Wednesday, January 22, 2003

>From the Office of News & Information

Christopher Edley Jr. ’73, a member of the United States Commission on Civil
Rights, will speak on campus this evening to commemorate the birthday of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. His talk, “Dr. King’s Legacy and Our Own Agenda for
Justice,” will be held at 7 p.m. in the Friends Meeting House, and is free
and open to the public.

Christopher Edley Jr. has taught at Harvard Law School since 1981 and is
founding co-director of The Civil Rights Project at Harvard, a
multi-disciplinary research and advocacy think tank. After graduating from
Swat, Edley went on to earn a joint-degree from the Kennedy School of
Government and Harvard Law School.

Edley served in the Carter Administration as assistant director of the White
House Domestic Policy Staff, and in 1992, served as a senior advisor on
economic policy for the Clinton-Gore Presidential Transition Team, and then
for two and a half years in the Clinton Administration. In 1995 he was
special counsel to the President, and in that capacity led the White House
review of affirmative action programs. He also participated in developing
President Clinton’s July 1995 “Mend It, Don’t End It” speech on affirmative
action.

This event is sponsored by the Black Cultural Center.

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* On 1/18/2003 at approximately 1:55 p.m. a burglary was discovered in the
200 block of Cornell Avenue.  Four pieces of antique furniture, numerous
T-shirts, and a box of paper towels were taken.  The value of the items
taken is being assessed.  Officer Kline is investigating.

* While on routine patrol on 1/18/2003 at 9:50 p.m., Sergeant Wesley
observed a vehicle parked in the 400 block of Park Avenue with a white
substance sprayed on the side of it.  The substance appeared to be
artificial snow.  A further survey of the area led to the discovery of 6
other vehicles that had been similarly sprayed.  It appeared the substance
would be able to be washed off.

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* A major earthquake, recorded at 7.6 on the Richter Scale, hit the coast of
the Mexican state of Colima last night, sending tremors throughught Mexico
City and Guadalajara – the country’s two largest urban centers.  There were
no reports of major damage or injuries in these cities, although there were
non-specific notices of structural damage in the states of Colima,
Michoacan, and Jalisco.  It was the most powerful quake to hit the region
since one that registed at 8.0 in 1995.

* President Bush announced yesterday that he was growing impatient with the
slow pace of U.N. weapons inspections in Iraq and Saddam Hussein’s failure
to cooperate with inspectors and disarm.  Additionally, Deputy Secretary of
State Richard Armitage claimed that alternatives to force in Iraq have
nearly been exhausted, as the Pentagon ordered another 37,000 troops to head
to the Gulf Tuesday.  A decisive moment in the growing debate may arrive on
Monday when Chief U.N. arms inspector Hans Blix delivers a report on the
status of the inspections to the Security Council.  An unsatisfactory report
on Iraq’s cooperation may become the impetus for war, despite strong
concerns voiced by France and China yesterday.

* One civilian American defense contractor was killed in Kuwait yesterday
and another was wounded when gunmen opened fire on their car outside Camp
Doha, the main US army base in the country.  The culprits were still at
large last night, and though nothing of their identity was known, the
Kuwaiti Information Minister suggested a possible link to Iraq or al-Qaeda.
It was the third time since October that Americans have been attacked or
killed in the tiny Middle Eastern nation.

* For the first time in this country’s history, Hispanics now outnumber
blacks – a development announced by the Census Bureau on Tuesday.  After
America’s Hispanic population more than doubled during the 1990s, there are
now some 37 million Hispanics and 36.1 million non-Hispanic blacks.  Leaders
of Hispanic advocacy groups hailed the announcement and called on
politicians to pay attention to the needs of this rapidly-growing community,
rather than just continue to pay lip-service.

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Christopher Edley ’73: “Dr. King’s Legacy and Our Own Agenda for Justice”
Friends Meeting House, 7:00 p.m.

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SPORTS UPDATE

The women’s basketball team remained undefeated in Centennial Conference
play with a big win over Ursinus last night, 59-37.  Swat’s two Alis led the
Garnet to the easy victory, with Ali Furman ’03 notching a game-high 15
points and Ali Wolff ’05 tallying 11 points and career-bests in boards (13)
and blocks (4).  Jennifer Stevenson ’06 also recorded a personal best, with
five assists.  And though the Garnet started off cold from inside the arc –
just 2-of-19 in the first half – they made up for it with fiery outside
shooting, going 7-for-12 from downtown in the first period.  The win takes
the squad to 5-0 in the Conference (11-3 overall), setting up an important
contest against fellow East Division powerhouse Muhlenberg, this Saturday at
1:00 p.m.

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Today:
Men’s basketball at Ursinus, 7:30 p.m.

Tomorrow:
Badminton hosts Haverford, 8:00 p.m.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Only time can heal your broken heart, just as only time can heal his broken
arms and legs.”
–Miss Piggy

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