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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Casualties rise in Somalia
12 U.S. soldiers reported dead in latest fighting
NAIROBI Kenya — Supporters of a Somali warlord夜间 dragged the body of an U.S. soldier through the streets of Mogadishu, where at least 12 U.S. troops were reported killed in the recent round of fighting.
Pentagon officials, meanwhile, said "a small number" of U.S. Army Rangers were missing in Somalia and may have been taken hostage or killed in the latest phase of a U.N. operation against warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid.
In light of the U.S. casualties and possible U.S. hostages, Washington was preparing to send about 200 infantrymen, tanks and armored vehicles to Mogadishu, Pentagon officials told The Associated Press.
Two other Pentagon officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said initial reports indicated at least 12 U.S. soldiers had been killed in Mogadishu since Sunday and 75 had been wounded.
The combat died down overnight in the Somali capital, but shooting could be heard from the area where Sunday's battle took place, including apparent cannon fire from U.S. helicopters.
"We consider the operation to be ongoing." Maj. David Stockwell, the chief U.N. military spokesman in Mogadishu, said in a telephone interview with The AP in Nairobi.
Stockwell said he had no details of the renewed fighting. He said officials were investigating reports that one of the Blackhawk pilots, a U.S. major, had been taken prisoner. The NBC report was issued later in the day, and Stockwell could not be immediately reached for comment.
U. N. soldiers were unable to secure the area around one of the helicopters before the body of another American was seized by the Somalis.
The U.N. operation against Aidid was the largest the peacekeeping force has launched since it took over the multinational effort in May.
Stockwell said Sunday's fighting erupted after hundreds of U.N. troops, including two U.S. Army infantry companies and 70 elite Rangers, captured 24 Somali in a
search for Aidid's aides.
"We were going after Aidid's military lieutenant structure." Stockwell said. "We did not expect to find Aidid."
Stockwell said three of the Somali detainees died of wounds sustained in the shooting that broke out as they were being led out of the area where they were captured.
Stockwell said the Rangers were able to secure the area around only one of the downed helicopters before coming under heavy fire. A relief column of Americans, Malaysians and Pakistanans was sent to their aid, then withdrew together with the Rangers because of the shooting, he said.
The two Blackhawks were shot down by rifle-propelled grenades a mile east of the Bakara Market in southern Mogadishu.
How Somalis down U.S. helicopters
Somali rebels firing rocket-propelled grenades shot down two U.S. Blackhawk helicopters Sunday.
About the Blackhawk
▶ Capacity: 11 equipped troops and 3 crew
▶ Cost: Almost $6 million
RPG (rocket-propelled grenade)
Grenade: Weighs almost 5 lbs.
Standard issue, Soviet-made grenade launcher; used by Viet Cong during Vietnam War
Sources: Defense Department. Jane's World Aircraft
D Aircraft Ron Coddington, Pat Carr / Knight-Ridder Tribune
Regents budget shows smaller growth
The operating budget of the Board of Regents, which comes from the state's general budget, has increased an average of 1.4 percent since fiscal year 1991. However, the Kansas general budget has increased a total of 26 percent.
Regents budget Kansas budget
Sources: State Division of the Budget and the Board of Regents Dan Schauer / KANBAN
Budget difference concerns Regents
State budget growth illusory, official says By Christstoph Fuhrmans Kansas state staff writer
Citing a discrepancy between an increase in the Board of Regents operating budget and the state's general fund budget, the Regents are asking the Legislature for more money.
Warren Corman, interim executive director of the Regents, said the board had worked to improve the Regents schools by raising tuition to increase faculty salaries.
But the disparity must be considered in the context of the state's kindergarten through 12th grade school finance plan, said Gloria Timmer, state budget director.
"The supporting matching funds from the Legislature have not kept up," he said.
Don Slawson, head of the Regents Fiscal Affairs Committee, said the board's general budget has increased an average of 1.4 percent during the last three years.
During the same time frame, the state's general budget has increased a total of 26 percent, he said.
Lindy Eakin, associate vice chancellor for administration and finance, said that during the three-year period, KU's general-use budget has increased an average of 3.22 percent a year, better than the Regents average.
Ray Hauke, Regents budget and planning director, said the board is
concerned that the Regents schools are not receiving any money from the state's increased budget.
But according to the state division of the budget office, there is little money for any state institutions, let alone the Regents schools.
Before 1992, each school district set its own property tax values, and the revenue generated supported the district. Depending on the assessed value of each district, some schools were spending more money per student than other schools.
About 40 school districts sued the state and cited unfair financial representation. Judge Terry Bullock of the Shawnee County District Court advised the state to fix the problem before it came to trial.
The money generated from the finance plan is funneled through the state general budget, and most of the money is sent back to the school districts.
So in 1992, the Legislature passed the school finance plan, which set a uniform property tax for all the state's school districts.
Timmer said if the finance plan had not been included in the state's general fund, the fund would have increased a total of 3.7 percent, not 26 percent.
Because the money is sent through the state's general fund, it increases the general budget, Timmer said.
"The Regents have been treated much like the rest of the state government." she said.
"The school finance makes a phenomenal difference," she said.
Doug Hesse / KANSAN
A brush with art
Dave Lowenstein, coordinator of the community mural, a project organized in conjunction with Harvest of the Arts, works on the mural between Ninth and Tenth streets, west of Massachusetts Street. The mural represents all forms of art and should be completed by Oct. 17.
Moscow conflict hits close to home
By Tracl Carl
Kansan staff writer
After several telephone calls during the weekend, Ljuba Barkova finally was able to get through to her mother in Moscow Sunday night.
"I just asked, 'Was everybody alive?' she said.
Barkova is a professor from the Moscow Linguistic University who is studying at KU this fall. She and several students from Russia gathered in the Wescoe language lab to watch Russian television yesterday for the latest news from their homeland, where turmoil and violence tore at the heart of Moscow.
"We all just grouped together, and it felt scary," Barkova said. "I've been watching TV since early in the morning."
Barkova arrived in August with 17 other students, many from Moscow. She said that what she watched on the news was a shock, but not a surprise.
"The politicians kept promising the real fight would come in autumn," she said.
Barkova said there was still strong support for Yeltsin, but economic hard times had caused discontent.
"When we left, there were lots of things around to buy, but the price was enormous," she said. "People well off found themselves in a very difficult situation."
Anne Solotova, a Moscow junior, said her family knew less than she did because they lived in the suburbs and riots had disrupted TV and radio transmissions.
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"It's important just to hear their voices and know they are OK," she said.
Solotova said the weekend's events were a loss for the hard-liners.
"You can't call it a revolution because a revolution suggests that there will be some extreme changes," she said. "I think it was kind of an uprising that was doomed to fail."
Yeltisin's victory over the hard-liner's rebellion yesterday probably helped swing opinion in the President's favor, she said.
"The attitude in general toward Yeltsin had become indifferent," she said. "I think all these events in
Moscow have increased his popularity."
Mike Corbin, a Lawrence consultant on business in Moscow, left the city after living next to the White House, the hard-liner-controlled Russian parliament.
"The Russian people were completely fed up with politics," he said. "Under Communism, they are the center of attention. Things are changing now and people are disenchanted."
"He got rid of his opponents," he said. "He put them in jail. This is a positive step."
Women's Week begins with stereotypes warning
A boatload of history
At the Steamboat Arabia Museum in Kansas City, Mo., an entire 19th-century steamboat has been excavated and restored for public viewing. Page 7.
By Chesley Dohl Kansan staff writer
Women in today's society are more successful than ever before but are still being stereotyped, said Bobbi Larson, residential living director at the University of Nebraska.
Larson addressed about 250 people last night in a speech that officially began Women's Week 1993.
Larson said it was up to women to correct the misconceptions and stereotypes often associated with their gender and celebrate the positive contributions they have made to society.
"This week is an opportunity to share and develop the connections you as women share with each other," she said. "As women, we must appreciate and celebrate the strengths that make us what we are."
Larson said women have worked for years to reach a position of equality in society, but she said it was human nature for women to make excuses and apologize too often for their successes and beliefs. She said this was one reason why women were perceived as weaker and less forceful than men in society.
"In time, as women continue striving to make a place in society, our strengths will become more celebrated." Larson said.
Several other Women's Week lecturers
will discuss women's roles in society this week.
Zuel will present a lecture on leadership and involvement at noon tomorrow at the Javhawk Room in the Kansas Union.
Kelli Zuel, assistant director of student leadership programs, said that because women's roles were changing, women had to make difficult decisions to balance work and home life.
One way women can prepare themselves for the job market is through practical experience such as internships and
"The woman's primary role used to be the care giver of the family, and the man's role was the caretaker," Zuel said. "But that's all changing now."
"Men and women have different approaches when they deal with people," she said. "We will focus on how women can be most effective at their jobs."
"Students might not see the benefits of their involvement now but the importance of involvement can't be stressed enough." Hartley said.
involvement in campus groups, said Ann Hartley, assistant director of the placement center.
Hartley will open the Women's Week lecture series at 11 a.m. today and offer an overview of iob search methods.
Women's roles in society have also changed in that they are volunteering less as they have become more career oriented, said Lenaae Heine, coordinator of the Roger Hill Volunteer Center in Lawrence. She said the stereotypical volunteer used to be "the stay-at-home mom."
Heine will speak about the importance of student volunteer work at 11 a.m. tomorrow at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union.
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