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The Inside Front
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Monday April 6,1998
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
In the NATION
President Clinton says he's glad the case was dismissed and he can get an with his lob.
missed and he can get on with his job.
■ Panicked casino gamblers in St. Louis ran for the doors when three barges rammed their riverboat, putting the motorless boat at the river's mercy.
In the WORLD
Fans fled a soccer stadium in a small town and tourists hurried out of St. Francis Basilica in Assisi on Sunday when another earthquake struck central Italy.
NATION
Clinton trying not to let legal battles affect performance
WASHINGTON — President Clinton says he's glad the case was dismissed and he can get on with his job.
Americans are telling polsters they want the independent counsel's investigation of
Clinton: glad case is behind him and the country
the president to end as well.
With a federal court decision last week to dismiss Jones' sexual harassment lawsuit against the president, friends of the president said Sunday that the time is right for Clinton to speak about the other case against him: allegations that he had a sexual relationship with former intern Monica Lewin.
sky and urged her to lie about it.
Clinton, in an interview in the Time magazine edition on newsstands today, said the end of the Jones case helped both Clinton and the United States.
"If I were just a private citizen, Joe Six-Pack, I would have mixed feelings about not getting a chance to disprove these allegations in court," Clinton said. "I don't have mixed feelings as president, because having the case dismissed and putting this behind us is plainly in the best interest of the country."
ST. LOUIS — Panicked casino gamblers ran for the doors when three barges rammed their riverboat, sending people to the floor, cutting off electricity and putting the motorless boat at the river's mercy.
"I was playing the machines, and the next
thing I knew, there was a big boom, like a big jerk, Paul Hudson said, "Everyone got scared. The first time it hit, I got so scared and I fell on the floor. We're just glad to be off. When it hit, we thought it was going (down)."
The Saturday night crash occurred when a towboat hauling barges on the Mississippi River crashed into a bridge near the St. Louis Arch, letting loose three barges.
All three barges struck the Admiral riverboat, a permanently docked casino with about 2,500 people on board. The boat's upstream mooring gave way, causing one end of the craft to swing away from its dock and the boat to drift downstream.
The towboat caught up with the riverboat and pushed it against the riverbank to prevent its other mooring from breaking in the current.
"Had the other end of the boat been knocked loose, it would have crashed into another bridge and it could have been worse than the Titanic in that we had 2,500 passengers on (the riverboat). "Fire Chief Stanley Newsome said.
WORLD
Thousands flee stadium when quake rocks Italy
ROME — Fans fled a soccer stadium in a small town and tourists hurried out of St. Francis Basilica in Assisi on Sunday when another sharp earthquake struck central Italy.
The Associated Press
There were no reports of injuries or damage
The quake has a preliminary magnitude of 4.5, making it weaker than the 5.0 quake that jolted the region on Friday and damaged 300 homes. Friday's quake was the strongest in several months of aftershocks following two killer quakes in September.
Some 1,500 fans rushed from Gualdo,
Tadino's soccer stadium, when the quake
hit Sunday just two minutes before the end
of a minor league match.
Sunday's quake did no apparent damage to the Assisi basilica, whose lower-level church was filled with Palm Sunday visitors. The basilica's upper-level has been closed
to the public since Sept. 26, when its ceiling collapsed during a quake.
ON CAMPUS
TODAY
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will study fundamentals of Catholicism at 7 p.m. at Room 201 in the center. Contact the Rev. Vince Krische at 843-0357.
KU Meditation Club will meet at 6 p.m. at the Dalsy Hill Room in the Burge Union. Contact Beng Beh at 864-7754.
- Native American Student Association will meet at 7 p.m. in the Multicultural Resource Center.
International Programs is sponsoring and International Seminar for Faculty: "At the Margins of Power; Hierarchy & the Politics of Ethnic Mobilization Among the Urarina," from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the Western Seminar Room at Art History Library in the Spencer Museum of Art.
Episcopal/Lutheran Campus Center will have a service at noon in Danforth Chapel. Contact the Rev. Joseph Afford at 843-8202.
TOMORROW
Kansas City Baptist Temple Ministry will meet at 7:30 p.m. at Alcove F in the Kansas Union, Contact Stefani Janssen at 841-961
Hispanic American Leadership Organization will meet at 6 p.m. at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union, Contact Janell Avila at 864-HALO.
Christian Science Organization will meet at 7 p.m. at Alcove C in the Kansas Union, Contact Alain Halt at 832-2830.
KU Environs will meet at 6 p.m. in the Kansas Union. Call 864-7325 for more information.
**Crime and Delinquency Organization will hold elections for officers at 6 p.m. at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union. Contact Hatem Chahine at 843-9451.**
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will study Sunday readings from a Catholic
WEDNESDAY
perspective from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Conference Room in the center. Contact Sister Karen at 843-0357.
Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Pioneer Room In the Burge Union. Contact Wendy Brown at 838-3984.
The Dole Center and International Programs present "Terms of Engagement: Most Favored Nations Trading Status for China," from 2:30 to 5 p.m. and "MFN and the Context for Engagement," from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Contact Burdett Loomis at 864-9033 or Terry Wearld at 864-4141 for more details.
THURSDAY
Campus Crusade for Christ will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Kansas Union. Contact Peter Ellis at 840-9572.
KU Environs vegetarian lunch will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Ecumenical Christian Ministries. Contact Natalie Sullivan at 842-7847.
Proponents of Animal Liberation will meet at 6 p.m. at the Oread Room in the Kansas Union. Contact Michael Schmitt at 838-4469.
SUNDAY
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will study the Gospel of Luke from 6:30 to 8 p.m, at Rooms 201 and 202 in the center. Call B43-0357 for more information.
The Feminist Union will meet at 5 p.m. in the Governor's Room at the Kansas Contact. Contact Joan Benefiel at 840-9739.
GENERAL
KU Tae Kwon Do Club will meet Monday and Wednesday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. and Friday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at room 207 in Robinson Center. Contact Adam at 842-9112.
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will celebrate daily Mass at 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday in the center. Contact the Rev. Vince Krische at 843-0357.
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will have Mass at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday in Danforth Chapel, Contact the Rev. Ray May at 843-0357.
College hires professors, seeks director
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One such candidate being sought is a director for the new indigenous nations studies program.
Although most new faculty are hired at the assistant professor level, Frost Mason said that there were several open positions which would require hiring tenured professors. Hiring tenured faculty is more complicated because they must be approved by the promotion and tenure committee, she said.
"What we're looking for here is someone who has already established themselves as a scholar and perhaps as an administrator," Frost Mason said. "It costs us a little more money, but also brings us a talent that is tried and true."
The search for new faculty is usually an eight to nine-month process, but it can take a few years to place distinguished professors, Frost Mason said. If the search to fill a position is unsuccessful, Frost Mason said that they would wait until the following year rather than settle for a second choice.
"We really want our departments to choose the very best people for these jobs," she said.
Frost Mason said that positions drew from 50 to several hundred applicants. Some positions in the math department have received up to 600 applications, she said.
"In certain disciplines, people from all over the world are applying for these jobs," she said.
the work are applying for these jobs, she said.
Frost Mason said that in the last ten years,
50 percent of the new faculty have been either women or minorities.
"We always place emphasis on trying to hire women and minorities." Frost Mason said.
Ron Francisco, chair of political science, said that his department had hired two new associate professors. Lorraine Bayard de Volo from the University of Michigan specializes in gender and politics and will teach classes in both political science and women's studies.
"It will not only benefit students in terms of courses but in the real world to show how governments can work to create economic growth." Francisco said.
Frost Mason said that hiring would be finalized by early May. The American Association of Universities recommends this deadline as a courtesy between schools so that fall schedules can be set.
"I think we'll easily hit the 25 to 30 mark before the year is out," Frost Mason said.
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ON THE RECORD
A KU student's bicycle and lock were taken between 8:15 and 11:30 a.m. Wednesday from the west side of Haworth Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The items were valued at $270.
A KU student's blue, pea-fleated semi-automatic .25 caliber handgun was stolen between 10:30 a.m. Thursday and 12:45 a.m. Friday in the 1800 block of West Fourth Street. Law enforcement said the gun was valued at $1,169.
A KU student's driver-side window was smashed between 11:30 p.m. Thursday and 1:55 a.m. Friday in the 800 block of West 24th Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $150.
A KU student's peace was disturbed between 11:11 a.m. September 1, 1997 and midnight March 1 in the 600 block of Gateway Street, Lawrence police said.
The door and sunroof of a kU student's car were damaged and CD car stereo was stolen between noon Wednesday and 2:30 p.m. Friday in the 1100 block of Haskell Rd., Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $800.
Forty-eight of a KU student's checks, an ATM card and two other items were stolen between midnight and noon March 30 in the 1100 block of Ohio, Lawrence
A KU employee's car was damaged, and the student's $14 and 13 other items were stolen from it, between 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Friday in the 3200 block of Mesa Way, Lawrence police said. The theft cost the student $3,510
police said. The theft cost the student $280
A wheel of a KU student's car was stolen between 9:50 and 10 p.m. Saturday in the 2000 block of West Sixth Street. Lawrence police said. The theft cost the student $100.
A KU student was battered at midnight Saturday in the 1100 block of West 11th Street. Lawrence police said
A KU student's hunter green mountain bike was stolen at an unknown time between March 22 and 28 in the 1700 block of Kentucky Street, Lawrence police said. The bike was valued at $250.
A KU student's black leather wallet, KUID and two other items were stolen between 10:45 p.m. Saturday and 1:15 a.m. Sunday in the 800 block of West 24th St., Lawrence police said. The stolen items were valued at $20.
A KU student's watch, wallet and cellular phone were stolen at 1:50 a.m. Sunday in the 1000 block of Massachusetts Street, Lawrence police said. The theft cost the student $16.5.
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TARANG
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6:30 p.m. Sunday, 12th April 1998 Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall The University of Kansas, Lawrence
**Pandit Monilal Nag - Sitar (String)**
Ustad Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan - Shahnai (Indian Oboe)
Subhen Chatterjee - Tabla (Percussion)
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