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Civil rights activist to speak for MLK lunch

Veteran actor and civil rights activist Dick Gregory will speak in the University Center at noon Thursday, Feb. 24, for the 24th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Luncheon.

Gregory, comedian, author and the father of 11, is a longtime political and anti-war activist who received 1.5 million votes as a write-in candidate for the presidency in 1968. He also ran in the 1966 Chicago mayoral race, losing to Richard Daley.

The speech is presented by the Intercultural Center for Promotion, Education and Advancement of Cultures and Ethnicities.


SG gears up for Spring Elections

Applications for Senate and student body president and vice president positions will be available Friday, Feb. 25. The forms can be picked up in the Student Government office on the second floor of the Robinson Student Center from Sen. Alex Koby, elections supervisor. For more information, call Koby at 620-1558.


Greek affairs loses director

Bart Andrus has left his position as director of Greek affairs at the University of North Florida. Dean of Students Tom VanSchoor will act as interim director during the search to fill the position.


Osprey e-mail gets changes

On Monday, Feb. 28, Information Technology Services will make several e-mail configuration changes to reduce the amount of spam that students, faculty and staff receive.

Students who use an e-mail program from home or other remote location to access e-mail on Osprey, should review and make the configuration changes outlined at http://www.unf. edu/dept/its/email/smtp/. This is for Osprey e-mail users only and does not affect those who use Outlook.

For more information, contact the ITS Support Center at 620-HELP (4357).


Mock trial team competes at capitol

The University of North Florida Mock Trial Club will be in Tallahassee Feb. 25-27 for a competition put on by the American Mock Trial Association.

At a Miami competition Jan. 22 and 23, the UNF team took second place among eight schools from across the Southeast. Student litigators tried a pseudocase and had their performances graded by a four-judge panel. The trip was sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences.

Dominique Scalia, David Thompson and Kristin DiFrancesco won awards.

“We've got two outstanding teams whose members have learned a great deal about litigating and what it would take to be a trial attorney from the competitions,” said Michael Kalil, president of the Mock Trial Club.

-- Compiled by Anthony DeMatteo