This & That Last Week in the World of News

0 There will be a prayer service in the chapel today at 4:45 p.m. as part of Women's History Month.

The service will consist of scripture readings, song, instrumental inspiration and dance in celebration of women role models throughout history.

There will also be a dinner in the Grace Hall board room at 5:30 p.m.

Random quote:

"The only time you are yourself is when you 're in the bathroom and the door is locked."

-Anonymous

by James Kuhn assistant arts & entertainment editor

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Albanian president agrees with opposition parties on the removal of prime minister.

Albanian President Sali Berisha has agreed with opposing parties on the removal of Prime Minister Aleksander Mekshi and his cabinet.

In the last two months, thousands of Albanians have been protesting due to the "get rich quick" scheme that Berisha and Mekshi created in January.

Berisha and Mekshi were able to scheme away millions of dollars because they promised that if people invested, they would make more money in the long run.

No citizen has seen a penny in return.

On March 1, nine protesters were injured at the University in Vlore and this decided Mekshi 's removal.

Though Berisha says that Bekshi will continue to be a caretaker to the government, many people, including the leader of the opposing socialist party, expect Bekshi to resign soon.

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Cloning of monkeys reported in Oregon.

Ian Wilmut and his team of researchers in Oregon revealed the cloning of two monkeys from embryos.

The process of the cloning was like the recent cloning of sheep at the Scotland Roslin Institute.

According to Wilmut, the monkeys appeared to be perfectly normal and the possibility of human cloning needs to be considered.

Other than chimpanzees and gorillas, the monkey is the closest relative to humans.

Arthur Caplan, a biochemist who was part of the research team, said, "It demands that we take seriously the issue of human cloning."

Gangstarappergunneddown

by Paul Monte news editor

The Notorious B .I .G. made his name as a gangsta rapper of hip-hop rhymes that told his real-life past of dealing crack on the streets of Brooklyn. N.Y.

On Sunday, March 9, he was killed in a drive-by shooting.

According to an Associated Press article, the 24-year-old rap star, whose real name was Christopher Wallace. died from multiple gunshot wounds while sitting in his parked GMC Suburban outside of a party.

The vehicle was punctured by at least five bullets in the gang-style attack.

Wallace was rushed in the same vehicle to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles where he was pronounced dead, according to police.

No immediate arrests were made.

According to witnesses, including Wallace's estranged wife Faith Evans, he was attending a party at the Petersen Automotive Museum in celebration of the 11th annual Soul Train Music Awards.

According to witness Kevin Kim, "someone just rolled up and started shooting."

Dozens of concerned friends and fans gathered in the hospital parking lot where Wallace's bullet-riddled sport utility vehicle could be seen.

They left when officials confirmed Wallace's death.

According to police, he was shot just after midnight.

Wallace built his gangsta rap persona around authenticity. He openly discussed his past as an ex-crack dealer from the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn.

Wallace is the second major rapper to die in a drive-by shooting in the last six months.

Tupac Shakur, a fellow gangsta rapper, was killed in Las Vegas last fall.

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610 WIP host sued by Philadelphia Flyers Flyers chairman Ed Snider filed a lawsuit against his team's flagships station, 610 WIP, and host Craig Carton for remarks made about Flyers captain Eric Lindros during a Feb. 28 show.

Carton reported that Lindros was suspended for the Flyer/Pittsburgh game on Feb. 15 because he was hungover.

The Flyers flatly have denied the allegations saying that Lindros missed the game due to injury, not suspension.

Snider also is seeking to terminate the Flyers relationship with WIP, which broadcasts all of the team's games.

This is the second time in less than a year that WIP and the Flyers have quarreled.

Last year, Mike Missanelli published a report in his magazine, The Fan, stating that Lindros was friends with reputed mob boss "Skinny·· Joey Merlino.

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Pre-teen drug use on rise.

In a recent poll issued today by the Partnership for a Drug Free America, 460,000 preteens, ages nine to 12, have admitted trying marijuana and other illegal drugs.

The poll was based on an anonymous questionnaire given to 12, 292 pre-teens. According to the poll, four percent of American pre-teens have tried marijuana and other illegal drugs. This number has risen from two percent in 1995.

"The key finding of this study is that drugs can no longer be regarded as a teenage problem only," said Ginna Maston, executive vice president of Partnership for a Drug Free America.

In 1997, over $500 million will be spent and many added precautions will be implemented on primetime stations and commercials which will star popular teens and preteens saying no to drugs.