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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1996
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Bosnian, Serb leaders take step toward peace
PARIS — The presidents of Bosnia and Serbia agreed to establish full diplomatic relations yester day, taking another step toward a permanent peace in the Balkans.
The breakthrough came after hours of hard bargaining between Serbia's Slobodan Milosevic and Bosnia's Alja Iztekbegovic, former enemies who rarely had met since Bosnia's 3 1/2-year war, which many Bosnians accused Serbia of fomenting.
Milosevic's acceptance of Bosnia effectively grants izetbegovic what he wanted: assurances that Bosnian Serbs will not secede to join a Greater Serbia.
"Yugoslavia and Bosnia will establish diplomatic relations on embassy levels and will provide that citizens can travel on both sides without visas," Milosevic and Izetbegovic said in a joint statement. "Yugoslavia will accept the integrity of Bosnia."
Serbia, along with tiny Montenegro, forms what is left of prewar Yugoslavia, which once included six republics, including Croatia and Bosnia.
It was unclear when yesterday's agreement would take effect. French President Jacques Chirac, the host of the talks, said there would be an exchange of ambassadors as soon as possible.
the last time Milosevic and Izetbegovic met was in December in Paris during an international conference to sign the Dayton accord, which ended a war that left 250,000 people dead or missing.
280,000 people dead or missing. The two presidents also agreed to allow free trade between their countries.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Praised for her esprit, inventiveness and empathy, Wislawa Szymborska of Poland won the Nobel Prize in literature yesterday for poems that ranged from rapture to despair.
Szymborska, 73, had gone for a walk in the southern Polish holiday resort of Zakopane just before the Swedish Academy announced the $1.12 million prize yesterday. When she came home, she found her life had changed.
I am very happy, I am honored,
but at the same time stunned and a little bit frightened with what awaits me," she told Poland's Radio Zet.
"I'm afraid I will not have a quiet life for some time now, and this is what I prize the most."
Polish poet's writings win her a Nobel Prize
$200,000 tunnel to aid cattle across U.S. road
MARSHFIELD, Vt. — Why did the cows cross the road? To graze on the other side. But with 5,000 cars a day speeding by nowadays, the trip across U.S. Route 2 has become too dangerous for Barbara Bickford's Holsteins.
The prize citation likened her to a "Mozart of poetry," a woman who mixed elegance of language with "the fury of Beethoven" and who was not afraid to tackle serious subjects with humor.
So the state is building a $200,000, 80-foot tunnel under the road, and the cows will soon be able to enjoy the morning grass without getting run down.
But these measures don't make it safe. "It's a horror," said Bickford, whose family has owned the 350-acre farm since 1924. "We can try to cross the road and wait for as many as 50 cars."
The cows once cut across the road twice each day, but the Bickords built two silos on the barn side so the cows could feed there at night, when the crossing is more dangerous. Signs with flashing lights warn drivers that cows are crossing.
—The Associated Press
Faculty happy with provost
Office focuses information
By Lindsey Henry Kansan staff writer
The dust has settled, the smoke has cleared, and every position in Strong Hall has been filled.
Two months have passed since the final positions were filled for Chancelor Robert Hemenway's reorganization of the administration.
During his first year at the University of Kansas, Hemenway decided to adjust the administration's structure to ease communication flow and to focus more of the University's attention on its students.
"The transition has been pretty smooth," Hemenway said. "I must admit I was frustrated last year with how often the administration did not communicate."
A major change in administration was the creation of the Office of the Provost, combining the responsibilities formerly assigned to the vice chancellor for academic affairs and the executive vice chancellor for the Lawrence campus. During the summer, Hemenway appointed David Shulenburger, former vice chancellor for academic affairs, as the provost.
"I feel this position is working well," Hemenway said. "Before you had to go three or four places to find out who was responsible for something. Now we all know where the responsibility lies."
Lindy Eakin, associate provost for support services, said the position was serving its purpose.
"The provost's office is the heart of where the decisions are being made," he said.
He said members of the administration were adapting to the new organization.
"We really hit the ground running in July and August," Eakin said. "Everyone is getting the flow, but you have to turn to those outside of Strong Hall to see what the difference is."
John Gaunt, dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Design, said he had no reason to believe the adjustments were negative for the University.
"It's very early in the game," Gaunt said. "But the administration does have a clearer structure that people can understand."
Gaunt said he appreciated the Office of the Provost, because academics and
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Street sounds
Andy Rohrback/KANSAN
Steve Gooding and Chief Justice, Lawrence seniors and members of Safety Orange, entertain a crowd of students. The band played from noon to 1 p.m., yesterday in front of the Kansas Union.
Architecture: Major of the night
By Bradley Brooks Kansan staff writer
The clock on the wall is dangerously close to striking midnight. While many students are sleeping soundly, a group of overworked souls spends all night, almost every night, laboriously working to finish projects. Welcome to Marvin Hall and the life of an architecture student
"It kind of sucks that we work harder than everyone else — our college experience is different than anyone else's," said Scot Trettel, St. Louis junior.
Like all other architecture students, Trettel is required to take studio classes every semester of the five years that he is at the University.
1 probably spend 16 hours a day, seven days a week in the studio before a project is due," Trettel said. "This is as hard as medical school. They may study more, but I work more."
Trettel said between one and four projects
were due each semester.
"I will probably pull five all-nighters this week," Lutes said. "I try to sleep at home, but I have my couch, Fridge, and microwave here."
Jason Lutes, St. Charles, Mo., junior, said this week had been hard for his studio class because a project was due on Sunday.
"Everybody has to go through this. You have that in common with all architects — it is an initiation type of thing." Trettel said.
Lutes said he often slept a few hours on the couch before class and that he had someone wake him up to make it on time. He said he usually slent no more than 20 hours a week.
Trettel said that he spent so much time with the people in his studio that he tried to get away from them when he could.
The social life of architecture students suffers along with their dispositions as studio hours get later and later.
Geoff Krieger / KANSAN
"Everybody in studio gets pretty loopy, gets in pretty strange moods." Lutes said.
Chris Woods, Lake Forest, Ill., senior, assembles the pieces of his model of a boathouse in a Marvin Hall studio.
Kent Spreckelmeyer, chairman of architecture, said he thought only 50 percent of students kept late night hours.
Program to address concerns of safety
'Stop the Violence will examine security
By Andrea Albright Kansan staff writer
In an effort to teach students methods of preventing, avoiding and defending themselves against violent crime, KU police have invited students to voice their opinions about campus safety.
Student safety will be the focus of "Stop the Violence Week," which will begin on Monday.
The KU Police Department recruited the All University Residence Hall Association, Student Senate, the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center, Lawrence police and the Model Mugging School from Kansas City, Mo., to teach and exchange ideas with students to improve personal safety on campus.
Jon Long, assistant director of student housing, will facilitate a town-hall style meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Ellsworth Hall's lobby. He said that the University was interested in the issues students raised about safety and security on campus.
"We want to stress what has been accomplished so far, but we also want to know what can be improved," Long said. "The students' input is very important."
KU police published crime statistics of the past three years in the annual publication Awareness. The most recent issue, published this summer, showed a downward trend in violent crime on campus. However, the statistics did not include off-campus crime.
Randy Timm, publication writer for student housing, organized Tuesday's town hall meeting. He said that the meeting would allow students and staff to discuss what they liked about the existing safety programs on campus and how safety could be improved.
"It's an opportunity for students with concerns about safety and security to talk to the people who run the programs." Timm said.
Emily Taylor Women's Center will sponsor a personal safety and self
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