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The Daily Gazette
Swarthmore College
Tuesday, April 7, 1998
Volume 2, Number 112
NEWS IN BRIEF
1) Daily Gazette news stories fall through, editor writes silly article
2) World news roundup
3) Today’s campus events
SPORTS IN BRIEF
1) Golf wins big in home quad-match
2) Women’s tennis victorious over Bryn Mawr
3) Today’s and tomorrow’s contests
WEATHER FORECAST
Today: Should be a nice day. High around 65.
Are you handy with dry one-liners? Do your friends agree?
Tonight: Clouds rolling in after midnight. Low of 40.
Do you want this job next year? Take it. I’m graduating.
Wednesday: Light rain possible, cloudy. High near 60.
(I’m not kidding — just email rdowty1 if interested)
NEWS REPORT
1) Daily Gazette news stories fall through, editor writes silly article
“Uh oh,” Daily Gazette editor Lorrin Nelson ’00 said when Public Safety
responded to his inquiries with “You’ll have to talk to Owen Redgrave
tomorrow.” “Tomorrow” is past The Daily Gazette’s “tonight” deadline, so
the planned story had to be pushed back. Nelson said “Oh [expletive]!” when
he was informed that there was no coverage of Student Council because
contributing writer Maureen Vernon has a broken leg. Less tragic, but also
relevant to the non-existent article is the fact that the meeting was a
closed retreat and not a meeting anyway.
In an apparent effort to undermine The Daily Gazette’s credibility, Nelson
chose to write an article about nothing. “I’m the Phoenix’s best friend!”
Nelson declared, referring to the odd combination of his repeated and
flagrant disregard for journalistic standards and his high-ranking position
amongst the Gazette staff. “I think he just thinks people will think it’s
funny if he writes about himself, but it’s not,” said Joanna Student ’02.
According to a recent student survey, however, it turns out that Nelson’s
efforts were perhaps unnecessary. “No campus news? Fine, as long as the
weather is included. You know, a girl just can’t get dressed in the
morning without knowing which shoes are appropriate for the day,” BoHee
Yoon ’01 said.
*****
2) World news roundup
CITICORP AND TRAVELERS GROUP IN BIGGEST CORPORATE MERGER EVER
In a dramatic move that will transform Wall Street and the financial
industry, Citicorp, the nation’s second largest bank and the Travelers
Group, the leading provider of financial services, announced yesterday that
they will merge in a massive deal worth $140 billion. The new company will
be known as Citigroup and will have assets of $700 billion, revenues of $50
billion and income of $8 billion. It will be the largest corporate merger
in history.
U.S. ENERGY SECRETARY RESIGNING
Fredrico Pena, U.S. Secretary of Energy, announced his resignation
yesterday from the Clinton administration, citing personal and family
reasons. He will leave the Cabinet in June. Pena served as Secretary of
Transportation during the first Clinton term. He says he wants to spend
more time with his wife and children. Various news organizations suggest
that Elizabeth Molder, currently deputy secretary and former chairperson of
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, is a likely successor.
IN OTHER NEWS …
Federal researchers announced in Philadelphia on Monday that they have
developed a drug that may reduce breast cancer cases by as much as 45% for
women at high risk for the disease… The Supreme Court rejected an
emergency appeal by the tobacco industry to protect as confidential
thousands of documents believed to suggest the industry knew about the
dangers of smoking decades ago… The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed
yesterday at 9033, a new record high and the first-ever close above the
9000 milestone.
*****
3) Today’s campus events
Staff meeting with dean candidate Bob Gross
Kohlberg Scheuer Room, 1:00 p.m.
Sidney Lumet’s “Dog Day Afternoon”
LPAC Cinema 7:00 p.m.
Student Art Show
Parrish Griffin Gallery, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Lecture: “Sanctions and the US foreign policy in Iraq” by Brian Becker,
co-founder and co-coordinator of the Iraq Action Center (New York) and
author of “US War Crimes in the Gulf.”
Bond, 7:00 p.m.
*****
SPORTS UPDATE
1) Golf wins big in home quad-match
Despite tough wind and course conditions, the golf team reigned on their
home course in a quad-match yesterday. Swarthmore won the meet with a score
of 355. Philadelphia Textile came in second with a 383, Philadelphia
Pharmacy came in third with a 396, and Eastern followed with a 401. Matt
Kaufman ’01 led the squad with an 84. Josh McKinley ’01 shot an 87, Darby
Kopp ’99 shot an 88, and J.J. Purdy ’99 scored a 96. First-year Matt
Kaufman said, “As a team we played probably our best match of the year.”
The Garnet is now 5-3 for the season.
*****
2) Women’s tennis victorious over Bryn Mawr
The women’s tennis team beat Bryn Mawr 7-2 in a home match last night.
Individual winners for the Garnet were Rani Shankar ’98, Wendy Kemp ’99,
Laura Brown ’00, Jennifer Pao ’01 and Krista Hollis ’01. Winning doubles
matches were teams Pao and Hollis, Shankar and Brown. Swarthmore is now 6-3
overall.
*****
3) Today’s and tomorrow’s contests
TODAY
Baseball travels to Franklin and Marshall for a 3:30 p.m. game.
Softball travels to Muhlenberg for a doubleheader at 3:00 p.m.
Volleyball moseys over to Rutgers for a 7 p.m. game.
TOMORROW
Golf heads out to Widener for a 1:30 p.m. tri-match with Lebanon Valley.
Women’s tennis travels to Gettysburg for a 3:30 p.m. contest.
Men’s lacrosse travels to Franklin and Marshall for a 4:00 p.m. game.
Women’s lacrosse heads over to Ursinus for a 4:00 p.m. game.
*****
TODAY
Men and women’s track host Johns Hopkins at 4 p.m.
TOMORROW
Badminton travels to Albright for a 7:00 p.m. match.
*****
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