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Editor: Sally Freedman Associate editor: Caroline Moseley Calendar and production editor: Carolyn Geller Contributing writers: Justin Harmon, Ken Howard, Steven Schultz Photographer: Denise Applewhite Web edition: Mahlon Lovett |
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At the annual Alumni Day luncheon on February 26,
outstanding students and alumni received special honors.
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Craig Lafferty (r), president of the United Way of Greater Mercer County, received a check representing the University's donation of $168,646 from Robert Durkee, campus United Way fund drive chair. "Again this year, the University United Way campaign resulted in an extraordinary showing of good will and generosity by the University community on the main campus and at the Plasma Physics Lab," said Durkee, vice president for public affairs. "This year's contribution represents an increase of nearly $22,000 in giving and is the most ever raised for the United Way campaign." The campaign raised more than $148,000 in contributions from faculty and staff -- $123,210 from the main campus and $25,240 from PPPL. The University matched employee gifts with a contribution of 15 cents on the dollar for every payroll deduction and 10 cents on the dollar for other gifts, making a University contribution of $20,196. (Photo by Denise Applewhite)
Basketball. The men won 63-48 and the women lost 47-43 against Harvard on February 25, but both teams beat Dartmouth on February 26 (men 68-57, women 64-51). (Men: 17-9, 9-2 Ivy; women: 7-18, 4-7 Ivy )
Fencing. On February 26 the men's team defeated both Harvard and Yale for its third Ivy League title in four years and its 11th overall. The women outfenced the same teams for their second Ivy League title in as many years and first outright; they finished the season undefeated with a University record of 15 wins. (Men: 12-3, 4-0 Ivy; women: 15-2, 5-0 Ivy)
Swimming and diving. The women finished first at the Ivy League Championships with five individual champions and a relay championship. Diving coach Greg Gunn received the Diving Coach Peer Recognition Award. (Women: 9-0, 7-0 Ivy)
The bushwhackers who hit the Internet's top commercial
sites served notice that, despite widespread enthusiasm for
electronic business, the World Wide Web still has its Wild
West qualities.
President Clinton struck back by
calling an Internet security summit in hopes government and
industry leaders can work together to head off attacks.
Commerce Secretary William Daley says the assaults are "a
wakeup call" and a reminder that e-commerce is not without
risks.
Princeton University economist Alan
Blinder, the former Federal Reserve vice chairman, says the
Internet may be the engine of growth that's finally speeded
up the US economy after 20 years of computer
investments.
"Wild, wild web still holds plenty of perils," by Mary Deibel, Journal of Commerce, February 15