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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.102,NO.37
TUESDAY OCTOBER 13, 1992
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Earthquake kills more than 300 in northern Egypt
The Associated Press
CAIRO, Egypt — One of the strongest earthquakes to hit Egypt in modern times topped buildings yesterday and caused deadly stampedes of panicked residents. The government said 370 people were killed and more than 3,700 injured.
A mother, holding her dead son and shouting for help, was pulled from the rubble of a building more than seven hours after the afternoon earthquake that registered 5.9 on the Richter scale.
Many victims were trampled to death, including more than 100 schoolchildren in the Cairo area, said Maj. Gen. Rida Abdel-Aiz, an assistant interior minister. They were killed as the rushes from swaying
schools.
Rescuers struggled into the night to dig survivors from debris.
Authorities declared a state of emergency in this city of 14 million people.
gency in this city. The quake was centered about 20 miles southwest of Cairo, a few miles from the pyramids and the Sphinx on the Giza Plateau. But Information Minister Safat wai-t Sherif said major monuments survived the 20-second temblor.
The quake was preceded by a roar.
The quake was pre-emptive. "At first I thought it was a bomb in the basement of Mohammed Ali, a lawyer." "Then I saw people running, and I realized it was an earthquake."
People thronged in Cairo's streets after the aque. Many seemed dazed. One woman stood on a sidewalk screaming. A knot of people sat in a
downtown square, tears streaking
down their cheeks.
Thousands crowded around the ruins of a 14-story apartment building in the northern suburb of Heliopolis late yesterday while four bulldozers cleared debris under floodlights.
An ambulance worker said about 15 people were pulled out alive before nightfall, including mother Samia Rajagh Khalil.
Her condition was unknown. She was removed, dazed, on a stretcher, after she was found holding her dead son and shouting for help.
The dead in the southern suburb of Maadi, where many Americans and other Westerners live, included six Egvotian schoolchildren.
Maadi resident Fahima Tala Aly
Suleman said she saw a 14-year-old
The security force's operations room in Cairo reported last night that 116 buildings were reported destroyed or badly damaged throughout Egypt.
girl, wearing a school uniform, fall dead after a collapsing wall hit her. A wall collapse in a downtown Cairo shop killed a worker. Five boys died in a stampede from a collapsing school in Shubra, a poorer Cairo district.
Abdel-Aziz said most schoolchildren were casual of panic.
Eight hours after the jolt, the Interior Ministry reported that the quake killed 370 and injured 3,369 in nine of Egypt's 28 provinces.
Hardest hit were Cairo, with 127 dead and 2,139 injured, and Giza to
the south, with 128 dead and 700 hurt,
it said.
The quake spared Aswan High Dam, which holds back 310-mile-long Lake Nasser, the world's largest artificial lake. A breach would have sent water gushing straight down the Nile Valley to Cairo.
Egyptian Museum director Mohammed Saleh said only two large statues among more than 100,000 pieces on display were damaged.
Whether Cairo's wealth of Islamic and Coptic monuments were undermined by the earthquake was not immediately known.
The quake was felt as far away as Jerusalem, 250 miles northeast of Cairo.
Preparing for Hillary Clinton's visit
Boxers prove to be big in fashion
By Linda Starrett Special to the Kansan
If you think men's clothes are colorless and boring, you may be looking in all the wrong places. Hiding just beneath that outer layer of hoim conventionally could be the hottest trend in fashion: boxer shorts.
Boxers are back. But these are not your father's boxer shorts. The colorful and wacky designs on today's new boxers take them beyond simple underwear into the world of unisex fashion.
"Boxers are the only reason to get caught with your pants down," said Hale Shepard, Lewood fifth year senior, who is a boxer convert. "I like them because you can sit around the house in them and go to the door in them without having to change."
Toss out those "tight-white" briefs, guys, with boxers, you do not need to worry if your underwear is showing. Sheppard wears Umbro shorts over his boxes and does not care if the boxers hang down. It is the fashion.
Heidi Pattison, Kansas City, Kan., fifth-year senior agreed. "Wearing boxes is a young guy thing to do. My dad wears briefs—it's an older man thing to do."
guys anymore. They are also popular with the opposite sex. Girls wear boxes to study in, to sleep in, or just relax in, Pattison said.
But wearing boxers is not just for
or just relax in it, I ask students "Everyone is buying them," said Greg Easter, manager of Eastons Ltd. 839 Massachusetts St. We figurate that girls are buying 30 percent of our boys. People of all ages are buying them—even grandmothers."
Eastons sells a line of boxers designed by Gary Sharpe of River Sharpe Adventures, a lawrence company that is making an impact across the nation. River Sharpe Adventures has been in business for only two years and already is selling their boxers in 650 specialty stores throughout all 50 states and in foreign countries including Canada, Germany and France
A 360-degree continuous design is what makes these boxers unique. Sports themes, old-world maps, cowboys, gamblers and farm animals make up some of the designs.
"Our hottest selling boxer since day one has been the pigs, our signature boxer," Easter said. A large pig smiles from the front of the boxer, while a row of curly tailed pigs line the back. Little pigs circle each leg.
Eastons sells 24 styles of Sharpe's designs, all in 100 percent cotton in the $2.50 to 27.00 price
range. They also sell other lines in flannel and silk.
nature and skin.
Prairie Patches, 811 Massachusetts St., is a local shop that sells boxers made right in the store. The store offers several fabric selections from which customers can choose. They also make T-shirts and sweatshirts with Greek letters on the front to coordinate. Customers can even buy coordinating hats.
Debbie Antes, retail sales manager, said, "Ninety percent of our boxes are bought by girls. The best sellers are the real trendy colors in floral and paisley."
They also sell boxers in flannel plaids and KU jayhawk designs. Shorts and hats sells for $14.95 and the shirts with scribbly letters to match start at $15.95 depending on the size of the letters.
Boxer shorts make popular Christmas and Valentine's Day gifts and will be found in area stores with Santa designs, Christmas tree light bulbs, and heart and Cupid designs.
Photo courtesy of Eastons
Nobody knows when the boxer craze will end. At Eastons, boxers have been popular for about four years now, Easter said. "We thought it was going to slow down, but it keeps growing and growing."
Four men from Eastons don their boxers in the Chi Omega fountain, Eastons offer their boxers designed and illustrated by local artist Brad Rinke.
Many shoes are in season
Allison Lippert
Special to the Kansan
In many shoe stores, the display windows are full of ankle high leather boots by Eastland or Dexter.
When you go shopping for new shoes this fall, make sure you end up in the right shoe department, because many of this fall's styles are the same for men and women.
A Dillard's advertising mailing shows other styles of ankle high boots in suede or leather with fold down or fake fur top collars. Some boots have inserts of Indian-blanket material.
Tim Arensberg, employee at Arensberg's Shoes, 825 Massachusetts St., said the boots were very popular.
Many of the styles of these boots are the same for men and women. They cost from $56 to $160, depending on the style, material and brand.
For something a bit different, Arensburg said a brand of shoe called Dr. Martens had become popular for both men and women this fall.
the DE. Martens have thick, air cushion soles that were developed long before Nike developed their air cushion soles, Arensburg said.
He said the shoes were very functional and were becoming more popular.
Arensberg's Shoes carries a few styles of Dr. Martens; the men's and women's styles are similar.
For women, there are oxford in black and distressed leather, a style of leather that looks worn or aged. Also available are combat boots in black, blue, green, purple and red.
Men's styles of Dr. Martens include
Lace up oxford and wingtip made of Nubice, a cross between a smooth suede and regular leather, are also popular this fall for men and women.
court, such as green or maroon. Loafers are popular for men and women once again. The traditional penny loafers are back, along with slip-on loafers with tassels or fringe, called kilties. Many of this fall's loafers are made of light tan distressed leather.
men and women.
Connie Williams, an employee at McCall's Shoes, 829 Massachusetts St., said that wingtips are just like oxfordes except they have designs on the toes. Many of the oxfords and wingtips are in various shades of brown with the wingtips having occasional touches of color, such as green or maroon
oxfords in black, red and distressed leather. Arensberg said the distressed leather oxfords were popular with men because they went with dressier clothes as well as jeans. Dr. Martens for both men and women start at $100.
Arensberg said that there was a lot of west-ern influence in shoe styles this fall. Boots are popular for everyone, especially women. This fall
Many styles of boots are being sold this fall.
One popular style for women is the western shoe boot, shoes that look like cowboy boots but in brown and low around the ankle, or in brown and black leather, and are often decorated with buckles, straps or pleats. Many of these show boots cost from $50 to $76.
from $50 to $16.
In addition to plain boots, several styles of cowboy boots for men and women have embroidery or leather patchwork. Dillard's advertises black suede women's cowboy boots embroidered with colorful lassos, cacti and sombreros. Some decorated cowboy boots cost $50 to $115.
October 12, 1992 * K-you * FALL FASHION '92
loyed farmer and tic political activist al position on board
r
unney yesterday announced the f a new member to the Board of eming body of Kansas's six state uni-
r, a self-employed farmer, rancher andator and real estate broker from complete the nine-member board. Ann McDowell, former president of 'community College.
hat he had little experience in the er education but that he was famil- the issues facing the state's univer-
en active in Democratic politics on ate levels and has been a long-time he said.
a bachelor's degree in economics
te University in 1956.
faced with a shortage of funds and find the best way to stretch our o scare up some money to pay for costly salaries," he said.
more complex with a lot of intensi-
"The new Regent will have to deal
i as the right level of tuition the stu-
ry.
cruentive vice chancellor of the Uni-
s, said the new Regent should have a
for higher education to contribute
updated program review.
he Regents at one of the more chal- the history of the board, said Stannis executive director.
view is a statewide restructuring te duplication among universities' mS
major challenge for the new Regent board is preparing themselves for a program review." Meyen said.
ent comes three days before the monthly meeting of the schoolyear and a half months after McDowell
denied the allegations, is suing six or breach of contract and violation
been fired as president of Independence College on March 10 by the col-ruestes. The board accused her of and trying to boost state aid by ent figures.
y's fifth Regents appointment. His I to expire December 31, 1994.
lecreased
esidency decline
dence hatch occupancy has declined 1 percent since 1987 while the total ber of undergraduates has declined 0.8 percent.
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