THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
KANSAS STATE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
TOPEKA KS 66612
VOL.101.NO.41
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANS
MONDAY OCTOBER21, 1991
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Fire storm rages through Oakland neighborhoods
The Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. - A wind-driven brush fire exploded into a fire storm yesterday as it roared through neighborhoods in the hills above Oakland, engulfing hundreds of homes and killing 10 people, authorities said.
Residents ran into streets, clutching their belongings. Gusts whipped flames as high as 100 feet through dry brush and thick smoke blocked out the area. But many people through a street filled with flaming debris and lined 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 Steve Hischier, who fleed with his wife
"It is a terrible disaster."
"It is a terrible disaster said Wilson as he toured the city, and Wilson declared emergency and placedGuard on alert."
The hills were parched year drought,and windg
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 He did not 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 Jennifer Cooper, cooperating attorney for the ACL U.
Since mid-September, the ACLU has investigated the complaints and how KU has handled them, accordingly, a release statement released Friday 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 grievance 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
The office of the
society action
receives a complaint
from a woman
against a law school
"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
May 6 Women contact the dean of the law school
Del Shankel
Interim executive vice chancellor
The office of academic hospitals complains from three women regarding a separate hospital.
Sept. 6
Academic
work, this
date as the
deadline for a
decision on the
issue it received
May
Oct. 1
One of the women
receives a decision from affirmative action
concerning her complaint
Oct.18
Academic affairs notifies one of the
notifies one of the women that a recommendation has been made regarding an appeal of the recommendation is appealed The ACLU issues a news release warning against harassment charges
Yesterday, a kidnap group thast today i would free one of hostages. The group's stat came hours after the U.N. con
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Caught for Kansas tailback Tony San during the Jayhawks' being the school's all-time
Apparently resulting from cc U.N. -brokered negotiation release of the Arab detainees *f* demand by pro-Iranian Shite M kidnappers for the release of U Westerners they are thought to
The Associated Press
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Is backed militiamen in soLeban fedrain 14 Lebanese fedain in a move that further already high expectations that he would be released the dox is out.