Tuesday, March 5, 2002

* The new offensive stance taken by the American military suffered its
heaviest loss Monday, when seven U.S. soldiers were killed and 11 wounded.
This new approach, code-named Operation Anaconda, started Friday, with
American forces taking the lead instead of Afghan troops. The casualties
were due to the forceful retaliation by the Al-Qaeda fighters, who shot
persistently and brought down two Apache attack helicopters. The cause for
the fall of the two helicopters is as yet unclear.

* A Palestinian gunman shot and killed three Israelis and wounded 10 others

in a restaurant filled with partygoers who had just come from nearby
discotheques. This is merely another in a series of bloody attacks and
counterattacks in the Middle East.Despite calls for peace talks from
neighbors such as Egypt, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon continues to
take a defiant stance, claiming that they were “in a harsh war against
a
bloodthirsty enemy” and that they would not back down until they were
victorious.

* A joint effort by Russian and U.S scientists of the Russian Academy of
Sciences, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee and the Rensselaer

Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York claims to be able to produce
nuclear fusion with an altered form of acetone. The scientists say that by
replacing the hydrogen atoms in the solvent with a variant, deuterium, and
then freezing it and pulsing it with sound waves, tiny bubbles imploded in
the solvent, giving off high-energy neutrons and producing nuclear fission.

If their results are confirmed, this will provide a new, less wasteful form

of energy production than the current nuclear fission, which produces much
more radioactive waste.

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University of Connecticut Law School information session
Kohlberg 201, 12:00 p.m.

Math and Statistics Colloquium
Kohlberg 116, 4:00 p.m.

“Each Man Ate an Angel’s Meal: Mystical Eating in the Kabbalah”
Dr. Joel Hecker, professor of Jewish Mysticism at Reconstructionist
Rabbinical College
Beit Midrash, Lodge 5, 4:15 p.m.

“Who put arsenic in the groundwater? Case study of a Superfund site”
Monique Tsang ’02, Haverford College
DuPont 142B, 4:15 p.m.

Empty the Shelters meeting
Kohlberg 115, 7:30 p.m.

Sexual Health Counselors film series: “Lifestyles: Swinging in America”
LPAC Cinema, 8:00 p.m.

Argentine Tango Lesson
Upper Tarble, 9:00 p.m.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

The Magic Kingdom:
Terror, Colombia, and the Selling of American Military Might

A lecture by Robin Kirk, Senior Researcher for the Americas Division of
Human Rights Watch

Wednesday, March 6 in the Scheuer Room at 7:00 p.m.

Kirk will discuss her recently completed book entitled “Human Target:

America’s War in Colombia.” Kirk’s research has been featured in
publications such as The Nation, Mother Jones, The National Catholic
Reporter, Ms., The Columbia Journalism Review, NACLA: Report on the
Americas, The Progressive and the San Francisco Examiner’s Image Magazine.
She has also presented her work on human rights, the Andes, international
law, and women’s rights on numerous television and radio shows, including
NBC Dateline, Bill Moyers’ “Listening to America,” WBEZ’s “World
View,”
WBAI’s “The Americas,” Canadian Public Radio’s “As It Happens,”
the BBC
World News, NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Pacifica Radio and KPFA’s

“Morning Show.”
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Small Craft Warnings poetry slam
Wednesday, March 6
Paces, 9:30 p.m.

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SPORTS UPDATE

* Jamie Sale and David Pelletier, the Olympic pairs figure skating co-gold

medallists, are considering turning pro.The couple, who were embroiled in a

judging controversy at the Games last month, say that their decision hinges

on whether they can “trust the system again” after the Salt Lake City

fiasco.Sale and Pelletier will miss the World Championships in Nagano,
Japan this month, claiming that the stress of the scandal has taken a toll
on their training and preparation.

* Duke’s women’s basketball team defeated North Carolina last night in the

ACC championship game, 87-80, to become the first women’s team in
Conference history to record a perfect season in intra-conference
play.Monique Curry led the record-setting squad to the historic mark with a

personal record of her own, netting a career-best 30 points in the
victory.The Blue Devils, who are ranked third in the nation, were 19-0
against ACC opponents this season and will likely advance to the NCAA
Tournament as a #1 seed.

* In the NHL last night, the Philadelphia Flyers crushed the Boston Bruins

4-1 in a matchup of the Eastern Conference’s top teams.Jiri Dopita scored
twice for the Flyers while Brian Boucher turned away 21 shots in goal.
Elsewhere, Patrick Roy recorded his 60th career shutout last night as the
Avalanche beat the Devils, 2-0.The goose-egg pushed Roy past Red Wings’
goalie Dominik Hasek for the most career shutouts by active net minders.

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Today:
There are no contests scheduled for today.

Tomorrow:
Men’s lacrosse hosts Stevens Tech, 3:30 p.m.
Baseball hosts University of the Sciences, 3:30 p.m.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”
–Mark Twain

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