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The Daily Gazette
Swarthmore College
Friday, February 24, 2000
Volume 4, Number 84
NEWS IN BRIEF
1) World news roundup
2) Campus events
SPORTS IN BRIEF
1) World sports roundup
2) Today’s and tomorrow’s contests
WEATHER FORECAST
Today: Cloudy and windy, with a chance of morning showers. Highs near 60.
Ahhh…springtime and Screw.
Tonight: Cloudy, possibly rainy. Lows in the 40s, highs in the mid 50s.
Your spring fever combines with a blind date who also has spring
fever….
Saturday: Same as Friday night: more rain and more clouds.
Watch out for the flying pheremones!
Sunday: Even more possible rain. Lows in the 40s, highs in the mid 60s.
All those who need a cold shower just have to step outside….
NEWS REPORT
1) World news roundup
Just when you thought it was safe to forget all about the Y2K crisis comes a
new glitch that federal officials fear could scramble some computer programs
early next week: The Leap Year Bug. While most major systems transitioned
smoothly into the New Year, officials are concerned that some computer
software has been written in such a way that it will not recognize that 2000
is a Leap Year, meaning that on Feb. 29, next Tuesday, some programs may
actually think it is March 1…. Ruling in a closely watched race
discrimination case, the Supreme Court yesterday struck down a Hawaiian
voting restriction designed to benefit the descendants of the original
islanders. The justices said the law unconstitutionally makes distinctions
among people based on their ancestry….. Residents started returning to the
debris-strewn streets of Kaduna, Nigeria yesterday, as Christian and Muslim
leaders met to work out a truce after two days of bloody clashes left at
least 200 people dead…. The Mayon volcano, 210 miles southeast of Manila,
Philippines, erupted Thursday forcing thousands of villagers to flee….
The Honduran government has announced it will pay $2.1 million to the
families of 19 of the 184 political activists kidnapped and killed by an
army death squad in the 1980s…. Iran’s foreign policy will become more
liberal following last week’s defeat of hard-liners in parliamentary
elections, Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said yesterday….
Rescuers freed a killer whale trapped in a narrow Japanese river by coaxing
it safely into the deeper waters of a nearby port. The 17-foot whale entered
the Horikawa River on Tuesday morning from the port of Nagoya. The whale
swam about 2.5 miles upstream before getting stranded. It appeared to be in
good condition after the ordeal.
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2) Campus events
Friday:
“Creating a Home Garden” Workshop
Scott Arboretum Office, 10:00 a.m.
Women’s Retreat
Friends Meeting House, 5:00 p.m.
Shabbat Services and Dinner
Bond Memorial Hall, 5:30 p.m.
Film Showing: “Twelve Monkeys”
DuPont 161, 7:30 and 10:00 p.m.
Swarthmore Christian Fellowship Meeting
Kohlberg 115, 7:30 p.m.
International Club Movie Night: “Beyond Silence” (Germany)
Kohlberg 228, 8:00 p.m.
Dave Douglas Jazz Sextet
Lang Concert Hall, 8:00 p.m.
Oscar & Emily and the Backwater Wayne Miller Blues Tribute Band
Paces, 10:00 p.m.
All-Campus Party for Black History Month
Upper Tarble, 10:00 p.m.
Saturday:
Film Showing: “Airplane”
DuPont 161, 7:30 and 10:00 p.m.
Emanuele Arciuli, Pianist
Lang Concert Hall, 8:00 p.m.
Other People’s Movies in Concert
Olde Club, 8:00 p.m.
Screw Your Roommate Party
Upper Tarble, 10:00 p.m.
Sunday:
Celebration of Mass
Bond Memorial Hall, 10:30 p.m.
“New Trends in Bedding Plants”
LPAC Cinema, 2:00 p.m.
Mostly Waltz
Upper Tarble, 3:00 p.m.
Protestant Worship
Bond 2nd floor worship, 4:00 p.m.
Lute Recital, Richard Stone
Lang Concert Hall, 7:00 p.m.
*****
SPORTS UPDATE
1) World sports roundup
Darryl Strawberry reported to spring training in Tampa yesterday morning,
was embraced by his New York Yankees teammates and offered encouragement
from team owner George Steinbrenner. But just an hour after workouts began,
Strawberry was ordered off the field by Major League Baseball while it
investigates the drug test he failed on Tuesday, when he tested positive for
cocaine…. Former Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding pleaded innocent
yesterday to charges she threw a hubcap at her boyfriend
and bloodied his face by punching him.
*****
2) Today’s and tomorrow’s contests
FRIDAY
Track and field at Haverford for Centennial Conference Championships
SATURDAY
Track and field at Haverford for Centennial Conference Championships
Men’s lacrosse at Goucher College, 1:00 p.m.
Men’s tennis hosts Goodstown at 2:00 p.m.
SUNDAY
There are no contests scheduled for today.
*****
Quote of the day: “How can anyone live without inconsistency?” –C.G. Jung
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