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Tuesday, February 8, 2005
Volume 9, Issue 83
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On Saturday, Swarthmore College Bowl sent two teams to Maryland to compete in the National Academic Quiz Tournament (NAQT) Sectionals and try to qualify for Nationals...

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Today: Mostly cloudy. High around 50.
I was starting to get sick over the weekend...

Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Low in the upper 30s.
But I battled it off through the power of orange juice, rest, and sheer stubbornness.

Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy, chance of rain in the afternoon. High in the lower 50s.
In retrospect, I probably should have just let myself fall prey to the illness. How else am I suppose to miss class without feeling huge amounts of guilt?

Lunch: Open face turkey sandwiches, curly fries, veggie chili, open face vegetarian sandwiches, green beans, mixed vegetables, Asian chicken salad bar, marble cake

Dinner: Fish of the day, corn pudding, broccoli, mushroom stir fry, veggie strata, peas and onions, brussel sprouts, Cajun bar, cheesecake

US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice announced on Monday that President Bush will meet with both Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The meetings will be the first time in a year and a half that the US has been directly involved in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Secretary Rice's announcement about renewed US involvement came on the eve of a new Mideast Peace Summit to be held in Sharm-El-Sheikh Egypt starting Tuesday. It is expected that the Summit will be the start of a cease-fire, with both Mr. Abbas and Mr. Sharon declaring unilaterally their intention to stop the attacks. Though previous cease fires have resulted in more violence, the death of PLO leader Yasir Arafat in November have given many more hope for peace.

On Monday, President Bush sent Congress his proposed 2006 budget. The budget total came to just under $2.6 trillion. It would slash spending on many domestic programs while increasing the amount spent on the military and homeland security. The President also aims to cut the deficit in half. Speaking of his proposal, President Bush remarked "In every program, and in every agency, we are measuring success not by good intentions or by dollars spent, but rather by results achieved."

Paul R. Shanley, a defrocked priest, was convicted on Monday of raping and assaulting a boy when he was a parish priest in suburban Boston in the 1980s. Mr. Shanley is one of the few priests to face criminal charges in the priest sex abuse scandal. He could now face life in prison.

Congressman Rush Holt tackles incivility, social security in evening talk

by Roxanne Yaghoubi
World News Editor

In the late 1990s when Rush Holt (D-N.J.) first won a seat in the US House of Representatives, Jim Moskowitz, the head of Swarthmore's Philadelphia area alumni club, asked him to give a talk on civility in politics. Last night's lecture was the result of Moskowitz saying "let's try that again."

Holt, a former Swarthmore physics professor, began with a discussion of the decline in civility in politics over the years. He described how, when he was first elected to Congress, members of both parties would go to Hershey, Pennsylvania for a retreat every year. Today, the retreat no longer exists. Overall, in Holt's eyes, Congressional life has become much more partisan in recent years.

Congressman Holt also talked about his own experiences, in particular drawing on how his interest in science, and science education, led him to the Hill. The district he now represents, the New Jersey 12th, was one which no Democrat had represented for several decades before his victory. For that reason, when he first won in the late 90s, many people thought his victory was a fluke. When he won a second time people thought it astounding, and he's been in ever since. He noted that his first vote was against selecting Dennis Hastert as Speaker of the House and his second vote was to vote against impeaching then-President Clinton.

After talking about his own experiences, Holt moved on to discuss the major topics of the day in politics, focusing primarily on Social Security. He noted that the lack of bipartisan cooperation is evident in the debate over privatization. Holt argued that such cooperation is needed if we are to save Social Security.

There was a busy question and answer period, with questions concerning the current mood among House Democrats, the relationship between the study of science and religion, the redrawing of Congressional districts, the degradation of government databases, and many other issues.

College Bowl results

On Saturday, Swarthmore College Bowl sent two teams to Maryland to compete in the National Academic Quiz Tournament (NAQT) Sectionals and try to qualify for Nationals. The Divison I team of Chris White '05, Arthur Chu '06, Emily Ullman '06, and Micaela Baranello '07 tied for fourth with a 9-7 record (third among undergrad-only teams) and will most likely qualify.

The big story of the day, however, was the Division II (novice) team of Wren Elhai '08, David Stifler '08, and Scott Blaha '07, who ran roughshod over the competition, easily winning the division with a 14-0 record for Swarthmore's first undefeated performance in living memory. In addition, Wren was the top Div. II scorer with over 90 points per game, the best individual performance by a Swarthmore player since 2001.

Thanks to Chris White for providing the results.

Lecture: "Unleashing Library Resources for Wellness" by Diane Skorina
McCabe, 12:00 p.m.

Department of Mathematics and Statistics Colloquia
Science Center 199, 4:00 p.m.

Lecture: "The Arts in Latin America, 1492- 1865" by Joseph J. Rieshel
LPAC Cinema, 4:30 p.m.

Argentine Tango Lessons
Upper Tarble, 9:30 p.m.

Movie: "Eyes on the Prize" ("The Black Reel" Film Festival)
Science Center 101, 10:00 p.m.
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Lunar New Year study break!

Swarthmore Asian Organization (SAO) invites you to an open study break in celebration of the Year of the Rooster. There will be stories, music, and good company! Swing by for some yummy snacks and refreshments! Come ring in the new year with us on Tuesday, February 8 in the IC Big Room at 9:00 pm!
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The fiercely independent beacon of all things musical is back for the spring semester 2005. WSRN 91.5 fm, Swarthmore's storied radio station, continued broadcasting on Monday, February 7th.

The station's transmitter is currently underachieving somewhat, but that's no reason to cash in your tuition money for an iTunes gift card because the webcast (wsrn.swarthmore.edu) is up, running, and providing a free (and legal) outlet to hear the best in new music. No matter what your interest (jazz, blues, classical, folk, funk, rock, talk, j-hawk, et cetera), there's a show for you, just check out the schedule on the aforementioned website. Call in and talk to the DJs or make request, just call ext. 8335 (or, off campus, 610-328-8335).

We at WSRN acknowledge and lament the shortcomings of last semester's broadcast and have worked hard to re-vamp the studio and return college music to where it belongs: stuck in the heads of college students.

This week's additions to the rock playlist include:

The Bloodthirsty Lovers - The Delicate Seam
Mouse on Mars - Wipe that Sound
Broken Spindles - fulfilled/complete
The Constantines - s/t
Various Arists - Garden State Soundtrack
The Music - Welcome to the North
Yourcodenameis: Milo - All Roads Lead to Fault
The Features - Exhibit A
The Zutons - Who Killed the Zutons?
Various Artists - DFA Compilation #2
Neko Case - The Tigers Have Spoken
!!! - Louden Up Now
Styrofoam- Nothing's Lost
The Go Find - Miami
Colonies of Collections of Bees - Customer
Maplewood - s/t
Audible - Sky Signal
Soledad Brothers - Voice of Treason
Vietnam - The Concrete's Always Grayer on the Other Side of the Street

So, support your friends, your enemies, and the college and tune in!

Today:
Badminton at Drexel, 6:00 p.m.
Women's Basketball hosts Muhlenberg, 7:00 p.m.

Tomorrow:
Swimming hosts Washington, 6:00 p.m.
Badminton at Haverford, 7:00 p.m.
Men's Basketball hosts Muhlenberg, 7:30 p.m.

"Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so."

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