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TUESDAY. APRIL 8, 1997
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Clinton urges Arafat to condemn terrorism
WASHINGTON — With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his side, President Clinton declared yesterday that Israel shouldn't have to make concessions for the Palestinians to halt attacks on civilians. "No one should ever have to bargain to be
Bill Clinton
free from terrorism,
"Clinton said.
At the outset of a two-hour
White House meeting with
Netanyahu,
the president renewed his
call for a statement
from Palestine.
ian leader Yasser Arafat of "zero tolerance" for terrorism.
Clinton said he would consider any reasonable opportunity to get peace talks up and going again. But he indicated he was not prepared to set up a summit meeting between Netanyahu and Arafat under U.S. auspices.
White House representative Mike McCurry declined to say whether they progressed toward ending an impasse in Mideast peacemaking.
Army officer pleads guilty to sex with subordinates
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND,
Md. — A former drill instructor
plead guilty yesterday to having sex with 11 trainees in violation of Army rules, but denied charges he raped eight women under his command.
Staff Sgt. Delmar Simpson, 32, said he had sex with subordinates in his office, his home and at a hotel on another military base. In most cases, he said, the sex was initiated either by the woman or by both partners.
The 1.3-year enlisted man plead guilty to a total of 16 counts, alleging he had sex or otherwise engaged in improper conduct toward a subordinate at the Ordnance Center and School at Aberdeen Proving Ground.
Each charge carries up to two years in prison and a dishonorable discharge.
Simpson is one of 11 instructors charged with sexual misconduct at Aberdeen Proving Ground, about 30 miles northeast of Baltimore.
He plead not guilty to 21 counts of rape and to 57 other counts, including forcible sodomy, robbery and extortion. He could get life in prison if convicted of a rape count.
President selects director for AIDS policy office
WASHINGTON — Pledging an open door to an adviser who "speaks the truth unnarmed," President Clinton named Atlanta activist Sandy Thurman as his third director of AIDS policy yesterday.
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In a brief ceremony in the Roosevelt Room, Clinton reiterated his commitment to halting the spread of AIDS and assured Thurman the Office of AIDS Policy would have the resources it needed to help succeed in what he called an all-important task.
Thurman pledged to improve housing, Medicaid and welfare services for AIDS patients and said she wanted to counteract the devastating effects that homophobia and racism had on the epidemic.
Thurman, an Atlanta native, is a longtime AIDS activist and member of the president's AIDS advisory panel. She replaces Patsy Fleming, who did not return for Clinton's second term. Clinton's first adviser, Kristine Gebbie, resigned in July 1994.
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Thurman served as executive director of AID Atlanta from 1988 to 1993 and as director of a task force on child survival and development for The Carter Center from 1993 to 1996.
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Rhapsody-N-Red, drag queen and emcee, performs at the fourth-annual Bag Lunch Drag Show, which was sponsored by KU Queers and Allies. The show, held yesterday in front of the Kansas Union, was one of many events to be held as part of Pride Week.
Drag show flaunts pride
Brown bag lunch begins activities
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Cathy Walters, McLouth sophomore, watches a drag show contestant's performance. The Brown Bag Lunch Drag Show was held yesterday in front of the Kansas Union.
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Feathers, fringe and flannel adorned drag queens and a drag king yesterday in front of the Kansas Union.
KU Quers and Allies sponsored Ain't Mondays a Drag?, the fourth-annual Brown Bag Lunch Drag Show, as part of this year's Pride Week activities.
"Some of us are only in the closet to find something to wear," said Rob MacRae-McKie, director of KU Queers and Allies.
Rhapsody-N-Red, performer and drag-show emcee, described the drag queens as boys who dressed up as girls to get money.
Money given to the performers during the show by the audience was donated to Heartland Pride, a group that is organizing a pride festival in Kansas City this summer.
The show's five performers danced and lip-synched for about 300 people.
Margot Herster, Overland Park sophomore, was attending her first drag show.
Rhapsody-N-Red has performed in the Brown Bag Lunch Drag Show for two years.
"I definitely think it's a great show for everyone, not just people in QNA. It's fun to watch. People like to see things that are not what they're used to seeing." she said.
"I thought the crowd was excellent. They're always rarin' to go and are always with us," he said.
When many people think of drag shows, they may imagine drag queens — men dressing as women. But Kasey Marina, Lawrence resident, is a drag king — she dresses as a man.
Marina has performed in the Brown Bag Lunch Drag Show since it began in 1994.
"All shows at KU are wonderful.
This was one of the best years — we kept Fred (Phelps) out of it," she said.
Phelps is known for protesting events related to minority groups, including gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people. Some members of Phelps' group, however, protested across from the Union.
Connie Burk, Lawrence resident, made costumes for the Amazing Rainbow Angels, three people wearing large wings
But the protesters' presence did not hinder the show.
extended to block the protesters' signs.
"I believe that the Phelpses have an agenda that is a very broad-based hate agenda," Burk said. "The Phelpses are dangerous and hateful, and it takes a lot of energy to survive them."
Matt Snowdon, Los Angeles freshman, saw the protesters
"I think what's really disgusting is the 10-year-old holding the sign over there," Snowdon said.
across the street from the show.
Rhapsody-N-Red said that, as a performer, he was used to the protesters.
"America is a free country. There is diversity here, and this is what we're trying to promote." he said.
Collectors can win money for books
Contest seeks themes in students' libraries
Pull out your Nancy Drew mysteries. Dust off your collection of Star Trek novels. The 41st annual Snyder Book Collecting Contest deadline is today.
By Gwen Olson Special to the Kansan
This contest gives undergraduate and graduate students an opportunity to display book collections that have specific themes.
Entries for the contest must be received by Spencer Library's department of special collections by 5 p.m.
Richard Clement, associate special collections librarian and coordinator of the contest, said the committee was looking for a variety of book collections.
"Some people do very traditional collections with one author," Clement said. "People think collections should be rare and valuable books, but they don't need to be."
Each participant is required to turn in a bibliography of 25 to 60 books and a two- to eight-page statement of purpose, which
explains how the collection was developed.
The theme for the collection may be any subject the collector has an interest in.
The contest awards $200 for first place and $100 for second place in undergraduate and graduate divisions. The prizes include cash and a $100 or $50 gift certificate to the Mt. Oread Bookshop.
In the past, winning collections have ranged from Tarzan books to road atlases.
The contest is co-sponsored by
the bookstore and Elizabeth M.
Snyder, founder of the contest.
Snyder has made many donations to the KU libraries during the years and established the book collection contest in 1957. The prize money is financed by an endowment fund set up by Snyder.
David Schul, Lawrence graduate student and 1995 winner in the graduate division, heard about the contest from a previous contestant.
"I had heard about it from someone in the geography department who had won an honorable mention," he said. "I collect old road atlases for my research on historical and cultural geography."
Clark Massey, Plano, Texas, junior and recipient of an award in the contest last year, said he had waited a year before he entered his collection.
Massey's collection includes books that deal with different political theories, including anarchy and communism.
"I saw it my sophomore year, and I had a real amateur collection, so I decided to wait until my junior year," he said.
Final judging will occur at a reception on April 17 at the Malott Room in the Kansas Union.
"Originally, the reception was a private affair," Clement said. "What we've tried to do these last times is to make it more open and public so students can see fellow students work and talk to the collectors."
The winning collections will be put on display in Watson Library for two weeks after the winners have been chosen.
The contest is open to all students, and information can be obtained at Watson and Spencer Research libraries.
Candidate for Senate victim of car vandalism
Vice-presidential hopeful finds vehicle overturned
By Kevin Bates Kansan staff writer
Caldwell returned home about 11:30 p.m. and found his car resting on its roof with the windshield and roof window.
Matthew Caldwell, Overland Park junior and Delta Force vice-presidential candidate, found his Subaru hatchback flipped over in his driveway on Saturday night.
rear window smashed.
Lawrence police said they had no suspects in the incident.
Caldwell, who left his house about 8 p.m. Saturday, said he had no clues, either.
"I don't know
I don't know who would have done this," Caldwell said. "It's obviously a prank. I hear of fraternity pranks like this, but I think that it's either a bunch of punk-ass kids out to cause trouble or someone who thinks they're sending a message."
"Friends of ours told us that things like this happen during elections, that our tires would get slashed or something," Caldwell said.
Caldwell said he wasn't accusing anyone in the Unite coalition but that he and Jason Fitzell, Olathe junior and Delta Force presidential candidate, had heard warnings before the campaigns began.
Mike Walden, Leawood junior and Unite vice-presidential candidate, said that he understood Walden's distress at the vandalism but that it definitely was not a political act.
“It’s a very unfortunate occurrence,” Walden said. “My own car was broken into over last winter. It’s upsetting to know that things like that can happen, but I don't see how any one of us could have done something like that.”
"We want to take the moral high ground in this campaign," Kelley said. "We've emphasized that in our meetings. We don't want to engage in any mudsliding."
The Unite coalition has emphasized running a clean campaign, said Becca Kelley, Englewood, Colo., sophomore and Unite liberal arts candidate.
Grey Montgomery, student body president, said he thought the best comparison to last year's election campaigns was the theft of a banner from Sigma Kappa sorority.
"It's usually a lot more petty acts that occur, like tearing down posters," Montgomery said. "I can't imagine anyone in Unite doing that to his car. I mean, what do you gain by something like that? I would be absolutely stunned if they did."
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