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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.103,NO.111
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
KANSAS STATE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
TOPEKA KS 66612
ADVERTISING:864-4358
TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1994
(USPS 650-640)
NEWS:864-4810
The Associated Press
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia — Bosnian Serbs put NATO's long-questioned to the test yesterday and received a swift, severe answer: Missiles from U.S. F-16 fighter jets downed four Serb warplanes.
It was the first time that NATO had struck militarily in its 44-year history. The strike came after repeated threats by NATO to intervene to back U.N. resolutions aimed at ending the 23-month war.
NATO said the Serb planes ignored several warnings to leave a U.N.-imposed no-fly zone over Bosnia or face attack. Planes then were observed bombing a Muslim-controlled area. U.N. officials said the Serbs were bombing an army plant.
Bosnian Serbs first denied involvement.
But one Serb army official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed that four of their planes were shot down. Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic said Serb pilots might have been making "training flights."
NATO and the United Nations say they are neutral in the Bosnian conflict and will act against any side violating U.N. agreements.
Bosnian government officials, who have appealed repeatedly for outside help for their outgunned troops, were exuberant.
"Better days are ahead of us," said Ejup Ganic, Bosnian vice president, in Sarajevo, Bosnia's capital.
U. S. Adm. Jeremy Boorda, the NATO command for southern Europe, said the lesson to be learned from the incident was simple: "You ought not to violate the no-fly zone."
other other violations.
The ban was imposed in October 1992, after Bosnian Serbs had overrun about 70 percent of Bosnia's territory in fighting with government soldiers and Bosnian Croat forces. About 200,000 people have been reported dead or missing since the war began over Bosnia's secession from Serb-dominated Yugoslavia.
Boorda said NATO would not hesitate to fire on any other violators.
Clinton said helicopters often had violated the no-fly zone in the past, but there had been no violations by planes since September. Boorda said previous violations by planes involved quick, short flights by single aircraft.
In Washington, President Clinton said "every attempt was made" to avoid shooting down the planes.
NATO's first intervention in Bosnian war U.S. fighter planes on routine NATO maneuvers Monday morning shot down four Bosnian Serb aircraft violating the U.N.mandated no-fly zone over Bosnia. What happened:
1. Sighting U.S. F-16s confront six Serbian attack planes near Novi Travik
Source: Jane's All the World's Aircraft, Defense Department, news reports
2 Warning ignored Serb planes reportedly drop elistb bombs on Novi Trvnik
3 Serb planes downed over Banja Luka
6:45 a.m. (local time)
U.S. plane downs first
Serb plane
6:47 Second Serb plane downed
6:48 Third Serb plane downed; two other U.S. planes arrive
6:50 Fourth Serb plane downed
Weather causes minor mishaps
4 Remaining planes exit
Within 10 minutes, two
remaining Serb planes
are still and are not
pursued
Classes still on in spite of snow
By Susan White Kansan staff writer
Knight-Ridder Tribun
Snowflakes the size of quarters pelted KU students as they walked on campus yesterday, leaving behind a blanket of wintry white.
The snowfall ended by early evening, and the resulting accumulation is expected to disappear by the middle of the week with warmer temperatures, said Jeff Brandberg, Atlanta sophomore and KU weather service employee.
"We got about three inches, but we're not expecting much more." Brandberg said.
Today should be cloudy with a high of about 37 degrees with little accumulation, he said. Tomorrow should be sunny with a high around 53 degrees.
The temperatures should reach the 60s by Friday. Bpndberg said.
Amy Solt / KANSAN
Highway crews had planned to work late into the evening laying down salt and sand on the roads to improve the driving conditions, the official said.
About 10 minor accidents on K-10 and two to three accidents in Lawrence were reported, said an official of the Kansas Highway Patrol.
Elizabeth Brooks, Manhattan senior and an employee of the University Information Center, said the center was swamped with telephone calls during and after the snowstorm.
Stepping out from under the canopy of Wescoe Hall, Zachary Juarez, San Antonio junior, and Jessica Small, Lawrence sophomore, peek out from under their umbrellas to see the falling snow. Lawrence received three inches of snow during the day yesterday.
"We received millions of calls," she said.
"People wanted to know if there would be classes the next day and whether midterms that were scheduled for the evening were still going to be held. But nothing is canceled."
Brooks said that, had the weather been worse, Chancellor Gene Budig would have decided whether to hold classes.
"He gets together with Facilities and Operations after the snow falls and decides whether classes should be held," she said. "The conditions of the roads and parking lots are the main factors for the decision. They decide by 2 p.m. whether evening classes are going to be held. We know by seven whether classes will be in session."
The information center was not the only place fielding a lot of telephone calls last night because of the snow.
Jeremy Rapport, deliverer for Rudy's Pizzaria, said he delivered pizzas to a lot more places than normal.
"We were busier than usual," he said. "It also took longer than usual to get around."
Weather Information
These are some of the numbers that can be called for winter weather conditions or road conditions:
University Information Center
864-3506
KU SNOW
864-7669
KU Weather Service 864-3300
Source: Kansan Research
Kansas Highway Patrol
1.296.3102
A student follows lines of footprints in the snow as he walks up to Wescoe Terrace. Snow, sleet and rain fell for most of yesterday.
Doug Hesse / KANSA
KANSAS
House rejects admissions amendment
By Stephen Martino
By Stephen Martino Kansan staff writer
TOPEKA — The House of Representatives voted down an amendment to establish qualified admissions for Board of Regents universities yesterday.
State Rep. Delbert Gross, D-Hays, offered the amendment to a bill about student financial aid programs the House was considering. It failed by a 56-69 vote.
"We have to reform the educational system before students get to college," Gross said. "We have to make our graduates better students."
The House debated qualified admissions several times last session, each time defeating the measure. Gross' amendment was similar to those proposed last year.
His amendment called for high school graduates to meet one of the following requirements:
complete the Regents college-prep curriculum with at least a 2.0 grade point average.
rank in the top one-third of their graduating class.
Gross said his qualifications would provide some standards for students who wanted to enter a Regents institution. Students who did not meet the requirement could enter a junior college and later transfer to a Regents school.
However, State Rep. Jim Garner, D-Coffeyville, said that the amendment contained a provision that could be abused by influential persons.
Gross' amendment stated that up to 10 percent of the freshman class would not have to meet the proposed qualifications. Those students' admission would have to be granted by the Regents.
"My concern is with people with connections being able to get in," Garner said. "What if you are a friend of a regent or the governor? Do you think those people or their kids won't get in?"
State Rep. Rocky Nichols, D-Topela, said the exemption was written to protect athlete's chances to gain admission.
"That window was set up specifically for people who can play basketball and football," he said.
Nichols, who said he would vote against any qualified admissions bill, said qualified admissions were unfair to many high school students.
"It sends the wrong message to those who are trying hard in school," he said. "You are going to cut off a lot of kids who are qualified and could excel."
But State Rep. Barbara Ballard, D-Lawrence and associate dean of student life, said that universities, qualified students and unqualified students would find positives to qualified admissions.
"It would send a message that if you wish to attend a college, there are certain courses you must take to prepare yourself," she said. "These standards are not that rigorous. Most students could qualify, especially if they know they are going to college."
Lawrence's other representatives, Betty Jo Charlton and Forrest Swall, both Democrats, voted against the amendment.
The last stand
Kansas seniors Lisa Tate, Ericka Muncy and Michelle Leathers played in their final regular season home game last night, a 112-36 lopsided victory against UNC-Asheville. Page 9.
Expansion gets mixed reviews
Kansas Regent not pleased with decision to expand conference.
By Jamie Munn
Kansan staff writer
Some sports fans and Chancellor Gene Budig may be cheering the decision, but one Kansas academic official is calling foul on the recent Big Eight Conference expansion.
The University of Texas, Texas Tech University, Texas A&M University and Baylor University accepted invitations to join the Big Eight in 1996 last week and dropped out of the Southwest Conference.
"Academics are not what they're playing up," Caldwell said. "They've never mentioned education."
Kansas Regent Robert Caldwell said he wasn't happy about the additions.
The four remaining SWC schools are the University of Houston, Rice University, Southern Methodist University and Texas Christian University. The Big Eight has not changed its
membership in 37 years.
Caldwell said he was disappointed with the expansion because he thought the higher education system in Kansas was better than that of Texas.
"The more we expand, the more it will cost," he said. "Most people just look at the money side of it, like from T.V.
"But that's not the bottom line."
But Budig said the four new universities were first-class institutions and would be good additions to the Big Eight.
"We are positioning our universities well for the future," Budig said in a statement. "This agreement is clearly in the long-term interests of the Big Eight universities."
Budig also said the presidents of the four Texas schools had spent little time to work out the details of the new realignment.
"The impact for academics is very limited," Shulenburger said. "It's strictly an arrangement for sports."
David Shulenburger, vice chancellor for academic affairs, said the expansion would not substantially help or hurt the University.
James Corbridge, head of the Association of Big Eight Universities and the chancellor of the University of Colorado, said in a statement that the addition of the four institutions to the Big Eight would enhance both the academic and athletic reputations of the conference.
"Rather we have concentrated on the big picture — on what is best for intercollegiate athletics at our institution in the years ahead," he said.
Establishing academic relationships with the additional schools would be important, he said. But the new schools should not cause any problems.
The new kids
Here's how KU compares academically with the four schools joining the Big Eight Conference.
University of Montana Lawrence
University of Kansas Lawrence
Founded: 1866
Enrollment: 29,161
Total Instructional
Faculty*: 2,936
Texas A & M College Station
ATM Public 1876 41,710 2,307
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
Public
1,892
49,253
1,937
1
Texas Tech University Lubbock
public
1923
24,215
1.497
Texas Tech University Lubbock
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Bavior University Waco
Private *1989-90
1845 school year
12,185
625
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Joe Rander/KRAFTMAN
Karen Lewis '1944 World Atlas; American Universities and Colleges