The Trident

The secrecy of the past two weeks culminated with the announcement of General Wesley Clark as an honored speaker at this year's Spring Kickoff. The former NATO Supreme Allied Commander and retired four-star general signed a contract to speak in preparation for the 2008 Mock Presidential Convention.

New languages. New faces. New cultures. New knowledge. Starting this summer, this will be the case for some of our very own W&L community members. Two students and one faculty member were recently awarded with respective Fulbright Grants and a Watson Fellowship to travel the globe.

Mark Conner Associate Professor of English Degree(s): B.A. in English, University of Washington; B.A. in Philosophy, University of Washington; M.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., Princeton University Family: Professor Conner is married to the lovely Barbara and father of three wonderful sons, Matthew (age 10), Noah (age 8), and Isaac (age 5).

The president of the Rockbridge Area Transportation System (R.A.T.S.), Sue LaRue, strongly urged the County Board of Supervisors to increase their funding at last Monday's meeting. "Although we have been studying how other communities do it, but before we can get to those ideas, we have to survive," she said.

How would you celebrate a twenty-first birthday? For many Americans, the answer is simple; twenty-one years, why not try twenty-one shots? Even if the celebration is less extreme than going shot for shot with your age, the inclination is often to celebrate this final right of passage by imbibing the long-forbidden fruit of the distillery.

You may have past the date auction a few weeks ago outside of the D-Hall or noticed the various bake sales during camps events, these fundraisers were hosted by W&L's chapter of Up Til' Dawn, a group that raises funds for St. Jude's Hospital in Memphis.