company/Theater Guild/RSO A play porteying the life of a 35 year old bachelor who lives in New York City, who is feeling pressured by his friends and family to get married.

$1,000 Equus/A Casa Actors' Theater/Theater Guild Peter Shaffer's Equus is a play about the nature of the therapeutic relationship-what is gained, what is lost nad ultimately, the nature of "sanity"itself.

$1,000 Short Story Journal/OHAG "Short Cuts" short story journal to be published in spring of 2000.

$200 In Memory of Brandon/Pride Alliance/RSO Two speakers, a showing of the documentary The Brandon Teena Story and the acoustic guitar duo "Late Bloomers."

$1,000 Visiting Writer's Series/MFA Juniper Fellows Reading by Rick Moody which is part of the Visiting Writers Series.

$500 "Tet": New Year's Celebration/Vietnamese Student Association/RSO The festivity, which will be a time for Vietnamese and Vietnamese American students to reaffirm their culture as well as reach out to the surrounding community, includes events as dance, music and food.

$750 An Evening on the Nile/Alpha Phi Alpha Fraterinty/RSO The event includes several different musical performances all geared to educate and enhance the awareness of prodominately Black Greek Letter Intercollegiate Organizations in Massachussetts.

$150 Poem as Painting/GASA/GSO Dr. Carl Sesar will give a slide show presentation showing the translations from the Tang Dynasty poet-painter Wang Wei.

$700 Ben Sommer Music/Dept. of Music & Dance Concert consisting of original works by UMass Graduate student, Ben Sommer.

$500 NCA National Collegiate Cheer & Dance Competition/UMass Dance Team/RSO Choreographer Don Collins from the University of North Carloina will give aid to the dance team for their competition and pep rally.

$1,000 Puerto Rican Heritage Week/Boricuas Unidos/RSO Week long event to include arts and crafts demonstrations, a documentary video, a movie and other events geared to educate and enhance the awareness of the Puerto Rican culture.