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The Daily Gazette
Swarthmore College
Monday, October 18, 1999
Volume 4, Number 21
NEWS IN BRIEF
1) Coming Out Week events to be held this week
2) Debate team succeeds in opening tournaments
3) World news roundup
4) Campus events
SPORTS IN BRIEF
1) Women’s soccer falls to Villa Julie
2) Cross-country runs at Allentown Invitational
3) Volleyball plays at Goucher Invitational
4) Other weekend scores
5) World sports roundup
6) Today’s and tomorrow’s contest
WEATHER FORECAST
Today: Windy and rainy. High in the mid 60s.
Welcome back from fall break, everyone.
Tonight: Cloudy. Low around 40.
Some people use fall break to recover from the beginning of the
semester…
Tomorrow: Partly cloudy. High around 60.
But some end up needing the rest of the semester to recover from fall
break.
NEWS REPORT
1) Coming Out Week events to be held this week
Monday, October 11th was National Coming Out Day. In celebration,
SQU and QSA will be sponsoring Coming Out Week from the 18th to the 22nd.
Events will range from performances by a folk singer and a poet to
audience-inclusive activities such as a candlelight vigil, an
open mike/speak-out and an all-campus party Friday in Olde Club. Ongoing
events will include tabling during lunch in
Sharples and in Parrish during the afternoons. Don’t forget to pick up
your favorite queer-friendly stickers and a shiny new Campus Queer Watch
button.
Schedule:
Monday, 10/18:
Candlelight Vigil, 10 p.m. Meet at the bell tower.
Tuesday, 10/19:
Performance by folk singer Susan Bush, 8 p.m. in Olde Club
Open Mike/Speak-Out, 9 p.m. in Olde Club
Wednesday, 10/20:
Alix Olson, slam poet, 8 p.m. in the Intercultural Center
SQU meeting (open to all queer and questioning students), 10 p.m.
in the Intercultural Center
Friday, 10/22:
IC Alumni Lunch Lecture with Pat Egan, 12:30 p.m. in
the Intercultural Center
All-Campus Party, 10 p.m. – 2 a.m. in Olde Club
*****
2) Debate team succeeds in opening tournaments
The Amos J. Peaslee Debate Society competed in a pair of debate
tournaments over fall break. The debate team first traveled to the
University of Maryland at College Park to compete in a tournament of
approximately 100 debaters from schools including Princeton, Columbia, and
Georgetown. The teams of Andy Wong ’02 and Phil Hoefs ’02 finished in 10th
place and the team of John Dolan ’01 and Dan Bennett ’01 finished in sixth
place after losing in quarterfinals. Dolan and Bennett placed 2nd and 7th
among individual debaters at the tournament.
The Peaslee debate society also traveled to Johns Hopkins University
this weekend to compete in a tournament with teams from Bates down to UVA.
The teams of Wong and Hoefs as well as Dolan and Mimi Hanaoka ’01 finished
with winning records. Dolan also finished eighth among around 150
individual debaters.
As a result of these two finishes, as well as a second place individual
finish at the University of Maryland-Baltimore College tournament of over
100 debaters a few weekends ago, Dolan is currently ranked by the American
Parliamentary Debate Association as the number four individual debater in
the United States. The Peaslee debate team will be heading to Vassar
College this weekend and will be hosting the American Parliamentary Debate
Associations’ National Championships this spring.
*****
3) World news roundup
Hurricane Irene drenches North Carolina with even more flooding.
…Leader of Pakistani coup pledges to bring back true democracy. …U.S.
murder rate lower than it’s been in 31 years. …Chechen president calls
for negotiations to end fighting while forces prepare for more; Russian
forces keep Chechnya guessing about their campaign. …U.S. seeks to
renegotiate missile treaty with Russia. …Hussein to keep challenging
western aircraft flying over Iraq.
*****
4) Campus events
All Women Over Lunch
PACES, 12:15 p.m.
Chemistry Colloquium
Kohlberg 115, 4:30 p.m.
Exploration Summer Program
Bond Memorial Hall, 7 p.m.
College Bowl Practice
Kohlberg 230, 7 p.m.
Chase Manhattan Bank Information Session
Scheuer Room, 8 p.m.
Poetry Reading by Dorianne Laux
Kirby Lecture Hall, 8 p.m.
Dialogues
Wharton, 9 p.m.
Empty the Shelters Meeting
Kohlberg 228, 9 p.m.
Swing Practice
Upper Tarble, 9:30 p.m.
Coming Out Week Candlelight Vigil
Bell Tower, 10 p.m.
SWIL Movie: “Dr. Strangelove”
Kirby Lecture Hall, 10 p.m.
*****
SPORTS UPDATE
1) Women’s soccer falls to Villa Julie
The women’s soccer team hosted Villa Julie Sunday, and lost 4-1. Claire
Hoverman ’03 scored Swarthmore’s lone goal, off an assist from Becca
Schmitt ’00. The team is now 6-9 on the season.
*****
2) Cross-country runs in Allentown Invitational
At the Allentown Invitational Sunday, the men’s cross-country team placed
fourth out of 29 teams, and the women’s team came in 16th out of 30.
Leading the men were Marc Jeuland ’01 in fifth place and Jeff Doyon ’00 in
20th place. The women’s team was led by Karen Lloyd ’00 in 30th place.
*****
3) Volleyball plays at Goucher Invitational
Saturday at the Goucher Invitational, the volleyball team fell to Seton
Hill 3-2 and Goucher 3-1, but beat Villa Julie 3-0. Elisa Matula ’02 was
named to the All-Tournament team.
*****
4) Other weekend scores
Men’s soccer fell to Gettysburg 9-0 on Saturday.
Women’s soccer lost 2-0 to NYU on Saturday.
*****
5) World sports update
Mets stay alive with miracle grand slam in the 15th inning, force a Game
6. …Muhammad Ali to return to ring for exhibition. …Earnhardt wins
Winston 500, sweeps Talladega. …San Diego Chargers lead AFC West.
…Rams slaughter Falcons 41-13, remain the NFL’s only unbeaten team.
…Florida State keeps top spot over Penn State.
*****
6) Today’s and tomorrow’s contests
TODAY
No contests scheduled for today.
TOMORROW
No contests scheduled for tomorrow.
*****
Quote of the day:
“The capacity to blunder slightly is the real marvel of DNA. Without this
special attribute, we would still be anaerobic bacteria and there would be
no music.” — Lewis Thomas
*****
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