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One way fares slightly hisher. fggae,a(on the spot/ Council Tbavd Page 6 U.N. upholds ban, rejects Muslim pleas THE ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED NATIONS - The Se curity Council rebuffed impas sioned pleas from Muslim and nonaligned nations Tuesday, and refused to lift a weapons embar go against Bosnia's outgunned Muslims. The vote on the 15-member council was 6-0, with nine absten tions. Nine affirmative votes are required for passage. Voting in favor of lifting the embargo were the United States, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Morocco, Pakistan and Venezuela. Abstain ing nations were Brazil, Britain, China, Russia, France, Hungary, New Zealand, Japan and Spain. The U.N. embargo applies to all parties in the war in Bosnia- Herzegovina. Muslim and nonaligned na tions argued that the embargo should be lifted for the Bosnian Muslims, saying that since the council would not militarily pro tect Muslims, then morally it should not deny their right to self-defense. The embargo prevents the Bosnian government from acquir ing large artillery pieces to fight the Serbs, who obtained such weapons from the Yugoslav army when it pulled out of Bosnia. “We do not believe that this body should deny the Bosnian government the wherewithal to defend itself in the face of brutal aggression conducted by the Bosnian Serbs and their backers in Belgrade," U.S. Ambassador Madeleine K. Albright told the council. The Battalion Wednesday, June 30,195! Bangkop By Boomer Cardinale Tup srpirs ' u - — 1 • w (jyi-ra mSTfi&uD Vs~::v* By Paul Stroud GUT PranC/ 5 NOW Fopp 1 ^ yA ^ cytxx> oocui -Ug eiLLvY\UjfvcotQ CeAdt*,. Why? He GxA Gcmnary amd a HcuAurm -^AfljaK „ -Wobfi. Bid \iArd X Vvcvd -it kiAH -tkG C&mrruja. ^OLLouol- oed - "tko. cermYAMj. Kmj. cuuia CGcupiU. o -fco. SuWM. Aggie L. 2. Enter 4-digit Code 3. 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In addition, the career center offers a bulletin of job listings cat egorized by academic discipline as well as advising to students. Although they offer these ser vices, the Career Center is still perceived as providing only inter views, Wheeler said. Byron Schlomach, undergradu ate advisor for the Department of Economics, said some of the stu dents he counsels don't find the Career Center very helpful. "I think there's a perception that the Career Center is not all that great," Schlomach said. "But I recommend it to students." Schlomach said if students think their job search will take longer, then they can use the Ca reer Center's services after they graduate. However, they may be hesitant to even visit the center. Students seem to think the Ca reer Center covers you for a cer- Bombing Continued from Page I Wiatt said it is not unusual for these three agencies to be involved with the same case. "All have concurrent jurisdiction," Wiatt said. "Whenever you have a crime of enormous proportion, a task force like this is created." Wiatt said University Police, as well as local and state police would assist the task force in an investigation at A&M. "Wherever the next occurrence is, it will involve the task force as well as local law enforcement agencies," Wiatt said. Wiatt said this task force will create a network throughout the coun try to help find the person responsible for sending the bombs. Officials with the task force told the Associated Press Tuesday they would not be persuaded by a letter indicating a group was responsible for the attack. The letter, postmarked June 21 from Sacramento, Calif., was sent to The New York Times and warned of a “newsworthy event.” The letter was signed by a writer identified as “a group calling ourselves EC” that promised to “give information about our goal at some future time." Authorities told the newspaper the UNABOM attacker had pre viously identified himself as “EC.'' The task force will prepare a new and detailed profile of the man suspected of building the bombs. Deputy Attorney General Philip Hey- mann said in a statement. According to Associated Press reports, an eyewitness to a 1987 bombing in Salt Lake City, where a computer-company employee was injured by a disguised bomb in a parking lot, described the person who left it as a 5-foot-10, white male, weighing about 165 pounds with red dish-blond hair and a thin moustache. \fflllBiR 1.0 HT Grants for r Ci I* il <1 11 il t Students and Graduating Seniors If you’re a U.S. citizen, you can perform research abroad in the country of your choice. To find out more, come to our Informational Meeting (listed below), or come by or call the Study Abroad Program Office at 161 Bizzell Hall West (845-0544). Wed. June 30, from 2:00-3:00 251 Bizzell Hall West tain amount of time, but after that you're on your own, Schlo mach said. Turner said this perception is wrong, and that the Career Cen ter's services are available to stu dents "as long as they're breath ing." Former students are still qualified for the Career Center's services even after they graduate, but they must pay a $5 fee. Tough economic times have al tered the job market, and conse quently altered the way people look for jobs. Turner said. "There's been a lot of talk that the white collar section has hit es pecially hard," Schlomach said. "A lot of our students have gotten jobs, but the pay isn't that great." Schlomach said many studen: are applying to graduate school! | avoid the job market. "But the job market is impro ing," Schlomach said. "Itjui takes a little longer to find a job. Turner said the Career Cent! has changed to react to the chan ; in the job market. "With the economy the way is right now, employers dot I have the luxury of forecasts [ when they will need someone !i [ a job," Turner said. When the economic outlook w better, Wheeler said comparis sometimes scheduled on-camp: interviews a year in advance. "Now we're lucky if they call week in advance," Wheeler said. Minority Continued from Page 1 university and not the friendliest place for women and minorities." Another factor affecting peo ple's decision to attend A&M is the attitudes of current A&M stu dents, Knoble said. He cited such incidents as stu dents waving confederate flags and the SAE fraternity "black face" party last fall may make po tential students assume minori ties at A&M are "unwanted." The Ku Klux Klan meeting in April in College Station also didn't help to promote a "minori ty-friendly" atmosphere, he said. Additional factors affecting A&M enrollment are the location of A&M in a non-urban environ ment, and the fairly high admis sion standards of the University, Knobel said. Augustine Garza, deputy di rector of admissions at the Uni versity of Texas, said Texas, like A&M, has "image problems" when recruiting freshman. "Most freshman say the first thing they think about when they think about the University of Texas is the size," Garza said. "So we tell them they won't have a class with 50,000 students." Another problem that poten tial students stated was that Texas was impersonal, Garza said. Garza also said the resurging popularity of African-American institutions about five years ago has given universities such as A&M and Texas more competi tion to recruit minorities. According to the May issue of Black Issues in Higher Education, in 1989-1990, Texas A&M Univer sity minorities composed 9.8 per cent of all bachelors degrees at A&M compared to University of Texas whose minorities com posed 17.8 percent of all bachelors degrees. A&M and U.T. were equal in the number of minority doctoral graduates in 1989-1990 and differed in less than 1 percent in the number of minority mas ters graduates. Santiago believes that to re cruit more minorities, the Univer sity should offer more minoritv scholarships. Currently, the general scholar ships available at A&M specifical ly for minorities are the Presi dent's Achievement Award for entering freshman. The award is for minorities with strong acade mic backgrounds and community leadership. Every year A&M gives 1,200 minority students the President's Achievement Award. Knoble said 23 percent of these minority scholarships go to fresh man. They may receive up to $2,500 per year for up to four years. In addition, Knoble said 120 minority upperclassman may be awarded the Distinguished Achievement Award, wHch may total up to $1,500 per year. Both these general scholarships are aimed specifically to African- American and Hispanic students. The scholarships were estab lished in response to a Federal Court finding 10 years ago that stated "patterns of discrimina tion" existed with African-Ameri can and Hispanic students at A&M and the University Texas. The University of Texas may be able to supply more minority scholarships than A&M because of access to two-thirds of the Per manent University Fund (PUF). Texas A&M only has access to only one-third of the fund. The PUF, which is estimated at over $4.5 billion, was set up by the Texas State Legislature to sup port the two land grant colleges. At the time, the money was raised by rent ranchers paid for using the land for cattle. Later, howev er, oil was discovered on the land. Knoble said scholarships through the University for other minorities have not been found necessary. Native Americans have been given scholarships through the U.S. government and the Asian-Americans have not been historically, systematically excluded from entrance into the University, he said. There are, however, more than 10,000 merit achievement scholar ships available to all students through individual departments.