Governor asked to intervene at U of Arizona

Ohio State may delay start of classes for Y2K

UW set to place hazardous waste site near housing

Duke students set fire following basketball game

The letter asked for outside help to remove the acting director of the African studies department at the university.

The faculty said that staff in other departments are not forced to work with their department head if they don't meet faculty approval.

One of the faculty members who signed the letter was removed from the department head position in 1996 and filed a lawsuit alleging that she was discriminated against because of her race and gender.

The claim was validated by The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, but the university has asked the commission to reconsider.

Continuing to examine The Ohio State University's options for computer failure due to the Y2K bug, a task force is discussing a university shutdown that would postpone the first day of the winter 2000 term.

The task force, which has discussed a shutdown for more than four months, is considering the option in order to prevent the possibility of students returning to buildings that may not have heat or electricity.

University representatives for student and urban/community affairs said if such a measure were to be implemented, the decision would need to be made by the end of this winter term in order to adjust university calendars appropriately.

While the task force is in charge of considering the possible solutions, the group will defer to university administrators for the final decision.

A proposal to put a hazardous waste processing site near a University of Wisconsin residence hall was approved last week by the Madison Plan Commission.

The site, considered an "Environmental Management Center," will replace two older stations and is scheduled to open in the spring of 2000.

UW-Madison safety department representatives said shops and offices have already been constructed and the processing site will complete the final phase of the project.

The safety department reassured students that the site will be regularly inspected by both federal and state government officials.

Following last week's basketball victory over arch-rival University of North Carolina, Duke University students started a blaze that consumed 11 campus benches and filled a residence hall with smoke and flaming embers.

The blaze came only one year after students retaliated against a police enforced ban on bonfires.

Although students stood in the middle of the flames, the Duke Police Department reported only one injury of a student who fell from one of the benches.

- Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Nika Schulte.

02-03-99