CAMPUS/AREA: Student Senate election campaign coverage. Pages 6 and 7.
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NATO continues air strike in Bosnia
U.N. representative calls shelling 'indiscriminate'
The Associated Press
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — U.S. bombs destroyed a tank and struck several personnel carriers outside the besieged Muslim enclave of Gorazde yesterday in NATO's second air strike on Bosnian Serb positions in two days.
After two F-18 warplanes based in Aviano, Italy, ended their bombing mission, the Serbs responded with renewed fury, firing a barrage of artillery shells on Muslims holed up in the battered town 35 miles southeast of Sarajevo.
Lyndall Sacks, a representative for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees in Belgrade, reported "indiscriminate shelling" of Gorazde. She said a shell landed close to UNHCR offices in Gorazde, blowing out all the windows. There were no casualties.
Quoting relief workers on the ground, she reported heavy infantry combat at a hilltop near the town center.
Olivier van Bunnen, a representative of Doctors Without Borders in Gorazde, and Gorazde official Esad Ohranovic said Serb attacks intensified after the NATO air raid.
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Doctors Without Borders reported serious overcrowding in the Gazorde hospital.
While officially the air attacks Sunday and yesterday were made to protect U.N. personnel in Gorazde, which has been under siege for almost two years, the air attack seemed aimed more at halting an assault on Gorazde that has left an estimated 156 people dead and 646 wounded the past 12 days.
U. N. officials quoted reports from Gorazde that 200 refugees were wounded in a single artillery attack on a former schoolhouse.
United Nations peacekeepers sought the NATO air protection, which came hours after Bosnian Serbs suspended peace talks with U.N. and U.S. envoys.
In Sunday's attack, two U.S. F-16 fighters bombed a Bosnian Serb tank and command post. U.N. officials said both targets were responsible for firing into the enclave.
Gorazde is one of the six "safe areas" for Bosnian Muslims designated by the United Nations last year.
positions in its 45-year history. In February NATO jets downed four Serb planes violating a "no fly zone" over Bosnia.
The attack Sunday was NATO's first on ground
Several Serbian tanks and armored personnel carriers were hit in yesterday's air attack, a senior Pentagon official said.
The United Nations said three bombs were dropped, destroying a tank that was "firing directly into the town."
Afterwards, Adm. Leighton Smith, commander of NATO's Allied Forces Southern Europe, told Cable News Network: "The information we're receiving is the area is currently quiet, and we hope it stays that way."
A statement from the military command, quoted by Yugoslavia's Tanjug news agency, accused the Muslim-led government of making up the Serb attacks to provoke intervention.
Momcilo Krajisnik, the speaker of the self-appointed Bosnian Serb parliament, said the Serbs would not withdraw from Gorazde.
Jovan Zametica, representative for Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, suggested possible retaliation against U.N. officials.
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In Washington, President Clinton and other administration officials urged Bosnian Serbs to return to the negotiating table.
Russian President Boris Yeltsin meanwhile objected to NATO's bombing raids, saying that
he telephoned Clinton to insist Russia — the traditional ally of the Serbs — be consulted in advance.
Clinton said the Russians were consulted properly under the guidelines the Russians agreed to in a U.N. resolution last year authorizing air strikes in Bosnia. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Madeleine Albright, added that Clinton himself had called Yeltsin.
Registration draws voter participation
The Black Student Union enacted a new voting system for last night's elections to fight apathy within the group.
By Cheryl Cadue Kansan staff writer
The voter turnout for the Black Student Union elections more than quadrupled from last year thanks to a new registration system, said Terry Bell. outgoing president of the group.
In past elections, voters only had to show up on the night of elections to participate. Those who wanted to vote in this year's election had to register to vote before last Friday, Bell said. About 20 people voted in last year's election, and this year more than 150 people registered.
Bell said the organization's ad hoc committee suggested registration as a way to organize and raise voter turnout on election night.
"Preregistering affected turnout a great deal," he said. "It established a sense of commitment and dedicated the students to come vote on election night."
Bell said the election was a step in the right direction for the group.
Bell said this was the first time that coalitions were formed for the elections. The two coalitions, which formed platforms and campaigned with information tables and flyers, were The Future and Revival coalitions.
The winners are...
"We wanted the level of consciousness for the BSU elections to be up and not just have people vote for their friends," Blackwell said.
Marek Jacobs, St. Louis senior, said registering would help ensure that future elections would not be as much of a popularity contest.
"The candidates knew the importance of forming a platform and not waiting until the week before the election to form their platform," he said.
Robert Vaughn — president, The Future coalition.
Karen Blackwell, programs director for the group, said the organization decided registering would have a positive impact on the elections.
"It will make the voting procedure a
Jessica Keith — vice president, The Future coalition.
Jennifer Keith — treasurer, The Future coalition.
Sandrea Anders recording secretary. Revival coalition.
David Murali — corresponding secretary, The Future coalition.
Sonya Douglas — parliamentarian, The Future coalition.
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lot fairer for each candidate," he said.
"The issues get to be brought up from
each side."
Jennifer Keith, newly-elected treasurer, said because of registering, the candidates and public were more involved in the election than past years.
"There was a lot of difference in the people who came out this year," she said. "People were more aware of the issues."
"I've seen them campaigning, and I know their platforms," he said. "At least I saw the candidates. I could put a face to the name. This is a genuine attempt to change the entire process."
Borris Fagon, Toronto, Canada, junior, said that he was impressed with the turnout at the election and that he thought registering had a positive effect on the candidates.
Gayla Guess, Bonner Springs junior, said she was excited about the candidates this year because they had good ideas.
"Only the most responsible and interested will take the time to register," she said. "This attracts the most responsible people, and it is the most responsible ones that get things done."
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Jessica Keith and Robert Vaughn, the newly elected vice president and president of Black Student Union, prepare to place their ballots in the voting box. Last night's elections were held at the Javhawk Room in the Kansas Union.
Students to vote on fee increase for Watkins
By Ashley Schultz
Kansan staff writer
Students paid for the current Watkins Memorial Health Center from 1972 to 1983 as the result of a 1970 student body vote. Now backers of a $5,650,000 Watkins expansion proposal hope that students will vote "yes" on a referendum to expand it for future students.
A state statute says that any student fee at a Board of Regents school intended to pay off bonds used in construction for a health services facility must be put to a student body vote.
Tonya Cole, chair of the Student Health Advisory Board and sponsor of the bill, said she learned of the statute shortly before Wednesday's Student Senate meeting.
"It was a surprise," she said. "I'm not really in a panic state because I think the merits of the bill are very self-explanatory."
The Student Senate unanimously passed a bill March 2 for a restricted student fee to finance the expansion. Fees of $15 for the fall and spring semesters and $7.50 for the summer semester would pay off construction bonds for the project in about 20 years, depending on the interest rate at which the bonds are secured.
Jim Strobl, director of student health services and Jim Boyle, associate director of student health services, said they were optimistic about the vote because Senate passed the fee proposal by acclamation.
The 20,000-foot expansion would extend Watkins to the trees edging the athletic field north of the building.
Visits to Watkins have more than tripped since 1983. There were 153,840 visits to Watkins in 1993.
The proposal calls for 13 blocks of rooms in the general medicine department, each with one office and two exam rooms. General medicine currently has seven offices and nine exam rooms. The urgent care area also would be enlarged to roughly four times its current size.
The added exam rooms would allow doctors and support staff to use more of their time interacting with patients. The resulting efficiency would allow doctors to see as many as 13,000 more patients a year, Strobl said earlier this semester. It also would lessen the wait for walk-ins by more than doubling the number of appointment visits, he said.
A majority of at least 10 percent of the student body is needed for the measure to pass.
The referendum
If students vote "Yes" — Student fees would increase by $15 in the fall and the spring semesters and by $7.50 in the summer semesters to pay for the expansion of the Watkins Memorial Health Center.
If students vote "No" — The Watkins proposal would be killed. Students can vote on the referendum when they vote in the Student Senate elections tomorrow or Thursday.
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Denim Day
Today is "wear jeans-if-you're gay day." While some students aren't foresaking their treasured trousers, others are scrambling to wear anything but denim.
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If you are single and earned more than
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