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congratulates the Alpha Alpha Pledge Class for Fall 1996
Cindy Boykin
Christina Byas
Alexa Carter
Jill Cheff
Jenni Clark
Holly Collins
Maria Cruz
Nicole Dawson
Angela Dulle
Mark Ford
Tim Fox
Brad Galvan
Kerry Goebel
Jeromy Hackney
Rachel Herzik
Michael Landin
Holly Long
Michael McLaughlin
Matt Mitchell
Josh Paulsen
Justin Schwertner
Chad Turner
Christy Voskamp
Sara Weaver
Laurie Wood
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An all-Gershwin
Marcus Roberts is
perhaps the most
exciting and talented
jazz pianist on the
scene today. Backed
by the equally skilled
Academy of the Ascension,
he will create dynamic
new interpretations
of the music of George
Gershwin, including a
thrilling variation of
“Rhapsody in Blue.”
Jazz up your life with
“Portraits in Blue”!
evening with pi|
orchestra
Tliursday
Jpctober 3, 1996
8:00 p.m.
Rudder Auditorium
“If you’ve never heard
of Marcus Roberts, where
have you been?’’
CBS This Morning
“...Roberts demonstrates
his technical virtuosity and
passionate intelligence in
impressive fashion. And
yes, with soul.”
ON TOUR WITH
Marcus Roberts
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Gunman opens fire in churc
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man
carried a gun and a can of gasoline
into a downtown Church of Scien
tology on Wednesday, starting a
fire and shooting four people, in
cluding a pregnant woman.
The suspect surrendered after
walking out of the church’s Port
land Celebrity Centre with a fe
male hostage who was heard
shouting: “Don’t do anything. He’s
got a gun to my head.” Police
talked the man into releasing the
woman unharmed and dropping
his handgun.
Firefighters quickly put out
the blaze and it did not cause
serious damage.
The pregnant woman was hos
pitalized in critical condition with
gunshots to her shoulder and ab
domen. Two men were in serious
condition and a fourth victim was
hospitalized with a gunshot
wound to the hip.
It was not immediately clear
what motivated the shooting.
The name of the suspect was not
released.
Witnesses across the street at
The Heathman Hotel said anoth
er suspect fled the scene. Police
spokesman Lt. Cliff Madison
said he had no information on a
second suspect.
“Our reservation manager said
she saw two men throw some
thing into the building and a flash
of fire and two men run away,”
said Lorraine Thayer, the hotel’s
sales manager.
The building, located in the
heart of downtown Portland,
features big displays of Scientol
ogy books, and Scientologists of
ten attempt to persuade passers-
by to listen to talks about the
religion.
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MOSCOW (AP) — Boris
Yeltsin’s bypass surgery will have
to wait six to 10 weeks to give his
damaged heart time to heal, and
then he’ll need two months to re
cuperate from the operation —
meaning Russia will likely be gov
erned from a sickbed into the
new year.
“He’s mentally as alert as he
can be,” said American specialist
Michael DeBakey, who consulted
with Yeltsin’s Russian doctors for
three hours Wednesday and will
return for the operation.
“There is no reason why he can
not function in his capacity as pres
ident” while awaiting surgery, De
Bakey said at a news conference.
However, new details of
Yeltsin’s ill health, including re
cent internal bleeding and the
length of his expected recovery,
are certain to bring new demands
for his resignation by the Com
munist-led opposition.
Hard-liners have already called
on Yeltsin — who was re-elected
to a second five-year term in July
— to step down.
“If there’s a feeling that the pres
idential staff is ruling instead of
him, the question might be raised”
in parliament, said Communist
Gennady Seleznyov, speaker of the
Duma, the lower house.
Yeltsin’s illness was also causing
anxiety in Washington about the
future of Russia’s reform process
and its ability to carry out a peace
ful succession if Yeltsin dies.
"Democracy in Russia is doing
fairly well, but it is hardly an ab
solute certainty that it will take
deep root,” Assistant Secretary of
State Thomas McNamara said.
Dr. Renat Akchurin, head of
Yeltsin’s surgical team, said doc
tors told the president the bypass
operation had an 80 percent
chance of success if it was done
now, but an almost 100 percent
chance if he waited.
The president, who had been
eager to get the surgery over with,
“reacted courageously and calm
ly,” Akchurin said.
For two months, the only
glimpses Russians have had of
their president have been in pho
tos and carefully edited TV pictures
showing him standing or sitting
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Palestinian police and Israeli
troops battled with automatic
weapons Wednesday, casting Is
rael and the Palestinians into
their biggest crisis in three years.
Seven people were reported killed
and more than 350 were wound
ed as Palestinians
cheered on their
police against the
Israelis.
The exchanges of
fire in the West Bank
towns of Ramallah
and Bethlehem be
gan during stone
throwing protests
by thousands of
Palestinians an
gered by Israel’s de
cision to open an
archaeological tun
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good, but the timing was bad.”
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for the first time involved armed
Palestinian forces — 30,000
armed Palestinian police were de
ployed in the West Bank and Gaza
Strip as part of the peace accords.
Palestinian demonstrators said
they took to the streets with the
encouragement of their leaders.
“The Palestinian Authority is giv
ing us the green light to demon
strate and throw stones and re
turn to the uprising,” said
Mohammed Kafkay.
The violence dealt another
blow to Israeli-Palestinian rela
tions, which have faltered since
Netanyahu took office in June,
and comes at a time when Israel’s
relations with much of the Arab
world are troubled.
The Palestinians postponed a
round of talks with
Israel that had been
scheduled for
Thursday. Israel
said the talks would
be held Sunday.
The Palestinians
claim the archaeo
logical tunnel un
dermines their
rights to the Muslim
shrines. Netanyahu
insists the tunnel
does not affect Is
lamic holy sites.
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Seven Palestinians, including a
15-year-old boy and two police
men, were killed in rioting near
Ramallah, Israel radio said, quot
ing Palestinian sources. The report
could not be immediately con
firmed. Earlier, hospital sources in
Ramallah said four people had
been killed.
More than 350 Palestinian pro
testers and nine Israeli soldiers
were injured in both clashes.
In Ramallah, more than 1,000
Palestinians marched to an army
checkpoint south of the city and
hurled stones at Israeli soldiers,
who responded with rubbeii
lets and tear gas.
Palestinian witnesses sai
by mid-afternoon, Israelii
took positions on hills overluj
ing the protesters and opened]
with live ammunition.They(
Palestinian police cheeiedfcj^'
demonstrators, then fired
Israeli soldiers.
The Israelis and the
ans accused one another of 1]
live rounds first. Palestinian]
nesses said commanding oft]
tried to stop junior Palesti]
policemen from shootingJ
Israel i soIdiers, but the police]
defied their orders.
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lieved to be buried.
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lice and demonstratorsd]
through the streets in a col
cheering and singing natiof
songs as if in a victory para*]
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leaders for inciting thevioj
and said he would not I
sured into softening his posit]
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and I do not advise anyone^!
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Paris, where he met withal
President Jacques Chirac.
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peace process. “Theyaresi
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dents, our youth, and
women,” he said outsi*
Gaza City headquarters.
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