The Campus Chronicle
Vol. XVIII, Issue 14
for the Amherst campus of the University of Massachusetts
December 6, 2002

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First-year student Alison Despres (left), sophomore Jen Sterling, and senior Nicholas Hernon review spring semester courses posted in the hallway of the Theater Department. Pre-registration for spring courses ended Dec. 3. (Stan Sherer photo) First-year student Alison Despres (left), sophomore Jen Sterling, and senior Nicholas Hernon review spring semester courses posted in the hallway of the Theater Department. Pre-registration for spring courses ended Dec. 3. (Stan Sherer photo)
   
 

Heating plant site work set to begin
Weather permitting, site preparation for a planned $85 million central heating plant is scheduled to begin this week, according to John Mathews, assistant director for Campus Infrastructure Projects at Facilities Planning.

Lombardi, Bulger give joint talk
Chancellor John Lombardi and President William Bulger spoke about the Univeristy's role as the economic engine in the commonwealth at a gathering hosted by the Technology Enterprise Council in Springfield Dec. 3.

State revenues rose during November
Boosted by a tax amnesty program, state revenues increased by $16 million in November, but are still lagging 1.6 percent below last year's level, according to Secretary of Administration and Finance Kevin Sullivan.

Faculty Senate puzzles over Athletics Department budget
The annual presentation of the Athletics Council to the Faculty Senate turned into an accounting discussion Nov. 14 as senators struggled to make sense of the Athletic Department's budget.

Bulger called to testify in probe of FBI
A congressional committee investigating FBI misconduct has subpoenaed President William M. Bulger to testify about his older brother, fugitive crime boss and FBI informant James "Whitey" Bulger.

Trehub's 'moon illusion' theory draws new notice
Nearly everyone's experienced the "moon illusion," that brief time when the celestial orb looms huge on the horizon and then seems to shrink away as it rises into the night sky.

 
 
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