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The Daily Gazette
Swarthmore College
Monday, March 29, 1999
Volume 3, Number 99
NEWS IN BRIEF
1) PACES menu for this week
2) World news roundup
3) Campus events
SPORTS IN BRIEF
1) Men’s lacrosse barely falls to U of Scranton
2) Women’s lacrosse gives good showing at tournament
3) Tough times continue for softball
4) Men’s tennis over Amherst
5) Women’s tennis over Ursinus
6) Track and field teams place well
7) Men’s rugby mauls Vassar
8) Women’s rugby beset by injury at Vassar
9) Intramural scoreboard
10) World sports roundup
11) Today’s and tomorrow’s contests
WEATHER FORECAST
Today: Mostly sunny. High of 65.
This is it! Spring! Show me the tank tops!
Tonight: Clear and breezy. Lows near 40.
Oops…did I really just say that?
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny and windy. Highs in the low 60’s.
What I meant was…Oh, what the hell – you’re only young and virile once…
NEWS REPORT
1) PACES menu for this week
This week’s specials:
Tabouli
BBQ chicken with cilantro potato salad
Enchiladas Roja
Tagliarini with roasted tomatoes, golden zucchini and basil
White chocolate raspberry cheese-cake
DESSERTS
Monday: Chocolate crepe gateau
Apple pie with oatmeal cookie crust
Tuesday: Mega chipwich
Georgia peach cobbler
Wednesday: Buttermilk prune cake
Chocolate peanut butter pie
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2) World news roundup
THREE CONTINENTS – BIG NEWS ALL AROUND…
Ethnic Albanian refugees poured out of Kosovo in droves Sunday night as NATO began its
fifth day of airstrikes over Yugoslavia. …Luis Gonzalez Macchi took over as President
of Paraguay Sunday. Former President and army chief Lino Oviedo fled to Argentina Sunday
and is reportedly being detained by police. …As of early Monday morning, 51 people are
dead and dozens more wounded as a severe earthquake struck northern India in the
Himalayan foothills. The quake registered at 6.8 and reportedly lasted about 40 seconds.
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3) Campus events
Lenten Scripture Study
Bond Memorial Hall, 11:00 a.m.
All Women Over Lunch Meeting
PACES, 12:15 p.m.
Survivors Meeting
Bond 2nd floor worship room, 2:00 p.m.
Lecture by Seth Major ’91, Institut Fur Theoretische Physik.
DuPont 133, 4:00 p.m.
Student Labor Action Group
Kohlberg Coffee Bar, 7:30 p.m.
Charter Committee Meeting
Kohlberg 228, 8:00 p.m.
Chinese Film Series. Chen Kaige: “Farewell My Concubine”
Kohlberg 115, 8:30 p.m.
Conscious Consumers Meeting
Trotter 203, 9:00 p.m.
Swing Practice
Upper Tarble, 9:30 p.m.
SWIL Movie: “The Seventh Seal”
Kirby Lecture Hall, 10:00 p.m.
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SPORTS UPDATE
1) Men’s lacrosse barely falls to U of Scranton
Saturday’s game against the University of Scranton ended a promising two-game winning
streak for the men’s lacrosse team. Despite three goals each from Adam Dickinson ’00
and Mark Dingfield ’01 as well as one each from Blake Atkins ’02 and Toby Patterson ’00,
the final score was a disappointing 10-8. The team falls to 2-5 on the season.
*****
2) Women’s lacrosse gives good showing at tournament
This weekend’s Seven Sisters Tournament, held at Bryn Mawr College, saw the women’s
lacrosse team win two and lose one. The team started off with a smashing 19-3 win over
Mt. Holyoke, continuing the tradition of excellence already set against the College of
Notre Dame and Washington, but then lost their second game to Haverford, 12-9. In the
third-place game against Smith, the team won 13-9. Katie Tarr ’01, with five goals in
the last game, was named to the All-Tournament team. The team is now 4-1.
*****
3) Tough times continue for softball
Both games of Saturday’s doubleheader against Western Maryland went badly for the Garnet
softball team. The scores were 24-2 in the first and 10-1 in the second. The
doubleheader was their first Centennial Conference matchup. The team is now 0-9 on the
season, 0-2 in the Centennial Conference.
*****
4) Men’s tennis over Amherst
Saturday’s game against Amherst resulted in a 5-2 win for the men’s tennis team. The
team advances to 6-3 on the season.
*****
5) Women’s tennis over Ursinus
The women’s tennis team grabbed a 6-3 victory from Ursinus on Saturday. The team
advances to 3-3 on the season (2-1 in the Centennial Conference).
*****
6) Track and field teams place well
At the Swarthmore Six- & Seven-Way Challenge this weekend, both the men’s and
women’s track and field teams finished with respectable places. The women finished
fourth of seven teams, behind Haverford, Ursinus, and Widener. Desiree Peterkin ’00
won the long and triple jumps as well as the 100 and 200 meter dashes. Stephanie
Herring ’99 won the 400 meter hurdles. On the men’s side, Swarthmore placed behind
Widener, F&M, and Haverford for a fourth of six finish. Donovan Goodly ’02 won the
long jump.
*****
7) Men’s rugby mauls Vassar
Swarthmore men’s rugby triumphed in Poughkeepsie on Saturday, pulling away from Vassar
in the second half for a solid 26-8 victory. Swarthmore, ahead only 5-3 at halftime
thanks to a try from Mike Turick ’99, was later bolstered by two tries from Tony
Sturm ’99 and a clinching score by Mike Sheer ’99. Including a 40-12 thumping of Temple
the week before, Swarthmore is now 4-0 on the season.
*****
8) Women’s rugby beset by injury at Vassar
On Saturday, Vassar College’s A-side triumphed against women’s rugby 13-0 following
the injury-induced removal of Garnet scrumhalf and co-captain Meghan Brennan ’00.
During the B-side game, however, the Garnet re-solidified and won 5-0 despite other
injuries on the team and few substitute players. The winning try was scored by Laura
Blume ’01 with an assist from Nancy Craig ’01. The team is now 1-1-1 on the season.
*****
9) Intramural scoreboard
INTRAMURAL INDOOR SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP:
Joelie I – 6
Joelie II – 4
*****
10) World sports roundup
WOW, SOME PRETTY BIG STORIES – ALL IN THE SAME DAY…YOU SHOULD READ THIS…
The Purdue women’s basketball team took the first step in preventing what was a
potential Duke sweep in the NCAA tournament Sunday, by beating the Blue Devils 62-45
to claim their first ever championship. Ukari Figgs led the Boilermakers, scoring 18
points in the final half alone. …In the first such game since two months after Fidel
Castro took control of Cuba forty years ago, the Baltimore Orioles defeated a team of
Cuban nationals 3-2. Harold Baines drove in the winning run with two outs in the 11th
inning. …David Duval won the Players Championship and in the process took over the
world’s No. 1 ranking from Tiger Woods. The win also marked the first time a
father-son duo both won PGA tour-sanctioned tournaments on the same day, as his father
Bob won a Senior event Sunday as well.
*****
11) Today’s and tomorrow’s contests
TODAY
Baseball hosts the University of the Sciences 3:30 p.m.
TOMORROW
Softball visits Beaver at 4:00 p.m.
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