6A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 2006
Tuition
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"We're taking the risk and we're stuck at that rate," Eakin said. "We're giving up some flexibility, but we think the return is good." he said.
Eakin said individual schools' differential tuition would continue to increase each year.
He said that even then, if a school voted to increase its differential tuition rate by more than the original amount, the University would allow it to happen.
He also said that the University would publish a table to show the constant rate of increase so that incoming students could still be able to calculate their costs for all of their four years at the University.
He said it was a complex subject that could not be handled the same way as regular tuition because of the large number of schools with differential tuition.
The city commission first met to evaluate Wildgen on March 2 and then again on Monday.
Resign
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- Edited by Cynthia Hernandez
The final decision was not made until Wednesday, Schauner said.
The commission will conduct a citywide search for a new city manager soon, Highberger said.
David Corliss, assistant city manager and director of legal services for the city of Lawrence, will fill in at the position at request of the commission.
"He has the expertise to move in for the position," Mike Amyx, city commissioner, said. "He has worked closely with Mike and the commission."
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White House dismisses Iranian threats
BY GEORGE JAHN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
POLITICS
VIENNA, Austria — Iran threatened the United States with "harm and pain" Wednesday if the U.S. tries to use the U.N. Security Council to punish Tehran for its suspect nuclear program.
Washington warned that Tehran has enough nuclear material for up to 10 atomic bombs.
The rhetoric reflected the intensity of the debate at a meeting of the International Atomic Energy's 35-nation board over a critical report on Iran's nuclear program. The meeting ended late Wednesday, formally opening the path to Security Council action that could range from a mild statement urging compliance to sanctions or military measures.
The meeting also set the stage for a potential struggle between Washington, which seeks harsh measures against Tehran, and Moscow, which advocates a softer line.
But the head of the IEAE
— the U.N. nuclear watchdog
the US' nuclear watchdog cast approaching Security Council involvement as a continuation of diplomacy with Iran.
Mohamed ElBaradei also suggested that Washington might need to talk to Tehran directly if negotiations reach the stage of focusing on security guarantees to Tehran in exchange for concessions on its nuclear pro
Tehran and Washington broke diplomatic relations shortly after Iranian radicals seized the U.S. Embassy and took diplomats there hostage in 1979. While the United States has support behind negotiations with Iran conducted in recently by Russia and by France, Britain and Germany, it has refused direct contacts.
Hans Punz/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Iran's ambassador to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, left, listens to Javad Vaeidi from the Iranian delegation during a press briefing after the afternoon session of the International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-nation board meeting on Wednesday at Vienna's International Center.
Iran claims its nuclear program is peaceful and only aimed at generating electricity, but an increasing number of countries have come to share the U.S. view that Tehran is seeking to develop atomic weapons.
The IAEA put the Security Council on alert over the issue last month but delayed any action to give more time for diplomacy under an agreement by the United States, Russia, China, France and Britain — the five permanent Security Council members that wield veto power
But formal Security Council involvement opens a new dimension because the U.N. body could impose economic and political sanctions against Iran. Such action is unlikely because
of opposition from Russia and China, which have strategic and commercial ties with Tehran.
"The United States has the power to cause harm and pain," Ali Asghar Soltanieh, the chief
Iranian delegate to the IAEA, said, reading from a statement. "So if that is the path that the U.S. wishes to choose, let the ball roll."
Iran's threats.
The White House dismissed
"I think that provocative statements and actions only further isolate Iran from the rest of the world," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said.
TECHNOLOGY
Google agrees to settle 'click fraud' suit
BY MICHAEL LIEDTKE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. has agreed to pay up to $90 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the online search engine leader overcharged thousands of advertisers who paid for bogus sales referrals generated through a ruse known as "click fraud."
The proposed settlement,
announced by the company Wednesday, would apply to all advertisers in Google's network during the past four years. Any Web site showing improper charges dating back to 2002 will be eligible for an account credit that could be used toward future ads distributed by Google.
part of that amount will be used to cover the fees of lawyers who filed the case last year in Arkansas state court. The proposed settlement still requires final court approval.
The total value of the credits available to advertisers will be lower than $90 million because
The lawsuit, filed by Lane's Gifts and Collectibles on behalf of all Google advertisers, revolves around one of the most sensitive subjects facing Google and Yahoo Inc., which runs the Internet's second largest marketing network.
Yahoo said Wednesday that it intends to fight the lawsuit's allegations.
Mountain View, Calif-based Google makes virtually all of its money from text-based advertising links that trigger commissions each time they are clicked on. Besides enriching Google, the system has been a boon for advertisers, whose sales have
been boosted by an increased traffic from prospective buwers
But sometimes scam artists repeatedly click on specific advertising links even though they have no intentions of buying anything. The motives for the malicious activity known as click fraud vary widely, but the net effect is the same: advertisers end up paying for fruitless Web traffic.
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