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Week of 19 March 1999 Vol. II, No. 27 News & Features Broad-based participation in Y2K effort urged The Peace Corps BU leads New England in volunteers A decade of preventing substance abuse Wellness Center marks 10th A votre l'chaim Wine program at MET improves with age Pizza break for alumnus brings in the dough BU to receive Beckman Scholars Awards What's hot on the BU web: Summer Term 1999 It's hardly benchmark weather on BU Beach when the Boston area receives five to eight inches of snow this late in the season. (Remember the 26-inch snowfall on April 1, 1997?) We can't resist pointing out that the latest storm occurred during the Ides of March. The date isn't necessarily a magnet for bad luck, even though Caesar was cut down on March 15 in 44 b.c. Still, messy roads and canceled flights -- 150 at Logan Airport that day -- didn't facilitate students' return from spring break. Photo by Kalman Zabarsky