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HIST 489-World War H at Home and Abroad Dr. Jim Bradford . : 306-Contemponuy fantes in Post WWH Europe Dr John Robertson For Afore Infortnaiioit and Applications Contact: Study Abroad Program Office 161 Bizzell Hall West, 845-0544 NATION Friday,January 21.2000 THE BATTALION Probe studying all possibilities in dorm fire SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) — In vestigators said yesterday they have not come to any conclusions about the cause of a fire that killed three college students, denying a published report that some causes had been ruled out. At a campus news conference, Essex County Prosecutor Donald Campolo dis puted the report in today’s editions of The Star-Ledger of Newark that investigators have ruled out careless smoking or an electrical problem as possible causes of the blaze at Seton Hall University. “We are ruling out nothing at this juncture,” Campolo said. Campolo refused to discuss a report in the same newspaper that investigators were looking for three young men who had been asked to leave the building less than an hour before the fire broke out. University spokesperson Lisa Grider said Seton Hall is reviewing “anything that we can all do to make sure that something like this never happens again." Some students said they thought the fire alann that blared in the middle of the night was another in a string of 18 alarms since September, and went back to sleep. Grider refused to characterize the alarms as false, but she said only one in volved an actual fire, which was outside in a dumpster. Sixty-two people were injured in the fire, including one who suffered third-de gree burns over most of his body. One student broke his wrist and ankle after leaping from his third-floor bed room. Thirteen people remained hospi talized today, five in eritieal condition. “It was panic. Everybody was just, ‘Go! Go! Go!’” Nicole McFarlane, 19, one of the students who fled the six-sto ry dorm, said. The 48-year-old dormitory, home to 640 students, was equipped w ith smoke alarms and 55 fire extinguishers that had been recently inspected. It did not have a sprinkler system be cause it was built before 1984 regulations required them, Campolo said. And fire hoses had been disconnect ed last week and piled in the first floor for removal because the equipment was obsolete, Seton Hall spokesperson Lisa Grider said. Killed were Frank S. Caltabilota, John N. Giunta and Aaron C. Karol. All were 18-year-old freshmen from New Jersey. Two were found in the lounge and the third was found in a nearby bedroom, Campolo said. “We’re pretty devastated." said Karol’s father, Joseph. The fire also stunned the 10,000-stu dent, Roman Catholic university 15 southwest of New York City and classes were canceled for the rest of the w eek. Hundreds attended a prayer service Wednesday night led by Newark Arch bishop Theodore McCarrick. A memorial service was planned for Monday. Clinton to pick up pace in Israeli negotiations WASHINGTON (AP) — President Clinton tried Thursday to pick up the pace of slow'-moving talks between Is rael and the Palestinians, telling the two sides “no one can get everything” in an accord. Calling for compromise as he sat down with Yasser Arafat in the White House Oval Office, Clinton said he would be dis appointed if a settlement was not reached. “We have the leaders who can do it,” he said, offering again to do whatever he could to resolve their differences. Arafat agreed there would be difficul ties “along the way,” but he said negotia tions would deal with them. He declined to say whether he was willing to accept less than 100 percent of his demands. White House spokesperson Joe Lock hart, underscoring deep differences, said, “It’s obvious how difficult the challenge is they face.” If Israel and the Palestini ans need more time, he said, “we will work with them on that.” With Clinton’s support, Prime Minis ter Ehud Barak and Arafat last year set Feb. 13 as the deadline for resolving their disputes over Palestinian statehood aspi rations and the future of Jerusalem, at least to the extent that Israel and the Palestinian Authority could complete a framework accord. A fund settlement, which also would deal with refugees and other knotty is sues, is due in the fall. As Secretary of State Madeleine Al bright lunched with Arafat at her home in the capital’s Georgetown neighbor hood, State Department spokesperson James P. Rubin said, “We do regard it as a formidable challenge.” Clinton, meanwhile, is trying to jug gle slow-moving negotiations on the Is- raeli-Palestinian front with sidetracked peace talks between Israel and Syria. Rubin said Syrian officials would come here next week, to be followed by Israeli experts, in an effort to deal with some of the nagging issues on that track. Direct Israel-Syria talks had been due to resume Wednesday at Shepherd- stown, W.Va. But they were suspended indefinite ly, with Albright and other U.S. officials saying each side wanted its demands giv en immediate priority. Clinton said Wednesday he would take on the task of nudging Syria and Is rael along, and that neither side was giv ing up despite the suspension of talks. In Damascus, Syria’s state-run news papers urged Washington to push Israel harder to spell out its intentions on re turning the Golan Heights. 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State police detonated the trunk of the woman's car to make sure there wasn’t a bomb in it. Tom Dubitsky, a musician who lives down the street but did not hear the explosion, called the area a “great neighborhood" with families, children and schools. The residents are of mixed ethnic backgrounds, he said, “a big melt ing pot, everyone gets along." Initiative to train teachers WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 400,000 teachers worldwide will get help using computers in their classrooms under an indus try initiative announced yesterday. Citing a growing demand for im proved teacher quality, particular ly in the area of technology skills, computer giant Microsoft said it would donate $344 million in soft ware and technical support for In tel Corp.’s new Teach to the Future program. 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DaimlerChrysler said T| that the Jeep recall affed:I 1995 Cherokees and 195- Grand Cherokees sold or | ed in 15 states in then® United States and Cana# road salt is used to me' The salt can cause the t)f| tors to corrode and crack The company will repw rotors with stainless steel# The company said 89 cusf complained about separ# cracked rotors, but no acl or injuries were reported. The other recall covers!;' 99 Dodge Durangos to M that might wear out toonl the straps used to supp( fuel tank and the rear bra# The problems were fotirl ing Chrysler's own long-tern" and no complaints or Injur# been reported. Customers will be no# the free repairs by mail. S We i Rockin’ with the Stones! jast year, an innovative band of percussionists wowed audiences across the world when they opened for the Rolling Stones! They are The Drummers of West Africa. And thanks to MSC Town Hall, their next stop is Rudder Auditorium. 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