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-- Thursday, February 27, 2003 --

There were a bunch of interesting stories today and yesterday that I think I need to bring up.

First and foremost, Mr. Rogers died this morning at the age of 74. I can't say I recall watching his show that much, but I know a lot of people grew up with him on the TV everyday. I do remember going to Williamsburgh in fifth grade on a field trip. I was the last one awake because I was forced to sleep on the floor after the beds were all taken. The teacher assigned to our room, a music teacher, decided the best way to get me up was to have the other kids in the room sing a loud, rousing rendition of "It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood." When I woke up, there were four laughing heads staring me in the face. Kids from rooms on either side of our own told me that they'd heard them belting out PBS's classic tune. To this day, I'm still emotionally scarred from the event. At any rate, rest in peace, Fred.

Emmitt Smith has officially been run out of Dallas. We all saw it coming, it was just a matter of time before Jerry Jones decided to piss off the Dallas fan base again. Smith should have hung up his jersey after this season, but he says he's still got a few more seasons left in him. Apparently he hasn't seen the video of the games he played in this season. I hate Dallas as much as the next Redskins fan, but I'd still like to see Smith retire as a Cowboy. His career is over, but I still think Jones should have tried to find any means possible to keep Smith on the team.



Duke beat Geogia Tech yesterday to pull them even with the Terps for second place again. JJ Redick looked great out on the court: six of seven from beyond the arc for 19 points (the 19th point came on a free throw). The game was never really much of a contest but it was still another big win for Duke because the players are establishing themselves as a team that can play on the road too and and they're keeping themselves in the running for a number 1 one seed in the NCAA tournament. If Duke can make it through its last three games unscathed and win the ACC Tournament, I think they're a lock for a number one seed. Granted, that's a pretty big if. They still have to play UNC on the road and even though the Tarheels seem to have self-destructed, I'm worried they'll pull themselves together for one final big win.

In other news: Surprise! We cancelled acceptance calls again! BNC isn't ready to make them yet anyway, so I guess it works out, but I'd really like to get them out of the way and a lot of people are on edge about whether or not they made the cut. We probably won't have school tomorrow, but if we do, calls will go out. Since it's a a Friday night, probably a good half of the people we call won't even answer the phone, but hey, that's not our problem.

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