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Princess Diana goes to head
of class at Berlin university
Reuter
BERLIN — Just two months
after her death, Princess Diana has
become a subject of an academic-
course at Berlin's Free University.
"Myths and politics: Diana -
from the Princess of Wales to the*
Queen of Hearts" is a 14- part lec¬
ture series the university's political
science department launched last
week.
"The university is an ideal place
to examine the mythology in¬
volved," Sabine Bcrghahn, assistant
professor for political science and
co-organizer of the course, said
Tuesday.
"There are so many completely
divergent groups of people who
identified with her. She was an icon,
an identification figure for so many.
It is a phenomenon we wanted to
analyze further."
The lecture scries will explore
how Diana Spencer became such an
icon, how she was built up in the
Money
media into such a powerful unify¬
ing force for so many vastly diver¬
gent people and causes, Bcrghahn
said.
With weekly lectures by 14 dif¬
ferent historians, literary experts,
sociologists, psychologists, politi¬
cal scientists and media specialists,
the course will examine the roots
of the "Diana effect" and how she
was used for political causes.
"How is it possible that Diana
has become such an ideal launch¬
ing pad for so many contrary
groups?" asks a brochure on the
course. "Why were these myths
about her created — Diana as the
latter day Mary, Diana as a saint of
women, as priestess of the cult of
victims."
Bcrghahn said she had known
very little about the Princess of
Wales before her death in a car
crash in Paris in August.
But the unparalleled outpouring
of emotion around the world after
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"You can gel free t-shirts. free
water bottles or free stuffed ani¬
mals," Winn
said. "They just got to me. I
weakened and now I have a credit
card for gasoline."
ASI
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"We are all young adults, (on
real courts) you have more mature
people," said Splivalo.
He also said there will be no rep¬
resentatives of the university ad¬
ministration at the workshop
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most forgettable performances,
Michael Moorcr. who fights out a
southpaw stance, won. Moorcr took
advantage of a lethargic Holyfield
by virtue of handing him an unmer¬
ciful beating for 12 rounds.
As it turned out, Holyfield
fought with a bad slCoulder, passed
into ca/diac arrest every time a jab
was used, contracted Lyme disease
from the ringposts, and had his
stomach pumped after consuming
poisonous algae betwedTthe sev¬
enth and eighth rounds.
Whether this worked in
Moorer's favor, he better realize
that Holyfield is very motivated to
redeem himself after losing his title.
"Holyfield is motivated because
Michael is one, of the guys who beat
him," said Dqn Turner, Holyfield's
trainer. "Evander is a very unique
individual. A lot of different things
motivate him. With the Tyson fight,
it was the things Tyson said he was
gonna do to Evander. What moti¬
vates Evander this time is that
her death had struck such a nerve
that she and a colleague, Sigrid
Koch-Baumgarten, decided to ex¬
plore it in an academic setting.
"I only had a very rough idea
who Diana was before," Bcrghahn
said.
"Whenever I was waiting for a .
haircut I would read a little about
her and her divorce. But after her
death we all felt this huge outpour¬
ing of grief and pain all around us.
"We were talking about it in the
hallways so often that we decided
to put together a lecture series on
it," Bcrghahn added. "Everyone
thought it was a great idea."
She dismissed suggestions that
an academic setting might not be
an appropriate place to study Diana.
"The university is there to study
and reflect what is happening in the
real world," she said. "Wc feel the
university is ideally suited to reflect
upon a topical matter that has
moved the public in such a huge
way."
Chinese government
says Jiang's comments
were misunderstood
UPI
BEIJING - Beijing has dis¬
missed reports that Chinese
President Jiang Zemin admitted
the bloody 1989 Tiananmen
Square crackdown was a mis¬
take, saying the president's com¬
ments were "misunderstood."
Answering questions on
Tiananmen following a weekend
speech at Harvard University,
Jiang said China's government
"may have made some mistakes"
in handling the pro-democracy
protests.
The response was a startling
departure from the traditional
hard-line answer that "necessary
measures" were taken to prevent
a revolution led by a "small num¬
ber of hooligans."
But Foreign Ministry spokes¬
man Tang Guoqiang says Jiang's
answer did not signal a change
in the official Beijing line.
Tang blamed the confusion on
"incorrect Reports" put forward
by "some members ofthe media,"
and urged the wrongdoers to
"make an earnest study of Jiang's
speeches."' -v.
Jiang left Los Angeles Mon¬
day en route to Beijing, capping
an historic eight-day state visit
to Washington and six other LIS.
cities.
Tang said Jiang's visit
"marked the end of twists and
turns in the Sino-U.S. relation¬
ship" and will enable the two
powers to "build a bright future
together."
He also .lauded the forging of
a "constructive strategic partner¬
ship" between the two nations,
calling it one of the "most signifi
cant achievements" during
Jiang's trip.
Winn said that educational pro¬
grams about managing finances and
staying away from bad credit might
be helpful for some, burnot neces¬
sarily in her case.
"The way I handle money. I
know I'm a lost cause." Winn said.
becuase these arc issues the ASI
needs to resolve amongst them¬
selves.
Splivalo said the ASI may re¬
sume its regularly scheduled meet¬
ings next week if the workshops
prove successful in working out the
ASI's problems.
Moorer beat him when he wasn't
well."
By hearing that, it sounds as itj
Moorcr is going to be facing the real
Evander Holyfield. And that is not
.good.
With fight night almost here,
there's one important thing that
viewers should look out for after the
decision is rendered to the victor:
unification of both titles.
Holyfield. holder of the WBA
title, envisions himself wearing
Moorer's IBF title after the fight.
Should he complete his mission, he
then will probably face Lennox
Lewis, who is the current WBC
champion. But for now, he will
focus on getting revenge.
Revenge? Yes, a very success¬
ful revenge. In fact, don't expect
Holyfield to lose this one. He's
worked hard to get back into^this
position. And he's definitely not
going to let Moorer derail it.
Do you know why? Haven't you
heard? Evander Holyfield wants to
be remembered as oneof the best
fighters ever.
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