Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG.
The Daily Gazette
Swarthmore College
Wednesday, February 23, 2000
Volume 4, Number 82
NEWS IN BRIEF
1) World news roundup
2) Campus events
SPORTS IN BRIEF
1) Kile named Centennial Conference’s player of the year
2) World sports roundup
3) Today’s and tomorrow’s contests
WEATHER FORECAST
Today: Partly cloudy. High in the mid 50s.
Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight,
Tonight: Cloudy. Low in the mid 40s.
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Tomorrow: Scattered showers. High in the low 60s.
Be able to screw my roommate with that cute guy I saw at dinner
tonight…
NEWS REPORT
1) World news roundup
John McCain won the GOP primaries in Michigan and Arizona yesterday, which
served to refuel his campaign after Saturday’s disappointing showing in
South Carolina. McCain had been expected to win handily in his home state
of Arizona, but his win in Michigan was something of a surprise, and
was due in part to an unusual number of Democrats and Independents
voting. …Lowering its flag over East Timor for a final
time Wednesday, an Australian-led force left the recovering territory to
the U.N. administrators who will guide it toward full independence. …The
judge in Microsoft’s antitrust trial on Tuesday likened the software giant
to the sweeping Standard Oil monopoly, which was broken up by government
trustbusters nearly 90 years ago. In a further blow to Microsoft,
District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson said he saw little difference
between the Windows operating system used on most personal computers and
the 19th century oil monopoly of tycoon John D. Rockefeller. … The
Supreme Court today rejected an appeal that called death in Alabama’s
electric chair a type of “cruel and unusual punishment” the Constitution
forbids. The justices, by a 5-4 vote, turned away Alabama death row inmate
Robert Lee Tarver’s contention that his state’s “antiquated” electric
chair exposes him to a risk of “excessive burning, disfigurement and
… pain and suffering.” …Despite reformers’ commanding lead in
parliamentary elections, members of the country’s conservative Islamic
leadership said Tuesday that major policy changes are unlikely to be
enacted. President Mohammad Khatami, who came to power promising reform in
1997, had been previously thwarted by a conservative-dominated
parliament. Now, the hard-liners still wield power through key
institutions such as the Guardians Council, which must approve all
legislation, and supreme power lies with the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,
Iran’s spiritual leader and the conservatives’ main backer.
*****
2) Campus events
“Fun with Equilateral Triangles” Faculty Lecture by Todd Drumm,
Mathematics
Scheuer Room, 4:15 p.m.
Dialogues
Danawell Trailer, 9:00 p.m.
Dialogues
Wharton E/F Lounge, 9:00 p.m.
Film Society Screening
DuPont 161, 10:00 p.m
*****
SPORTS UPDATE
1) Kile named Centennial Conference’s player of the year
Basketball player Heather Kile ’02, who leads the Centennial Conference in
scoring (18.9) and rebounding (13.8), was a first-team All-CC selection
for the second straight season and was named the 2000 Centennial
Conference Basketball Player of the Year in balloting by the
10 head coaches. She also is second in the conference in field goal
percentage (52.5) and 10th in steals (2.21). Kile is the first Garnet
player to earn Conference Player of the Year honors and is the second
sophomore to receive the honor. The Lady Garnet play at Johns Hopkins
tonight in Centennial Conference semi-finals.
*****
2) World sports roundup
The New York Knicks, reacting to a boycott of the state by the NAACP, said
they would pull its playoff training camp out of Charleston this
season. “If we have another choice, let’s get out of there,” forward Larry
Johnson told the New York Times for an article Monday. “If you’ve got a
state that wants to fly that flag knowing what it means to people, and me
being black, I don’t need to be in that state.” …A high-ranking baseball
official said yesterday that New York Yankees outfielder Darryl Strawberry
tested positive for cocaine on Jan. 19 and might once again be suspended
from baseball. A decision whether to take disciplinary action likely
will be made by Thursday at the latest. …Marty McSorley of the Boston
Bruins was suspended indefinitely by the NHL for a bloody, stick-swinging
hit in the closing seconds of a game that left Donald Brashear of
Vancouver unconscious and twitching on the ice.
*****
3) Today’s and tomorrow’s contests
TODAY
Women’s Basketball at Johns Hopkins (Centennial Conference
Semi-Finals),7:00 p.m.
Badminton at Albright, 7:30 p.m.
TOMORROW
No contests scheduled for tomorrow.
*****
Quote of the day:
“I’m an instant star. Just add water and stir.” — David Bowie
*****
Interested in reporting or writing for the Gazette?
Just want to tell us what you think?
Contact the Editorial Board at
gazette-management@student-publications.swarthmore.edu.
Got a news or sports tip for us?
E-mail gazette-news@student-publications.swarthmore.edu.
Editorial Board
Jeff Heckelman
Melanie Hirsch
Claire Phillips-Thoryn
Staff Writers
Karla Gilbride
Alma Ortiz
Jeremy Schifeling
Kai Xu
The Daily Gazette is published Monday through Friday by an independent
group of Swarthmore College students. Technical support from the
Swarthmore
College Computer Society is gratefully acknowledged.
To subscribe to the Gazette, free of charge, send e-mail to
requests@student-publications.swarthmore.edu with the words “subscribe
daily” as the subject of your message. Use the words “unsubscribe
daily” to
cancel a subscription.
Back issues are available on the World Wide Web at:
<http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/org/daily>
This concludes today’s report.
