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The Daily Gazette
Swarthmore College
Friday, March 31, 2000
Volume 4, Number 104
NEWS IN BRIEF
1) Sager weekend events
2) World news roundup
3) Campus events
SPORTS IN BRIEF
1) World sports roundup
2) Today’s and tomorrow’s contests
WEATHER FORECAST
Today: Sunny and windy. Highs in the lower 60s.
So, this year’s theme for Sager is Virgin?
Tonight: Clear. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
What happened to body paint, black vinyl, and just plain nakedness?
Saturday: Sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 60s.
Can chastity belts, white lace, and cherries really take their place?
Sunday: Fair. Low in the mid 40s. Highs in the mid 60s.
Ooo. Forget I asked.
NEWS REPORT
1) Sager weekend events
Friday:
“GenderPAC: the National Movement for Gender Civil Rights”
LPAC Cinema, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday:
“Igniting Transgender Activism: NYAGRA and the Creation of a Transgender
Movement in New York”
LPAC Cinema, 11:00 p.m.
“Past Progress, Future Tense: A Grammar of Transgender Political Movements
in the US”
LPAC Cinema, 2:00 p.m.
“Trans/ Gender Activism in Philadelphia”
LPAC Cinema 4:00 p.m.
Genderfuck Party
10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
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2) World news roundup
America’s largest group of rabbis have become the first major religious
denomination to officially sanction same-sex unions, offering the protection
of Reform Judaism to clergy who decide to officiate at such ceremonies….
The Supreme Court affirmed on Wednesday cities’ power to ban nude dancing,
rejecting arguments that the dancing is expressive conduct fully protected
by the First Amendment…. Patent applications for basic business practices
such as Amazon.com’s “one-click” online shopping will get a deeper and more
stringent review under new federal rules announced yesterday…. A
nerve-wracking volcano watch goes into its fifth day today on Japan’s
northern island of Hokkaido, as cracks opened in Mount Usu and more than 100
quakes or tremors every hour shook the area. About 11,000 people have been
evacuated from homes at the base of the mountain…. The last of 81 bodies
was recovered yesterday from a pit just 6 feet deep and 4 feet square as the
death toll of Ugandan doomsday cult members climbed to 644–half of them
found entombed in hastily dug graves or encased in concrete.
*****
3) Campus events
Hellabores: Horticulture Workshop
Scott Arboretum Office, 10:00 a.m.
Computer Science Education Seminar
Sproul 300, 4:00 p.m.
Biology Talk
Kirby Lecture Hall, 4:15 p.m.
Shabbat Services and Dinner
Bond Memorial Hall, 5:30 p.m.
Film showing: “Goldfinger”
DuPont 161, 7:30 and 10:00 p.m.
Swarthmore Christian Fellowship meeting
Kohlberg 115, 7:30 p.m.
International Club Movie Night
Kohlberg 228, 8:00 p.m.
The Midnight Quintett
Lang Concert Hall, 8:00 p.m.
SASS party
Mephistos, 10:00 p.m.
Saturday:
Film showing: “Dirty Dancing”
DuPont 161, 7:30 and 10:00 p.m.
Swarthmore College Jazz Ensemble
Lang Concert Hall, 8:00 p.m.
Directing III Night of Scenes
Frear Theatre, 8:00 p.m.
“Y2Kate: Gender Virus 2000”
Pearson-Hall Theatre, 9:00 p.m.
Sunday:
Celebration of Mass
Bond Memorial Hall, 10:30 a.m.
“You Say You Want a Revolution”
LPAC Cinema, 11:00 a.m.
“Where Are We Headed?”
Scheuer Room, 2:00 p.m.
Tom’s Brief (Revised) History of the Personal Computer
Trotter 203, 2:00 p.m.
Falun Gong Student and Alumni Event
Bond Memorial Hall, 2:30 p.m.
Directing III Night of Scenes
Frear Theatre, 3:00 p.m.
Protestant Worship
Bond 2nd floor worship room, 4:00 p.m.
Credo: Michael Wedlock
Sharples Room 4, 6:30 p.m.
The Colorado String Quartet
Lang Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.
*****
SPORTS UPDATE
1) World sports roundup–in celebration of the new Mullan Tennis Center
opening on Saturday
U.S. Tennis stars Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras advanced to the semifinals
of the Ericsson open, held in Key Biscayne, Florida; Agassi will play
Gustavo Kuerten and Sampras will play the winner of Jan-Michael Gambill and
Lleyton Hewitt…Tennis star Anna Kournikova and her mother won’t be charged
for their part in a dispute on a recent airline flight, the FBI said
Thursday…For tennis star Venus Williams, 19 could be retirement
age…Jared Palmer and Alex O’Brien were picked Tuesday as the doubles team
for the United States’ Davis Cup quarterfinal against the Czech
Republic…The 2000 French Open will offer prize money of $10.25 million, an
increase of 6.69 percent over last year…Serena Williams, who had planned
to play in next month’s tournament at Hilton Head Island, S.C., said Monday
she may skip the event because of a controversy concerning the Confederate
flag…Two-time U.S. Open champion Pat Rafter was recalled to the Australian
Davis Cup team Friday for its quarterfinal against Germany… The tennis
tournament formerly known as the Lipton, the fifth biggest tennis tournament
in the world behind the four Grand Slams, has been renamed the Ericsson.
*****
2) Today’s and tomorrow’s contests
FRIDAY
There are no contests scheduled for today.
SATURDAY
Baseball vs. Johns Hopkins University, 12:00 p.m.
W. Lacrosse vs. Dickinson College, 12:00 p.m.
Softball vs. Castleton College, 12:00 p.m.
SUNDAY
There are no contests scheduled for today.
*****
Quote of the day: “To live is so startling, it leaves little time for
anything else.
–Emily Dickinson
*****
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