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Tuesday, October 13, 1992
killer courses
Attention Juniors & Seniors:
Which KU courses will you remember
Which KU courses will you remember long after you've taken the finals and walked down the Hill? KANSAS ALUMNI MAGAZINE wants to know. Tell us about the courses you never dare to skip-the ones for which you have to read the assignments.
Many of KANSAS ALUMNI's 46,000 readers remember Economics with John Ise, Psychology with Beatrice Wright or Chemistry with Clark Bricker. They'll want to read about the courses and professors who will become the latest chapters in KU's academic lore.
Please list your three choices for toughest courses and toughest professors and provide examples to illustrate how they have challenged you. Attach a separate sheet if you want more space. KANSAS ALUMNI will feature the top vote-getters in Spring 1993.
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NATION/WORLD UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Group says Iranians plan nuclear warhead purchase
WASHINGTON — Iran has made a deal with the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan to buy four nuclear warheads, a leading Iranian opposition group said yesterday.
The Associated Press
Mohammed Mohaddesin, director of international relations for the People's Mujahadeen, said Mujahedeen agents inside Iran obtained information about the deal. The warheads have been paid for but not delivered, he said.
In Sunday's U.S. presidential debate, independent Ross Perot touched on widespread fears that nuclear weapons in the former Soviet Union might be sold.
"Russia and its republics are out of control," Perot said. "You've got every rich Middle Eastern country over there trying to buy nuclear weapons, as you well know. And that will lead to another five-star migraine headache down the road."
Answering Perot, President Bush mentioned a pact he made with Russian President Boris Yeltsin to do away with most intercontinental missiles.
"We made dramatic progress." he said.
The Mujahedeen report comes a month after Kazakhstan's prime minister, Sergei Tereschenko, pledged an visit to Israel that his country would not sell any of the nuclear weapons it inherited with the breakup of the Soviet Union.
"Nuclear weapons will not be sold, not to Iran or any other country. Kazakhstan is peace-loving." Tereschenko told Israeli President Chaim Herzog.
Kazakhstan, the largest of the newly independent Muslim republics of Central Asia, is one of four former states with nuclear weapons that were left by the Soviet Union.
The State Department was closed for the Columbus Day holiday. But one official, who requested anonymity, said that a claim similar to the Mujahedeen's had been made earlier this year and that U.S. officials had not confirmed it. The official would not comment on the current report.
The official said the United States opposed any nuclear purchase by Iran because "we just don't trust their intentions."
Another official cautioned that the Mujahedeen had a stake in any report that made the fundamentalist Muslim leaders of Iran look bad.
However, the opposition group, which is based in Iraq and lobbies in Washington, has provided accurate information on Iranian nuclear activities in the past.
The State Department protested the sale as "highly imprudent" and said it "would inevitably result in an enhancement of Iran's nuclear infrastructure."
Russia recently has proceeded, despite U.S. opposition, with sales to Iran of two nuclear reactors and three submarines.
U.S. researchers win Nobel Prize
The Associated Press
aspect of cell growth, proliferation, differentiation."
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Two U.S. researchers shared the Nobel Prize in medicine yesterday for discovering a basic process in human cells that is linked to cancer and rejection of transplanted organs.
Fischer and Krebs, who are senior researchers at the University of Washington, began working together in the 1950s.
Edwin Krebs, 74, and Edmond Fischer, 72, were awarded the $1.2 million prize for their research on reversible protein phosphorylation.
They discovered an important class of enzymes called protein kinases. These enzymes turn on essential biological functions inside the cell through activation of proteins. Other enzymes, called phosphatases, regulate deactivation.
The work by Fischer and Krebs has helped scientists understand how the drug cyclosporin prevents the rejection of transplanted organs and why certain cancers and allergies develop.
"It is one of the most important reactions by which cells are turned on and off," Fisher said in an interview from his home in Seattle. "Tens of thousands of reactions in the cell can be regulated. It's involved in every
"It absolutely can lead the trail to a cure for cancer," Fischer said.
The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute announced the winners before it could reach them by telephone, so Krebs and Fischer heard the news from the U.S. media.
Ares was at home but did not get the message for five hours because he is partially deaf and does not hear his telephone ringing.
The award is based on research done by Fischer and Krebs from 1955 to 1965
Fischer said that back in the 1950s he had not realized the importance of their discoveries.
"That's not the way it works," he said. "In fact, when we found out this reaction, we didn't know if it was something very unique or very unimportant."
Fischer is researching cell transformation, which is connected to the development of cancer.
Krebs is concentrating on hormonal regulation, such as in diseases like diabetes.
ENTRY- Entry Fees: $10 students, $12 non-students. Entry fees must accompany entry forms and are nonrefundable. Deadline for the early forms is October 16 at 5:00 p.m. Late registration and packet pickup will be held from 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. on race day at the Space Technology building on West Campus. Entry fees for late registration will remain the same but a T-shirt is not guaranteed. Please make checks payable to Kappa Alpha Theta.
SCHEDULE - Race begins at 8:00 a.m. Packet pick-up and late registration from 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. on race day October 18, 1992. Stretching by Body Shapes Fitness Club at 7:40 a.m. Race will be held rain or shine. Awards will be presented after the race.
AWARDS-100% cotton t-shirts will be given to all entries. Plaques and prizes will be awarded to overall women's and men's champions in both the 5K and 10K. Medals will be given in division places 1st through 3rd in both categories.
Kappa Alpha Theta would like to thank the Lawrence Track Club for their help with the roadrace organization.
ENTRY FORM
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Age Divisions:
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A witness for the foregoing, I, for myself, my executors, administrators, waive any resuscitation and all rights and claims for damages I have against the Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation, and any and all claims for damages, demands, actions whatever in any manner, as a result of my participation in said race. I test and certify that I am physician certified by the completion of this event and my physical examination. My certification is provided by a licensed medical doctor.
SEND TO: Kappa Alpha Theta/1133 Tennessee/Lawrence. RS 6604/4/(913) 843-3120
Computer Fair SEE THE FUTURE
KU Computer Fair sponsored by the KU Bookstores
Where:
Kansas Union Jayhawk Room Level Five
88882
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Wednesday, October 21 10am-2pm
When:
KU Bookstores Computer Store Burge Union Level Two 864-5697