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The Daily Gazette
Swarthmore College
Friday, March 5, 1999
Volume 3, Number 88
NEWS IN BRIEF
1) World news roundup
2) Campus events
SPORTS IN BRIEF
1) World sports update
2) Spring break contests
WEATHER FORECAST
Today: Partly sunny. High in the mid 40s.
And so vacation begins!
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Low around 30.
Get out now, while you still can!
Saturday: Cloudy with rain likely. High in the low to mid 40s.
Hey. Why are you still here?
Sunday: Possible morning snow showers, then partly cloudy. High in the
upper 30s.
What are you doing, staying the whole week? Go home!
NEWS REPORT
1) World news
HEADLINES SPANNING AMERICA, EUROPE, AFRICA, AND SPICEWORLD
Captain Richard Ashby, the Marine pilot whose jet severed an Italian ski
lift cable last year to send 20 passengers falling to their deaths, was
acquitted Thursday of all charges in the case by a court-martial jury of
eight Marine officers in North Carolina. The verdict prompted reactions
ranging from bewilderment to outrage from Italian government officials.
Ashby had faced twenty counts of involuntary manslaughter and a few lesser
charges… Uganda has launched a massive manhunt against the Interahamwe
militia, the Rwandan Hutu rebel group responsible for murdering eight foreign
tourists in a Ugandan national park on Monday. Hundreds of soldiers and policemen
from both Uganda and Rwanda crossed the border into the Republic of Congo
Thursday, and a Ugandan military official reported that 15 rebels had been
killed in an ambush… Rev. Al Sharpton and ten supporters were arrested
Wednesday afternoon after protesting New York City police brutality by
blocking traffic at Wall Street and Broadway. The group was charged with
disorderly conduct and released after summonses were issued… In a report
released on Thursday, Amnesty International strongly criticized the United
States for sexual abuse committed against female prison inmates by male
guards… Victoria Adams, better known to the world as Posh Spice, gave
birth to a 7 lb. baby boy in London Thursday evening, thus becoming (after
Scary Spice Mel Brown) the second Spice Mother.
*****
2) Campus events
TODAY (3/5)
“Dust Disks Around Grown-Up Stars”
Dr. Ray Jayawardhana, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
DuPont 142a, 4:00 p.m.
THURSDAY (3/11)
Scott Arboretum Lunchtime Lecture: “Holland and England,” Lenny Wilson
Scheuer Room, 12:00 p.m.
SUNDAY (3/14)
Catholic Campus Ministry Mass
Bond Memorial Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Dialogues
Mertz 2nd floor lounge, 8:30 p.m.
Group Meditation for all faiths
Bond Common Worship Room, 9:30 p.m.
*****
SPORTS UPDATE
1) World sports update
DUKE OVER UVA, UCONN OVER SETON HALL, WALKER GETS EXTENSION, FLYERS STILL
IN SLUMP
Duke was victorious in its game against the University of Virginia 104-67
yesterday… In a seat-of-the-chair game, ninth-seeded Seton Hall almost
upset third-seeded UConn, losing 57-56 at the last minute… MVP Larry
Walker signed a deal with the Colorado Rockies yesterday which will pay him
$75 million over six years… Continuing a recent losing streak, the
Philadelphia Flyers fell to the Ottawa Senators 5-0 last night.
*****
2) Spring break contests
March 6
Badminton travels to Albright for the Pennsylvania State Tournament at 9:00 a.m.
Wrestling finishes up at the NCAA Div. III Championships at the College of New
Jersey
March 7
Tennis visits Sonoma State at 12:00 p.m.
March 8
Women’s tennis visits Wooster at 8:00 a.m.
Men’s lacrosse visits Duke University to take on Kenyon College at 10:00 a.m.
Softball visits Penn State-Behrend DH at 10:00 a.m.
Men’s tennis visits Foothill at 2:00 p.m.
March 9
Women’s tennis visits Averett at 8:00 a.m.
Track and field visits Charleston Southern at 2:00 p.m.
Softball visits Chowan DH at 5:00 p.m.
March 10
Women’s tennis visits Emory at 12:00 noon
Men’s tennis visits Redlands at 3:00 p.m.
March 11
Women’s tennis visits Wesleyan at 8:00 a.m.
Softball visits Russell Sage DH at 10:00 a.m.
Men’s lacrosse visits Guilford at 1:00 p.m.
Men’s tennis visits Claremont at 2:00 p.m.
Women’s swimming qualifiers travel to Miami of Ohio for the NCAA
Championships (through March 14)
March 12-13
Track and field qualifiers travel to Ada, OH for the NCAA Championships
*****
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