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Volume 26, No. 2, August 31, 2001

Getting involved Freshman Shelley Edson signs up to work for Student LIfe, the University's student newspaper, as part of First Friday festivities Aug. 24. Behind the table are (right to left) senior Brian Hammon, junior Allison Barrett, senior Taylor Upchurch and senior Emily Fredrix. First Friday is held annually in the South 40 Swamp and was sponsored this year by the Campus Programming Council. The event, a celebration of the first Friday of the new school year, featured free food, inflatable games, student group sign-ups and entertainment.

Assembly Series
Former FBI, CIA director Webster first of 11 lectures on fall schedule

Unless otherwise indicated, all Assembly Series events take place at 11 a.m. in Graham Chapel and are free and open to the public.

Sept. 5 William H. Webster

Sept. 12: Dave Hickey

Sept. 13, 4 p.m., Edison Theatre: Donald McKayle

Sept. 19: Robert Frank

Sept. 26: Maya Lin

Oct. 3: Henry Cisneros

Oct. 10: Wendy Chan

Oct. 17: Ralph J. Cicerone

Oct. 31: KRS-One

Nov. 1, 4 p.m., Rebstock Hall Room 215: Bernardino Fantini

Nov. 7: James Young

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What do they want, blood? Sophomore Cindy McPeak (foreground) relaxes with a book while giving blood Monday in Mallinckrodt Student Center at a blood drive sponsored by Spectrum Alliance and Congress of the South 40. Sophomore Angela Flores (rear left) prepares to donate as well. Additional blood drives are scheduled in Mallinckrodt for Oct. 1-4, Oct. 29-Nov. 1, Jan. 28-31, Feb. 25-28 and March 25-28.

Spitznagel wins prestigious mathematics award

By Tony Fitzpatrick

Edward L. Spitznagel Jr., Ph.D., professor of mathematics in Arts & Sciences, has been named recipient of the Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics.

The award is given by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) and is considered to be one of the organization's most prestigious awards. Spitznagel will attend a special prize session Jan. 7 in San Diego, where he will be honored by the MAA and give a short talk on teaching.

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Spitznagel: Haimo award winner

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