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ac.-:.ue\ ee a !:.lerfect passing rate :o: -e ;o-.afu consecutive year. A n.a :echnical program– COm:iu;e.:- sen icing technology-– was· added to the curriculum, a..'ld me college began offering on!!.:"'e courses rn the Internet through Ehe Mississippi Vir– fua! Community College Net– war:· In the area of athletics, th e 199S-99 women's basketball team comp leted season action \,·itn a 22-5 record, and the 1999 Diamond Warriors were divi– sion co-champions with a 17-7 mark and finished second in the Region 23 Tournament. Last fall, the Warr ior football team posted an 8-2 regular season mark and advanced to the state playoffs Several student athletes also were recognized as NJCAA Academic AU-Americans. Those selected for this prestig– ious honor must earn a mini– mum 3.6 grade-point average.

marquee was . unveiled last spring, thanks to private dona– tions that represented most of the funding for the $60,000 project. The archway is a re– creation of a similar structure that greeted campus visitors from 1950 to the early 1970s. East Cen tral began the jfall term with a new student union

building, named in honor of Dr. Smith, and a new women's dorm-Erma Lee Barber Hal l. Miss Barber is a former dean of women at the college. East Cen tral also has an – nounced plans to raise $2.5 mil– lion for the next major construc– tion project- a new field house for athJptirc;

The college's new "welcome home" archway and electronic

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