UWF Events

• Students from neighboring Alabama counties offered in-state tuition rates
• Pensacola’s Promise organization names UWF “Institute of Promise”
• UWF SGA named “Best Student Government” in Florida by Florida Leader magazine
• John G. Martin Hall student residence opens

World Events

• George Bush defeats Al Gore in presidential election after Florida recount that left the result in question for more than a month
• Mad Cow disease alarms Europe
• World population exceeds 6 billion
• America Online and Time Warner complete the nation’s largest merger
• First class postage stamps cost $.34
• “Peanuts” comic strip creator Charles Schultz and actor Walter Matthau die
• Yankees defeat the Mets in an all-New York World Series
• “I Love You” virus disrupts computers worldwide