THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.101, NO.41
KANSAS STATE
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MONDAY,OCTOBER21,1991
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Fire storm rages through Oakland neighborhoods
The Associated Press
Residents ran into streets, clutching their belongings. Gusts whipped flames as high as 100 feet through dry brush and thick smoke blocked out the walls. Breezes through streets filled with flaming debris and lit with burning trees.
The fire moved quickly from street to street, then hillside to hillside, making a deafening roar as it charmed neighborhoods. Many residents said they only had time to grab photos and documents.
"The trees were exploding. It looked like the Fourth of July. I think we lost everything. I think it's all gone," said Sasha Brown, who fled with his wife in daughter.
"It is a terrible disaster," Gov. Wilson said as he toured the scene daylight. Wilson declared a staing at the place placed the Natl Guard alert.
The hills were parched from a year drought, and wind gusts reach
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BEIRUT, Lebanon — Israeli backed militiamen in south Lebanon freed 14 Lebanese detain today in a move that further rained already high expectations that a WikiLeaks could be released the day after.
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40 mph hampered efforts to fight the fire.
The blaze, which was reported late yesterday morning, continued to burn out of control into last night. By early evening, officials said it covered 1,500 acres. There was no immediate report on what caused the fire.
Ten people were killed, including a police officer, said Alameda County Supervisor Don Perata. Five of the victims apparently were evacuating a home when they were caught, Perata said. He didn't know how the others died
At least 50 people, including three firefighters, were treated at hospitals for burns, smoke inhalation and other injuries, officials said.
A brown pall extended over Oakland to San Francisco, 15 miles across the bay. Ash fell at San Francisco's Candlestick Park during a football game between the 49ers and the Detroit Lions.
LAWSCHOOL HARASSMENT CHARGES
Four women file complaints
By Rochelle Olson Kansan staff writers
Four women approached the American Civil Liberties Union earlier this semester and said that they had been sexually harassed by law school faculty members, the ACLU announced Friday.
The women, two current and two former KU law students, were unhappy about how complaints they filed earlier this year were handled by the University of Kansas, said Ron Nelson, cooperating attorney for the ACLU.
Since mid-September, the ACLU has investigated the complaints and how KU has handed them, accorded a moment release released by the ACLU.
Throughout the summer and fall, students have said they have heard rumors of sexual harassment charges at the law school. But grievances filed with the University are confidential.
University arreasure procedure
Following the cases
Four women — two current and two former KU law students — are frustrated about how the University of Kansas has handled their complaints that law professors sexually harassed them
Late May
affirmative action receives a complaint from a woman against a law school
May 6 Women contact the dean of the law school
"We want to follow the
Early June
"We want to follow the procedures properly while still protecting the rights of both parties involved. When you are following the proper procedures, things may take a long time."
Early June
The office of
law schools
receives complaints
from three women
regarding a separate
law school professor.
Del Shankel Interim executive vice chancellor
Sept. 6
Sept. 6.
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after this date as the deadline for a decision on it received
Sept.14
Oct. 1
One of the women receives a decision from informal action concerning her complaint
Oct.18
Oct. 18
Academic affairs
notifies one of the
Academic affairs notifies one of the women that a recommendation has been made regarding her complaint. The recommendation is to remove the UU issue a news release publicizing the sexual harassment charges
Sept.
May
Oct.
Nov.
Old favorites Connick, Prince try some new sounds
Harry Jr. not up to par in 'Blue Light, Red Light'
Everybody's wild about Harry, and he knows it. Harry Connick Jr., the deliverer of jazz to the masses, recently released his sixth album titled "Blue Light, Red Light." Its release, long anticipated by his fans of all ages, falls just short of the first five.
Connick came into the limelight on the jazz scene nearly three years ago with the Grammy-winning soundtrack to the movie "When Harry Met Mally." Born and raised in the jazz capital of New Orleans, Connick has been playing jazz with the Grammy-winning collection of classics, third in his list of albums, that Connick's talents became nationally known.
entowing this smash soundtrack a year and a half later, Connick simultaneously released the big band album, "We Are in Love," and jazz trio album, "The Band." He also further broadened his audience and established Connick as a permanent fixture in contemporary jazz.
a perennial.
Nothing like the previous Connick albums,
"Blue Light, Red Light" incorporates big band swing with the syncopated rhythms of classic jazz. In this attempt for a new, ground-breaking sound, the album leaves the
listener in a state of confusion as to whether it's swing, jazz or some incomprehensible mixture of the two.
Perhaps the two most enjoyable tunes are the album's dedication numbers. The first is a poignant ballad dedicated to model and Connick's longtime girlfriend, Jill Goodacre. The tenderness in both music and whispering vocals convey an honest feeling one truly can visualize. The second is a dedication to a world-renowned native U.S. sculptor titled "He Is, They Are." Featureting a simple bass line and plenty of ranges for Connick's voice, which is often compared to Frank Sinatra, this track sticks to a big-band theme deviating slightly with a jazzy trumpet solo from Lerov Jones.
"Blue Light, Red Light" will please a jazz fan because of the freedom of the jazz style has. However, the big-band fans carried over from Connick's previous albums may be disappointed by this one's lack of continuity. Keeping in mind what Comick has done to promote jazz music, everybody can still be wild about Harry but not necessarily wild about this album.
Prince's 'Diamonds and Pearls' worthy of respect
The "Prince" of funk is back, and he's brought his New Power Generation with him. Together again for their first album since the soundtrack to "Graffiti Bridge," Prince and NPG blend strong, grinding bass rhythms with high-energy dance beats to create "Diamonds and Pearls."
We got our first view of the new album with the single and video, "Get off, released a few weeks before the "Diamonds and Pearls" street date of October 1st. Starting with a piercing scream, the track bursts with a bass line so atomic you had better turn down the volume to save your speakers.
Prince's signature sexual reference-laced lyrics accompany all this, of course. This comes as no surprise to previous Prince fans, and it comprises the bulk of this album.
Although Prince's lyrics and main themes have remained the same, the music has changed dramatically from his days with the Revolution. Within the NPG, we find a soul songstress, a rapper, a sampler and a variety of backing vocalists. Combined with Prince,
the resulting sound is more soulful and streamlined funk with rap overtones.
Perhaps the most original and unusual track on the album is "Strollin". In this track Prince captures a toe-tapping, easy-listening sound complete with three-part harmony While snapping along to the beat, you must constantly remind yourself who you are itening to because of the difference from any thing he has done before.
The pace quickens immediately back to it original form. It continues on the rest of it path, alternating between a club-orientate beat and a lingering, end-of-the-evening style complete with thumping rhythms through out.
Although "Diamonds and Pearls" is not an outstanding achievement, it is definitely a respectable education to the master of sensua funk's repertoire.
Stories by Wendy Aten
Special to the Kansan
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