Chi Psi
fraternity sponsored a "car bash" Oct. 26-27, during which
students, alumni, staff and faculty could pay to help demolish the car
with a sledge hammer. The proceeds went toward the Brian Piccolo Fund.
Photo by Chris Bodenner/Old Gold and Black.
'Deacons
on Parade' auction nets $35,000
By
Elizabeth Bland
Homecoming week typically features formal dances, a packed football
game and lots of school colors. But a unique event added some additional
meaning to this year’s festivities when 16 seven-foot statues of
the Demon Deacon mascot were auctioned off during the weekend.
Galvan
serving things up right
By
Kezia McKeague
Always eager to chat, Juana Galvan exudes a contagious enthusiasm while
working at the salad bar in the Pit.
“Juana is awesome,” said Jarvis Graham, the location manager
for the university’s dining services. “She’s like grandma
around here.”
Student
groups applying for lounge allocations
By
Angel Hsu
Beginning the in the fall of 2002, student organizations will be able
to meet in new lounge spaces located in both Taylor and Davis houses.
Van
Veen, Holland hit big time with ventures
By
Kristin Snyder
Thanks to the achievements of junior Ricky Van Veen and Rob Holland
‘01, the university now has two more reasons to thrust its business
department into the forefront.
This weekend, Van Veen will be traveling on an expenses-paid trip with
Page West, an associate professor of business in the Calloway School,
to Chicago, Ill. for the annual meeting of the National Association
of Collegiate Entrepreneurs.
Guzman
discusses racial labels
By
Elizabeth Turnbull
News Editor
Dealing with the conflicting messages of what it means to be Latino
and, more specifically, what it means to be a Latina woman in the United
States today, is something that Sandra Guzman, an Emmy-award winning
journalist and author, has made her mission in life.
Colleges
vying for 'bloody' title
By
Kathryn Spangler
The first blood drive for Points for Pints, a competition between 19
NCAA colleges and universities that is sponsored by the American Red
Cross Biomedical Services and the Red Cross Office of Volunteers, Youth
and Nursing, will be held from 1 - 5:45 p.m. Nov. 5 in the Lower Auditorium
of Wingate Hall.
OGB
wins award for excellence
Old
Gold and Black Staff Report
The Associated Collegiate Press awarded a national Pacemaker award to
the Old Gold and Black at the group’s national conference Oct.
27 in New Orleans, La.
The award signifies that the paper was judged to be one of the 22 best
college newspapers in the country for its 2000-2001 editions.
SBAC
gives final allocations
By
Erin Moran
The Student Budget Advisory Committee’s allocations were released
Oct. 30.
The small increase in funds, approximately $10,000, or two percent,
from last year’s budget made it difficult for the SBAC to apportion
the estimated $504,000.
