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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1996
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saddam reasserts force in northern Iraq city
SULAYMANIYAH, IRAQ — Sadam Hussein's Kurdish allies took control of Sulaymaniyah yesterday, with tens of thousands of Kurds fleeing for the rugged hills of nearby Iran after the Baghdad-backed Kurdistan Democratic Party rolled into the city Monday night.
U. N. officials estimated up to 300,000 Kurds might have fled, but many refugees started returning home yesterday by truck, taxi and foot, reassured by news that Hussein's troops had not entered the city.
Hussein sought to discourage an exodus, declaring a general amnesty for all Kurds and lifting travel and trade barriers between Iraq and the northern semi-autonomous Kurdish areas that have been in place since the end of the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
Perot announces his vice presidential choice
DALLAS — Ross Perot picked economist Pat Chote yesterday to share his Reform Party presidential ticket, calling him "a person of intellect, courage, integrity and grit."
Chatee is a protectionist and was a strong Perot ally in opposing the North American Free Trade Agreement. He was Perot's coach for a televised NAFTA debate with Vice President Al Gore.
Chate said he joined Perot's ticket because government could not be reformed from the inside.
"It cannot be changed by either of the two major political parties," Choate said.
Hawaii defends refusal of same-sex wedlock
An ABC News poll released Monday showed President Clinton at 53 percent, Republican Bob Dole at 38 percent and Perot at 5 percent.
HONOLULU — Hawaii prosecutors returned to court yesterday to defend the state's ban on same-sex marriages, putting a psychiatrist on the stand who testified that children do best when parents have a genetic stake in their progress.
Biological parents have an instant kind of feeling for the child and are willing to do anything for that baby, said Kyle Preukt of Yale University School of Medicine to a Circuit Court judge.
Preutt's testimony was meant to bolster defense of the state's refusal to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples, a policy Hawaii's Supreme Court all but declared unconstitutional three years ago.
The trial is being watched around the country. Because the U.S. Constitution requires states to recognize each other's laws, gay marriages performed in Hawaii might well have to be recognized in other states.
majority of adolescents at risk for disease
CHICAGO — More than half the adolescents in a national survey had two or more risk factors such as eating fatty foods and not getting enough exercise, that could lead to chronic disease, government researchers say.
The study listed five risk factors for chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancer, smoking, a sedentary lifestyle, eating too few fruits and vegetables, eating too many high-fat foods, and heavy drinking, defined as more than one drink consecutively at least once during the preceding 30 days.
—The Associated Press
The highest number of risk factors were found among youth who had poor, less-educated parents.
More than six of 10 adolescents reported two or more of the risk factors; one in 1.3 reported at least four of the risk factors.
Presidential predictions
In this presidential election year, predicting November's winner almost has become sport. Polls are the most common way to measure the fluctuations of the political race.
Illustration by Doug Rief
Predictors like using polls
Put money where vote is,says stock market
By Neal Shulenburger Kansan staff writer
One of the ways people try to predict the winner is looking at polls. Ken Collier, assistant professor of political science, said that polls were used so often because they were the
The 1996 presidential election, like the NCAA Final Four and the Super Bowl, has nearly as many ways of predicting the winner as there are predictors.
most scientific method.
"The best way is by polls," Collier said. "If they are done right you can get good information that can give you a reasonably accurate prediction of who people will vote for."
But Alan Cigler, professor of political science, said that polls had potential weaknesses.
Cigler said that the sampling size of the poll, what questions were asked, when it was done, who was polled, who did the poll and the context of the poll could affect the outcome.
"People in America tend not to say 'I don't know,'" he said. "They tend to choose one side or the other, and they don't necessarily pick the same one on election day."
While polls are the most common method used, they are not the only source people use to make predictions.
"My personal favorite is who wins the World Series," Collier said. "The system is, if the National League team wins, then they think that the Republican candidate will win, and if the American League wins, then it's the Democrat."
"If people's income is rising faster than the rate of inflation, then the incumbent hardly ever loses," he said. "Carter ran into problems in 1980 when it was the other way around. Right now people's income is rising faster, so it looks good for Clinton."
Another method, using a political stock market called the Iowa Electronics Market, is being tested by the University of Iowa School of Business. The LE.M. has sold stock in each presidential candidate over the Internet since October
See PRESIDENT, Page 2A.
Censorship to be on display
Banned Book Week preparations begin
By Ian Ritter
By Ian Ritter
Kansan staff writer
The fight against censorship is far from finished in this country for some people, and the end of this month marks an annual event commemorating the battle.
M. Otread Bookshop, on the second floor of the Kansas Union, and the Terra Nova Bookstore and Cafe, 920 Massachusetts St., will participate in Banned Book Week, a national event that will take place from
Sept.28 to Oct.5
Both stores will base exhibits on a list sponsored by the American Booksellers Association that identifies 114 works challenged or banned by school districts and libraries between 1995 and 1996.
Ruth Lichtwardt, assistant buyer for books at Mt. Oread, said this year's window display would be on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union.
Lichtwardt said that the main shock that people walking by the window might experience would be seeing familiar works such as the Bible and other popular titles displayed.
"We like to make an impact with the window." she said.
believe that book was banned!" she said. "Most of the titles on here people will recognize."
Lichtwardt said most books were banned to supposedly protect children from ideas dealing with homosexuality, racism and broken families. She called this method of protection silly.
They go to see what it is and say, 'I can't
Neither Watson Library or the Spencer Research Library will have display rooms available during Banned Book Week.
"It better to expose a person to realistic life situations than to think life is a fairy tale," she said. "More kids get in trouble through ignorance than is acknowledged."
"I think you could say we do things for
See BOOKS, Page 2A
Banned book facts from 1995-96:
Author with the most books challenged: Roald Dahl. (6). Ex: James and the Giant Peach).
State that has challenged or banned the most books; Pennsylvania, 9.
**Book challenged by the most districts:** I Know What the Caged Bird Sings, by Mava Angelaou, 8.
Why the Caged Bird Sing, by Maya Angelou, or District that has challenged or banned the most books: Stafford County Virginia. 6.
books: Stafford County Virginia, 6.
The two books listed for Kansas:
Annie on My Mind, by Nancy Garden, was removed from the shelves of the Chanute High School. Because of concerns about the book's content dealing with homosexuality, students may only check it out with written parental permission.
Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, was challenged at the Galena school library for the book's language and social implications.
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12-year-old babysitter is only suspect in beating death of toddler, police say
By Andrea Albright
Kansan staff writer
A 3-year-old boy who was allegedly beaten by his 12-year-old babysitter in a Lawrence home during the weekend died yesterday morning at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
The child was transported to the Med Center after medical crews were called Sunday night to a neighbor's home in the 2800 block of Meadow Drive. They found Hunter Misener suffering from head trauma and other injuries.
Authorities said the babysitter had taken the child to a neighbor's home when the child became unresponsive.
gating the case as a homicide; the babysitter is the only suspect.
Police questioned the babysitter Sunday night and released him into the custody of his parents. Police are investi-
The child had reportedly been left in the care of the babysitter while his father was at work. The child's mother was out of town.
Lt. Kevin Harmon of the Lawrence police department said on Monday that the boy had been abused during a two-day period.
"The reports are not complete," Olin said. "The beating did not happen at one particular time."
Olin did confirm that the boy's mother
At a press conference yesterday, Lawrence Police Chief Ron Olin could not say specifically how long the abuse had lasted. Medical reports were not available yet, and an autopsy still had to be performed.
was out of town and that the father had left the 3-year-old with the babysitter, who was not a relative. Olin said police had evidence that the boy was seen by other people throughout the weekend.
"We are investigating other participation in the case but not involvement," Olin said.
This is the third homicide in Lawrence this year. Before that, the last homicide had occurred in 1994.
Olin said the babysitter was the youngest homicide suspect in his memory. A 14-year-old was convicted of homicide in the 1970s.
Olin said Lawrence police were stunned by the case.
"This is horrifying to us and very difficult to investigate," Olin said. "This is very close to all of us."
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