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The Inside Front
Monday March 1,1999
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Martial arts exhibition kicks off festival week
Some members of the Asian-American Student Union will demonstrate their martial arts skills between 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. today in front of Wescoe Hall.
The demonstration is the first event of the Asian-American Festival, which will have activities all week to celebrate the Asian-American presence at the University of Kansas.
The students performing the demonstration are part of an informal, off-campus group that practices martial arts, said Charu Narula, social chair of the AASU.
"They're going to be sparing each other and wrestling," Narula said. An information table on festival events will be held between 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. today at the Kansas Union lobby.
Dan Curry
NATION
Working parents don't harm children's stability
WASHINGTON — Children of women who work outside the home are not significantly harmed by their mother's absence, according to a study that evaluated the development and health of more than 6,000 youngsters.
"I found there was no difference between children whose mothers were employed vs. children whose mothers were not employed during the first three years," said Elizabeth Hanvey, a psychologist at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. "Being employed is not going to harm the children."
Harvey's study, published in the March issue of the journal Developmental Psychology, came to a different conclusion than some earlier studies of the same group of children. The new work examined the children at a later age, 12 years old.
This suggests, said David Eggbeen of Pennsylvania State University, who co-wrote an earlier study, that problems detected in children of working mothers at age 3 and 4 may have gone away by the time the children were 12.
Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, an associate professor of human development at the University of Chicago called the Harvey study "an important contribution" but not the final answer on issues relating to children and working mothers.
Secret 'disruption' tactic hampers terrorist activity
WASHINGTON — Frustrated by restrictions on using military force against terrorists, the United States is turning to a lower-profile tactic. The CIA calls it "disruption" — working with foreign law-enforcement services to
harass and hamper terrorists around the world before they can pull off major attacks.
Least well-known of counter-terrorist weapons, disruption involves using new or long-established clandestine alliances with foreign intelligence and law-enforcement services in the tracking down, breaking up and knocking over of international terrorist cells.
There are no headlines when the job is done — and no fingerprints.
The CIA keeps its role secret, and the foreign countries that actually crack down on the suspects carefully hide the U.S. role, lest they stir up political trouble for themselves. Moreover, the CIA sends no formal notice to Congress once a foreign law-enforcement agency, acting on CIA information, swoops in and breaks up a suspected terrorist cell.
The key to disruption is that it takes place before terrorists strike, amounting to a pre-emptive, offensive form of counterterrorism, said Richard Clarke, President Clinton's counterterrorism coordinator.
WORLD
U.S. condemnns China's human-rights record
BEJING — Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrived in China on Sunday planning to deliver a strong rebuke for China's "deplorable pattern" of cracking down on political dissent, which continued even as her visit began.
State Department spokesman James P. Rubin suggested lack of improvement by China on human rights and other irritants could impede progress on Albright's primary mission, to negotiate with Premier Zhu Rongji terms for joining the World Trade Organization. The goal is to admit China in time for Zhu's trip to Washington in April.
Albright was meeting Monday with Zhu, Vice Premier Qian Qichen and Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan. On Tuesday, she plans to see President Jiang Zemin before heading to Thailand, then Indonesia, during her weeklong trip.
In Beijing, Albright will make clear that human rights is among the top U.S. problems with China's conduct. Rubin said. The State Department's annual human rights report, issued Friday, condemned China for jailed dissidents for trying to form a democratic political party.
MARJAYOUN, Lebanon — Lebanese guerrillas detonated two bombs beside a military convoy yesterday, killing a brigadier general and three other Israelis in one of the most serious attacks on Israel's forces in southern Lebanon.
Israeli warplanes retaliated after the bombing, firing missiles at suspected guerrilla hideouts in southern and eastern Lebanon, Lebanese security officials said. There was no immediate word on casualties from the air raid, the second in south Lebanon in as many days.
Brig. Gen. Erez Gerstein was the highest-ranking officer to die in Lebanon since the 1982 Israeli invasion. His vehicle, described by area residents as an arm-plated Mercedes, careened off the road, rolled into the valley below and burst into flames.
Two Israeli sergeants and an Israel Radio reporter, all of whom were in Gerstein's vehicle, also were killed.
Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed Lebanese guerrilla group, claimed responsibility for the attack. It came five days after another south Lebanon ambush killed three Israeli army officers, prompting renewed calls for Israel to pull troops out of Lebanon.
Israel occupied part of Lebanon in 1985 to prevent cross-border attacks, setting up a so-called "security zone" that covers about one-tenth of Lebanon. Hezbollah is the most active of guerrilla groups fighting to oust the Israelis and their militia allies.
Candidate to contest country's voting tactics
ABUJA, Nigeria — Presidential candidate Olu Falae plans to contest the results of Nigeria's elections, a top aide said Sunday, casting a shadow over the vote billed as a chance to bring democracy back to Africa's most populous country.
Saturday's presidential election, only the third in Nigerian history, was "completely rigged," said the aide, Sunday Durodola, who also is the party secretary for Falea's Alliance for Democracy.
The surprise announcement came as Nigerian election officials announced that faalae's opponent, retired Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo, a former military ruler seeking a civilian comeback 20 years after leaving power, had pulled further into the lead.
By yesterday evening, Obasanjo had captured 62 percent of the vote with 31 of Nigeria's 36 states and the federal capital reporting. Many of the remaining states have traditionally backed Obasanjo's Peoples Democratic Party.
"Our delegation members and others witnessed serious irregularities and overt electoral fraud in a number of states," said former President Carter, who led a 60-person delegation of election observers.
The announcements from Falae's camp followed reports by international observers of ballot box-stuffing and other serious voting irregularities.
-The Associated Press
Four KU students, who allegedly were fighting, were arrested for disorderly conduct at 2:06 a.m. Friday at 10th and New Hampshire streets, a Lawrence Police report said. All of the men were released by 5 a.m. on $50 bonds.
ON THE RECORD
A KU student was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated at 2:49 a.m. Friday, a Lawrence Police report said.
A KU police officer was dispatched to Gertrude Sellars Pearson-Corbin residence hall at 7:30 a.m. Thursday on a report that a student was having a seizure, the KU Public Safety Office said. Medical personnel treated the student at the scene but did not transport her to the hospital.
A KU student's KUID and $40 in cash were stolen between 3 p.m. and 11.45 a.m. Thursday from room 208 in Robinson Center, the KU Public Safety Office said. The stolen property was valued at $50
A KU student's dashboard was damaged and the faceplate for his stereo was stolen between 9 p.m. Tuesday and 11:02 a.m. Wednesday in lot 105 southwest of McCallum hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The damage was estimated at $250; the stereo faceplate was valued at $100.
A KU student's duffel bag was stolen between 10:30 p.m. and 10:32 p.m. Wednesday in lot 110 east of Jayhawker Towers, the KU Public Safety Office said. The bag and its contents were valued at $500.
Today IN HISTORY
1904 - Bandleader Glenn Miller was born.
1912 - Captain Albert Berry made the first parachute jump from a moving airplane.
1949 - Elton John's first record "I've Been Loving You" was released.
1954- Actor/ director Ron Howard was born.
1969 - Mickey Mantle announced his retirement from baseball. Mantle's world series records include: 18 home runs, 42 runs scored, 40 RBI's, 43 walks and 54 strikeouts.
1985 The Beatles song "Help!" was used for the first time in a television commercial.
1987 - The Boston Celtics defeated Detroit 112-
102, posting win number 2,235
Sensitive dialogue has sparse attendance
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African-Americans.
Diuguid said a group of African-American journalists yearly honored journalistic writings that best captured the spirit of African-American life.
"We have to change the dialogue." Diguid said. "We have to discuss in concrete terms how we can move forward."
These writings were then archived so that future people could view a positive history of African Americans, created by African Americans, Duiguud said.
The focus of the dialogue remained on religion and racism, however.
Antonio Shepherd, Lawrence resident and KU graduate in African and African-American Studies, who organized the event, said this was the primary reason why people did not attend the event.
"It is my opinion there are actually subjects we cannot discuss with people," Shepherd said. "People are afraid of talking about religion."
Shepherd used his personal money and funding from a Coca-Cola on-campus event account to pay for the event.
The event included a play and a concert in addition to the dialogue.
Only about five or 10 people attended the concert, Shepherd said, and the musicians were sent home early.
The event was sponsored by the African and African-American Studies Department.
However, the department did not know that Kwesi had replaced ben-Jochannan, said Peter Ukpokodu, chairman of the African and African-American Studies Department.
Edited by Julie Sachs
ON CAMPUS
The SUA Recreation Committee will meet at 5 p.m. today at Alcove B in the Kansas Union. Call the SUA office at 864-3477 for more information.
KU Enviros will meet at 6 tonight in the Kansas Union. Call Matt Dunbar at 864-7325 for more information.
**Writer's Roosts, sponsored by Writing Consulting:**
Student Resources, will be open today at the following times and locations: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Burge Union and 4003 Wesco Hall, noon to 4
p. m. at 4006 Wescoe Hall, and 1 to 4 p.m. at Alcove C in the Kansas Union. Call 864-2399 for more information.
The St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will have Mass at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday at Danforth Chapel. Call Father Ray May at Mass 4:35-037 for more information. There also will be Mass at 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Center, 1,631 Crescent Rd. Call Father Vincent Krische at 843-0357 for more information.
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