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The Inside Front
Thursday March 30,1999
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CAMPUS
KU graduate to discuss his book at Union today
Robert Day, author of The Last Cattle Drive and KU alumnus, will speak at 4 p.m. today at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The book, first published in 1977, is a fictional account of a University of Kansas graduate who is a teacher in a small, western Kansas town. He takes a second job as a rancher and drives cattle across Kansas.
"He's a person we're proud of." Dick Hardin, chairman of the English department, said of Day. "He's an amusing guy to talk to and he has a good sense of humor."
Day's book was to have been made into a movie that would have starred Jack Nicholson, but it was never filmed.
Day received his bachelor of arts and master's degrees in English from the University in the early 1960s. He was an artist-in-residence at the University in 1983 and was awarded the Best Short Stories in America Citation in 1992.
He is now an English professor and director of the O'Neil Literary House at Washington College in Chestertown, Md.
The Chancellor's office is sponsoring the free lecture, which is open to the public.
Doug Pacey
KU Med professor files discrimination complaint
a professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center announced yesterday that he has filed a discrimination complaint against the University of Kansas with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Fred Whitehead, associate professor of family medicine, was informed last fall that his contract would not be renewed. His position is not tenured, but he has worked at the Med Center for 21 years. He said that in deciding not to renew his contract, the University discriminated against him based on his age and his religion.
Jim O'Malley
In his complaint, Whitehead listed his religion as freethinker. He alleged that the Med Center sponsored many religion-related events but that officials harassed him when he sponsored a national conference on the Kansas evolution controversy in November.
"There is a clear pattern of favoritism for religious expression, while a secular humanist like me is dismissed entirely," he said.
Whitehead said he had also filed an academic freedom complaint with the steering committee of the faculty assembly of the Medical Center.
University officials said they could not comment on the discrimination complaint because they had not
received any notification of the filing.
NATION
Miami mayor refuses to help remove Elian
MIAMI — Hours before a crucial meeting between immigration officials and Elian Gonzalez's relatives, the mayor said yesterday that the city would not offer any assistance—including police resources— to help federal officials remove the child from his home.
Miami-Dade County Mayor, Alex
Gonzalez: His immigration status may be revoked today
Penelas, said he and the mayors of 22 nearby towns would hold Attorney General Janet Reno and President Clinton directly responsible for any violence that might occur if immigration officials revoked permission for the boy to stay in
this country.
The Immigration and Naturalization Service had insisted that Elian's Miami relatives agree at a meeting scheduled for this afternoon to surrender the boy if they lose their court case. But the agency also has said it would not do anything that would traumatize the boy.
Shortly before the meeting, the family's lawyer, Kendall Coffey, said the family wouldn't sign the agreement.
Judge rules Clinton violated Privacy Act
WASHINGTON — Resurrecting an impeachment controversy, a federal judge ruled yesterday that President Clinton had committed a criminal violation of the Privacy Act by releasing personal letters to undermine the credibility of one of his accusers.
Clinton immediately disputed the decision, saying he reluctantly released the letters two years ago because it was the only way he knew to refute the allegations made by Kathleen Willey of an unwanted sexual advance.
U. S. District Judge Royce Lambert, a Republican appointee, concluded the president and three top White House lawyers disregarded an earlier court ruling in making Willey's letters public in the midst of the Monica Lewinsky scandal in 1998.
Lamberth's decision clears the way for a lawsuit filed by the conservative group Judicial Watch to delve further into the issue.
Initially, Lambert's ruling simply requires White House lawyers to
answer questions they earlier reject-
Clinton: May be indicted after leaving office
a misdemeanor.
ed about the decision to release the letters. But it could open the door for an eventual lawsuit by Willey. Independent Counsel Robert Ray, who must decide whether to indict Clinton after he leaves office, cannot prosecute a Privacy Act case because it only is
Workers still uncovering bodies from mass mur-
RUGAZI, Uganda — The children and neighbors who had looked on in horrified wonder for two days drifted away yesterday while workers continued to pull bodies through a narrow doorway onto the green lawn.
But that didn't mean the horror had ceased. The death count linked to a Christian doomday sect climbed to nearly 700 in what officials say is one of the largest mass murders in recent history.
The latest collection of bodies was uncovered in the house of Dominic Kataribabo, an excommunicated Roman Catholic priest and a sect leader.
Chinese fear outcome of Taiwanese election
BEIJING — Chinese are abuzz about Taiwanese President-elect Chen Shuibian's stunning victory March 18 and whether his Democratic Progressive Party's pro-independence stance could reignite the 51-year-old Chinese civil war.
"We're all worried about this problem," said Li Chawen, an English major at People's University, a top Beijing college. "We don't know what America will do."
Chinese leaders say they're waiting to see what Chen does, but also warn they will attack if Taiwan declares independence. Since the election, both sides have restated positions that could keep them from negotiating a peaceful settlement.
Taiwan, which China claims as a Chinese province, is among the country's most emotional issues, and lack of information about the election and about Chen has fanned speculation.
China's tightly controlled state media have given scant details of Chen's win. It did not report conciliatory comments made by Chen, who has retreated from his party's pro-independence platform and proposed talks with Beijing. Most reports refer only to a new leader of Taiwan without using his name.
Tornado rips Texas town apart
The Associated Press
FORT WORTH, Texas — Cleanup crews sent huge dangling pieces of glass crashing to the pavement from Fort Worth's skyscrapers yesterday as rescuers searched for more victims of tornadoes that ripped through the city, killing at least three people.
"We still feel there may be more victims trapped in the debris," Fire Chief Larry McMillan said.
Three people were killed, one was missing and presumed dead, more than 80 were injured and dozens were left homeless as two twisters blasted windows out of dozens of offices and tore homes apart shortly after the evening rush hour Tuesday.
off," said Sean Finley, who hustled frantic customers down 35 floors to safety from his high-rise restaurant.
imagine a large bomb going
About 30,000 people were left without power at the height of the storm, with 2,000 still out yesterday afternoon, said TXU Corp. spokenwoman Pat Nichols.
Downtown Forth Worth, a city of 480,000 about 30 miles west of Dallas, was sealed off as crews pushed 200-pound pans of glass to the ground from 35 floors up.
Crews went floor by floor in downtown office buildings for a closer look at the damage.
"You will have one building that looks almost unscathed, and next door to that you have a building that looks like it's downtown Beirut," said Lt. Gov. Rick Perry.
The search for bodies was cen
tered on seven demolished buildings west of downtown Forth Worth, McMillan said.
The tornado that hit Arlington cut a path about two miles long and several blocks wide, destroying 93 houses, officials said. It next touched down in the Grand Prairie area about 10 miles to the east, destroying at least eight homes and damaging six.
ON THE RECORD
Many residents spent the night in their cars in their driveways rather than leave their damaged homes.
Gov. George W. Bush, campaigning in New Jersey, declared Tarrant County a disaster area.
"Last night's tornado damage was a tragic reminder of the fierce power of nature. My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families," he said.
A KU student's wallet was stolen between 11:50 a.m. Monday and 12:45 a.m. Tuesday from the fifth floor of Murphy Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The wallet and its contents were valued at $90.
Paramedics transported the student to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
An Apacer-brand memory board was stolen between 3 p.m. March 17 and 1:50 p.m. Monday from Learned Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The memory board was valued at $200.
The KU Public Safety Office responded to a medical emergency at 10:37 p.m. Tuesday in Robinson Gymnasmus. A KU student fell while playing basketball, possibly breaking his leg.
A 27-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Tuesday in connection with the theft of a KU student's car and purse, the KU Public Safety Office said. According to police reports, the man was the student's ex-boyfriend, and he took her car from the Dale Center circle drive Monday without her permission.
A KU student's IBM laptop computer was stolen between 3 p.m. March 17 and 3 p.m. March 24 from the 1000 block of Emery Road, Lawrence police said. The computer was valued at $3,200.
ON CAMPUS
Ecumenical Christian Ministries and KU Environs will sponsor a veggie lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today at ECM_1204 Oread Ave.
Call Us: 843-4923
Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 12:30 a.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call 842-0110.
The Center for Latin American Studies will present "Lunafarde" The Language of my city; Buenas Aires" from noon to 1 p.m. today at the International Room in the Kansas Union.
Free income tax assistance for paper filing will be available from 3 to 5 p.m. today at 203 Green Hall. Call 864-4550.
Maghreb Forum will present "Education in North Africa and the Middle East" from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. today at the International Room in the Kansas Union.
The Office of Study Abroad will have an informational meeting about Golfito, Costa Rica at 5 p.m. today at the English Room in the Kansas
Union, Call Amy Timkar at 864-7803.
KU Racquebel Club will practice at 6 tonight in Bingham Center, Call Stell Hunt at 331.2231
A Meditation Club will meet at 6 tonight at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union. Call Pannin at 864-7735.
Amnesy International will meet at 7 tonight at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. Call Kyle Browning at 842-1351.
KU HorrorZontals ultimate frisbee team will practice from 8 to 11 tonight at Anschutz Sports Pavilion. Call Will Spotts at 841-0671
- Queers and Allies will meet at 7:30 tonight at the partors in the Kansas Union. Call Matthew Skinta at 864-3091.
Compulsive Eating Anonymous will meet at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call 312-3412.
■ KU Badminton Club will practice from 6:30 to 10:15 p.m. tomorrow at rooms 211 and 212 in Robinson Center. Call Tee or Kevin at 864-7748
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