Entire Contents of this Issue Friday, February 29, 2000
   
 


News
 
 
  Violence strikes after rally  By Allison Rovner   
    Despite a motivational rally against violence on Monday, Feb. 21, a troubling string of accostings have plagued the campus this past week. Between Feb. 21 and Feb. 27, Public Safety received a report every day except one from female students alleging that they had been victimized by males...
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  WSA and students back Prof. Bernstein By Josh Anderson   
    The Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) is currently fighting to keep Howard Bernstein, visiting
 associate professor of letters, at the University beyond the scheduled termination of his contract at  the end of the next academic year... 
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Editorial Page
 
 
  Editorial: Bernstein should stay  
    This Friday the WSA will hold a protest in front of the Board of Trustees against the termination of  Howard Bernstein’s contract. Bernstein has been a popular professor at Wesleyan for 21 years. His most recent contract extension as a Visiting Associate Professor... 
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  Column: this must be the place The Miracle of Not Falling Over  By michael leviton  
   
"I was never told I was pretty as a little girl. I think all little girls should be told they’re pretty even if   they aren’t." -Marilyn Monroe  My ex-friend Daniel’s father led him to believe at a very young age that he had super powers. Daniel’s  father would jump suddenly backwards... 
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Features
 
 
  Seniors decide how their money is spent By Mackenzie Davis   
   
Through the senior gift, the class of 2000 has the opportunity to donate to a specific cause within the University. With recipients varying from sports teams to Financial Aid, some seniors are left to  wonder how the money is actually allocated.  "It is a complicated procedure," said Lena Sadowitz ’99...
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  Weekly WEStaffer: Kathryn Johnston By Noah Rauch   
    Do you have an outlet for this recorder? 

I think I could probably handle that. 

Yeah, I mean, you are a scientist. So do you have an accent? 

You tell me. 
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Ampersand
 
 
  NEWS OF THE WORLD By Aaron Hilliard and Luke del Tredici   
   
THE WAR IN CHECHNYA  
In 1996, the Russian province Alachechnyarakutsk divided along ethnic lines into four smaller
 territories. The Republics of Ala, Chech, Nya, and The People for a United Rakutsk (PUR) were getting along swimmingly...
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  Editorial   
   
We have heard talk around campus that the University’s new newspaper-readership program has
rendered the Argus obsolete. In fact, however, nothing could be farther from the truth, though.
 Students obviously feel that the New York Times is a more respectable source for news than the
 Argus, but we think that this is an assumption based mostly on ignorance. Ignorance about the world  around you. Ignorance about the world around you... 
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Sports
 
 
   Another impressive year for men’s squash By Matt Schwarzfeld   
   
The men’s squash team maintained its winning ways, finishing second in Division III at the National Team Tournament at Yale over the weekend. The Cardinals ended the year with and 11-8 regular  season record, posting an impressive 102-68 record...
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   School records highlight of women’s track championships By Julian Marks   
   
To say that competition was fierce on Friday and Saturday at the New England women’s indoor track championships would be a bit of an understatement.  Wesleyan was among the smallest schools participating in the meet...
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