Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present
The Grizzly, the student newspaper of Ursinus College, was originally published as The Ursinus Weekly from 1902 until the Spring of 1978 when the name of the publication was changed. It is published weekly by students during the academic year.
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The Grizzly, March 21, 2000
Stephanie Restine, Emily Callaghan, Jeff Church, Dan Reimold, Geoffery S. Brace, Lauren Cyrsky, Jeremy Fox, Susan Patton, Diane Johnson, Erny Hoke, Luther Owens, Andy Owens, Fran Shaughnessy, and Heather W. Gurk
Bridge Over Troubled Waters: ZX Pledging Activities Leave Fraternity, Two Students Suspended • Memories: Under Construction • Behe Lecture Sparks Scientific Debate • UC Democrats Give Donation to Cityspace • 2000 Edition of "Who's Who" Announced • Alternative Spring Break: The Best Decision of My Life • The Barto Hotel Jam Night • Lacrosse Prepares for Repeat Title Hopes • Golf Team Looking to Capture CC Title • Softball Off to Commanding Start of Season • Spring is Here, and the UC Bats are Swinging • Baseball Tops Widener in Home Opener, 8-4 • Track & Field Jump Starts Spring Season • Injury-Stricken Gymnasts Pull Out Third at ECAC's • Sports Profile: Taryn Brackin
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The Grizzly, February 29, 2000
Stephanie Restine, Emily Callaghan, Dan Reimold, Sean Killeen, Lauren Flanagan, Cynthia Neff, Ciara Rodgers, Debora Sarmento, Matthew James Terenna, Jeff Church, Kevin Wilson, Stephanie Ott, Diane Johnson, Andy Owens, Fran Shaughnessy, John Grebe, and Heather W. Gurk
Phi Psi Sanctioned • UC Students Weather Winter Sickness • Meghan Gualtieri: Profile of a True UC Role Model • Ursinus' Own Superbagger • GOP Race Tightens in Michigan and Arizona • Investors to Transform Mir Into Out-of-this-World Hotel • Opinion: Food and Diversity at Ursinus College; Fox's Marry a Millionaire Fiasco Sends Wrong Message • A Student's proTheatre: Halves • John Gwinn: Post-Modernist Extraordinaire? • Gymnastics Sustains Record-Breaking Run at Rutgers • UC Grad Bill Stiles Becomes Sports Information Director • Winter Track Season Ends Strong • Bears Captures Last Three Wins • Sports Profile: Yori Adegunwa
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The Grizzly, February 22, 2000
Stephanie Restine, Bradford Joyce, Nipun Suri, Brian Marks, Dan Reimold, Brian Berg, John Grebe, Jeremy Fox, Jeff Church, Tim Noone, Susan Patton, Cory Braiterman, Andy Owens, Fran Shaughnessy, and Heather W. Gurk
Black History Celebrated Across Ursinus Campus • Greeks Fall Under Scrutiny • Arts Program to Expand at UC • Nobel Laureate Lecture Draws Positive Student Response • Littleton, Letterman and the South Carolina Primary • After South Carolina: Can McCain be the Man for the GOP? • Pledging Debate Continues: The Problem of Hazing • Pat McGee: Pseudo DMB? • Valentine's Day Blues • Tumbling and Dancing with Words • Music Review: Dr. John • Glah, Druckenmiller Shine at CC Swimming Championships • UC Wrestling Falls Short in Centennial Championships • UC Spring Sports Preview • Gymnastics Trounces School Record at Marranca Invitational • Men's Basketball Ends Stellar Season • Sports Profile: Christopher Ciunci
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The Grizzly, February 15, 2000
Stephanie Restine, Jamie Matty, Cynthia Neff, Dan Reimold, Bradford Joyce, Ed Kloss, Kevin Wilson, Tim Burton, Jeremy Fox, Jeff Church, Kate Buchert, Emily Callaghan, Lauren Flanagan, Tim Noone, Lauren Cyrsky, Fran Shaughnessy, Luther Owens, Heather W. Gurk, and Andy Owens
UC Students Debate Pros, Cons of Pledging On Campus • Feelings of Brotherhood, Sisterhood Prevalent During Pledging Process • Employment Available for Graduating Seniors • True Love: Sorrow and Devotion • Hackers, Hijackers, and the Wide World of Sports • The Greeks Agree: Pledges Have no Free Will • Pledging: What's the Big Deal Anyway? • muMs Schemes at Ursinus • Pat McGee to Jam at Ursinus • Music Review: The Alligator Blues Band • Gymnastics Tops RIC with Season High Score • Intramural 3 on 3 Action: Brains vs. Brute • Indoor Track Steps Up to "Eight Way Challenge" • Ursinus Wrestling Battles for 4-1 • Sports Profile: Shana Goane
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The Grizzly, February 8, 2000
Stephanie Restine, Kevin Wilson, Dan Reimold, Lauren Flanagan, John Grebe, Jeff Church, Jeremy Fox, Kelly Tessena, Tim Noone, Andy Owens, Diane Johnson, Cory Braiterman, and Fran Shaughnessy
Main Street Traffic Problematic for UC Pedestrians • Low Injury Rate No Accident at UC Sporting Fields and Facilities • CIE Hailed a Success After Inaugural Semester • Race for the President Heats up in New Hampshire • Opinion: Pledging: Meaningless, Horrible; Freshman Perspective; Study Abroad Questions of Residence on Return • A Piano Starr • Music Review: The Deb Callahan Band • Summer Plans: Internship or Summer Job? • UC Women's Basketball Still Confident for CC Win • Swimming Edged out by the Mawrters • Ursinus Gymnastics Ousts SUNY-Cortland • Wrestling Battles for 2-1 Week • Men's Basketball Pounds CC Competition
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The Grizzly, February 1, 2000
Stephanie Restine, Dan Reimold, Emily Callaghan, Cynthia Neff, Sally Drapcho, Jeff Church, Brian Berg, Heather W. Gurk, Tim Noone, Andy Owens, Diane Johnson, Cory Braiterman, Fran Shaughnessy, and Erny Hoke
A Burning Question: Recent Rash of Fatal College Fires Sparks UC Students to Ask, "Are We Safe?" • Ursinus Struck Twice More with Ice, Rain and Snow • St. Louis Super in Clash with Titans • Grizzly Library Goes Virtual • Dickinson College Librarian Finally Free from Exile in Chinese Prison • Study Abroad Experience Proves to be a Valuable One • Opinion: After Iowa, Throw out the Rulebook, it's Anybody's Game; Where's the Juice in Juice? • Meistersingers Tour Europe • Career Services Introduces "Experience" • Swimming Gears Up for Champs • Pair of Losses for UC • Bears Struggle in Conference Play • The Flud Warning • Ursinus Gymnastics Tramples Brockport • Sports Profile: Luther Owens
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The Grizzly, January 25, 2000
Stephanie Restine, Dan Reimold, Emily Callaghan, Brian Berg, Kevin Wilson, Jennifer Heil, Erny Hoke, Heather W. Gurk, Jeff Church, Diane Johnson, Fran Shaughnessy, Cory Braiterman, and Sean Killeen
Bear Country Blanketed by Snow • Bigger, Better UC Beginning in the Year 2000 • Fatal Seton Hall Fire Burns in Heart of Nation • Young Boy Caught in Middle of International Custody Battle • Politician's Hit-and-Run Comes Back to Haunt Him • Dickinson Librarian Imprisoned by Chinese • Collegeville Squares • The Memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Celebrated at Ursinus • Rape: What is it?? • Opinion: Russia's New Year's Revolution Cause for Concern?; Better Communication, Lower Prices Keys to Fixing Book-Buying Woes • Explore Careers and Gain Experience with Career Planit • Swimming Drops a Tough One to Western Maryland • Ursinus Men's Basketball Atop the Centennial Conference East Division • Sports Profile: Lindsey Glah • UC Bears Defense Upsets Rosemont • Indoor Track: The Winter Warriors • Centennial Conference Coaches Attend Snell Symposium at UC
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The Grizzly, December 14, 1999
Stephanie Restine, Kelly Tessena, Cory Braiterman, Diane Johnson, and Fran Shaughnessy
A Miracle of Science: Missing Link to Graduation and Real World Reappears for UC Bio Majors • Debate and Discussion Hailed a Success by College Dems • Final Exam Schedule • Winners From the Holiday Decorating Contest • Men's Basketball Wins 3 Straight • First Win for Women's Basketball Team
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The Grizzly, December 7, 1999
Erny Hoke, Stephanie Restine, Kelly Tessena, Dan Reimold, Alyson Rider, Jody Smith, Jeff Church, Cory Braiterman, Aaron Hampton, Fran Shaughnessy, and Tim Noone
Student Crimes On College Campuses • Biology Major Woes: Schedule Changes Leave Students Frustrated • Rich Barrett Scores his 1,000th Career Point • Talent Show Displays Ursinus Students' Skills • AIDS Quilt Displayed in Helfferich Gym • Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate Will Speak at Ursinus • Omwake: The House of Ill Repute • Final Exam Schedule • Lovin' it at Louie's • Letter to the Editors • Singing Group Edges out Magician • Ursinus College Choir Presents "Messiah" • Women's Volleyball; The Year in Review and their Run to the ECAC's • Wrestling Struggles in Tourney • Men's Hoopsters Net First Win • Ursinus Swimming Falls to Red Devils of Dickinson • Seniors Remembered: Teammates Reflect on Departing Upperclassmen
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The Grizzly, November 30, 1999
Erny Hoke, Stephanie Restine, Jennifer Shober, Kieran Cray, Jeff Church, Susan Patton, Andy Maynard, Cory Braiterman, Eric Ford, and Fran Shaughnessy
Bears Take a Beating Against Rowan in the NCAA Division III Tournament: Final Score 55-0 • Judicial Board Finds Two Students Guilty • Judicial Board: How the System Works • S.T.A.R.: Providing Help for Victims of Sexual Assaults • Ursinus' Political Link to the Collegeville Community: Dr. Goetz • Experiencing the Trappe Tavern • Student Says Sayonara to UC and Opts for Off-Campus Experience • Letters to the Editors: Violence on Campus; The "White Agenda;" A Case of Race • Bears Gain First Victory in NCAA Division III Playoffs • Rowan Overpowers Ursinus in Second Round of Playoffs • Fan-Vans Travel to Bridgewater, Mass. • Ursinus Swimming Fights Hard Against Gettysburg
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The Grizzly, November 16, 1999
Erny Hoke, Stephanie Restine, Nipun Suri, Megan Restine, Ann Van Buren, Dan Reimold, James Flory, Jeff Church, Margo Hill, Nilande Coblentz, Janel Reppert, Andy Maynard, Kelly Tessena, Aaron Hampton, Cory Braiterman, and Fran Shaughnessy
Changes for Ursinus Campus? • UC Student Sexually Assaulted • A Case of Race? • Fire Safety on Ursinus Campus • Enjoying The Perks • Main Street House Stakes its Claim • Abstract Art Breathes Life into UC Campus • Opinion: Letter to the Editor; Editorial Discretion Does not Equal Censorship; Seniors Speak Out; The Key to the Issue of Race is Fellowship; In Response to the White Agenda • Voices in Praise Does it Again: Second Annual Gospel Choir Event a Success • Bears Head to Playoffs After Dickson Win • Volleyball Goes to ECAC's • Ursinus Swimming Dives Into the Season
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The Grizzly, November 9, 1999
Erny Hoke, Stephanie Restine, Ann Van Buren, Dan Reimold, Nicole DiMascio, Margo Hill, Jeff Church, Cory Braiterman, Aaron Hampton, Andy Maynard, Fran Shaughnessy, Kieran Cray, and Tim Noone
Could Ursinus be a Target for Thieves? • Sexual Harassment at Ursinus College • John Street Elected New Mayor of Philadelphia • A Makeover for Ursinus Art on Campus • Egypt Air Flight 990 Disaster • BPS: True Student Living • Grizzly Greeks Rush to Greet New Members • Letter to the Editor: Disrespect of Women on the Ursinus Campus; Ursinus Students Fall Victim to False Sense of Security • Response: Racism • UC Baseball Players Receive Defensive Honors for 1999 Season • Football Stretches Streak to Six, Looks to Dickinson for 7 • Men's Soccer Takes Tough Loss • F&M and Gettysburg in NCAA Tourney
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The Grizzly, November 2, 1999
Stephanie Restine, Erny Hoke, Dan Reimold, Jennifer Heil, Ann Van Buren, Branden D. Brooks, Cory Braiterman, Steven Sheaffer, Kelly Tessena, Joe Pope, Andy Maynard, Tim Noone, Aaron Hampton, Scott McCoy, Susan Patton, and Fran Shaughnessy
Is Safety an Issue on Campus? • Payne Stewart, Golfer, Dies in Plane Crash • A First for National French Week • Summer Business Internship Opportunities • Hobson Hall: Home Sweet Home • Opinion: The Effectiveness of College in the Preparation of Students for the World; Gun Control has to be Enacted for Everyone's Safety: A Response; Paying Back the US Dues to the UN • Always Unique, Ben Folds Five Rocks Philadelphia as Part of 1999 Tour • Vecchio, Duncan Power Bears Offense as Bears Rout Mules • Soccer Splits Pair with Fords, Green Terror • Flag Football: APO Downs 2-Time Champion Delta Pi in Double-OT • Junior Vecchio Awarded CC Offensive Football Player of the Week • Tough End to Tough Hockey Season • Volleyball Finishes Best Season Ever • Bears Defense Roars to Big Win
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The Grizzly, October 19, 1999
Erny Hoke, Stephanie Restine, Nipun Suri, Kelly Tessena, Megan Restine, Dan Reimold, Ann Van Buren, Stephanie Ott, Eric Ford, Jennifer Heil, Chris Cocca, Susan Patton, Tim Noone, Andy Maynard, Cory Braiterman, Aaron Hampton, and Fran Shaughnessy
Homecoming 1999 Hit Ursinus This Past Weekend • Handicap Accessibility On Ursinus College Campus • Adding to the Arts Program? • Reimert: A Suite Housing Experience • Baked to Perfection at Brew Moon • Opinion: Don't They Have Anything Better to do?; Letters to the Editors; Guns Don't Kill People, People Kill People • Modernized Version of Antigone High in Energy, Mediocre in Quality • Bears Fight off Gettysburg Bullets Gridiron • Hockey Battles with Holy Cross and Davis & Elkins; A Close Call and a Win • Two Near Misses for Men's Soccer • Bishop Takes Top Honors at Moravian
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The Grizzly, October 12, 1999
Erny Hoke, Stephanie Restine, Nipun Suri, Dan Reimold, Dave Walker, Ann Van Buren, Joe Pope, Brian Berg, Steven Sheaffer, Susan Patton, Cory Braiterman, Andy Maynard, Aaron Hampton, Fran Shaughnessy, and Kelly Tessena
Homecoming '99: Any Questions? • "One America" • Ursinus Grads Leave with a Diploma and a Low Financial Debt • Students Celebrate Berman Museum's 10th Anniversary • Old Men's at Heart of Ursinus • Opinion: Lott's Lack of Responsibility is a Major Threat to the Security of the World; The Destruction of Chechnya, NATO's Bloody Legacy • WVOU Offers Promising Shows That Could Even Provide Thought • Jeffrey Gaines Jams Again at UC • Field Hockey Downed in Fairfield • Bears Senior Cornerback Dealt Leg Injury; Looks to Return • UC Tackles Johns Hopkins 20-18 • Volleyball Splits Home Matches
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The Grizzly, October 5, 1999
Stephanie Restine, Erny Hoke, Megan Restine, Tammy Scherer, Dan Reimold, Ann Van Buren, Susan Fialkowski, Kelly Tessena, Tim Noone, Andy Maynard, Aaron Hampton, Cory Braiterman, and Fran Shaughnessy
Bears Clobber Swarthmore During Family Day Game • Family Day A Success • Admission Rumor Proves False • Sophomore Week Set • 811 Main Street • Forget MTV: Career Services Offering UC Seniors Opportunity to Star in "Real World" • Opinion: Stereotypes on Campus Affect and Hurt Everyone; Letter to the Editors • Ursinus Football Crushes Swarthmore in Centennial Conference Action, 59-0 • Volleyball wins Allentown Invit. and Family Day Tourney • Monumental Changes in UC Cheerleading • Soccer Splits for 1-1 on the Week
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The Grizzly, September 28, 1999
Erny Hoke, Stephanie Restine, Nipun Suri, Heather W. Gurk, Ann Van Buren, Dan Reimold, Michael Ramsey, Dave Walker, Paige Miller, Mandy Hansen, Susan Patton, Kelly Tessena, Cory Braiterman, Aaron Hampton, Andy Maynard, and Fran Shaughnessy
Cheer on UC at Family Day! • Taking to the Ballots • Change in Ursinus Security: Good or Bad? • Family Day Has Arrived • Living Off Campus Just Like Home • Campus Unable to Check Messages on Voice Mail • Bon Appetite at Back Porch Cafe • Letter to the Editor: Censorship in the Grizzly • Editors' Response to Censorship Allegations • Volleyball Continues its Winning Ways • A Weekend of Success in U.C. Field Hockey • Bears Football Suffers 1st Loss of Season to #1 W. Maryland
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The Grizzly, September 21, 1999
Stephanie Restine, Erny Hoke, Tammy Scherer, Megan Restine, Dan Reimold, Ann Van Buren, Matt Bunczk, Michael Pomenti, Jeff Church, Kelly Tessena, Chris Neary, Michael Edwards, Aaron Ranck, Michael Ramsey, Cory Braiterman, Aaron Hampton, Andy Maynard, Susan Patton, and Fran Shaughnessy
Floyd Takes Its Toll on Ursinus • Ground Breaking for Field House • Beware of Main Street Intruder • New Library Computing System • Ursinus Biology Students Comb the Beaches in Woods Hole, MA • The Class of 2003, the First to Share in a Common Intellectual Experience • Beyond Collegeville: Appraising Philadelphia's Nightlife • The Literary Society Explores the Heart • Opinion: Electronic Testing, Service or Scam?; Racial Profiling a Violation of Individuals Rights; Money Talks • Ursinus Football Conquers Franklin & Marshall in OT in Home Opener • Field Hockey gets First Win • UC Golf Takes the Tournaments in the Fall
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The Grizzly, September 14, 1999
Erny Hoke, Stephanie Restine, Nipun Suri, Megan Restine, Karen Srebro, Dan Reimold, Stephanie Garwin, Aaron Ranck, Chris Cocca, Paige Miller, Andy Maynard, Aaron Hampton, Susan Patton, Jeff Church, Dave Walker, Cory Braiterman, and Fran Shaughnessy
Tragic Loss for Ursinus College • A Computer Makeover • Summer Research Experience • Freshman Orientation: Breaking in the Baby Bears • Car Owners Beware: "Vehicle Cloning" Criminals Multiplying to Collegeville Area • Ursinus Chapter of Best Buddies Begins Second Year • Life in Collegeville: Still Just a Rat in a Cage • Career Services Gets Connected • Opinion: Creationism is a Religious Doctrine, not a Viable "Science"; What is and What Never Should be: The Rise and Fall of MTV's Social Relevance • This is a Story of Obesity, Sexual Ambiguity, Self-Delusion and Madness • UC Gridders Grab First Win Over Leb Val • UC Field Hockey Under New Management • 80th Season of Bears Field Hockey Begins
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The Grizzly, May 5, 1999
Erny Hoke, Joanna Doyle, Brian Hess, Walter Dull, Ruth Velez, Jeff Church, Lou Nemphos, Stephanie Restine, and Benjamin Baehr
Spring Fling Success • Students Compete in First-Ever Ursinus Drag Competition • Student Speakers Selected • Commencement Program Announced • Mr. Ursinus: Anthony Petrino • Graduation Events Slated: Five Honorary Degrees to be Delivered at Graduation; Baccalaureate Speaker Announced • Let's Throw Some Shoes! • Final Exam Schedule • Ursinus Lacrosse, Baseball Take Centennial Conference by Storm • UC Baseball Dominated the Centennial Conference Behind Great Pitching Performances by Wiatrak and Goldwater • Softball Falls Short of Top Shot • Newmaster Wins Pitcher of the Year • Adegunwa, O'Hara Dominate at CC Champs • Best Wishes to Spring Sports Seniors
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The Grizzly, April 27, 1999
Erny Hoke, Joanna Doyle, Andrew Gerchak, Richard Barrett, Jaime Chambers, Joe Pope, Chris Cocca, Connie Foutz-Monroe, Brian Berg, Walter Dull, Lou Nemphos, Jeff Church, Benjamin Baehr, Stephanie Restine, and Chris Rick
USGA Calls "Do-Over" • Faculty to Prepare for Laptops • It "Happened" One Wednesday • IR Club Encourages Global Awareness, Student Involvement • Dance at UC • STAR Raises Awareness of Sexual Assault on Campus • Scholar Speaks on African Women Writers • Opinion: Free Laptops, What Could Possibly be Wrong With That?; Administration Unresponsive to Student Problem; Don't Be Too Quick to Name This Devil; Blood Lessons: How America Responds to Tragedy and Why we Don't Learn From it • Final Exam Schedule • Student Art Exhibit Opens, Prizes Awarded • Restaurant Review: The Perk, A Taste of History • Ursinus Softball Suffers Through Wild Week • Wayne Gretzky Retires • Golf Takes on Centennial Conference • Baseball Drops Two, but Remains Atop Centennial Conference • Lacrosse Reigns in Centennial Conference
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The Grizzly, April 20, 1999
Erny Hoke, Joanna Doyle, Andrew Gerchak, Brandon Bailey, Juliana Hubbard, Richard Barrett, Chris Rick, Lou Nemphos, Benjamin Baehr, and Stephanie Restine
Seventeenth Annual Airband Draws Crowd • Turnout Low for Ritter Rave • Medieval Sports Fest Continues Caring Tradition • National Poetry Month Celebrated at Ursinus • Ursinus Baseball Pitches in for Cancer • Myrin Library Holds Technology Day • Regal Marketplace 24 in Oaks: Off to a Disappointing Start • Softball Slips into Second • Baseball Bats Awake As UC Tops Centennial Conference • Lacrosse Downs Dickinson for 400th Win
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The Grizzly, April 13, 1999
Erny Hoke, Joanna Doyle, Kurt Miller, Brian Berg, Chris Cocca, Andrew Gerchak, Dave Walker, Joe Pope, Stephanie Restine, Brandon Bailey, Jeff Church, Lou Nemphos, Richard Barrett, Benjamin Baehr, and Joe Conte
Recent Violence a Worry for Ursinus Administration • Tuition Increase for Fall 1999 • Former Rendell Aide to Speak • Students Answer Call to Help Refugees • Opinion: Editorial Response; Fight That Led to a Painful Assignment; Bathrooms, Respect Gone Down the Toilet; Why Kosovo is (but Shouldn't be) Another Vietnam and Why our Hands are Tied no Matter What • Softball Steals First Place from Western Maryland • Cheerleading Squad Hosts Basketball Tournament • Lacrosse Remains Undefeated in Centennial Conference • Lax Wins National Recognition • UC Baseball Climbing to Top of Conference • Wiatrak Named CC Player of the Week • Ursinus Golf Challenges Conference
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The Grizzly, April 7, 1999
Erny Hoke, Joanna Doyle, Chris Rick, Andrew Gerchak, Richard Barrett, Juliana Hubbard, Jeff Church, Jaime Chambers, Brandon Bailey, Stephanie Restine, Benjamin Baehr, and Walter Dull
History and English Departments Vandalized • RPR Fulfills $100,000 Pfahler Pledge • Administration to Consider Providing Laptops for Freshmen • Former CIA Agent Speaks at Ursinus • Emergency Care • Voices of Praise in Bomberger • Dawn of New Millennium Brings Fieldhouse to UC • Career Best for Junior O'Hara • Brackin, Erdosy Players of the Week • Softball Vies for Top Spot in Conference • Baseball Downs Stockton • UC Lax Claws Way to First Place • Baseball 2-1 in Conference Play
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The Grizzly, April 1, 1999
Joanna Doyle and Erny Hoke
This is an April Fool's parody issue of the Ursinus Grizzly newspaper entitled "The Goofly."