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The Daily Gazette
Swarthmore College
Wednesday, March 17, 1999
Volume 3, Number 91
NEWS IN BRIEF
1) World news roundup
2) Campus events
SPORTS IN BRIEF
1) Yesterday’s contests
2) Intramural scoreboard
3) World sports roundup
4) Today’s and tomorrow’s contests
WEATHER FORECAST
Today: Mostly sunny. Highs in the low 60s.
Got any Irish in ya?
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Lows around 40.
Sorry, guess you’ve heard that one already…
Tomorrow: Partly sunny and windy. Highs in the low 60s.
Say, if I could rearrange the alphabet, I’d put u and me together…
NEWS REPORT
1) World news roundup
ALBRIGHT, CLINTON IN ACTION WHILE DISASTER STRIKES IN ILLINOIS
After months of negotiations, North Korea has agreed to permit US inspections
of a suspected nuclear site. The US has accused North Korea of violating a 1994
agreement which outlawed the development of nuclear weapons, as well as
producing biological and chemical weapons. The agreement was made public
yesterday by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright after talks in New York.
James P. Rubin, a spokesman for the U.S. State Department, announced that the
U.S. will provide agricultural aid to North Korea, which suffers from severe
famines. …Fourteen people were killed and 119 injured when a tractor- trailer
truck collided with an Amtrak train in Illinois. The train was derailed,
splitting one of the two engines in half and scattering passenger cars
throughout the area. …At an international conferenence that commenced
yesterday, President Clinton called for a debt relief plan in which Africa
would be forgiven over $70 billion in debt. The conference addresses US-
African relations and includes delegates from 50 African countries.
*****
2) Campus events
Visual Resources Task Force
DuPont 187, 9:00 a.m.
Knit-Wits Afghan Blanket Raffle for Philadelphia Homeless
Parrish Parlours, 4:15 p.m.
“Indigenous Rights and the Politics of Resettlement in Guatemala: Mayan
Activism after the Civil War”
by Cruz Vincente Cuyuc, Francisco Vicente Sica, Domingo Alvarez Ajanel, and
Antolin Maldonado Hernandez
Kohlberg Scheuer Room, 4:15 p.m.
“Constraint Satisfaction, Probability, and Solving Crossword Puzzles”
by Michael Littman, Duke University
Sproul 31A, 7:00 p.m.
“Gate of Heavenly Peace” a film by Carma Hinton and Richard Gordon
Trotter 203, 7:00 p.m.
Forum for a Free Press Meeting
Kohlberg 330, 7:00 p.m.
Ruach Movie – Robin Hood
Kohlberg 228, 8:00 p.m.
Small Discussion Group for Queer and Questioning Students
Intercultural Center SQU Room, 9:00 p.m.
Latin Dancing
Upper Tarble, 9:00 p.m.
Dialogues
Danawell Trailer, 9:30 p.m.
Dialogues
Willets Mephistos Lounge, 10:00 p.m.
Swarthmore Queer Union Weekly Meeting
Intercultural Center Big Room, 10:00 p.m.
Movie Joy Evening
Kohlberg 115, 10:00 p.m.
Two-Fisted Features Showing
Kirby Lecture Hall, 10:30 p.m.
*****
SPORTS UPDATE
1) Yesterday’s contests
All of yesterday’s contests were postponed due to the weather.
*****
2) Intramural scoreboard
NON-COMP BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP:
Caffrey’s Kooks 49
Pendle Hill 33
*****
3) World sports roundup
INJURY, EXPANSION, VICTORY AND STUPIDITY…
The Chicago Cubs will have to deal with life without ace starter Kerry Wood
this season. The Rookie of the Year is out for the year with a torn ulnar
collateral ligament in his right elbow which requires surgery. …The NFL
tentatively announced plans to give Los Angeles the 32nd NFL franchise, when
expansion begins again in 2002. Houston still has a shot at taking the team,
however. …The Miami Heat beat the Washington Wizards 94-85 Tuesday to claim
the best record in the Eastern Conference. …The British judge in last
weekend’s Holyfield-Lewis fight admitted that he made a mistake in his
judging. He said that he thought Lewis had won, and was surprised at the end
when he learned that he had judged the fight a draw.
*****
4) Today’s and tomorrow’s contests
TODAY
Men’s lacrosse hosts Villa Julia at 4:00 p.m.
TOMORROW
Baseball hosts Lebanon Valley at 3:30 p.m.
*****
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