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The Daily Gazette
Swarthmore College
Tuesday February 4, 1997
Volume 1, Number 9
NEWS IN BRIEF
1) Danawell residents reimbursed for items lost during renovation
SPORTS IN BRIEF
1) Bond named to weekly basketball honor roll
2) Tonight’s and Wednesday’s contests
NEWS REPORT
1) Danawell residents reimbursed for items lost during renovation
Hallowell and Dana residents have claimed about $300 as compensation
for the loss of the residents’ toiletries. However, this rough estimate
may only be part of the final total; only three RAs from the six floors
affected (Hallowell and Dana 1 – 3) have submitted claims.
Alice Balbierer, Swat’s Facilities Manager, called the incident “a series
of errors” and attributed the unfortunate circumstance to a mix-up
between
the contractors hired to re-do the dorms and the housekeeping staff.
According to Balbierer, in what was “just one of those unfortunate
things,”
the contractors removed the items while installing new shelving in the
bathrooms and placed them in trash bags to keep them from getting marked
by
dust or paint. Housekeeping staff then mistook the bags for genuine trash
and threw away the students’ shampoos, soaps, toothbrushes and assorted
other items.
Joanna Perry ’00 who lost ten dollars worth of products takes a
philosophical view of the occurrence. The Hallowell second resident
says,
“It’s more important that the bathrooms got remodeled than that I lost my
stuff.” Arun Mohan ’00, a Hallowell third floor resident, says that he
found the mix-up to be an “inconvenience, but its okay because I’m being
reimbursed.”
*****
SPORTS UPDATE
1) Bond named to weekly basketball honor roll
Center Aaron Bond ’97 was instrumental in the Garnet’s two victories this
week. Against Philadelphia Pharmacy, the 6’7″ senior hit six of his eight
shots for 12 points and grabbed 6 caroms. He then helped extend the
Garnet’s winning streak to four games in the win over Gettysburg. Bond
tallied a double-double (15 points, 14 rebounds) against the Bullets. For
the week he shot 65 percent (13-20) from the floor.
*****
2) Tonight’s and Wednesday’s contests
TONIGHT
Badminton hosts Harcum Junior College at 7:30 p.m. in the Tarble
Pavilion.
WEDNESDAY (5 Feb.)
Home basketball triple-header against Haverford: men’s JV game at 4
p.m., women’s varsity game at 6 p.m., men’s varsity game at 8 p.m.
*****
The Daily Gazette
Board of Editors
Fred Bush
Kate Doty
Jennifer Klein
David Lischer
Eric Pakurar
Sam Schulhofer-Wohl
Sylvia Weedman
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This concludes today’s report.
