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The Inside Front
Tuesday September 19,2000
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Sociologist to speak about global masculinity
An internationally known researcher of masculinity and men's studies from the University of Sydney in Australia, is giving the Carroll D. Clark distinguished lecture at 3:30 p.m. today at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
R. W. Connell's lecture, "Understanding Men: Gender and the New International Research on Masculinities," will offer his perspective on developing research in masculinity while challenging the audience to think globally about issues usually thought of as local.
Connell is a professor of education at the University of Sydney and a former professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He has written or edited 18 books, with his most recent, *Masculinities*, being published on three continents.
Joey Sprague, professor of sociology said there were only a few scholars who spoke about globalization with gender issues and that Connell was one of the top gender scholars in the West.
"He's got a wide-ranging mind, and his ideas are exciting." Sprague said.
The lecture is named for Carroll D. Clark, a former KU professor of sociology and department chairwoman who died in 1978. The lecture continues her mission of inviting outstanding sociologists to campus to share insights and research regarding contemporary social problems.
NATION
- Rob Pazell
Transit strike halts bus, rail, subway in LA
Some commuters showed up at bus stops and waited in vain as temperatures rose into the 90s.
LOS ANGELES — A transit strike forced nearly half a million Southern California commuters to scrounge for rides or get behind the wheel themselves yesterday at the start of the workweek, worsening traffic on already clogged streets and freeways.
Some 4,300 members of the United Transportation Union went on strike about wages and overtime Saturday, halting 2,000 buses and rail and subway lines serving a 1,400-square-mile area. An estimated 450,000 people in the car-dependent region depend on the transit system.
No new talks were scheduled, but Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesman Rick Jager said transit system negotiators and a state mediator were ready to bargain.
Firefighters hope rain cool weather slows fire
BOULDER, Colo. — Damp, cool weather moved in yesterday as firefighters battled an 1,110-acre wildfire that threatened more than 130 homes, but more wind was possible.
Hundreds of residents remained evacuated from the mountain neighborhood yesterday.
The blaze slowed slightly during the night as light rain fell, but firefighters were concerned that 30 mph wind gusts forecast later in the day would send the flames racing again through tinder-drv trees and vegetation.
On Sunday, the fire had jumped from treetown to treetown and across roads.
Firefighters said the blaze was zero percent contained, discarding an earlier estimate of 15 percent containment.
WORLD
Peru's president wants to hold new elections
LIMA, Peru — President Alberto Fujimori's stunning decision to call new elections and end his 10-year authoritarian reign has launched Peru into an uncertain future and left many wondering how its powerful military will react.
Rumors swept Lima on Sunday that Fujimiori decided to call new elections because of resistance from top military officers when he said he would deactivate the National Intelligence Service, run by Vladimiro Montesinos, his shadowy alide at the center of a bribery scandal.
But Fujimiori appeared to be in control of the armed forces Sunday, and military barracks were reported to be calm. Fujimori said he would not be a candidate in the new elections. Many Peruvians, however, still view Montesinos as the more powerful of the two and fear he will resist leaving power along with Fujimori.
High fuel prices cause fishermen to block ports
MADRID, Spain — Angry fishermen blocked Spain's second-busiest port, and protests regarding the high price of diesel fuel spread to Israel with truckers threatening to paralyze the nation's roads.
About 20 fishing boats dropped anchor just outside the mouth of Barcelona, Spain's second-busiest port, before dawn, and remained there as night approached.
In Europe, truckers in Sweden, Norway and Finland blocked ports and oil terminals as governments held talks aimed at ending the actions.
At least 1.3 vessels were waiting to dock in Barcelona, and two cruise ships were diverted to other ports, one
to the Mediterranean island of Mallorca and another to Valenci
The government is refusing to reduce taxes, saying Spain's percentage is low compared with what consumers in other European Union countries pay.
Railway will connect North, South Korea
IMJINGAK, South Korea - South Korea started rebuilding a railroad line across the world's most heavily armed border yesterday, saying the new link will serve as an avenue for exchanges with isolated communist North Korea and trade with fast-growing markets in China and Russia.
When completed by next fall, the railway, and a new four-lane highway running alongside it, will link the two capitals: Seoul, South Korea, and Pyongyang, North Korea. The railway and highway will become the first direct transport link between the two Koreas since the Korean War.
Police chief fired amid controversy in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia — President Abdurrahman Wahid fired his national police chief yesterday after police failed to carry out his order to arrest the youngest son of ex-dictator Suharto in an effort to end a spate of unexplained terrorist bombings.
The blasts, including one that killed 15 people in a garage beneath the Jakarta Stock Exchange on Wednesday, have cast a shadow of fear on the capital and have shaken Wahid's year-old reformist government. The dismissal of Gen. Rusdihardjo also comes amid international condemnation of Indonesia's security forces, particularly the police, which failed to stop the mob murderers of three U.N. humanitarian workers Sept. 6 in Indonesian West Timor.
Military leader's home attacked in Ivory Coast
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Machine-gun fire echoed through the streets near the home of Ivory Coast's military leader yesterday, amid growing tensions in the military over pay disputes and deep political divisions.
Military officials said the private home of Gen. Robert Guei, in an upscale residential neighborhood on the edge of downtown Abidjan, had come under attack early yesterday morning by an armed group wearing civilian clothing. Reinforcements had been sent to the home to help defend it, the officials said. One person was killed and four were badly injured in the fighting, one of the officials said. But the sound of gunfire began to diminish after dawn, and officials insisted Guei was not in danger.
The Associated Press
ON THE RECORD
The KU Public Safety Office responded to a report of criminal damage to property at 4:25 p.m. Sunday at the east side of Wescoe Hall. A glass door was broken. The door was valued at $100.
The KU Public Safety Office responded to a report of criminal damage to property at 8:30 a.m. Friday on the second-floor terrace of the Spencer Research Library. A concrete bench leg was pushed over and broken. The bench was valued at $500.
A KU student was harassed by phone at 10:31 p.m. Friday at her sixth-floor room in McCollum Hall.
A KU student's car was damaged at 12:56 a.m. saturday in the Oliver Hall parking lot.
A vehicle backed into another vehicle at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the south Robinson Center parking lot
A. KU student was harassed by phone at 9:50 p.m. Saturday at his fourth-floor room in Oliver Hall.
A vehicle backed into another vehicle in transit at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in the south Robinson Center parking lot
A vehicle hit a parked vehicle at 5:45 p.m.
Tuesday in the Sunshine Avenue parking lot.
ON CAMPUS
A KU student's Chevrolet Blazer was damaged between noon Thursday and 3 p.m. Friday in the 1000 block of Missouri Street, said lawrence police. The damage was estimated at $1,500.
■ KJHK 90.7 will broadcast from Wescoe Beach from noon to 1 p.m. today.
KU Running and Jogging Club will meet at 4:30 p.m. today through Friday at the oak tree by the east entrance to Robinson Center. Call Michael Roessler at 312-3193 or Keith Marshal at 840-0704.
Applications for the first Alternative Weekend Breaks are due at 5 p.m. today at 400 Kansas Union. Call Kendra Seaman or Tabatha Beenhower at 864-343-7.
Best Buddies will have an information session at 5 p.m. today at Alcove F in the Kansas Union.
Call Kelly Brown at 344-2210.
Hispanic-American Leadership Organization will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. Call 864-4256.
KU Traditional Karate Club will practice from 6:30 to 8:30 tonight at 212 Robinson Center. Call Rachel Fuller at 312-1990.
The Office of Study Abroad will present Australia Night, where students will talk about study abroad in Australia, at 6:30 tonight at the Malott Room in the Kansas Union. Call Renée Bérane at 864-374.2
Promoting a Unified Lawrence will present an open discussion on homelessness in Lawrence at 7 onight at the Gallery Room in the Lawrence Public Library. Call Corey Snyder at 841-6596.
University Christian Fellowship will have Bible study at 7 tonight at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Rick Clock at 841-3148.
UNITY Hiphop Dance Troupe will have tryouts from 7 to 10 tonight at the Hashinger Hall Dance Studio.
United Methodist Campus Ministry will have Bible study at 7:30 tonight at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. Call Heather at 841-8661.
The Navigators will pray at 7:30 a.m. tomorrow at Danfoss Chapel.
Delta Force will meet at 8 tonight at the International Room in the Kansas Union. Call Ben Burton at 842-1351.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will have a volunteer, intern and alternative breaks fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Call that Holcombe at 843-4933.
KU Non Trads will have a brown bag lunch
from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at Alcove in the Kansas Union. Call Brent or Michael at 864-7317
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will have a University Forum, "Do We Live in a Science Fiction World?" from noon to 1 p.m. tomorrow at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Thad Holcombe at 843-4933
KU Greens will have a Farm Animal Awareness Week educational display from noon to 4 p.m. tomorrow at Wescoe Beach.
University Career and Employment Services will have a career connections training session from 3 to 3:10 p.m. tomorrow at 149 Burge Union. Call Ann Hartley at 864-3624.
KU Women's Lacrosse Club will practice from 5 to 7 p.m. tomorrow at North Shenk Field. Call Jessie Bird at 830-9486.
Graduate Teaching Assistants' Coalition will meet at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union. Call Elizabeth Duffy at 843-9022 or e-mail
gtac@raven.cc.ukans.edu.
Student Senate committees will meet tomorrow night in the Kansas Union. Graduate Affairs will meet at 5:30 p.m. at Alcove A, Multicultural Affairs will meet at 6 p.m. at the Malott Room. University Affairs will meet at 6 p.m. at the Kansas Room. Finance will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Big 12 Room. Rights will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Jayhawk Room. Call Kim Fuchs at 864-3710.
United Methodist Campus Ministry will have Wednesday Supper at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Heather at 841-8661.
■ PRSSA and Ad Club will present "How to Survive the JSave" at 7 p.m. tomorrow at 100 Stauffer-Flint Hall. Call Greta Schmidt at 331-0468.
Ichthus University Ministries will meet at 8 p.m. tomorrow at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Daisy Praise will meet at 9 p.m. tomorrow at the Hashinger Hall Theater. Call B.P. at 312-1066.
Hashinger Hall Theater. Call B.P. at 312-1066.
The Office of Student Financial Aid has applications for child care grants today through Friday at 50 Strong Hall. Call Cindy Stanphill at 864-4700.
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