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Tuesday, February 22, 1994
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NATO questions Sarajevo ultimatum
By Terence Hunt The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — It took 22 months and, finally, the slaughter of 68 people before NATO mustered the will to act decisively to end the siege of Sarajevo. The question now is whether President Clinton and Western allies will extend their bombing ultimatum to other cities in war-torn Bosnia.
ANALYSIS
The apparent answer is, not immediately— if ever.
Even while halling the success of threatened air strikes in stopping the shelling of Sarajevo, Defense Secretary William Perry spoke cautiously about extending NATO's commitment beyond Sarajevo.
certain that this one is really secure." Perry told a Pentagon news conference yesterday.
"Our first and most important objective is to secure the gain we've already made and we will not seriously consider taking more options until we are
Clinton would go no further than to say that U.S. officials would talk with European leaders this week about extending NATO's ultimatum to other parts of Bosnia.
He said the United States must be sure its allies are prepared to back up any further ultimatums, guaranteeing that "NATO not undertake a mission it is not fully capable of performing."
For all the hesitation, there's a simple allure to extending the Sarajevo model: It worked when nothing else had.
Muhamed Sacirbey, Bosnia's ambassador to the United Nations, pleaded with the West to protect other cities, such as Bihac, reported
to be under Serb attack. He said weapons removed under threat from Sarajevo were being rushed to other battlefronts.
"It seems to us that the focus on Sarajevo has somehow encouraged the Serbian forces to attack in Bihac," Sacirbey said on NBC's "Today" show.
"But there is also, for instance, Zepa, Srebenica, Gorazde, Tuzla, not to mention Mostar and several other Bosnian cities that are suffering quite badly right now." he said.
Bosnian Vice President Ejup Ganic said life would have been normal in Sarajevo if NATO had issued its ultimatum two years ago.
In a question that will haunt history, Ganic sadly wondered "why they needed 10,000 graves in Sarajevo in order to write one page of NATO resolutions."
Conference addresses African-American issues
About 50 members of the Black Student Union traveled to Columbia, Mo., this weekend for the Big Eight Conference for African-American students.
Students who attended the conference, which lasted all day Friday and Saturday, participated in workshops where they discussed issues such as African-American women in higher education, African-American religion and African-American economic development.
Participants also listened to speakers and participated in a step show and gospel extravaganza.
Torrez Dawson, Wichita junior, was elected vice-chair for next year's conference. He said that this was the 17th year the conference had taken place, making it the oldest conference of its kind.
Each year schools in the Big Eight conference rotate sponsorship of the event. KU sponsored it last year, and the University of Oklahoma will sponsor it next year.
Enrique Torres, assistant director of the office of minority affairs, also attended the event.
"Not only did they have strong keynote speakers, but they had strong workshops," he said. "I really enjoyed seeing that many African-American students in one setting."
Student treated for injury
A KU student was treated for cuts on his hand after he struck a glass window in the central stairwell on the landing between the third and fourth floors of Oliver Hall, KU police reported.
The student told police he had broken the window because he had lost his temper over something, but did not elaborate.
His injuries included cutting an artery which resulted in profuse bleeding and hemorrhaging. He was treated by an employee of Douglas County Ambulance Service, but he was not taken to a hospital.
CAMPUS in brief
Flowersketchleadsto arrest
A female student from Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., was arrested Saturday for drawing flowers on a fourth floor hallway wall in Ellsworth Hall, KU police reported.
Police said the hall director saw the drawing and the subject with a pen and called the KU police. The suspect was visiting a friend who lives in Ellsworth.
The suspect was charged with criminal damage to property. She was released from the Douglas County jail on a $100 bond.
Students caught with food
Two KU students who live in McCollum Hall were accused of stealing food from the kitchen of Amini Scholarship Hall on Saturday, KU police reported.
The students were visiting a friend who lives in Amini and eating leftovers in the kitchen when they attempted to take some frozen burritos from the freezer. They were discovered by the proctor, who escorted them outside.
The students walked across the street and called for a ride from Saferide. They were picked up and the car had begun to leave when an Amini resident stopped the car. He told the driver that the two passengers were in possession of a box of cake mix and several packets of dry cocoa from the hall.
The proctor and the scholarship hall director called Kami Thomas, assistant director of the department of student housing. She said that because of the small dollar amount involved a criminal report was not necessary and housing would handle the matter.
Compiled by Kansan staff writers
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