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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
NEWS 864-4810
MONDAY, AUGUST 26.1996
SECTION A VOL.103,NO.4
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Oregonians still at risk after fire ravages area
BEND, ORE. — A fast-moving wildfire swept into a residential area in the seagrass near this south-central Oregon city on Saturday, destroying 19 homes, damaging five and threatening hundreds of others.
Three trailers burned to the ground.
Damage was estimated at $1.5 million, and was expected to grow.
No injuries were reported.
Five hundred homes in two subdivisions six miles southeast of Bend were evacuated in the morning before the blaze approached.
The blaze was one of about 30 Oregon fires started by lightning on Friday. More lightning was forecast during the weekend.
R.E.M. signs contract with Warner Bros. again
ANAHEM, CALIF. — Warner Bros. Records won the bidding war for Grammy-winning rock band R.E.M., reportedly paying $80 million for a five-album contract.
The signing, which keeps R.E.M. at Warner Bros., was a surprise announcement Saturday at an annual meeting of Warner Bros. music executives at the Anaheim Convention Center.
R. E.M. recently completed New Adventures in HI-FI, the sixth and last album from its old Warner Bros. contract. Companies that reportedly vied for the band included DreamWorks SKG. Capitol Records and Sony.
Russian negotiators stop Chechen peace talk
The Athens, Ga., rock quartet — guitarist Peter Buck, 39, singer Michael Stipe, 36, bassist Mike Mills, 37, and drummer Bill Berry, 37 — has sold 30 million albums and won four Grammy Awards since forming in 1980.
The 1996 Jayhawk Music Festival
Terms were not released by representatives of R.E.M. or Warner Bros.
The fate of an earlier cease-fire accord signed by Lebed and separatist commanders also appeared uncertain. The Russians cited cruel violations, and a top commander refused to confer with his Chechen counterpart.
GROZNYJ, RUSSIA — Russia's security chief Alexander Lebed interrupted peace talks with Chechen rebel leaders yesterday, casting doubt on the future of a political agreement they discussed to end the 20-month war.
But Lebed, who returned to Moscow yesterday to work out legal difficulties with the draft accord, insisted the peace process was on track.
Gen. Vyacheslav Tikhmiroiv refused to meet with the Rebel Chief of Staff Aslan Maskhadov to sign a withdrawal agreement in Grozny. Tikhmirov said he would not play cat and mouse following a rebel attack on a Russian convoy Saturday night.
S. Korean court sentences ex-presidents for coup role
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — Former military strongmen Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo were found guilty of mutiny and treason yesterday.
Chun was sentenced to death, and Roh was given 22 1/2 years in prison.
A three-judge panel found the two expresidents guilty of staging a coup 17 years ago, then causing hundreds of deaths in a violent crackdown on a pro-democracy uprising six months later.
Chun's death sentence is subject to automatic appeal.
Roh's attorneys also were expected to appeal.
Chun, helped by Roh, seized power in 1979.
Chun became president in 1980 and was succeeded by Roh in 1988.
Both have claimed their indictments were a political circus by President Kim Young-sam to boost his sagging popularity.
The Associated Press
Fans cheer as the band Jackopierce finishes up their last song at the Jayhawk Music Festival. The concert, sponsored by the Kappa Sigma fraternity, featured 19 bands yesterday afternoon at Clinton Lake State Park.
Rock profits to aid voting, state park
By Erln Rooney
Kansan staff writer
Sweat, sunburns and sounds highlighted the 1996 Jayhawk Music Festival yesterday afternoon at Clinton Lake State Park.
Thousands of people flocked to the park to listen to bands from across the nation. The philanthropic event was sponsored by the Kappa Sigma fraternity, who will give all profits from the festival to two non-profit organizations, Rock the Vote and Clinton Lake State Park. The amount raised is not yet known.
"These two organizations go along with our philosophy of giving back to the Lawrence community," said John Hill, St. Louis senior and coordinator of the festival.
Nineteen modern-rock bands performed throughout the afternoon and early evening on either the regional, side stage or the national, main stage.
"We chose 'Rock the Vote' because this is an election year," Hill said. "We have the opportunity to open peoples' eyes to voting. 'Rock the Vote' supports people our age making a difference in the election."
New to the festival this year were a variety of arts and crafts tents, educational tables and food stands.
"We only had to wait two to three minutes in line for the good jerky chicken," said Matt McClimans, Topeka resident.
The crowd hiked through muddy fields
And, of course, there was music.
"There are too many young kids that want to crowd surf," Wurtz said. "To them it doesn't matter who is on stage, they just want to be silly."
and tolerated 80-degree temperatures to watch the bands.
Kelly Wurtz, a sophomore at Georgetown University, and Shane Grebal, Hutchinson junior, were more concerned about the people than they were about the dirt.
"Yeah," Grebal said. "If I was a 17-year-old, this would be a gold mure."
After he finished laughing, Grebal went on to add that he had a good time.
"Overall, though, this has been a better experience and a better value than Lollapalooa was this year," he said.
Music Fest more costly than a ticket
By Andrea Albright Kansan staff writer
More Music Festival coverage and photos on page 8A
Hundreds of students leaving the Jayhawk Music Festival yesterday got an extra souvenir as they left Clinton Park — a $50 parking ticket.
At 7 p.m., at least 150 cars remained along the side of County Road 13 into the festival, each with a yellow ticket tucked under the windshield wipers.
Todd Hall, Overland Park senior, said he tried to park in the designated lot, but the parking attendant turned him away.
"He said the lot was full," Hall said. "He pointed us toward the road we parked on."
A park officer said the State Park Violation
See PARKING, Page 8.
KU split on presidential pick
Clinton and Dole nearly tied in a poll of 50 KU students
By Neal Shulenburger
Kansan Staff Writer
If the results of an informal poll hold true for the entire student body, no presidential candidate has a large advantage among KU students.
The University Daily Kansas asked 50 students who they would pick as president. Bob Dole had a slight lead with 23 supporters, 21 backed Bill Clinton, four were for Reform party candidate Ross Perot, and two said they did not support any of the three candidates.
"I think that a lot of students who were Democrats and liberal are unhappy with some of Clinton's positions," Cigler said. "He seems to be getting more conservative these days. On the Republican side, there are a lot of people who wish that Dole was even more conservative than he is."
Political Science professor
Allan Cigler said that despite the small sampling size, he was surprised more students didn't express disgust with all of the candidates.
"I would rather have Dole in the White House because he is a much better man than Clinton," said Aaron North, Columbus, freshman. "Honestly, I don't believe that Clinton has a very good character."
Students favoring Dole said that his character was one reason for wanting him in the White House.
Julius Fackler, Leavenworth freshman, agreed.
"I would rather see Bob Dole in the White House," he said. "Bill Clinton promised a lot of things that he couldn't deliver on, and I just don't trust him. They give Dole a hard time with his age, but that means he has a lot more ideas and experience than Clinton does."
Several students who supported Clinton did not feel that his character was negative.
"He's very humanistic and approachable," said Livi Regenbaum, East Longmeadow, Mass., freshman.
For the four students who preferred Perot in the Kansan's informal poll, disgust with both Clinton and Dole figured prominently in their responses.
"He cares about people.
After the TWA crash, it seemed like he lost someone on that plane."
"I really don't like Clinton or Dole just because neither one is really capable of serious change," said Ryan Dambro, Emporia junior. "If I was going to vote, and I'm still not sure whether I will, I would have to consider the Reform party candidate, Ross Perot. Perot's ideas may seem a little wacked-out, but some of his ideas are really good ones. And any of his ideas that could be too damaging to the country won't make it past Congress."
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