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The Daily Gazette
Swarthmore College
Tuesday, November 4, 1997
Volume 2, Number 42
NEWS IN BRIEF
1) SC co-chair demands SAC action on workgroup
2) Stolen Honda turns up in Wilmington
3) World news roundup
SPORTS IN BRIEF
1) Referee’s call spoils final women’s soccer game
2) Today’s and tomorrow’s contests
WEATHER FORECAST
Today: Partly sunny, some clouds. High near 60.
It shouldn’t rain, so take your PowerBook for a walk.
Tonight: Clear. Low around 40.
OK, that’s enough — PB’s don’t like to be left out in the cold.
Wednesday: Same as today.
CORRECTIONS
The Daily Gazette incorrectly stated Monday that the women’s Ultimate team
lost 13-0 to Penn State; in fact, Swarthmore defeated Penn State by that
score. In the same edition, the Gazette incorrectly reported that the men’s
rugby team forfeited to Bucknell; in fact, Bucknell forfeited to
Swarthmore. The Gazette also reported that the men’s soccer team lost to
Haverford when the team actually lost to Muhlenberg; the Haverford game is
scheduled for Saturday.
NEWS REPORT
1) SC co-chair demands SAC action on workgroup
A Student Council leader has ordered the Social Affairs Committee to make
plans tonight for a workgroup to formalize SAC procedures.
“If SAC coordinators and SAC appointees cannot come to an agreement to
establish a work group of some sort by the conclusion of their next
meeting, such action will be noted as insubordination and appropriate
measures will be taken,” SC Co-Chair Ari Plost ’98 wrote in a letter sent
early today to SAC co-coordinator Joseph Armah ’98. The letter was to be
distributed to all SAC members. SAC’s next meeting is tonight.
After five SAC members came to SC’s Oct. 26 meeting with concerns about how
SAC makes decisions, SC voted to create a workgroup that will establish
rules governing SAC. The rules are to cover everything from voting
procedures to what the committee should fund, and the workgroup is to have
representatives from both SC and SAC. Armah and SAC co-coordinator
Fathmatta Jalloh ’99 did not attend the Oct. 26 meeting.
SAC did not appoint any members to the workgroup at its last meeting, Oct. 28.
Armah said Monday that the workgroup “sounds like a pretty good idea, but
it should come from SAC.” He continued, “I feel that since SC appointed the
folks on SAC, then it makes sense for SAC to deal with this first.”
But some Council members said at Sunday’s SC meeting they felt outside
intervention was needed. “After all, experienced and dedicated SAC members
came to us last week and said, ‘We can’t do this ourselves,'” said SC
member Naomi Michlin ’98.
Plost’s letter said SAC could consider putting Budget Committee Treasurer
Vincent Jones ’98 on the workgroup and reducing the number of SC
representatives.
SAC meetings are always closed, but Student Council decided by consensus to
send Outreach Chair Melissa Amir-Arjomand ’00 to tonight’s SAC meeting as a
silent observer. “No one has talked to me about this observer,” Armah said
Monday. “I don’t see the need for an observer, but if people think there
should be one, I need to be formally informed.” Armah said he needed to
consult with Jalloh before deciding whether to let Amir-Arjomand observe
the meeting.
“SC wants her at that meeting to get an unbiased report and I will not
acknowledge that your meeting took place without her presence,” Plost wrote.
*****
2) Stolen Honda turns up in Wilmington
One of the Honda Civics stolen last week from a campus parking lot has been
recovered by its owner, Rachel Brakke ’98.
Swarthmore police called Brakke on Friday night to inform her that the car
had been found in Wilmington, Del. She then contacted Wilmington police,
who told her, she said, that the car “was in good condition except that the
ignition was busted, and that I would need a screwdriver to start it,” she
said.
Brakke went to Wilmington on Monday evening to retrieve her car, which was
indeed in good condition except for the ignition. It was out of gas, and
Brakke surmised that the thief or thieves simply took the car for a joy
ride and abandoned it when the gas ran out.
Whoever stole the car removed everything in her glove compartment,
including receipts, insurance information, spare change and all her tapes
except one by the New Age artist Yanni. The “bolt which unscrews the
hubcaps,” her ice scraper, and two tennis rackets in the trunk were left
behind. “It’s really funny that they didn’t take the rackets,” said Brakke,
“but they did take the food that was randomly scattered in my car,”
including a box of Snackwell’s vanilla cookies, and Reese’s peanut butter
cups.
Brakke said she also was not pleased to find that all the pre-set channels
on her radio had been switched to rap stations.
Brakke expressed her appreciation for the kindness and support of the
College community. “Everyone has been saying how sorry they are that this
happened and have been so concerned,” she said. “People have been offering
me rides to Wilmington — profs, deans, students, everyone.”
The whereabouts of the other stolen Honda, owned by Connie Cheung ’98,
remain unknown.
*****
3) World news roundup
SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS PROPOSITION 209
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected without comment an appeal from
civil rights groups challenging California’s Proposition 209, which bans
race and gender preferences in government hiring and public education. The
measure’s opponents argued that it would leave government bodies unable to
remedy discrimination against women and minorities. Unlike a formal
decision after hearing arguments, the court’s action sets no precedent, but
it does leave room for other states to adopt similar measures.
IRAQ THREATENS TO ATTACK SPY PLANE
After turning away U.S. weapons inspectors and demanding that all American
inspectors in the country leave by Wednesday, Iraq has now threatened to
shoot down a U.S. spy plane used to monitor Iraq’s steps toward
disarmament. In a letter to head U.N. arms inspector Richard Butler, Iraqi
ambassador Nizar Hamdoon warned of “possible aggression” against the plane.
Butler has called off all U.N. inspections at Iraqi sites suspected of
concealing weapons of mass destruction. In an effort to defuse the crisis,
U.N. chief Kofi Annan sent a team of three diplomats from Algeria,
Argentina and Sweden to negotiate with Iraq.
IN OTHER NEWS …
To focus attention on a Canadian-sponsored worldwide ban on anti-personnel
land mines, Canada has destroyed almost all of its stockpile, keeping only
1,500 mines for training purposes. … Typhoon Linda hit the southern coast
of Vietnam two days ago, killing 80 people and leaving hundreds missing.
… According to a Gallup poll, more than 57 percent of American teens
between the ages of 13 and 19 have dated someone from another ethnic group,
up from 17 percent in 1980.
*****
SPORTS REPORT
1) Referee’s call spoils final women’s soccer game
The women’s soccer team lost the season’s last game 2-0 to Haverford on
Monday afternoon after an official didn’t count what the team thought was a
goal. “We actually scored the first goal,” Becca Schmitt ’00 said. “The
ball was in the net. The ref was looking at the sideline ref to call it,
but he didn’t.” Amidst the chaos on the field and the uproar on the
sidelines, Haverford took a goal kick and scored. Facing a 0-1 score was
“demoralizing” for Swarthmore, said Schmitt, and that helped Haverford
score a second time.
*****
2) Today’s and tomorrow’s contests
TODAY
Field hockey goes to Haverford for a 3:30 p.m. game rescheduled from
Saturday because of rain.
TOMORROW
Washington visits Swarthmore at 3 p.m. for the last home game of the year
in men’s soccer.
*****
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