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NEWS IN BRIEF
1) Board reaffirms athletics decision
2) World news roundup
3) Campus events
SPORTS IN BRIEF
1) Women’s basketball on a roll
2) Men’s basketball drops OT heartbreaker
3) World sports roundup
4) Today’s and tomorrow’s contests
WEATHER FORECAST
Today: Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s.
It’s gonna get warm this week – relatively.
Tonight: Clear. Lows near 20.
Still, the snow may melt by the weekend.
Tomorrow: Partly sunny. Highs in the low 40s.
So steal your Sharples trays now and hit the paths while you’re still young.
TODAY’S SHARPLES MENU
Lunch: Chicken nuggets, curly fries, *tofu joe, baked penne with mushrooms, corn, spinach
**Cheesesteak bar
Dinner: Seafood scampi, rice, *spicy peanut noodle, Indian style chick peas, broccoli, cauliflower
**Picnic bar
NEWS REPORT
1) Board reaffirms athletics decision
In the “While You Were Out” department, the Board of Managers met in midtown Manhattan on Thursday, January 4th to discuss the events of the previous 35 days and reconsider its December 2nd decision to cut the football and wrestling programs and demote badminton to club sport status. After a three hour discussion, a brief statement, and few sound bites, nothing changed.
After the meeting, Board Chair J. Lawrence Shane said, “After extensive discussion, the board decided that it would not revise or alter our decision. I was pleased with the informed and thoughtful discussion. Our task is now to move forward together to strengthen the continuing intercollegiate athletic program.”
Swarthmore College has attempted to mend fences with its critics by posting a full explanation of its rationale and the decision making process on the College web site. At http://athleticsreview.swarthmore.edu you can read answers to frequently-asked questions, a summary of the ARC’s report to the Board of Managers, and view charts showing figures important to the decision.
2) World news roundup
Byron De La Beckwith, convicted in 1963 of assassinating civil rights leader Medgar Evers, died Sunday night after being transferred from his jail cell to a hospital.
Prosecutors in the Philippines said they were launching a criminal investigation into former President Joseph Estrada for allegedly plundering millions of dollars while in office.
Microsoft will launch $200 million advertising campaign on Monday to compete directly with Oracle, IBM and Sun Microsystems in selling operating system software to businesses.
President Bush plans to start his administration off with a bang this week, as he will promote his $1.6 trillion tax plan to the Senate.
Meanwhile, Senate Republicans asserted Sunday that they have enough votes to win the confirmation of controversial nominee John Ashcroft as Attorney General.
At Sunday’s Golden Globes, “Gladiator” was named best dramatic picture, while Tom Hanks won best dramatic actor for “Cast Away” and Julia Roberts won best dramatic Actress for “Erin Brockovitch.” “Almost Famous” came away with the award for best comedy picture, while George Clooney won best comedic actor for “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” and Renee Zellweger won best comedic actress for her role in “Nurse Betty.”
3) Campus events
Swing Dance
Upper Tarble, 9:30 p.m.
SWIL Movie: Hobbit
Kirby Lecture Hall, 10:00 p.m.
SPORTS UPDATE
1) Women’s basketball on a roll
The members of the women’s basketball team spent their winter break tearing up the Centennial Conference, with a 5-1 January helping them to a 12-2, 5-1 record as of Monday. Their lone loss came last Saturday to Western Maryland. Heather Kile ’02 has been the most consistent Garnet scorer, reaching double figures in each game and hitting for 20 twice this month. Sarah Tufano ’03 led the team with 22 in their most recent game, a 59-48 win over Muhlenberg this past Saturday.
2) Men’s basketball drops OT heartbreaker
The men’s basketball team had a rough winter break, going 1-6 to bring their record heading into the spring semester to 2-13, 1-4. Their lone victory this month came back on January 12, when they defeated the Philadelphia Biblical University 85-65. Zack Ellison ’04 led the scoring with 21 points.
This past Saturday, they dropped a heartbreaking contest to Muhlenberg in the final minutes of overtime, 79-74. They had led 29-28 at halftime before Muhlenberg went ahead by as many as seven points. Swarthmore trailed by four with 27 seconds remaining, when Ellison hit a three-pointer to cut the lead to one. Muhlenberg hit a free throw to make the lead two, but with only two seconds remaining, Kyle Lewis ’04 was fouled and hit both free throws to send the game to overtime. In OT the Mules took over, using an 18-3 run to win.
3) World sports roundup
Philadelphia 76er’s guard Allen Iverson scored 51 points on national television, but it wasn’t enough to win, as Vince Carter poured in 39 to lead the Toronto Raptors to a 110-106 overtime win. Later, the Lakers lost to the injury-plagued Miami Heat, forcing guard Ron Harper to lament, “We stink.” …The women’s quarterfinals at the Australian open reads like a virtual Who’s Who in women’s tennis, with Martina Hingis set to face Serena Williams, Lindsay Davenport vs. Anna Kournikova and Monica Seles vs. a resurgent Jennifer Capriati. …In the college game, No. 3 Michigan State defeated Ohio State 71-56 to bring its home winning streak to 40 games.
4) Today’s and tomorrow’s contests
Today:
Women’s basketball hosts Lincoln University, 7:00 p.m.
Tomorrow:
There are no contests scheduled for tomorrow.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I was exhausted from dancing so much.” – President George W. Bush, recalling Saturday night’s inaugural balls, where he danced an average of 48 seconds at each of nine events.
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