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Thursday* October 19, 1995
Amy Browning, The Battalion
Colors in bloom
This quilt is part of the Quilted Treasures by Helen Wade exhib
it presented by The Benz Gallery of Floral Arts in the Horticul
ture/Forest Science building on West Campus.
Countries make amends
□ Bosnia and Yugoslavia
move towards peace by
planning liaison offices.
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herze-
govina (AP) — Pushed by
American diplomats, Bosnia
and rival Yugoslavia inched to
ward peace Wednesday with an
agreement to open offices in
each other’s capitals.
Liaison offices would represent
the highest level of formal contact
between the two countries since
Bosnia broke from the Serb-domi
nated Yugoslav federation 3 1/2
years ago, triggering a rebellion
by Bosnian Serbs.
U.S. envoy Richard Hol
brooke announced the deal in
what he said was his last swing
through the area before crucial
peace talks among Serbian,
Croatian and Bosnian leaders
begin Oct. 31 in the United
States.
Holbrooke said Wednesday’s
accord did not mean mutual
diplomatic recognition between
Bosnia and Yugoslavia, Which
now consists only of Serbia and
tiny Montenegro.
“This is a small step on a long
and difficult road,” he said after
meeting Bosnian government
leaders in Sarajevo.
No date was given for when
the offices would open.
U.N. officials said a week-old
truce negotiated by Holbrooke ap
peared to be holding, although
sporadic fighting persisted in
northwest Bosnia. Each side
blamed the other.
Holbrooke arrived in Saraje
vo from Belgrade, the Serbian
and Yugoslav capital, after
talks with Serbian President
Slobodan Milosevic.
He said part of his mission was
aimed at “getting the cease-fire
fully implemented and respected.
“It’s in place, but there are a
lot of violations in all directions.”
He headed for Croatia for talks
with President Franjo Tudjman
to make sure the Croatian army
does not upset the peace process
by marching into eastern Slavo
nia, the last bit of Serb-held terri
tory in Croatia.
Serbs there revolted in 1991
after Croatia seceded from Yu
goslavia, but the Croatian army
last August retook most of the
land they had seized.
Flush with that success, Croat
ian troops have threatened to re
take eastern Slavonia as well,
and have been involved in fight
ing in Bosnia, in alliance with the
Sarajevo government.
A stable truce is crucial to
the upcoming talks, where the
warring sides must finalized a
division of Bosnia between the
Bosnian Serbs and a Muslim-
Croat alliance, and work out
how they will share power in a
future government.
If they succeed, an internation
al peace conference would follow
in Paris. A final settlement would
be policed by a NATO force, possi
bly including 20,000 U.S. troops,
as well as troops from non-NATO
countries such as Russia.
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Shift in prominent
issues not for political
purposes, Powell says
□ The decision to enter
the presidential race
will be made by mid- to
late November.
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich.
(AP) — Colin Powell denied
Wednesday he had refined his
views to cater to the Republi
can right and suggested he was
unimpressed with self-styled
“revolutionary” candidates
seeking the GOP presidential
nomination.
Powell did not deny adjust
ing his language on a number
of issues prominent in Republi
can politics, from abortion and
the role of the religious right to
the House OOP’s “Contract
With America.”
But the retired general said
the shifts came simply because
he was “sharp-
ening my own
thinking and
views” as he
travels the coun
try and gets
more involved in
the day-to-day
political debate.
His aides ac
knowledged that
Powell, or asso-
acting
mentator Pat Buchanan.
As he delivered his modest
salvo, Powell said that he will
decide whether to enter the
race in mid- to late November.
His book tour ends this week
and he wants to spend some
time discussing his future with
family and friends.
While Powell denied any po
litical calculation in the recent
tailoring of his language, the
shifts have come on issues
prominent in GOP politics.
At the outset of his book
tour, Powell raised several ob
jections to the House GOP
agenda and said of Republicans
in general: “There is an edge to
them and a harshness to them
which tends to hurt those who
are in a minority status.”
This week, Powell applauded
the ideological energy and com
mitment incorporated in the
House GOP agenda. He said he
"I'm not trying to
change my message
from day to day to ap
peal to one constituen
cy or another."
— Colin Powell
ciates
with his blessing, have contact
ed several leading Republicans
for advice on how to better ar
ticulate his views on abortion
and other issues.
Nonetheless, Powell said,
“I’m not trying to change my
message from day to day to ap
peal to one constituency or an
other.” He made his comments
before a book signing session in
suburban Detroit.
As if to prove his point, Pow
ell said he believed the atten
tion he has attracted shows
that the Republican Party “is a
broader party out there looking
for leadership than just the
part represented by the very
active right wing.”
Powell applauded the activism
of the GOP right, but took issue
with those who say he would have
little chance in party primaries
because he is a “Rockefeller Re
publican” with moderate to liber
al views on social policy.
“The answer I give to them is,
well, find your revolutionary who
gets more than 8 or 9 percent of
the vote and let me know when
you get it,” Powell said.
He did not single out anyone
by name, but the remark was an
apparent reference to the poll
standings of GOP presidential
candidates who lag well behind
Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole.
Three in that group regularly
compete for conservative support
and have suggested they are best
suited to carry out the 1994 Re
publican revolution: Texas Sen.
Phil Gramm, former Tennessee
Gov. Lamar Alexander and com-
wasn’t opposed to its provisions
as much as he was concerned
that “You’ve got to have a sense
of compassion that goes along
with this Contract With Ameri-
ca-revolution.”
As if to answer questions
raised by House Speaker Newt
Gingrich, Powell forcefully de
fended the GOP approach to
Medicare during a Monday
television interview.
Borrowing a favorite Gin
grich line, Powell said Democ
rats were “demagoging on the
issue” by suggesting Republi
cans wanted to use Medicare
savings to pay for tax cuts.
Gingrich himself welcomed
Powell’s remarks, saying,
“What he said the other morn
ing was very helpful.”
Powell also took pains this
week to clarify his position on
abortion. Without retreating from
his support of abortion rights,
Powell said he personally opposed
abortion and opposed any federal
financing of abortion.
This change in tone came
shortly after Kenneth Duber-
stein, a veteran GOP operative
and Powell confidant, contacted
William Bennett and other so
cial conservatives to say Powell
wanted help clarifying his posi
tion on abortion.
Duberstein, at Powell’s re
quest, has sounded out GOP
policy experts on other subjects
as well. He also has spoken to
several Republican campaign
strategists who are not affiliat
ed with any of the declared
presidential candidates.
The Veritas Forum
at
Texas A&M
October 23-27, 1995
The Search for Truth
Encouraging Public Discussion
Thomas Jefferson said,
“We are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so
long as reason is left free to combat it.” It is in this spirit that we pursue the question,
“Quae res veritas?” What is truth?
“Searching for Truth in Life:
Fulfilling the Human Quest for Meaning”
Monday. October 23. Rudder Auditorium, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Dr. J.P.Moreland (Ph.D in philosophy from the University of Southern
California) is Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology. He
has authored several books including Scaling the Secular City: A
Defense of Christianity and Christian Perspectives on Being Human.
Dr. Moreland will also be speaking Monday at 4:00 p.m. in Rudder 601
on “The Importance of the Mind in Christian Living.”
“Searching for Truth in Lifestyles:
Homosexuality and Christian Morality”
Tuesday, October 24, Rudder Auditorium, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
**This presentation is co-sponsored by MSC Great Issues.
Dr. Thomas Schmidt (Ph.D from Cambridge University) is Professor of
Religious Studies at Westmont College. Dr. Schmidt has authored
Straight and Narrow? Compassion and Clarity in the Homosexuality
Debate.
Dr. Schmidt will also be speaking Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. in Rudder 601
on “The Hard Sayings of Jesus.”
Whether you
agree or disagree
be sure to comellh
Your thinking
will be challenged.
“ Searching for Truth in Clinical Research:
The Benefits of Spiritual Commitment to Health ’
Wednesday, October 25, Rudder Auditorium, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Dr. David Larson (M.D. from Temple University Medical School,
Residency in Psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center, & MS in
Public Health in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina)
is President of the National Institute for Healthcare Research. He is
listed in Who’s Who in the World 1995. He has authored 95 journal
articles and over 50 monographs, invited reviews, and book chapters.
Dr. Larson will also be speaking Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. in Rudder
301 on “Research as Ministry: Vision and Vista.”
“Searching for Truth in the Mind:
The Rationality of Belief in God”
Thursday, October 26, MSC 224, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Dr. Peter Kreeft (Ph.D in philosophy from Fordham) is Professor of
Philosophy at Boston College. He has authored 34 books including
Handbook of Christian Apologetics and Christianity for Modem
Pagans.
Dr. Kreeft will also be speaking Thursday at 4:00 p.m. in Rudder 30L
on “Can Only One Religion Be True?”
“Searching for Truth in the Cosmos:
The Big Bang, Stephen Hawking, and God”
Friday, October 27, Wehner 159, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Dr. Schaefer will also be speaking Friday at 11:30 a.m. in MSC 201 on
“The Way of Discovery” which will include perspectives on his most
important discovery.
Sponsored by
Campus Crusade for Christ
Dr. Henry Schaefer (Ph.D in chemical physics from Stanford) is the
Graham Perdue Professor of Chemistry and the Director of the Center
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Schaefer has been nominated five times for the Nobel Prize. During
the period 1984-91 he was the third most cited chemist in the world.