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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. 1996
SECTION A VOL.103, NO.13
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Hussein-allied faction captures two Iraq towns
REIL, IRAQ — A Kurdish faction allied with President Saddam Hussein captured two towns from a rival Kurdish group in fierce fighting yesterday. The groups gave conflicting accounts of whether Hussein's forces participated in the assaults.
fires participation, Iraq, meanwhile, said it fired ant-aircraft weapons at U.S. and allied aircraft patrolling no-fly zones over its territory yesterday. The Iraqi fire missed and the planes fled, the official Iraqi News Agency said. Iraq made the same claim of no hits on Friday and Saturday.
in northern Iraq, the Kurdistan Democratic Party pressed ahead with its week-old offensive, marching east and taking the towns of Degala and Kuysanjaq from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.
Both groups agreed that the towns, 20 and 30 miles east of irbli, changed hands amid heavy fighting.
But the Kurdistan Democratic Party, the faction allied with Hussein, said that it launched the assaults on its own, while Latif Rashid, a representative of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, said the faction was overwhelmed by the combined forces of the Iraqi army and the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
Rapper Tupac Shakur shot, in critical condition
LAS VEGAS — Rapper Tupac Shakur is in critical condition after being shot in his car riding down the city's busy casino strip Saturday night.
It was the second shooting in two years for Shakur, who has a history of violence and trouble with the law.
Metro Police representative Greg McCurdy said that police didn't know if Shakur and Death Row Records Chairman Marion "Suge" Knight, who was also shot, were deliberately targeted or if the shooting was random.
Police had made no arrests yesterday.
Shakur, who starred opposite Janet Jackson in the movie Poetic Justice, has been working on another film, Gridlock. His latest album, All Eyez On Me, has sold 5 million copies.
Shakur and Knight were traveling in a convo of about 10 cars late Saturday apparently headed to a nightclub after watching the Mike Tyson-Bruce Seldon heavyweight title fight, police said.
ER, Fraser win as best series at Emmy awards
PASADENA, CALIF. — ER, NBC's powerful medical drama, and the network's Frasier won top series awards at last night's Primetime Emmy Awards, although the shows' actors were shut out.
Kathy Baker of CBS's Picket Fences and Dennis Franz of ABC's NYPD Blue won top dramatic acting Emmys, while NBC's Helen Hunt of Mad About You and John Lithgow of 3rd Rock From the Sun, were honored for comedy-series acting.
acting.
ER, which led all shows with 17 nominations, won only the top drama award, beating out Chicago Hope, Law & Order, NYPD Blue and The X-Files.
Other award winners included:
- Best support actor in a com
edy: Rip Torn, The Larry Sanders Show, HBO
The Associated Press
Best supporting actress in a comedy: Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, Seinfeld, NBC
Best supporting actor in a drama: Ray Walston, Picket Fences, CBS
Best supporting actress in a drama:Tyne Daley, *Christy*, CBS
Campus apartment burns
Kitchen destroyed in Jayhawk Towers yesterday afternoon
By Megan Jordan Kansan staff writer
Fire destroyed a kitchen in a Jayhawker Towers apartment early yesterday afternoon. No one was in the apartment.
The KU Police Department said the fire was an accident and started in or around a microwave oven. The exact cause has not yet been determined.
The fire, which took place on the first floor of Tower B, caused $2,500 worth of damage to University property. Police did not know the extent of the damage to occupants' personal belongings.
Susilo Rini, Yogya, Indonesia, graduate student, said she left her apartment at 1:10 p.m. to do laundry in the basement of the tower and then decided to go to a basement study room. About 20 minutes later she heard the fire alarms and went upstairs. That was when she realized the fire was in her apartment.
"I wanted to go to my room and get some important things but everyone was walking out and they made me leave," Rini said.
The inside of an apartment in Jayhawker Towers, where a fire, believed to be started by a microwave, burned part of Tower B of the on-campus apartments.
Geoff Krieger/KANSAN
made me leave.
All residents in the tower were evacuated to the adjacent parking lot. Four fire trucks responded to the alarm and fire fighters extinguished the fire within minutes. Six students were treated in front of the tower for smoke inhalation.
"I had just rolled out of bed and thought maybe someone was cooking," said Lindsay Ruzicka, Mission Hills sophomore.
The fire was contained in Rini's kitchen, but other students in the towers said they could smell the smoke in their rooms.
Mississippi sophomore Ruzicka said she and her roommates had consid-
Steven Quoetone, Carnegie, Oka, resident, performs a Native American dance for onlookers at the Indian Arts Festival at Haskell Indian Nations University yesterday.
Chris Hamilton/KANSAN
Marketplace shows off art
Native-American artists display talent at Indian Arts Show
By Liz Musser
Kansan staff writer
The smell of fried bread and the sound of flute music filled the air this weekend as people waded through the sea of silver jewelry and clay pottery at the Haskell Indian Art Market.
More than 150 Native-American artists from all over the country gathered at the Haskell Indian Nations University powow grounds Saturday and yesterday for an open-air market that was part of the Eighth Annual Lawrence Indian Arts Show.
Jeanette Ferrara, an artist from Iseleta, N.M., said this was her first year participating in the market and that she was impressed.
"This is definitely a great collection of artists," Ferrara said. "It is all very high-caliber art. I have a lot of respect for the
creativity and talent I've seen."
The art ranged from sculpture to bead work to watercolor. The market also featured dance performances by Haskell students and demonstrations by participating artists.
Sharon Sahlfeld, an artist from Beloit, said the performances and demonstrations were her favorite part of the market
"Although buying and selling art is a big part of the market, I think that people come here to learn," Sahfeld said. "The dancers are entertaining and educational."
Ellen Allen, a coordinator for the market, said the market usually drew between 20,000 and 25,000 visitors.
we advertise all over the area," she said. "It's a good cultural thing and a good way to bring people to Haskell."
"I come to see some high-quality art and watch the dancers," he said.
Volunteers organized the market, and a raffle covers the expenses. Participating artists donated prizes for the raffle.
Pete Martinez, one of the Saturday visitors, said he came to the market every year from his home in Freeman, Mo.
The Lawrence Indian Arts Show ends Oct.20.
Events for Lawrence Indian Arts Show
Juried Exhibit of Contemporary American Indian Artists Sept. 7 to Oct. 20, Museum of Anthropology
Hop/Tewa Indian Pottery Exhibit Sept. 7 to Oct. 20, Spencer Museum of Art
Hopi/Tewa Indian Pottery Workshop Oct. 14 to 19 , Museum of Anthropology
Book Discussions: Native American Writers of the Plains Sept. 11 and 26, Oct. 9 and 23, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.
Recent Works by Navajo Indian Artist, Bajee Whitethorne Sept. 6 to Oct. 2, Lawrence Arts Center, Ninth and Vermont Streets
By Eric Weslander Kansan staff writer
Computer problems delay payday
Software glitches cause waits for KU paychecks
Getting paid is a problem for many people at the University of Kansas.
In January, the University changed from a monthly to a biweekly pay schedule. Along with this change came a new computer program, and the University has not been able to get a handle on either one.
"There are different problems manifested in different ways across campus," said Lindy Eakin, associate provost for support services. "It's not pretty."
Eric Love, assistant professor of history, said he consistently had been paid late ever since he came to the University in January.
"It's beyond my understanding why.
after seven, eight, nine months, people still have trouble getting paid on time." Love said. "This is messing with people's lives."
Eakin said the payment problems were caused mostly by PeopleSoft, the new payroll computer software. The software, purchased jointly with Kansas State University and the state of Kansas, was scheduled to arrive at the University in May 1995, but did not arrive until October 1995.
Eakin said that when the software arrived, it had been adapted to the state's needs, which were not the same as the University's.
universities.
"We had to clean up their mess, add our modifications and have a paycheck out by January," Eakin said.
In addition to the software, Eakin said communication was a problem. Friday's paycheck was for only five days of a biweekly period, but many people expected more.
The payroll office received hundreds of
phone calls Friday from University employees wondering what was wrong with their paychecks, said Barb Smith secretary in the office.
"We've been flooded with phone calls," she said. "They just don't understand the pay cycle. It's right there in black and white."
white.
Dan Bays, professor of history,
received a correct paycheck Friday for
the first time in five pay periods. He said
he would be the last person to blame
the payroll office for the problems.
payoff office for Sandee Kennedy, office manager for the department of history, said that the entire department lined up outside her door each payday wondering what was wrong with their paychecks.
"I do not like this system," she said. "I really feel sorry for the payroll office, but it's just not working."
Eakin said the system was complex, but the situation could be resolved.
"It's going to take us a while to stabilize this and make it more livable," he said.
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