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Russian tanks shell rebellious hard-liners
Seized parliament in flames after day of political violence
The Associated Press
MOSCOW—Tanks and armored personnel carriers carrying forces loyal to President Boris Yeltsin fired on the Russian White House early today in an assault aimed at flushing out hard-line lawnmakers inside.
At least 24 people died yesterday in the worst political violence in the Russian capital since the 1917 revolution, possibly setting the scene for a bloody struggle for power that could spread to other parts of the country.
Shells fired by heavy T-72 tanks hit the front of the white marble building, smashing dozens of windows. Soldiers dragged away bodies while machine guns blasted from a neighborhood hotel and apartment house.
Additional tanks sped toward the parliament building. Row after row of windows
were blown out of the building.
The tank firing came nearly three hours after the assault on the building began.
Minutes earlier, army APCs hit the front of the building with heavy fire. Smoke briefly rose from the clock tower atop the riverfront building. Parliament defenders were believed to have sniper in the tower.
The Interfax news agency reported that White House defenders waved a white flag from the roof and that Vice President Alexander Rutskoi, leader of the hard-liners, had offered to surrender. But both sides continued shooting.
As the T-72 tanks sped into position, Yeltsin went on national television and said the violence had been sparked by "criminals" who had "unleashed the bloody massacre."
"All that was and still is going on in Moscow — was an armed revolt planned in advance," he said. "It was organized by Communists seeking revenge, by fascist leaders and some of the former lawmakers."
Vice President Rutksol, holed up inside the White House, appealed to Yeltsin to renew their peace talks, Interfax reported. The government demanded an immediate, uncondi-
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continues to support Boris Yeltsin during the crisis between the Russian president
tional surrender and said building defenders would have to lay down their arms and raise a white flag, Interfax reported.
Heavy automatic weapons fire broke out soon after the assault began about 7 a.m. Moscow time, and artillery fire was repeatedly heard. Plumes of black and white smoke from burning barricades billowed into the sky above the river. Snipers fired from nearby buildings.
At least 10 tanks rumbled toward the parlam-
ment building soon after 7 a.m., preceded by
army armored personnel carriers with heavy
machine guns mounted in turrets.
Passenger buses continued to move along the river embankment even as the assault continued. Passengers crouched low in their seats in terror.
Earlier today, a column of 40 armored personnel carriers loyal to Yeltsin streamed into central Moscow from an army base outside
the capital.
The attack caught motorists by surprise. Men waving pistols kept pedestrians and journalists off a bridge leading to the White House.
Several of the defenders were wounded as white smoke spiraled from the burning barricade. The assault began when armored personnel carriers approached the building from two directions. Tanks and trucks carrying infantrymen followed.
The attack followed a day of violence in which screaming hard-line protesters hurling rocks and firing guns broke the government siege of parliament and seized other key installations.
Yeltsin, rushing back to the Kremlin from his country home, declared a state of emergency, giving police wide power to halt the unrest, and appealed to people not to aid the protest.
"We call upon your common sense and responsibility for the fate of your children," a government statement said.
Thousands of unarmed Yeltsin supporters took to the streets to support the president, who dissolved parliament Sept. 21 in an effort to end his long power struggles with the Soviet-era parliament bent on hobbling his reforms.
Photo from the Cable News Network
Tanks fired multiple shots this morning into the hard-liner controlled Russian parliament, called the White House. The assault on the building followed the worst political violence in Moscow since the 1917 revolution.
The anti-government protesters struck suddenly and fiercely yesterday, beating young riot police in vicious street fighting and seizing Moscow's headquarters of city government.
Brian Vandervliet/Special to the KANSAN
Abortion protest
Jackie Strnad, Belleville sophomore and member of Jayhawker Campus Fellowship, holds up her sign for cars passing by on 23rd Street. The Lawrence chapter of Kansans for Life protested for an hour yesterday afternoon. The back of the sign had the words to Christian songs and instructions for dealing peacefully with others.
India groups in Lawrence hope to aid quake victims
By Kathleen Stolle Kansan staff writer
Leaders of two local India groups are hopeful that Thursday's earthquake disaster back home has not directly affected any of the 150 Indian students at KU.
Both T.P. Srinivasan, head of the Heritage of India Fellowship, and Munish Malik, head of the KU Cultural India Club, said that they had not heard of anyone who had ties to any of the estimated 30,000 victims.
"I expected somebody to call had that been the case, but I have not been told so far," said Srinivasan, KU professor of mathematics.
The quake, which measured 6.4 on the Richter scale, devastated the southwestern plains of India early Thursday morning. Most of the victims were villagers, crushed inside their mortar homes as they slept.
Malik, a KU graduate student, said that he thought most Indian students at KU were from areas farther south
The epicenter of the Indian quake was near the southeast corner of Maharashtra, a state in the densely-populated plains region. The quake reportedly was felt up to 400 miles away from the epicenter.
"I want to make sure that nobody's friends or family back home were affected," he said.
Srinivasan said he planned to contact the finance minister of India, who is a personal friend, to find out if his group could assist with the relief effort.
"I'm going to try to reach them to see in what areas we could help from here and how they are tapping international assistance." he said.
Both Srinivasan and Malik said that the location of the quake was unusual because most quakes occurred near the foothills of the Himalayan mountains on India's northeastern border with Nepal.
However, Malik said his brother, who lives in New Delhi, told him that about 100 small tremors had been reported throughout the affected region during the past year and that some people had moved.
Srinivasan said Thursday's quake also was unusual because it was shallow, just four miles below the earth's surface. He said that the 1989 San Francisco Bay area earthquake,
Earthquake help
All donations and contributions to help the disaster relief in India will be channeled through the Red Cross. Contributions can be made by:
■ Calling toll free 1-800-842-2200 using a credit card; indicate that the money is for the Indian Red Cross earthquake victims.
■ Mailing checks to the American Red Cross, Indian Earthquake Relief, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, DC 20013.
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which killed 67 people and measured 6.9 on the Richter scale, was 12 miles below the surface.
Srinivasan said that natural disasters were no strangers to India, a country that has weathered droughts, flooding and tornadoes.
"I think India is fairly ready to handle disasters, but then again they are not usually disasters of this magnitude." he said.
The Associated Press contributed information to this story.
Course teaches minority students to cope with KU
By Carlos Telada
Kansanstaffwriter
For new minority students at the University of Kansas, attending classes with more than 1,000 students may not be the best way to build leadership skills.
That is why the department of counseling psychology in the School of Education and the Office of Minority Affairs developed CPSY 105/106, said Shane Lopez, New Iberia, La., graduate teaching assistant.
"It gives them a chance to learn how to speak up in a class and express their ideas," he said. "Some of these students are coming from classes with 1,100 students." The class of 10 students, called Minority Scholars' Student Leadership Seminar, runs all year and involves students in various functions of the University. As part of
the class, students fill out a packet that requires the students to seek information about the professional and personal lives of University officials and about different University policies.
Students also are required to study the budget of a typical U.S. university.
Lopez said this was important for minority students who might be the first from their families to attend KU and were unfamiliar with the University system.
The class combines discussion and counseling, Lopez said. Sherwood Thompson, director of the Office of Minority Affairs, teaches, and Lopez assists and counsels the students outside class.
"You feel somewhat distanced from the University," he said. "You don't have that history here."
"I try to be the most available resource they have," Lopez said. "I've told them they can reach me at any time of the day."
Class discussions focus on leadership skills for the present and future. One discussion last week centered on the difference between a hierarchical leader and what Thompson called a roving leader. He said that a hierarchical leader was in a position of power, whereas a roving leader was a person who simply stood up when needed.
"In the work place the roving leader is that man or that woman who comes in and works well and never says anything, but when the machine breaks down he or she says, well, if you do this, it will run again," Thompson told the class.
covenant versus a contractual relationship. He said a covenant relationship, based on trust, was a much stronger leadership tool than an easily torn-up contract.
"When you think of a covenant, that's kind of static to me," Lopez said. "But a covenant is more like 'we're going to work together.'"
Lopez also talked with the class about a
The class also features guest speakers such as Robert Turvey, associate director of the Student Assistance Center, who spoke on time management.
Christi Zomphier, St. Louis freshman, said the class helped her cope with the problems of attending a big university.
"Everything that I don't understand I can go to Dr. Thompson or Shane and then tell me what I need to know," she said.
Sherwood Thompson, director of the Office of Minority Affairs, teaches a class on minority leadership. On Friday, he discussed different types of leaders.
Jayhawks revived
Kansas defeated Colorado State 24-6 on Saturday, giving the Jayhawks their first Division I victory this season. A new starting quarterback and a new defense helped secure the victory.
Business class stage for fairy tale proposal
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By Brian James
Jennifer Herbst thought something was strange Friday when her business associations professor, Webb Hecker, introduced a guest speaker with only two minutes left in class.
Kansan staff writer
When she looked up from her notes and saw the guest, she was shocked.
"I was asking myself, 'Why is he here? What could he possibly talk about?'" said Herbst, Kansas City, Kan., graduate student. "And then I thought, 'Wait a minute. He wouldn't do it here would he?'"
It was her boyfriend, Mike Hammond, a 1989 KI graduate
Hammond spoke briefly about his business background and partnerships. Then he asked Herbst to marry him.
He did.
mond gave her an engagement ring.
Herbst, who had been dating Hammond since New Year's Eve, accepted, and Ham-
Herbst said she was so excited she did not even hear the applause from the 70 students in the class.
"We have it all on videotape, and that is probably the only way I'll ever be able to remember everything," she said. "I was in shock, I was so excited, I had so many emotions in me at the same time."
Herbst's mother videotaped the proposal from the back of the classroom, unnoticed by Herbst.
Hammond, who works for an Overland Park manufacturing company, said he thought of the scheme a month ago when he was traveling on business.
"I was going through the different scenarios, trying to dream up a plan where she would be surprised and where some of her friends could see me propose," Hammond said. "I did some research and discovered that one of her law classes was the last class of the day on Fridays. I thought that
Hecker said the timing of the proposal could not have been better because the class had just finished a section on partnerships.
Hammond was very convincing, Hecker said.
"I was a little leery at first," Hecker said. "I wanted to make sure nobody would do something crazy."
Hecker gave Hammond his blessing Thursday night, only after a few of Herbst's friends assured Hecker that she would say ves.
"He was all dressed up and some students were taking notes on what he was saying about partnerships," Hecker said. "But little by little the comments were getting more personal and Jenny was just shaking her head."
would be perfect."
Mahaffey said Herbst looked totally confused when she saw Hammond.
Michelle Mahaffey, Dallas graduate student and one of Herbst's friends, said her role in the scheme was to make sure Herbst would be in class.
"A minute later she figured it out, and said, 'Oh my God, he's going to propose to me, isn't he?' " Mahaffey said.
"It'll just keep popping up in my mind," she said. "I'm sure some people in the class will be going, 'There's the girl, right there.' She's the one."
Herbst said she might have a difficult time concentrating in class in the future.
Hammond said the scheme was worth it.
"She really got a kick out of it — all the work and planning we put into it," he said.
"It's also a little different than asking her during dinner or something."
Hammond said the scheme was worth it.
The couple's wedding date is set for August 5, 1994, in Kansas City, Kan.