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 UVI The monthly newsletter of The University of the Virgin Islands December 20, 2002 vol. viii, number 12
   Dec. 20 - Jan. 5 Lady Bucs Holiday STT Basketball Series Dec. 24 - Jan. 6 Holiday Recess UVI Closed Jan. 8 New Student Registration Jan. 9 - 10 Late Registration UVI Celebrates the Holidays Faculty, staff and ad- ministrators at the Univer- sity of the Virgin Islands are celebrating the holiday season with various activi- ties. The music department opened the season with its annual Christmas concert at the Reichhold Center for the Arts on December 7. The concert featured the opera “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” the Christ- mas story expressed through the eyes of a child. The event also included a Christmas sing-a-long. Professor Austin Venzen served as the conductor and Pro- fessor Elvira Green served as the stage director. On December 13, St. Thomas campus Chancellor Dr. John Leipzig hosted a Christmas party in the Sports and Fit- ness Center. Food was served up hot off the open-pit grill set up in the Sports and Fitness Center parking lot. Members of the UVI family and the community at-large were treated to Christmas – Caribbean style with the Reichhold Center’s presentation of “Folk Nativity” on De- cember 14 and 15. The musical was written by Caribbean playwright Alwin Bully. It features original Christmas songs along with traditional fa- vorites. Set on a Caribbean island, the musical is about a hermit who is on trial for petty theft, but is used as a the village’s scapegoat and is heaped with additional charges. At his trial, the hermit, played by commu- nity actor Jerome Kendall, tells the story of Christmas and is later relieved of the additional charges piled on him. Also on December 14 was the St. Croix campus Christ- mas party held at the Student Center. About 65 members of the UVI community attended the event. Other on-campus holiday events included the St. Thomas campus Student Affairs Christmas party held on December 16 and the Physical Plant Christmas party held on December 20. Additional seasonal celebrations will be held until the Uni- versity closes for holiday recess on December 24.

          !"# $ % Decorative lights illuminate the UVI hedge that greets westbound pass- ersby and visitors to the St. Thomas campus. The entire area was deco- rated by St. Thomas campus Physical Plant staff. Jerry James of Jerry and Carol’s Horse Stables lifts a child to touch a horse at the St. Thomas/St. John Agriculture and Food Fair. The fair was held on November 23 and 24 on the grounds of UVI’s Reichhold Center for the Arts.   
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 is a production of the UVI Public Relations Office. Contact us by telephone at (340) 693-1056 FAX: (340) 693-1055 GET CONNECTED TO UVI news, activities and accomplishments at . . . www.uvi.edu The University of the Virgin Islands Paradise Jam, a fast- growing pre-season NCAA Division I tournament, was held from November 22-30, 2002, in UVI’s state-of-the-art Sports and Fitness Center on the St. Thomas campus. The impres- sive lineup included six men’s teams and seven women’s teams from collages and universities around the nation. For the men’s championship, the Brigham Young Univer- sity Cougars defeated the St. Bonaventure Bonnies, clinch- ing that title. The number one ranked Duke University women’s Blue Devils won the women’s championship over the University of Arkansas Lady Razorbacks by two points in an overtime game, said to be the highlight of Paradise Jam. The tournament opened with a game between St. Bonaventure University and Virginia Tech University men’s teams in a packed Sports and Fitness Center. Adding to the excitement were half-time performances by the Charlotte Amalie High School marching band. UVI has hosted Paradise Jam for two years. UVI’s Ath- letic Director Peter Sauer said that each year the number of teams and competitiveness of the tournament increases. “The numbers of fans that the event attracts on St. Tho- mas is second only to Carnival,” Sauer said. “The sheer num- bers of people who visit because of it and the exposure the tournament generates stateside is extremely advantageous to the University and to the territory as a whole.” Other participating men’s teams were from Kansas State University, the University of Michigan, and the University of Toledo. Other participating women’s teams were Boston College, Hampton University, Old Dominion University, the Univer- sity of Oregon and the University of South Carolina. NCAA Division I Basketball Teams Jam on UVI’s Court The University of the Virgin Islands will mark the 41st anniver- sary of its founding with a week of public activities in early March 2003, beginning with the annual Afternoon on the Green on Sunday, March 9. Other activities to plan for include cul- tural events and intellectual, literary and art exhibits on the St. Croix and St. Thomas campuses. The University will culmi- nate the celebration with the Inauguration of Dr. LaVerne Ragster as UVI’s fourth president on Sunday, March 16, 2003. Mark Your Calendars The Universty of Arkansas Lady Razorbacks take on Duke University’s Blue Devils in the University of the Virgin Islands Paradise Jam women’s championship held on November 30 at UVI’s Sports and Fitness Center.