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Tuesday, June 8,1993
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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina —
On the battle and diplomatic fronts, Bosn
ian leaders on Monday grudgingly ac
cepted a U.N. peace plan they had con
demned as forcing Muslims into ghettos.
While Serbs continued their siege of
Muslim enclaves, Croats and Muslims re
portedly clashed in central Bosnia.
Croatian radio reported fierce Muslim
attacks in the Travnik region, with 4,000
people fleeing. Sarajevo radio also spoke
of heavy fighting, and Serbian television
in Belgrade showed hundreds of Croats
streaming out of Travnik for Serbian lines
above the town.
Bosnian Serbs pressed their assault on
the beleaguered eastern enclave of
Gorazde for a 12th day Monday and re
portedly attacked another supposed "safe
zone," Srebrenica.
The U.N. Security Council resolution
adopted Friday would create six "safe
zones" designed to protect mostly Mus
lim civilians and commit up to 10,000 ad
ditional soldiers to guard them.
The proposal would give the Muslim-
led Bosnian government substantially less
than the Vance-Owen peace plan it and
Bosnian Croats have endorsed. That plan
would essentially divide the republic
along ethnic lines while formally preserv
ing Bosnia as one state.
The United Nations says implementing
that plan, named for co-authors Cyrus
Vance and Lord Owen, remains the ulti
mate goal. Bosnian Serb rejection has
forced the United Nations to come up
with what it says is the interim solution of
U.N.-policed safe zones.
Top Bosnian leaders had rejected the
safe zones plan, saying it would effective
ly create Muslim ghettos and reward ag
gression by Serbs now holding more than
70 percent of Bosnia.
The government set no conditions for
acceptance, but made the following re
quests:
— The zones be expanded beyond the
proposed six cities to include an unde
fined, much broader region.
— Such zones be connected by U.N.-
controlled safe roads to the few remain
ing government-held regions.
— Serbs withdraw heavy weapons
from near the zones.
— The Security Council approve a res
olution reaffirming its commitment to the
Vance-Owen plan.
— The United Nations post monitors
on the borders of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Some of those requests are unenforce
able — both Serb-dominated Yugoslavia
and Bosnian Serbs have rejected monitors
on their territories.
The statement said the government de
cided to accept the plan because it was
"faced with the risk of the rapid increase
of fighting." It was issued during the Serb
assault on Gorazde and continued Serb
stalling on U.N. efforts to reach the en
clave.
Srebrenica, another Muslim outpost in
eastern Bosnia, also was reported under
Serb attack over the weekend. Five chil
dren were wounded in shelling Saturday
night and three villages in the enclave
were shelled Sunday, Bosnian radio said.
Cmdr. Barry Frewer, spokesman for
U.N. peacekeepers, said he had no infor
mation on Srebrenica, where Canadian sol
diers are stationed as military observers.
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Supreme Court gave two victories
to advocates of religion in public
life Monday, ruling that religious
groups can sometimes meet on
school property after hours and
allowing prayers at graduation
ceremonies in three states.
A unanimous court said in a
New York case that school offi
cials generally must treat religious
groups just like other community
groups that are allowed after-hour
access to school buildings.
Such equal treatment does not
violate the constitutionally re
quired separation of church and
state, the court said.
And the justices, without com
ment, let stand a federal appeals
court ruling that allows student-
led prayers at public school grad
uation ceremonies in Texas,
Louisiana and Mississippi.
Still pending before the high
court is another thorny church-
state dispute, which asks whether
public school districts may pro
vide sign-language interpreters
for deaf students in religious
schools.
That Arizona case is to be de
cided before the court ends its cur
rent term later this month.
In other matters Monday, the
court:
— Said in an Oregon case that
some national banks may contin
ue to sell insurance, in limited in
stances, despite a 75-year-old law
passed by Congress that seemed
to repeal that authority.
— Ruled in a Minnesota case
that police don't always need
court warrants to seize items they
feel while frisking someone for
weapons, but appeared to stop
short of giving police nationwide
a powerful new weapon in the
war on drugs.
— Agreed to hear the appeal of
a Pennsylvania man sentenced to
five years in prison for "child
pornography" after he bought
videos of young girls striking se
ductive poses while wearing
clothes.
— Ruled that court stenogra
phers do not share the absolute
on-the-job legal immunity enjoyed
by judges and may be sued for
failing to provide a trial transcript.
— Turned down an appeal by
Elizabeth Taylor's husband, Larry
Fortensky, of his 1992 drunken-
driving conviction.
Jay Sekulow of the American
Center for Law and Justice, a
group founded by evangelist Pat
Robertson, called the court deci
sion in the school-access case "a
major victory for free speech and
a major victory for religious free
speech."
"The court is saying that reli
gious speech cannot be extricated
from the public arena," Sekulow
said.
Stephen Shapiro of the Ameri
can Civil Liberties Union said the
ruling "was tied closely to the
facts of the case" and was decided
correctly.
"The court had a tightrope to
walk and I think it walked the
tightrope fairly well," Shapiro said.
See Court/Page 6
Program aims to fight breast cancer
Health education society works to promote awareness
By GENEEN PIPHER
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A breast cancer awareness program aimed at col
lege-aged women is providing Texas A&M students
with information that could someday save their
lives, said Kristie Buchman, a senior health educa
tion major.
Buchman is a member of Eta Sigma Gamfna,
Texas A&M's Health Education Honorary Society,
and one of two team leaders who educate groups of
women at A&M through a
breast cancer awareness
program.
With the help of a
$1,000 grant from the
Texas division of the
American Cancer Society
(ACS), members of Eta
Sigma Gamma have creat
ed two teaching teams to
share the responsibility of
teaching women about a
disease that has cure rate
of up to 90 percent when
detected early.
The health education society has developed a
teaching module consisting of videos, pamphlets and
a breast model, to help explain the risks of breast
cancer and the proper way to perform breast self-ex
ams.
Buchman said campus groups can schedule the
teams to present their 30^45 minute program.
Michael Kelly, health education doctoral candi
date and former Eta Sigma Gamma president, said,
"If we can increase primary detection through the
teaching of breast exams, we can lower the morbidi
ty rate of breast cancer considerably."
Kelly said making breast exams part of every
woman's monthly regimen, is one of the main goals
the group hopes to accomplish through its aware
ness program.
Buchman said, "One in nine females will develop
breast cancer this year. That's a lot of women."
The program teaches women the risks associated
with breast cancer and how to properly perform a
breast self exam. The group tries to eliminate barri
ers which often prevent women from checking them
selves, she said.
"Many women say that they are embarrassed to
check themselves or that they are afraid to know if
they have breast can
cer," Buchman said.
"What these women
must realize is that
with early detection,
this cancer has a very
high cure rate."
Another barrier
preventing women
from doing breast self
exams is the percep
tion that they take too
much time, she said.
"When done cor
rectly, a breast self-exam takes five to eight minutes,
and that is only once a month," Buchman said.
Kelly said the group would like women to come
away from this program understanding just how se
rious breast cancer is, but at the same time, he wants
women to realize that with a minimal effort, they
have control over this particular form of cancer.
"If we could help them get into the life-long habit
of examining their breasts every month, we would
be accomplishing a great deal," he said.
The program, which got under way in early
March, has already been presented to a few groups
See Awareness/Page 6
"If we can increase primary
detection through the teaching of
breast exams, we can lower the
morbidity rate of breast cancer
considerably."
-Michael Kelly,
health education doctoral candidate
4-H State Roundup kicks off
Preston Paris '72, an extension agent from Sutton
County in 4-H district 1 3, discusses the schedule of
events for 4-H State Roundup with Sue Long, an
employee of the state 4-H office, during
registration on Monday. 4-H Roundup is an
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annual state competition for youths in categories
such as; demonstrations, judging contests, a
fashion contest and a food contest. Roundup is
being held on the A&M campus and will last until
Thursday.
Pakistani soldiers clash with Somali gunmen
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Pakistani troops re
portedly killed two Somali gunmen Monday in
clashes outside their military headquarters, and Pak
istan said at least one of its soldiers remained miss
ing following deadly fighting in Mogadishu.
Five other Pakistani soldiers were released to the
United Nations after being taken by Somalis during
the fierce battles Saturday. They said they lay pinned
down by both enemy and friendly fire for hours be
fore being taken by Somali civilians to a local hospi
tal.
A sixth Pakistani apparently died at the hospital
and his body was turned over to the U.N. on Mon
day, bringing to at least 23 the number of Pakistani
soldiers killed in the deadliest incident involving
U.N. forces since 1961 in the Congo.
Representatives of Mohamed Farrah Aidid, one of
the country's main warlords, brought the bedraggled
soldiers before journalists and said they would have
died if not for the care provided by Somali civilians
who picked them off the street and sheltered them.
Major universities to consider three-year degree plan
Sports
•Baseball: Ags ready for Long
Beach State; U.T. chokes, falls
to Wichita State
•Sullivan: Pro sports missing the
spirit of competition
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Opinion
•Editorial: Important to invest in
space station, future
•Column: Race, religion & color
don't affect who's fit to govern
Page 5
By LISA ELLIOTT
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Because the costs of going to
college are increasing across the
country, some major universities
are considering implementing a
three-year degree program; how
ever, Texas A&M University offi
cials say this option is not in the
near future for A&M students.
Dr. E Dean Gage, A&M
provost and vice president, said a
three-year degree program would
probably not be necessary for
A&M because the tuition here is
not nearly as high as at the
schools that are implementing it.
According to an Associated
Press report, the State University
of New York and Oberlin College
in Boston have already imple
mented three-year degree pro
grams. Oberlin College costs
about $25,000 a year, and many
students are forced to drop out or
take a year off to a get a job to pay
the high tuition. Instead of spend
ing $100,000 on tuition over four
' years, students can spend $75,000
over three years and work the
fourth year; therefore, cutting the
cost of college by 25 percent.
"If it becomes a trend, we will
take an in-depth review," Gage
said.
Gage said such a program
would require changes in the pub
lic school system as well as
changes in the legislature for re
quired courses.
Dropping required courses
could affect the accreditation
process for the institution, he said.
"It would not be a responsible
act on our part to drop any re
quirements because students
don't want a degree from an unac
credited university," he said.
It would take changes in Texas
high school curriculum because
teachers would have to do a much
better job of preparing students
for the fast pace a three-year de
gree would require. Gage said.
Students would also have to take
college courses while still in high
school.
According to the 1990 U.S Cen
sus figures, nearly half of all stu
dents take more than four years to
graduate from college, less than
eight percent take less.
Gage said Texas A&M has the
highest rate of graduation for
public institutions with 68 percent
of its students graduating in six
years. A little over 25 percent
graduate in four years, he said.
Dr. Richard Griffin, assistant de
partment head for mechanical engi
neering, said a three- year degree
program would probably not work
for the department of engineering.
"It would be very difficult for
engineering majors because of the
number of classes and labs they
are required to take," he said.
Griffin said the only way to do
it would be to take classes year
round. He said the students
would not be able to do as well
academically because they need
the summer to "get recharged."
Brian Walker, student body
president, said a three-year degree
program may be beneficial to
some students, but he would not
encourage it.
"(A three year degree) would
be their choice," he said.
However, many times students
can gain more knowledge from
extracurricular activities than they
can from textbooks, and with a
three-year degree program stu
dents may not have time to get in
volved with campus activities.
Walker said.