Friday, March 23, 2001

Friday, March 23, 2001
Volume 5, Number 101

NEWS IN BRIEF

1) World news roundup
2) Campus events

SPORTS IN BRIEF

WEATHER FORECAST

Today: Partly cloudy and windy. High 57.
Yesterday it was reported that I am now writing the weather jokes.

Tonight: Mostly clear. Low 39.
What Jeff Heckelman doesn’t realize however…

Saturday: Partly cloudy. High 60.
is that I’m actually just cutting and pasting old posts from the Daily Jolt Forum.

Sunday: Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s
Ahem, who do you think is the hottest guy/gal at Swat? Who has the biggest head?

TODAY’S SHARPLES MENU

Lunch: Tortellini di fiesoli, lattice cut french fries, *cajun black beans, spinach, corn
**Wrap bar

Dinner: Chicken parmesan, pasta, eggplant parmesan, *sweet and sour tofu, zucchini Italiano, broccoli
**Potato bar

NEWS REPORT

1) World news roundup

Granite Hills High School, just a few miles south of Santee, California, where two students were killed by a classmate three weeks ago, was the scene of the latest school violence when Jason Hoffman, 18, opened fire on students with shotgun pellets. Several students and teachers were injured in the shooting, though none of the wounds are life-threatening. Hoffman, who used to attend Granite Hills, was shot by police during the incident, and suffered the most serious injuries of the incident.

The Russian space station Mir splashed down in the Pacific Ocean near Fiji at 1:20 a.m. this morning. Propulsion units on the station were being used to direct the station into a specifically unused portion of the ocean, but an international shipping fleet and airplanes carrying space tourists hoping to catch a glimpse of the plummeting Mir were thought to be in the crash zone. Most of the 130 ton station will burn up upon reentry, but about 15 tons of debris made it to earth’s surface. The Russians had taken out a $200 million insurance policy to cover potential damages.

Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov has threatened to retaliate for Wednesday’s expulsion of Russian diplomats in the US by expelling an equal number of Americans working in Russia. America, for its part, has vowed to respond to such retaliation with further expulsions of its own. The 48 Russians asked to leave were thought to be spying on the US government, and a few were believed to have connections to FBI turncoat Robert Hanssen.

2) Campus events

SPORTS UPDATE

1) Jeuland and English named Academic All-Americans

Senior athletes Marc Jeuland and Kristen English were selected to the Verizon Academic All-District 2 Team yesterday. Jeuland, who runs cross country and track, was named a First Team District 2 Academic All-American and English, who is a field hockey and lacrosse star, was named to the Second Team.

2) Softball game postponed

The softball team’s contest at Neumann yesterday was postponed due to soggy field conditions. The game is yet to be rescheduled.

4) World sports roundup

#6 USC upset #2 Kentucky to advance to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament with a 80-76 victory. The Trojans almost blew a 21-point lead in the process, but were redeemed when David Bluthenthal hit 5 straight free throws in the final 30 seconds to seal the win.

The West Regional semifinals saw #6 Maryland defeat neighbor and rival #10 Georgetown 76-66. Lonny Baxter had 26 points and 15 rebounds to lead the team to its first regional final since 1975.

1984 Olympic downhill gold medalist Bill Johnson is in a coma after crashing in a race at Big Mountain Resort in Montana yesterday. Johnson lost his balance while going through a difficult corkscrew portion of the course and fell head first into restraining nets. He was treated for head
trauma and internal bleeding, but doctors at Kalispell Regional Medical Center were optimistic despite his critical condition.

5) Today’s and tomorrow’s contests

QUOTE OF THE DAY