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The Daily Gazette
Swarthmore College
Monday, September 14, 1998
Volume 3, Number 5
NEWS IN BRIEF
1) Dead Dog Cafe packs the Mary Lyon breakfast room
2) World news roundup
3) Campus events
SPORTS IN BRIEF
1) Field hockey secures third straight shutout
2) Offensive woes continue for men’s soccer
3) Women’s soccer wins over Villa Julie
4) Volleyball drops opener to Wilmington
5) Men’s ultimate results
6) Today’s and tomorrow’s events
WEATHER FORECAST
Today: Sunny. High in lower 80s.
Eat outside today; it takes your mind off the food.
Tonight: Clear. Low in upper 50s.
Did you watch the stars last week? Now’s a good time.
Tomorrow: Partly cloudy. High of 83.
NEWS REPORT
1) Dead Dog Cafe packs the Mary Lyon breakfast room
Friday night, the Dead Dog Cafe opened its doors for the first time. Set in
the Mary Lyon breakfast room, the Cafe offers an alternative to Paces. It
runs from 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. on Friday nights, with live entertainment
from the Backwater Wayne Miller Blues Band and featured “6 Cents”
performing on the opening night. The Cafe serves coffee, other beverages,
and desserts.
The Dead Dog Cafe was conceived by Chris Flood ’99, currently a Resident
Assistant in Mary Lyon. He had been involved in putting a foozball table
and a ping pong table in the breakfast room earlier this year, and
developed the cafe to add an alternative source of entertainment on Friday
nights. The other RAs agreed to let the cafe be run from the breakfast
room, and Gene Turk ’01, the Kitchen Coordinator, allowed him to use the
kitchen.
The first night was promising for the success of the cafe. Estimates ranged
from 60 to 100 people in the room at any one time. Students there near the
beginning and the end all described the cafe as packed. While Anna Hess
’00, who lives beneath in ML basement, said, “It was a surprise that I
couldn’t hear the music at all from my room,” Jennifer Tyson ’01, who lives
on the second floor, said, “It was too loud, and quite annoying.”
The coordinators of the Dead Dog Cafe are currently applying to SAC for a
stipend, so that they can offer free coffee and desserts one night a week.
The group is as of yet unchartered, but the attendance demonstrates that
they will probably be around for a while.
*****
3) World news roundup
STARR REPORT CAUSES STIR, IMPEACHMENT A POSSIBILITY
Most Americans believe President Clinton has been lying, but in spite of
Independent Counsel Kenneth Starrs damaging 445-page report, few support
his resignation or impeachment. Congressional sources said yesterday that
the House of Representatives is likely to bring a formal impeachment
inquiry against Clinton within the next few weeks. According to the major
TV networks’ polls, Clintons approval rating remains at about 63 percent,
even while between 55 and 60 percent of the American public believe that
Congress should censure Clinton.
IN OTHER NEWS…
Over the weekend, Sammy Sosa hit three home runs to tie Mark McGwire’s
current record of 62 in a single season; over ten games remain in the
season… After two days of voting, Bosnian elections closed yesterday
afternoon with no violence reported, despite computer difficulties… New
data released today revealed the decline of Japans gross domestic product
for the third straight quarter, a first since 1955… The Russian Duma
accepted Yevgeny Promakov as the countrys Prime Minister Friday.
*****
4) CAMPUS EVENTS
All Women Over Lunch Meeting
PACES, 12:15 p.m.
Biology Colloquium
Martin, 12:00 p.m.
Math/Stat Colloquium
DuPont 190, 4:15 p.m.
Chemistry Colloquium
DuPont 139, 4:30 p.m.
Virtigo-go Fun Day and Auditions
Mephistos, 8:00 p.m.
Swing Practice
Tarble All Campus Space, 9:30 p.m.
*****
SPORTS UPDATE
1) Field hockey secures third straight shutout
With Holly Baker ’99 scoring two goals and one assist, the Garnet Tide
squashed the
Western Maryland Green Terror 5-0. Donna Griffin ’99, Lyrah Hess ’99, and
Krista Hollis ’01 scored one goal each.
*****
2) Offensive woes continue for men’s soccer
Men’s soccer’s record fell to 1-5 with their 1-0 loss to St. Mary’s on
Saturday and
3-0 loss to Goucher on Sunday. For the fourth straight weekend, the Garnet
Tide failed to score a goal. They have been outscored 18-2 thus far this
season.
*****
3) Women’s soccer wins over Villa Julie
Swarthmore defeated the Villa Julie Mustangs 1-0, to raise their record to
2-2. Amy Markey ’99 scored Swarthmore’s lone goal in the first half.
Goalie Sari Altschuler ’01 turned away 10 shots to net her second shutout
of the season.
*****
4) Volleyball drops opener to Wilmington
The Garnet Tide dropped the first two games of the match 15-0 and 15-5 but
recovered to take a 11-2 lead in the third game. However, the Wildcats
eventually prevailed, winning the final game 21-19 and the contest.
*****
5) Men’s ultimate results
U. Penn 15 Swarthmore 10
Swarthmore 15 Haverford 10
Swarthmore 13 Bucknell 6
*****
6) Today’s and tomorrow’s contests
TODAY
Women’s tennis hosts Kutztown at 3:30 p.m.
TOMORROW
Volleyball visits Franklin & Marshall at 7:00 p.m.
*****
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