1998-99

This Timeline is based on a portion of Sarah Finger's A History of Student Activities and Achievements at Hampshire College. Anything not otherwise cited comes from this source.

1998
Sept 17

According to Forward editor Gus Andrews, the newspaper is in desperate need of contributors and may otherwise cease publication. [Forward: September 17, 1998]

Oct 2

Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, lectures at Hampshire at the annual Eqbal Ahmad lecture. [The Omen: October 2, 1998]

Oct 9

A student’s car was broken into and had its stereo stolen while parked in the Greenwich lot. The owner of the car writes a letter to the editor demanding that the parking lot be lit. [Forward: October 9, 1998]

Oct 16

Eqbal Ahmed lectures on India-Pakistan Nuclear Tests in FPH. [Forward: October 21, 1998]

Oct 21

Students living in Enfield report cases of head lice. Although only one student has gone to Health Services and checked positive, many are seeking self-treatment. [Forward: October 21, 1998]

Oct 30

A group of students submit an open letter proposing the removal of the head of student affairs, Bob Sanborn. [The Omen: Oct 30, 1998]

Nov 7

Filmmaker Michael Moore speaks at the University of Massachusetts. Debate ensues over whether Hampshire can refuse to order clothes made in sweatshops because the students are rich or because the school is poor. [The Omen: Nov 7, 1998]

Nov 13

The Housing Advisory Committe has proposed a new rule stating that anyone who participates in the lottery who is not going to be at Hampshire next semester will be reprimanded. [The Omen: Nov 13, 1998]

Nov 20

Forty-seven Hampshire students travel to Fort Benning and join 7,000 other protesters to demand that the School of the Americas be shut down. [Forward: December 4, 1998]

1999
Feb 6

The Forward gets a new editor; The Omen subseqently insults his intellegence. [The Omen: Feburary 6, 1999]

Feb 11

More then 60 students “sang and made merry” around an illegal fire on campus; the director of Public Safety later warned that “such events are dangerous and ‘might get people stirred up.’” [The Forward: February 24, 1999]

Feb 24

Students band together to figure out a way to restore the Greenwich windmill. [The Forward: February 24, 1999]

Mar 25

Dr. Bob Sanborn, Dean of Student Affairs resigns to take a position as Vice President of the University of Tulsa; many students indicated that they felt “Sanborn was hindering a lot of progress that Hampshire could be making.” [The Forward: March 31, 1999]

Mar 31

Community Council at-large representative, Faiysal AliKhan resigns citing an inability to effect change in six months as a member of Community Council. [The Forward: March 31, 1999]

Marriott begins renovations of the Dining Commons; the renovations will include retooling the kitchen, expanding the loading dock, moving the salad bar, and installing booths. Marriott is also looking into extending the hours of the operation for the dining commons and the Bridge Cafe. [The Forward: March 31, 1999]

Financial Aid is consistently over budget, despite a call from the trustees to cap spending. [The Forward: March 31, 1999]