Friday, September 27, 2002

by Evelyn Khoo
Living & Arts Editor

Experience the full musical spectrum this weekend! First up, the Soul Shack
Hip Hop Concert held in Upper Tarble (moved from the IC Courtyard because
of rain) tonight at 8:00 p.m. Bop along to tunes brought to you from a
variety of hip hop mavens from the Philly area including Subtle Ground, Cee
Knowledge (formerly Infectious Organisms), Natural Selection, Saigon Slim,
Medicine Man, Kiersten Gray, and Swatties Patrice Berry ’06 and Gabriel
Tajeu ’03. Afterwards, stick around for the SASS party with DJ Ansa.

Come Saturday and Sunday experience the melancholy strains of the Asian
American Jazz Festival, one of this year’s Cooper events, featuring the
famed Jon Jang Ensemble from San Francisco and the Susie Ibarra Trio. For
the inspired, an afternoon ‘open mike’ session will be held in the
Amphitheater.

Wind down this tuneful Saturday with the student show at Olde Club
featuring student bands, Hokkaido Concern, The Bitter End and Olde Club
(the band).

If you’re heading off-campus, Oscar Wilde fans can catch the stage version
of “The Importance of Being Earnest” at the Hedgerow Theater (64 Rose
Valley Road). Shows are at 8:00 p.m. on Saturdays with a Sunday matinee at
2:00 p.m. Tickets from $10-22.

On the museum track, check out the exhibition of Amy Cutler’s drawings at
the Institute of Contemporary Art (118 South 36th Street)  think Alice in
Wonderland. Hours: 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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* Shortly after firing missiles into Gaza City to target a top Palestinian
militant, Israeli forces raided Deir-al-Balah, a central Gaza town,
declaring a curfew on the Palestinian residents and conducting
house-to-house searches in a sweep for other Hamas militants. Witnesses
described fierce resistance from Palestinian gunmen, but there were no
immediate casualty or injury reports. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
had declared earlier this week his intentions to mount an armed assault
against Hamas.

* Five people were killed when three men opened fire during a bank robbery
in Nebraska yesterday. The suspects stole vehicles and fled the area but
were later captured at a McDonald’s in a town about 80 miles away.
Prosecutors reported that the three suspects will be charged with murder
for the deaths of the four bank employees and one customer killed in the
shooting.

* 18-year-old Chester Lee Miller, who earlier this month was forced out of
his mother and stepfather’s home in Hazleton, PA, died on Wednesday in
Milton, FL, after also having been rejected by his biological father.
Miller had allegedly been starved and abused by his mother and stepfather
since May, after being sent to live there last year by his natural father.
He died of extensive organ failure, weighing 60 pounds.

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Friday:

Asian American Jazz Festival workshop – Susie Ibarra
Lang Concert Hall, 1:30 p.m.

Asian American Jazz Festival workshop – Jon Jang
Lang Concert Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Shabbat services and dinner
Bond Memorial Hall, 5:30 p.m.

Film: “Amelie”
LPAC Cinema, 7:30 and 10:00 p.m.

Soul Shack
Upper Tarble, 8:00 p.m.

SASS party
Upper Tarble, 10:00 p.m.

Saturday:

Asian American Jazz Festival – Outdoor Concert
Amphitheatre, 12:00-3:00 p.m.
(rain location: Lang Concert Hall)

Asian American Jazz Festival – Susie Ibarra Trio
Pearson-Hall Theatre, 4:00 p.m.

“Concepts of identity within the African Diaspora”
SASS and Enlace discussion
BCC, 7:00 p.m.

Film: “Waiting for Guffman”
LPAC Cinema, 7:30 and 10:00 p.m.

Asian American Jazz Festival – Jon Jang Ensemble
Pearson-Hall Theatre, 8:00 p.m.

Hokkaido Concern, Bitter End, Olde Club
Olde Club, 10:00 p.m.

Sunday:

Breakfast and Meeting for Worship
Friends Meeting House, 9:30 and 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Mass
Bond Memorial Hall, 11:00 a.m.

Writing Workshop
Writing Center (Trotter 120), 3:00 p.m.

Workshop with Peter Richards, Dance/Theatre Videographer
Troy Dance Lab, 7:00 p.m.

SPAC meeting
Kohlberg 228, 9:00 p.m.

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SPORTS UPDATE

Yesterday’s field hockey match at Chestnut Hill College has been postponed
until October 20.

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Today:
There are no contests scheduled for today.

Saturday:
Cross country at Salisbury Invite, 10:30 a.m.
Volleyball v. Alvernia and Rutgers-Camden, 11:00 a.m.
Women’s soccer at Gettysburg, 12:00 p.m.
Field hockey v. McDaniel, 1:00 p.m.
Men’s soccer v. McDaniel, 2:00 p.m.
Women’s tennis at ITA Regional (at Mary Washington)

Sunday:
There are no contests scheduled for Sunday.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the
food fight it out inside”
–Mark Twain

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