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The Daily Gazette
Swarthmore College
Thursday, February 24, 2000
Volume 4, Number 83
NEWS IN BRIEF
1) World news roundup
2) Campus events
SPORTS IN BRIEF
1) Lady Garnet fall in Centennial Conference semifinals
2) Men’s lacrosse wins scrimmage
3) World sports roundup
4) Today’s and tomorrow’s contests
WEATHER FORECAST
Today: Mostly cloudy. High in the lower 60s.
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
Tonight: Cloudy. Low in the upper 40s.
But never do tomorrow what you can avoid doing entirely.
Tomorrow: Showers. High in the mid 50s.
And well, I just don’t feel like trying to write a funny weather joke
today. Sorry. Procrastination strikes again.
NEWS REPORT
1) World news roundup
Carlos Santana won eight Grammy awards last night, tying the record for
the most Grammys won by a single performer in Grammy history. Santana
played at the original Woodstock in 1969. …According to UNICEF, more
than 100 million children are living alone because of poverty, war, and
AIDS. The UN organization is calling for governments and international
organizations to help poorer countries invest more in health and education
as part of a campaign to protect those at risk of missing childhood. …A
volcano in southeastern Philippines spewed lava and clouds of ash Thursday
as officials stepped up evacuations, warning that a more powerful eruption
could come at any time. At least 4,150 people from 14 villages had fled
their homes as of noon Wednesday. …Guards at the maximum security
Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City, California, opened fired on
rioting prisoners on Wednesday, killing one inmate and wounding eight. The
riot was fueled by racial disputes between about 200 black and Hispanic
inmates in a recreation yard at the prison that houses some of the state’s
most dangerous inmates in Northern California. …The CEO of the
mobile phone company Qualcomm predicted yesterday that in five years, most
people will be using wireless phones for both voice communication and
internet access, and that traditional telephones hooked to a wall will
“become an object of some surprise.”
*****
2) Campus events
Open Enrollment Representative
Parrish Parlor East, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
“Conservation of the Philippine Eagle and Philippine
Rainforests” Lunchtime Lecture by Ralph Mancke
Scheuer Room, 12:00 p.m.
Meeting to discuss forming Native American group on campus
Sharples Room 6, 12:30 p.m.
“The Many Meanings of ‘Rodin’s Lovers’: Semantics and the Boundaries of
Grammar” by Barbara Hall Partee, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Kohlberg 116, 4:15 p.m.
Knit-Wits Meeting
Parrish Parlors, 4:30 p.m.
Chemistry Colloquium
Kohlberg 115, 4:30 p.m.
“Indo-Pakistani Subcontinental Muslim Women: Reflections in Literature”,
Poetry Recitation with Translation, by Fahmida Riaz.
Scheuer Room, 4:30 p.m.
English Country Dance Class
Troy Dance Studio, 6:05 p.m.
Dialogues
Sharples Upstairs Room, 6:15 p.m.
Kensington Welfare Rights / ETS Alternative Spring Break of Action Meeting
CRC, 7:30 p.m.
Jewish Film Festival
Kohlberg 116, 8:00 p.m.
Poet Marilyn Nelson
Scheuer Room, 8:00 p.m.
Dialogues
Mertz Lounge, 8:00 p.m.
Dialogues
Mary Lyons Lounge, 9:00 p.m.
Swing Practice
Upper Tarble, 9:30 p.m.
*****
SPORTS UPDATE
1) Lady Garnet fall in Centennial Conference semifinals
The women’s basketball team fell 64-49 to Johns Hopkins last night in the
Centennial Conference semifinals. The Garnet trailed by only one point at
41:40, but Johns Hopkins then went on a 15-3 run that gave them the
victory. Heather Kile ’02 led with 22 points, Allie Furman ’03 had 9, and
Sarah Tufano ’03 brought in 8. The team is now 14-11 on the season.
*****
2) Men’s lacrosse wins scrimmage
The men’s lacrosse team defeated Eastern College in a scrimmage 12-3.
Leading scorers were: Blake Atkins ’02 with 3 goals and 3 assists, Mark
Dingfield ’01 with 3 goals and 1 assist, and John Murphy ’03 with 2 goals.
Sig Rydquist ’00 allowed only 2 goals in 3 1/2 quarters of play.
*****
3) World sports roundup
Darryl Strawberry was ordered off the field by baseball officials today
while they investigate his failed drug test. …Boston Bruins enforcer
Marty McSorley was suspended Wednesday for at least the rest of the season
for his stick attack on Vancouver’s Donald Brashear–the harshest
penalty ever for on-ice violence. …Former Olympic ice skater Tonya
Harding has been arrested for assault, accused of throwing a hubcap at her
live-in boyfriend and repeatedly punching him in the face.
*****
4) Today’s and tomorrow’s contests
TODAY
Men’s and women’s swimming ECAC at East Meadow, NY
TOMORROW
Men’s and women’s indoor track Centennial Conference Championships at
Haverford
Men’s and women’s swimming ECAC at East Meadow, NY
*****
Quote of the day:
“Early to rise and early to bed makes a man healthy, wealthy, and
dead.” — James Thurber
*****
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