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The Daily Gazette
Swarthmore College
Monday, March 1, 1999
Volume 3, Number 84
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Gazette deeply regrets its tastelessly offensive world
news headline in Friday’s issue. In its tireless efforts to present the
serious issues of the world in a light-hearted manner, the Gazette crossed
the line into poor taste. It will not happen again.
NEWS IN BRIEF
1) Swat Debate Team cleans up in College Park
2) World news roundup
3) Campus events
SPORTS IN BRIEF
1) Track and field teams place well at championships
2) Lacrosse loses season opener to Widener
3) Men’s tennis tramples Georgetown
4) Widener crushed by women’s rugby in season-opening scrimmage
5) Men’s rugby wins both games despite rain
6) Earthworms battle flu, opponents
7) Intramural scoreboard
8) World sports roundup
9) Today’s and tomorrow’s contests
WEATHER FORECAST
Today: Mostly cloudy, possible showers. Highs in the mid 40’s.
March Madness is almost here…
Tonight: Variable clouds. Lows in the low 30’s.
Is he talking about the NCAA tournament?
Tomorrow: Partly sunny. High near 50.
Or midterms?
NEWS REPORT
1) Swat Debate Team cleans up in College Park
This past weekend Swarthmore’s Amos J. Peaslee Debate Society claimed
success at the University of Virginia’s debate tournament held at the
University of Maryland, College Park. Approximately 50 teams of 2 debaters
each attended, five of which came from Swarthmore. The team of Damon
Taaffe ’99 and Allan Friedman ’02 had a 4-1 record in preliminary rounds,
but lost in semi-finals to a team from Columbia. They finished in 4th place
overall. The team of society president Darius Ornston ’00 and
vice-president Tenaya Scheinman ’01 were one of only two undefeated teams
in preliminary rounds. They lost in quarter finals to a team from Princeton
and finished in 5th place overall.
Ornston also claimed honors as the 10th place speaker at the tournament,
while Taaffe finished second. Friedman and David Kamin ’02 earned novice
speaker awards, placing second and fourth, respectively. These successes
come after a dry-spell, broken earlier this year by the dynamic duo of
Taaffe and John Dolan ’01 who placed second at the UPenn tournament and
first at Bucknell, culminating in a rank of fourth team of the year
currenntly.
In addition to these successes, Swarthmore boasts several talented novice
debaters including the team of Mimi Hanaoka ’02 and Dave Ellis ’02 who have
posted winning records and novice team awards recently. The debate society
will be hosting a tournament at Swarthmore the weekend of March 19-20 with
teams coming from as far as Stanford and Canada.
*****
TOMORROW’S CAMPUS NEWS: Reflections on Screw
*****
2) World news roundup
BIG HAPPENINGS AROUND THE WORLD – AND IN…NEW JERSEY?
Southern Lebanon saw the attack of Hezbollah guerrilas by the Israeli
military. This large-scale attack was in response to the recent killings
of four Israelis, one of which was a brigadier general. Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced, “We…will continue striking with
much force.” The Hezbollah had previously been under agreement with Israel
to avoid civilian targets. …Nearly two dozen Cuban dissidents were held
Sunday in Havana as part of an activist round-up in response to government
fears that they would interfere with the upcoming trial of four prominent
government opponents. …The head of the New Jersey State Police Department
was fired Sunday by Governor Christie Whitman after comments made in a
newspaper interview where he was quoted as saying that minority groups were
more likely to be involved in drug trafficking. …One Serb policeman was
killed and four were wounded Sunday in an ambush by ethnic Albanian
guerrillas near Kacanik on the first anniversary of the start of the war in
Kosovo.
*****
3) Campus events
All Women Over Lunch Meeting
PACES, 12:15 p.m.
Catholic Campus Ministry Penance Service
Bond Memorial Hall and Lodge Five, 1:00 p.m.
“Unanimity and Aggregation” by Rahul Kumar, University of Pennsylvania
Papazian 324, 4:15 p.m.
“From the Waist Up and Down” by Jess Dobkin
Kohlberg Scheuer Room, 7:00 p.m.
State PIRG Presentation
Bond Memorial Hall, 7:00 p.m.
Chinese Film Series. Wu Tianming: “Old Well”
Kohlberg 115, 8:30 p.m.
Swing Practice
Upper Tarble, 9:30 p.m.
SWIL Movie: “Max Headroom”
Kirby Lecture Hall, 10:00 p.m.
*****
SPORTS UPDATE
1) Track and field teams place well at championships
Saturday’s Centennial Conference Track and Field Championships, held at
Haverford College, saw strong finishes for the men’s and women’s teams. The
men placed fourth in a field of nine, with a win from Steve Dawson ’00 in
the high jump. Dawson also placed third in both the triple and long jumps.
Other strong showings for Swat came from Donovan Goodly ’02 (second in the
long jump), Marc Jeuland ’01 (third in the 5000 meter race), and Reuben
Canada ’99 (second in the 55 meter hurdles).
The women’s team placed fifth of nine. Desiree Peterkin ’00 won both the
triple and the long jumps, while runners Joko Agunloye ’01 and Karen Lloyd
’00 placed third and fifth, respectively, in the 5000 meter race.
*****
2) Lacrosse loses season opener to Widener
On the heels of an 18-3 win over Eastern in last Wednesday’s scrimmage, the
men’s lacrosse team dropped its first game 11-7 to Widener. Adam Dickinson
’00 led with three goals, followed closely by Blake Atkins ’02 with two
goals and two assists. The team is now 0-1 on the season.
*****
3) Men’s tennis tramples Georgetown
Men’s tennis scored a 5-2 win over Georgetown Saturday, raising their
season record to 1-1. The doubles teams of Pete Schilla ’01 & Greg Emkey
’99 and Dennis Mook ’01 & John Thomas ’02 won the doubles point for the
Garnet. Adding in singles victories for the Garnet total of five points
were Nick Slimack ’99, Schilla, John Temin ’00, and Dennis Mook ’01.
*****
4) Widener crushed by women’s rugby in season-opening scrimmage
Women’s rugby thrashed the largely-experienced Widener team 43-0 on
Saturday despite lending out three players per period. In the first period,
tries were scored exclusively by the backs, with Danielle D’Olivera ’00,
Noelle Goodin ’00, and scrumhalf Meghan Brennan ’00 touching down. Sarah
Cross ’99 and Cathy Vaughan ’01 scored in the second period, while in the
third, Elizabeth Meehan ’01 and rookie Meredith Hegg ’00 each made it to
the try zone. With Nancy Craig ’01 kicking four of seven conversions and
the rest of the team keeping Widener on the defensive, Swat kicked off its
season in true Garnet style.
*****
5) Men’s rugby wins both games despite rain
On Sunday, the men’s rugby team played two visiting teams on the decidedly
muddy DuPont field. The Garnet beat Albright 20-5 and Widener 22-0. Scoring
for the team were Adam Booth ’00, Mike Sheer ’99, Tony Sturm ’99, and
Jerome Bushnell ’99.
*****
6) Earthworms battle flu, opponents
Men’s ultimate frisbee found itself at Lehigh University this Saturday
battling three other teams in a tournament. In spite of a lack of
substitute players caused by the campus sickness, the team beat Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute 9-7. Unfortunately, they dropped the two other games
to Lehigh (7-10) and Carnegie Mellon (8-13).
*****
7) Intramural scoreboard
NON-COMP BASKETBALL: Semi-Finals
Caffrey’s Kooks – 47
Platanos Fritos – 43
COMP BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP:
No Code – 49
The Tusken Raiders – 48
*****
8) World sports roundup
A REUNION OF SORTS IN L.A., NHL’S RICH GET RICHER, AND SPEAKING OF RICH…
Michael Jordan sat courtside and watched his former teammates Scottie
Pippen and Dennis Rodman battle it out Sunday in L.A., but Lakers forward
Rick Fox stole the show, scoring 15 of his 21 points early in the fourth
quarter as his Lakers handed Pippen’s Houston Rockets a 106-90 loss. …The
Colorado Avalanche pulled the trigger on an amazing trade Sunday, landing
Theo Fleury and Chris Dingman from the Calgary Flames. This gives the Avs
three of the top 10 scorers in the NHL in Fleury, Peter Forsberg and Joe
Sakic. …Jeff Maggert defeated Andrew Magee on the second playoff hole to
win the $1 million Match Play Golf Championship.
*****
9) Today’s and tomorrow’s contests
TODAY
No contests are scheduled for today.
TOMORROW
No contests are scheduled for tomorrow.
*****
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