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The Battalion Vol. 91 No. 16 USPS 045360 College Station, Texas "Serving Texas A&M since 1893” 12 Pages ,Mondaj£ i> Se]3tem^ Federal defense minister, Croatia declare 'absolute cease-fire BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - The federal defense minister and Croatia on Sunday declared a cease-fire in the bloody fighting between the army and forces of the breakaway republic. The agreement was based on Croatia's offer Saturday to ease a blockade of mili tary barracks if federal forces halted its current offensive, the largest of the con flict, a spokeswoman for the Croatian President Franjo Tudjman said. Later, Tudjman read a statement on Croatian TV ordering a lifting of the week-old embargo on water, food, elec tricity and medicine to army barracks in the republic. It was not immediately clear, howev er, whether the cease-fire could halt the fighting that has left 500 dead in the three months since Croatia declared indepen dence on June 25. Numerous cease-fires have been cob bled together, mostly with European Community help, to end the war between Croats, an ethnic Serb minority and — in creasingly — the army. All so far have failed. The last cease-fire was signed Sept. 17 by rivals Serbia and Croatia, Defense Minister Veljko Kadijevic, and Lord Car rington of Britain, the EC's mediator. On Sunday, Kadijevic issued a state ment saying that the two sides had agreed to order an "absolute cease-fire" at 3 p.m. (9 a.m. EDT). He said in the statement that he was ordering all federal forces "to cease all at tacks and movements" at that hour. The statement was published by the Yugoslav news agency Tanjug. Vesna Skare, a spokeswoman for Tudjman, said the Croatian leader and Kadijevic reached a verbal agreement on the cease-fire Sunday morning, apparent ly by telephone. Even as the deadline approached for the cease-fire to take effect, fighting raged anew. Few details were available. Skirmishes continued around the strategic town of Vukovar, and fighting resumed in Sibenik on the Adriatic coast, Belgrade radio said. Three federal soldiers died and a dozen were injured in a botched air attack by their own side near Vinkovci, in the Slavonia region, Tanjug said. The Serb-led army has increasingly in tervened to help Croatia's Serb minority, in a continuation of the longstanding feud between the two republics over the coun try's future. Serbia, the largest republic, seeks a centralized government, while Western leaning Croatia and Slovenia seceded af ter they failed in efforts to turn the coun try into a looser federation. The latest offensive began after strug gling Croatian forces cut off supplies to military barracks. Croatian officials and some Western diplomats also allege the federal attacks are aimed at gaining con trol over eastern Croatia, dominated by ethnic Serbs. In Zagreb, Croatian leaders on Satur day sent a letter to Kadijevic reiterating an offer to restore supplies to barracks in several towns. But they said the garrisons would remain surrounded by their mili tias. ‘commende: r fumishine arters oftii •sity Systet ton Sandeii er. ns for a nen nt plant wil looks at thf , KSA Engi ew, has esti the plant a! banners sai: tually brand oming ara t. i 1 Organizatio; rusalem, 1, the letter it S. support o: return of tkf ?ied by Israel araeli war. eport that fte ,et with it d under PLC i him again it d, "I wouM leet withth •een meetin: here or am ional Couna 1 m Algiers re conflicts the Palestir; will endorse tives to part of a Jor Georgian opponents take over TV station MOSCOW (AP) - Armed op ponents of Georgian President Zviad Gamsakhuria reportedly occupied the southern republic's main television station early Sun day after he accused rivals of try ing to seize power. Former Georgian Prime Minis ter Tengiz Segua, now a leading Gamsakhurdia opponent, took over the TV center with about 200 armed supporters, said a govern ment spokeswoman, Khatia Jin- jikhadze. "They are occupying the building. They are armed and they are blocking the TV station," she said in a telephone interview from Moscow. She said the attack ers had brushed aside a small group of police guarding the building without any shooting. Television stations are strate gic points in the Soviet Union be cause of their propaganda value and have often been the site of clashes. In January, 20 people were killed when Soviet troops stormed the television building in the Lithuanian capital to seize control from pro-independence forces. At least two people were seri ously injured elsewhere in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, on Satur day night as police tried to re move about 40 hunger strikers outside the parliament building, said Zurab Todua, a spokesman for the Georgian mission in Moscow. Later, an anti-government protester set himself on fire. The man was hospitalized. The Tass news agency, quot ing a leader of the opposition Na tional Democratic Party in Geor gia, said dissident Irina Sarishvili was among those hospitalized with injuries. "There were some excesses," Todua acknowledged. ; > Mill 1 ■ 1 * 1111 i»»i H iBillll : I 1BMBIM i Hi 1 KARL A. STOLLEIS/ The Battalion Head and shoulders above the rest Jennifer Below, a freshman from Grapevine, studies on a afternoon. The weekend weather began to heat back up grassy knoll near the North side dormitories on Sunday after last week's cold front passed out of the area. Regents criticize report Board member expresses opposition to privatization By Greg Mt.Joy ' TfTi Battalion Texas A&M's Board of Re gents sharply criticized a finance and administration report sug gesting possible privatization of University services including bookstores, food services, vend ing and concessions Friday. Dr. Eddie Davis, finance and administration deputy chancellor, said although some risk would be involved in privatization, turning over University control of several services could result in decreased costs and increased service. Regent William McKenzie, however, said he was against any effort to privatize food services. "I was told a study was being made and bids were being asked for to bring a McDonald's restau rant onto the A&M campus," McKenzie said. "If this is true, I would be distressed and offend ed." McKenzie said a for-profit firm would not have students' best interests at heart if given an on-campus location. "This would definitely not be for the benefit of the students," he said. "I will not let a firm prey on our students. I am firmly against any move to bring such an opera tion to the campus." University President William Mobley said A&M had no com mitment to bring a vendor on campus. "Any rumor that McDonald's or anyone else coming onto cam pus is absolutely incorrect," Mob ley said. "There are some food services operations that are losing money, and some proposals are being looked at, but we have no intent or desire to reduce the quality of food service we are pro viding." Regent Royce Wisenbaker said the Board had not approved any action concerning privatization of A&M's Food Services. "We are only exploring the possibilities," he said. "We are going forth and looking at what we can do." The Board also approved the implementation of an Office of Coordination for the George Bush Presidential Library, to be headed by Dr. Perry Adkisson. Adkisson presently is the di rector of the Texas A&M Center for Presidential Studies, and will serve as executive director of the Office of Coordination. The office will be located at the soon-to-be vacated 12th Man Foundation building on Joe Routt Boulevard. In another action, the Board adopted a resolution in support of a state constitutional amendment to issue additional bonds for the Hinson-Hazlewood College Stu dent Loan Program. Don Engelage, director of Fi- See Regents/Page 6 instruct it,’ t's not fir inage is vef) cing aboutk )u'd prepar; ing it upafti ovide good at along will y and phoat gs we've hai e to the pdf be placing:: f campus, K- ‘est building n 300 yard; ith the dost versity Pres ield. littee plans K 1 ion feedbad n as well i of the Tew; who will a!’ his year, and inal proposa 1 uversity Prei- /• ing in a fasb ike a decisior ded," Kible: Canadian government to reveal proposal for appeasing Quebec TORONTO (AP) - Prime Minister Brian Mulroney takes his best shot at keeping Quebec in Canada this week when he announces proposed con- stitu tional changes aimed at ap peasing the French-speak ing province. Quebec wants the ' ' ® 1r 11 constitution to recognize it as a "distinct so- Mulroney ciety" and will hold a referen dum on sovereignty next year if its demands are not met. Mulroney promises that his proposals "will be the beginning of the process and not the end." They are to be presented to Par liament on Tuesday. The Meech Lake accords, an earlier attempt to appease Que bec, collapsed last summer, spurring a new rise in Quebec na tionalism and the feeling among many Quebecers that they had been rejected by English Canada. Quebec, which has about sev en million of Canada's 26 million people, believes its French lan guage and culture are threatened by the sea of English speakers on all sides. The province already has its own legal system based on the Napoleonic code and laws making French the only official language. Quebec refused to sign the 1982 constitution, although the province is still covered by its provisions. The federal govern ment has spent much of the past decade trying to woo Quebec back into the fold. Although there are many is sues involved, Canadians outside Quebec are most disturbed about the demand for "distinct society" status. "They fear that the word 'dis tinct' would be interpreted as meaning superior, and that such a definition would make them in ferior," said Joe Clark, a former prime minister who now is Mul- roney's minister for constitution al affairs. Details of Mulroney's plan have not been disclosed, but Clark said in a speech last week that they would include giving Quebec this special status. "We are all equal as Canadi ans," Clark said. "Being equal does not mean being the same. And being a 'distinct society' does not mean that Quebec is su- See Canada/Page 6 Mobley calls incident 'appalling' Police probe cadet assault By John Lose The Battalion The investigation into the assault of a female Corps of Cadets member at the hands of a group of male cadets is still underway, and no details are yet available, said Bob Wiatt, director of University Po lice Department. In a statement released Friday morning. Univer sity President William Mofc>ley called the incident "appalling" and "totally inconsistent with the values of the Corps of Cadets and the University." Wiatt said that because the victim returned to her home town for the weekend, the investigations were temporarily put on hold and would resume in full this week. "Basically, we're still trying to get information from the victim," Wiatt said. "We will probably have to w’ait until next week for any answers." However, during a local television interview Fri day, Lt. Col. Donald Johnson, deputy commandant of the Corps of Cadets, said all sophomore members of the Parsons' Mounted Cavalry have been sus pended from activities pending the outcome of the investigation. In a phone conversation with The Bat talion, Johnson refused to comment on the investiga tion. Dr. John Koldus, vice president of student ser vices, said in a statement released by the Office of Public Information on Friday that the female Corps member was assaulted Tuesday after applying to be come a member of the Parsons' Mounted Cavalry. The release stated she was taken to the A.P. Beutel Health Center by her commanding officer and treat ed for anxiety. Wiatt said, however, the University police re ported they saw a sling on her right arm w'hen called to the health center Tuesday night and spoke with the victim. "We are investigating the incident from a crimi nal point of view, while the Department of Student Services and the Commandant's office are conduct ing an internal investigation," Wiatt said. "Since the investigation is still pending, we are unable to re lease any details at this time." John Sherman, Corps of Cadets commander, and Tim Piper, commander of the Parsons' Mounted Cavalry, as well as other members of the Corps lead ership were unavailable for comment at press time. See Investigation/Page 6