The Battalion
Vol. 93 No. 64 (8 pages)
1893 — A Century of Service to Texas A&M — 1993
Monday, November 29,1993
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Iraq accepts U.N.
cease-fire term
UNITED NATIONS - Iraq ac
cepted long-term U.N. monitoring
of its weapons programs on Fri
day, eliminating a major obstacle
to the lifting of trade sanctions im
posed after the invasion of Kuwait.
Allowing long-term monitor
ing was one of the key require
ments in the 1991 Gulf War cease
fire agreements.
The United States and other Se
curity Council members have
blocked any lifting of the punishing
trade sanctions until Iraq complies
fully with the cease-fire terms.
Baghdad, desperate to sell oil to
shore up its crippled economy, re
quested that the council lift the oil
embargo in exchange for its com
pliance. But U.N. experts have said
they would insist on having a
monitoring program in place for
some months before recommend
ing an end to the embargo.
Clinton, Rushdie
anger Iranians
WASHINGTON - A brief
meeting President Clinton had
with British author Salmon
Rushdie touched off an angry re
action Friday from the head of
Iran's judiciary, who said Clinton
had become /y the most hated"
person in the Islamic world.
U.S. officials defended the
Wednesday meeting, saying that
Clinton wanted to express solidar
ity with a man who has been the
target of death threats by Iran.
"By accepting this writer you
(Clinton) have made yourself de
tested in the Islamic world," Aya
tollah Mohammed Yazdi said in a
sermon at Tehran University. "I say
that you are the most hated among
Muslims around the world."
The State Department warned
U.S. citizens abroad that the
meeting could lead to "terrorism
or mob action."
Need for DWI
course questioned
AUSTIN — State regulators
have approved a 5 percent auto
insurance discount for Texas dri
vers who take a drunken driving
awareness course. But some won
der if such a class ever will be
widely used or even available.
"I just think there will be no
demand for this new course at
all,” said Phil Ward, president of
USA Training Co, which teaches a
defensive driving course in Texas.
If demand is meager, the econom
ic incentive for private, for-profit
operators to teach the course
would be negligible.
The discount approved by the
State Board of Insurance in Sep
tember is effective Wednesday.
But the curriculum for the six-
hour course won't be crafted until
after the first of the year.
Jamaican named
Miss World 1993
SUN CITY, South Africa -
Miss Jamaica, an 18-year-old
television announcer, was
named Miss World 1993 on Sat
urday night in a singing and
dancing extravaganza.
Lisa Hanna charmed the
crowd and judges at this resort
with her exuberant personality to
win the title previously held by
Julia Kurotchinka of Russia.
Jacqueline Mofokeng, 21, who
was the first black woman to win
the Miss South Africa title, was
first runner-up. Miss Philippines,
19-year-old Sharmaine Gutierrez,
was second runnerup.
For the second straight year,
celebrities gathered at this resort
Saturday to judge the young
women competing for the title
and prizes worth $185,000.
-The Associated Press
E.C. works to revive Bosnian peace talks
Serb commanders play 'cat-and-mouse' with aid convoys
The Associated Press
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina —
Bosnian Serbs were playing a cat-and-
mouse game with aid convoys, letting
some through in central Bosnia but
blocking others in the east, U.N. officials
said Saturday,
Local Serb commanders on the Bosn-
ian-Serbian border were delaying trucks
carrying winter supplies such as plastic
sheeting and shoes, in defiance of an aid-
delivery accord their leaders signed ear
lier this month in Geneva.
Later Saturday, the Serb commanders
finally granted passage for two convoys
bound for Sarajevo and the besieged
eastern Muslim enclave of Srebrenica,
said Cmdr. Idesbald van Biesebroeck, a
spokesman for U.N. forces.
But he said they were still holding back
a convoy to supply a U.N. Nordic battal
ion in the northeastern city of Tuzla.
Convoys had better luck in central
Bosnia, but Serbs were slowing deliver
ies there as well.
Peter Kessler of the U.N. High Com
missioner for Refugees said there were
no new convoys sent to the area Satur
day because Serb-imposed delays pre
vented the return of empty trucks in time
for reloading of new supplies.
But some trucks which had been held
up in central Bosnia earlier were allowed
to pursue with aid deliveries in the re
gion Saturday, he said.
The United Nations resumed deliv
eries to central Bosnia last Tuesday,
ending a month-long suspension im
posed after a Danish convoy driver
was killed.
The Associated Press
GENEVA — The European Commu
nity is hoping to lure the leaders of
Bosnia's warring factions back to the ne
gotiating table with an offer to lift sanc
tions on Yugoslavia, the troubled re
gion's powerbroker.
But prospects for achieving peace soon
appear dim.
The talks broke down in September
when Bosnia's Serbs and Muslim-led gov
ernment disagreed over terms for divid
ing up Bosnia. Fighting since then has
mainly involved Bosnian Croats and gov
ernment troops.
The "2 European Community foreign
ministers will meet Monday with the
leaders of each faction in a bid to restart
the talks. Their new offer involves phas
ing out international sanctions against
Serb-led Yugoslavia if Belgrade pressures
the Bosnian Serbs into giving more land
to the Muslims.
The Bosnian Serbs, who have gotten
crucial backing from Yugoslavia during the
19-month war, hold about 70 percent of
Bosnia. Bosnian Croats, who have gotten
help from Croatia, hold much of the rest.
Government-held Sarajevo has been
under Serb siege most of the war. On
Sunday, at least five people were killed
when Serb gunners fired a mortar shell
into the city center.
Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadz
ic, who is under pressure from hard-line
Serbs not to yield an inch, has ruled out
any further territorial concessions.
"We will not give up a centimeter of
our territory," Karadzic said on Radio
Belgrade before leaving the Yugoslav
capital for Monday's talks. "It's going to
be a grand theater in Geneva."
In Sarajevo, Izetbegovic said the inter
national sanctions on Serbia, the domi
nant republic in Yugoslavia, should be
tightened if there are no territorial conces
sions from Bosnian Serbs.
He also threatened to call for sanctions
against Croatia unless President Franjo
Tudjman of Croatia agrees to stop inter
vening in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic
is to join Tudjman, Karadzic, Izetbegovic
and Bosnian Croat leader Mate Boban for
the Geneva talks.
See Yugoslavia/Page 4
Aggies bound for Cotton
Kyle Burnett/THE Battalion
A member of the 12th Man kickoff team celebrates The Aggies will finish up their season in the Cotton
A&M's 18-9 victory over Texas on Thanksgiving Day. Bowl where they will probably face West Virginia.
A&M considers
shutting down
Japan campus
Financial problems may force
closure of Koriyama school
The Associated Press
COLLEGE STATION - Texas A&M University's
campus in Japan is facing financial problems, and the
University is considering shutting it down.
Interim University President Dean Gage said he is
sending a top official to Japan next week to "explore
all options before any final announcements are made
to close the campus."
The city of Koriyama, where the campus is located,
owes $500,000 of a $1 million payment that was due
Aug. 31.
"Our real hope is to at
least keep the school
open through the
spring semester."
-E. Dean Gage,
A&M interim president
"Our real hope is to at least keep the school open
through the spring semester," Gage told the Houston
Chronicle on Wednesday. "If the money doesn't come
through within the next two weeks, we may be facing
a more immediate closure."
The school opened in May 1990 as part of an initia
tive from the USA-Japan Committee for Promoting
Trade Expansion. It is funded entirely by the city of
Koriyama and private Japanese sources.
About 200 students attend the school, which em
ploys about 40 people, including some A&M profes
sors. After completing coursework, the students relo
cate to College Station to get their degrees. The stu
dent body also travels to College Station once a year
for a week-long visit.
Fifteen U.S. universities trying to expand in Japan
have had to close their schools there in the past few
years, according to the American Association of Col
leges and Universities in Japan.
"The support just doesn't seem to be there for a lot
of U.S. universities," said Charles Klasek, association
president.
Koriyama's mayor at the time of the agreement
was a strong proponent of the A&M school, but his
successor and the city council haven't been, A&M
officials said.
The Koriyama campus is located about 120 miles
north of Tokyo.
Graduation tickets available today
Rudder Box Office to distribute tickets through Friday
Texas A&M University will begin distributing
graduation tickets Monday, at Rudder Box Of
fice, to those students planning to graduate in
December.
Each graduate will receive six tickets.
Ticket distribution will run Monday through
Friday this week from 9 am. to 4:30 p.m. Distrib
ution will take place during the same hours Dec.
6-10 and Dec. 13-16. Tickets can also be picked
up from 9 am. to 8:30 p.m. on Dec 17 and from
7:30-10 am. Dec. 18.
Off-campus students can request tickets by
mail. Requests — which must include a social
security number, signature, self-addressed
stamped envelope, and graduation ceremony
time — can be mailed to MSC Box Office, P.O.
Box E-5, College Station, 77844.
Three graduation ceremonies are scheduled
for this fall.
At 2 p.m. on Dec. 17, the colleges of Medicine,
Agriculture and Life Sciences, Business Admin
istration and Graduate School of Business will
hold their ceremonies. The colleges of Educa
tion, Liberal Arts and Science will hold their cer
emonies at 7:30 p.m.
On Dec. 18 at 9 am., ceremonies are sched
uled for students of the colleges of Architecture,
Engineering, Veterinary Medicine and Geo
sciences and Maritime Studies.
Closed circuit broadcasts of the ceremonies
will be available in Rudder Theater.
For ticket distribution guidelines, contact the
Rudder Box Office at 845-1234.
Inside
Sports
•Basketball: A&M hoopsters
beat Bucknell, 73-69
•Football: Aggies wrap up
conference crown
Page 5
Opinion
•Editorial: Congratulations,
football team deserves praise
•Column: Facing memories
of sexual abuse
Page 7
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