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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS 864-4810
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
ADVERTISING 864-4358
VOL.103, NO.38
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1996
(USPS 650-640)
Kurdish conflicts need resolution, say U.S., Iraq
BAGHDAD, IRAQ — A Kurdish faction claimed new gains yesterday in a push through northern Iraq, and the U.S. and Iraq governments were put in the curious position of agreeing on something: The feuding Kurds should settle their differences to keep the conflict from spreading.
The American and Iraqi positions did not completely coincide, however. The White House said both Iraq and Iran should stay out of the conflict, while Iraq warned against involvement by Iran.
The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, which is battling a Kurdish faction allied with Iraq leader Saddam Hussein, said yesterday that it was marching closer to Irbil, northern Iraq's principal city. However, there was no indication that PUK fighters planned an assault on the city or that Iraq was planning to intercede.
Housewife questions FDA policy on home drug tests
WASHINGTON — An ever-increasing number of Americans are using medical kits that let them check for high cholesterol, colon cancer and even the AIDS virus without having to leave the privacy of their homes.
Yet the government has no policy to guide decisions on when these increasingly sophisticated tests with their sometimes emotionally charged results go beyond the routine and demand a doctor's interpretation.
Now, an Atlanta housewife who wants to sell worried parents a test to check their children for drug use again is forcing the FDA to grapple with that policy question.
Amid sweeping changes in the U.S. health care system, Americans are growing more aggressive about making their own medical decisions. They spent more than $1 billion on home tests last year, a 13 percent jump from 1994.
Madonna gives birth to 6-pound, 9-ounce girl
LOS ANGELES — Madonna with child is now Madonna and child.
A 6-pound, 9-ounce girl was delivered yesterday. The Maternal Girl and her baby, Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon, are fine.
"Mother Madonna Ciccone, father Carlos Leon and their daughter are all resting comfortably," said the star's spokeswoman, Liz Rosenberg. "We would like to thank everyone for their kind wishes."
Rosenberg wouldn't reveal any other details, including whether the birth was natural or by Caesarean section.
The baby, born at 4:01 p.m., is the first child of Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone, 38. The 30-year-old father is a personal trainer and boyfriend to the pop singer and actress.
Madonna and Leon have said they do not plan to be married.
But she did not use him as a "stud service," she says in November's Vanity Fair.
Nor did she get pregnant for "shock value." she said.
Wash, chalk, Jayhawk
The Associated Press
Pam Dishman/KANSAN
Scott Smith, KU landscaping equipment operator, washes chalk messages off the sidewalk in front of Fraser Hall. Smith had to scour the sidewalks along Jayhawk Boulevard yesterday to clean the messages written around campus.
Alaskan students are piped a gushing well of oil money
By Ian Ritter
Kansan staff writer
KU students from Alaska became one grand richer last week.
Alaskan residents received their yearly dividend check from a fund financed by interest from oil stocks.
"It seems like I've earned it since I lived there
The state of Alaska has set aside the fund since 1976. The government started distributing the money in 1982.
gan, Anchorage, Alaska, junior.
This year, individual citizens received the biggest checks since the program began, $1.130.68.
But until recently, her parents allowed her to spend only half of her checks, making her save the other half, she said. Now, Borgan is free to do whatever she pleases with the money.
Brogan said she had been receiving checks from Alaska for as long as she could remember. As a child, she had used the money to pay for entertainment, like an Atari video game system.
"I'll stick it in my account here and it'll probably dwindle away since I'm in college," she said.
Alaskan residents receive a yearly check from interest-hearing oil stocks. This year individuals each received $1,130.68
Everybody will have $15,000 if they have saved the government checks, which could be used to pay for their children's education, she said.
Brogan's roommate, Kim Ambruz, is also an Alaska resident.
"My parents put mine in my college fund, so I never really get to see mine," she said. "I'm glad I don't get it. I'd just waste it probably."
Ambruz said that although the money her parents had saved paid for only one year of tuition, it was helpful for her and most other Alaskans.
"I think people have come to expect it and that may become a problem in the future, but I think overall it's great," she said.
Ambruz also said that the checks have helped cover expensive plane tickets back to Alaska.
People who can prove a year's residency in the state are eligible to receive a check.
This year, 543,000 checks were given out.
Fraternity suspended indefinitely
Zeta Beta Tau faces hazing investigation
By Ashlee Roll
Kansan staff writer
The Zeta Beta Tau national fraternity has suspended its KU chapter pending an investigation of alleged hazing activities.
The KU chapter recently received notice of the suspension from the national chapter and has been requested to respond to the allegations.
James Greer Jr., executive vice president of the national chapter, said that the allegations against the fraternity were made last week.
"The charges were freshman forced drinking, paddling, sleep deprivation and head-butting," he said.
Bobby Schwarz, Chicago junior and chapter president of Zeta Beta Tau, refused to comment.
Greer said the fraternity, if found guilty, would face sanctions ranging from a reprimand to expulsion of members.
"Any punishment is hypothetical until they respond to the charges," he said.
Zeta Beta Tau had until 5 p.m. yesterday to postmark its response to the allegations.
In addition to the allegations of hazing, Zeta Beta Tan also must respond to charges of violating several University policies.
Bill Nelson, associate director for the organizations and activities center, said he had been in contact with the national chapter yesterday, but the University had no plans for an investigation.
"The channels of communication are open," Nelson said. "We are going to stay abreast with the situation as it develops."
The fraternity allegedly failed to acknowledge proper behavior during sorority rush and to process new initiates with the national office. In addition, the chapter allegedly violated its brotherhood program, and the KU chapter president failed to maintain academic eligibility.
Matt Leonard, Prairie Village senior and president of the Interfraternity Council, said Zeta Beta Tau had caused problems during sorority rush.
"They had been standing in front of their house cat-calling women," he said. "It's minor, but we wanted the process to be for the women only."
If the chapter's charter is withdrawn, the fraternity will be placed in the custody of an alumni committee until it can be restored to a new group of undergraduate Zeta Beta Tau members.
Kansan staff writer
By Eric Weslander
New software delays campus phone books
Last year's directories were fully d attributed by the end of September, said Julie Swords, University Relations publications coordinator. This year, the 15,000 directories arrived on Oct.3 and have been sitting in storage at Joseph R. Pearson Hall for a week.
This year's campus phone directories aren't late. Last year's directories were early, a University Relations official said yesterday.
"This is not atypical," Swords said. "They were very early last year."
However, Mike Richardson, director of facilities operations, did not know until yesterday that the directories had arrived. Facilities operations distributes the complimentary directories to offices, departments and student housing units across campus.
New phone directory
"I hadn't received word that they had even arrived," Richardson said. "We're planning to start delivery sometime this week."
For students living off-campus, copies of the directory will be available at the KU Bookstores in the Kansas and Burge Unions, and at the Jayhawk Bookstore. In the past, these copies have cost $1.50 with a KUID.
Swords called this year's directory the most labor-intensive section she had
ever worked with in her nine years at University Relations. She said that when the University switched in January to PeopleSoft, its new human resources and payroll system, the database for the employee section of the directory was zone.
Networking and Telecommunications Services was forced to create its own database by corresponding with each on-campus department and office this summer about personnel changes.
Because faculty and staff positions are constantly changing, a database was maintained so departments could
"We were left with no database at all," Swords said. "The employees
enter personnel changes.
Programmers did not have time to create a new database this summer because they were trying to fix problems with PeopleSoft,
Swords said.
TODAY
Gail Schaplowsky, voice systems administrator for NTS, said she was confident the directory was accurate even though much of the information was manually entered. She said the delay in distribution did not bother her too much after the hard work.
"I noticed it, but I don't really have anything to do with it or have anything to say about it, except that I wish I had my copy," Schaplowsky said.
keyed in every single employee change by hand. It's pretty darn near a miracle that there is a staff and faculty section."
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Scoreboard...8
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Sports...10
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Trying to rally support...
Presidential candidate Bob Dole discussed his economic plan and his upcoming debate with President Clinton during a rally in Kansas City yesterday.
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