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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 toppled buildings yesterday and caused deadly stumpedes of panicked residents. The government said 370 people were killed and more than 3,300 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.
schools.
Many victims were trampled to death, including more than 100 schoolchildren in the Cairo area, said Maj. Gen. Rida Abdel-Aziz, an assistant interior minister. They were killed as they rushed from swaying
Rescuers struggled into the night to die survivors from debris.
Authorities declared a state of emergency in this city of 14 million people
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 waf-herif said major monuments survived the 20-second temblor.
The quake was preceded by a roar.
"At first I thought it was a bomb in the bank," said Samy Mohammed Ali, a lawyer. "Then I saw people running, and I realized it was an earthquake.
People thronged in Cairo's streets after the akuce. 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 buildozers cleared debris under floodlights.
An ambulance worker about 15 people were pulled out alive before nightfall, including mother Samia Nagab Khali.
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 Egyptian schoolchildren.
Maadi resident Fahima Tala Aly
Suleiman said she saw a 14-year-old
girl, wearing a school uniform, fah 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 casualties of panic.
The security force's operations room in Cairo reported last night that 116 buildings were reported destroyed or badly damaged throughout Egypt.
Eight hours after the jolt, the Interior Ministry reported that the quake killed 370 and injured 3,369 in nine of Egypt's 26 provinces.
Hardest hit were Cario, 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 send 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.
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It does not matter whether you like your jeans baggy or blue, a variety of jeans are hot this fall.
The most popular jeans go by many different names, but call them relaxed, loose or baggy, it all means the same thing-tight is out.
"Levi's Silver Tab is definitely in," said Kristen Sussez, Salem, N.H. senior and a salesperson for Penney, 1801 W. 23. "People are going for the baggier look."
If loose jeans are what you want, you can spend as little as $29.8 for basic loose Levi's or as much as $50 for a pair of Silver Tab well-worn-rated baggies. If you are willing to part with $70, you can sport the hot Girbaud forest green brushed-denim Jeans. Or, if you think of pocket's as a fashion accessory rather than a place to carry change, check out Girbaud's #77 "Finger Position" jeans.
Dibble does not care for baggie jeans, but she is one of many KU students who are choosing their jeans based on another factor. "I make the jeans are long enough to go
"Color is the biggest thing right now," said Cheryl Wyllingham, a salesperson at King of Jeans, 740 Massachusetts St. "It gives you something different to wear."
If different is what you want, try Girband's paon jeans. They are dyed a shade that resembles pumpkin-pie filling. Other popular colors for jeans this season are black, green, purple and brown.
"I always look for navy and black," said Lanelle Dibble, Billings, Mont., junior. "Black is a versatile color."
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n is one trend that has surprised local merchants. KU students are buying jeans cut to wear over cowboy boots.
"A lot of people prefer the straight-cut jeans because boots are in," said Michelle Hepler, Fort Riley graduate student and salesperson at JC Penney.
Greg Schroeder, KU graduate and manager of The Buckle, 805 Massachusetts St., said he had also seen customers coming in to buy jeans with cowboy boots in mind.
"The average crowd comes in and wants loose jeans," he said. "But we also see a lot of KU students who want jeans to wear to the Hawk for country western night."
Yet another new trend in jeans involves Levi's. Levi Strauss has introduced new jeans called Levi's Naturals, advertised as "the first colored cotton jeans made without dyes." Because the caramel-colored jeans are made from naturally brown cotton and not subjected to the dying process, the Levi Strauss Company claims they are better for the environment. Since no local merchants carry them yet, KU students are going to Dillards at Oak Park Mall in Overland Park for the $52 jeans and the $84 jacket.
Not everyone is impressed with these natural jeans.
"If they can get cotton to grow in blue, I might be interested," Judith dacChamplain, Lawrence graduate student. "I have never liked the jeans in all the different colors."
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y yesterday announced the ew member to the Board of igbody of Kansas's six state uni-
olf-employed farmer, rancher, and real estate broker from lete the nine-member board.
McDowell, former president of unity College.
e had little experience in the location but that he was families facing the state's univer-
helor's degree in economics university in 1956.
tive in Democratic politics on levels and has been a long-time aid.
d with a shortage of funds and the best way to stretch our up some money to pay for salaries," he said.
elements at one of the more chalhistory of the board, said Stan-executive director.
e complex with a lot of intensi-
new Regent will have to deal he right level of tuition the stu-
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is a statewide restructuring duplication among universities'
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comes three days before the
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nized the allegations, is suing six reach of contract and violation
fifth Regents appointment. His expire December 31, 1994.
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