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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.104,NO.8
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1994
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Coalition built to oust Haitian regime
Knight-Ridder Tribune
Three nuns mourn the death of Rev. Jean-Marie Vincent, a friend of exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, v cent was shot and killed Sunday night. His death has sparked increased pressure against the military government of Haiti.
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Four Caribbean nations have agreed to join an American-led military coalition to remove Haiti's ruling junta if it resists pressure to quit, U.S. government officials said yesterday.
Even as the Clinton administration worked at building a coalition, Lt. Gen. Raoul Cedras and his cohorts in Port-au-Prince refused to meet with U.N. envoy Rolf Knutsson, who was in the Dominican Republic primed to negotiate the junta's departure.
"We have not been successful because the military people in Haiti refused to talk with my special representative," U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali said in New York after briefing the Security Council. He said he would abandon the initiative "unless in the future I receive a mandate from the Security Council or if there is a drastic change in Haiti."
Foreign ministers of Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados and Belize told U.S. officials meeting in Kingston they would contribute to a Caribbean force of 266 soldiers to participate in the military operation to remove Haiti's military leadership.
American troops would be in the first wave, with the Caribbean troops going in immediately afterward. A similar arrangement was used in the invasion of Grenada in 1983 to topple a leftist regime that had executed the prime minister.
Guyana, the Bahamas, and Antigua did not make a final commitment to contribute to the 266-man force pending further internal consultations, the U.S. officials said. It was not immediately clear why the three balked. Earlier, U.S. officials said they had received assurances they would participate.
"We consider what happened here today in Kingston a watershed," said Strobe Talbott, deputy secretary of state, who attended the meeting with Deputy Defense Secretary John Deutch. "We hope the military dictators in Haiti will get the message."
Deutch and Talbott, joined by Leon Feurth, the national security adviser to Vice President Al Gore, later flew to the north coast of Dominican Republic.
At a windswept outpost called Monte Cristi, the U.S. officials received a briefing by U.S. Army Col. William McDonough, commander of the multinational observer group that is gearing up to monitor the Dominican-Haiti border.
McDougall said that by mid-September, U.S., Argentine and Canadian troops would be manning four of five planned outposts along the 160-mile border. Their goal is to "observe and report" violations of the .embargo.
They will be lightly armed but not authorized to stop any of the contraband. That will be left to the Dominican Republic's forces, which are be equipped with new U.S. equipment such as all-terrain vehicles, helicopters and binoculars.
But the Dominican Republic, which shares the Caribbean island of Hispaniola with Haiti, will not contribute troops to a multinational invasion, its foreign minister, Carlos Morales Troncoso, said yesterday.
Haiti's violent history
1492-1934:
Colonization and political unrest
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**SPAIN** 1492-1697
Most native Indians die;
Africans brought as slaves
FRANCE 1697-1804 SELF-RULE 1804-1915 More Africans Unstable; brought as more than plantation 30 rulers slaves
KU experts don't agree with coalition
By Nathan Olson Kansan staff writer
Knight-Ridder Tribune/RON CODDINGTON
SOURCES: World Book, Europa World Year Book; research by PAT CARR
And according to local Haitian experts, a U.S. invasion of the tiny Carribean country considered the poorest in the Western Hemisphere would only add one more mountain for Haitians to climb.
Bryant Freeman, director of KU's Institute of Haitian Studies, said that an invasion should be avoided if at all possible.
Haitians have a saying about their country's geography: "Deye mon, gen mo," behind mountains, there are mountains.
The saying could also summarize the difficulties Haitians have seen in the past ten years.
"What Haiti needs is a real embargo and not the excuse for an embargo which is going on today," he said.
The problem with the embargo now, Freeman said, is Haiti's 241-mile border with the Dominican Republic. The border is guarded loosely, allowing goods to flow freely into Haiti.
Freeman said that those suffering the most in Haiti have been the city dwellers, who cannot afford nine-dollar-a-gallon gasoline. Unemployment is at 70 percent, Freeman said, and widespread disease is not uncommon because electricity, which is used to store vaccines, is scarce.
Charles Stansifer, professor of history, agreed with Freeman that an invasion would not be a good idea.
"If there's any lesson we've learned about invasions, it's that they don't work," he said.
For one, Stansifer said, most Caribbean invasions by the United States have occurred because of the political problems in the United States and not a desire to help other countries.
Stansifer said that Haiti should put together its own solutions. The United States could help by giving financial assistance and by training Haitians to be more economically competitive.
"But the United States should be extremely patient with Haiti," Stansifer said.
Sara Lechtenberg, second-year law student, was in Haiti in May and June working on a project for the U.S. State Department. She said that an invasion would be a disaster.
"No one wants an invasion," she said. "The people there have lots of pride and want to solve problems on their own."
Cab driver arrested and charged with rape
HAITI: Local experts focus on why Caribbean nations decided to join the United States against Haiti. **Page 3A.**
By Manny Lopez
Kansan staff writer
A Lawrence cab driver wanted on one count of rape was arrested Monday afternoon.
Richard Alan Countess, 33, Lawrence, was arrested after a month-long investigation. Lawrence police said Countess was working for A-1 City Cab July 24 when the alleged attack took place.
Countess is charged with raping a 20-year-old Lawrence woman the morning of July 24th at his mobile home on the 1700 block of West Fourth Street.
See CAB, Page 5A.
Illegal money scam will leave people broke
By Manny Lopez
Kansan staff writer
The scheme, police said, is for the president, or top of the pyramid to get two people to pay him or her $150. Those people recruit two others to pay the president. New players are recruited until the president makes $1,200. The president then drops out of the scheme and the next two people become presidents on different pyramids. No one gets paid until they are president, which keeps them involved in the game.
Pay someone $150, get some friends to do the same and eventually make $1.200. No sweat, no work, no problem. But if that sounds too good to be true, it is, Maj. Ralph Oliver of the KU police said.
"It's the first time I have ever heard of this type scheme since I've been here and that's been 10 years," Oliver
said. "The pyramid money schemes tend to leave people with empty promises and lost money."
The KU police, Lawrence police and Kansas Securities Commission are investigating the pyramid, which is illegal. People could face criminal and civil charges, Oliver said.
Police said they had received phone calls from people asking about the legality of the pyramid money scheme.
"Kansas does not have a specific law that prohibits pyramid money schemes," Jim Parrish, Kansas Securities commissioner said. "But these games fit the definition of securities because there is investment of money in common enterprise with the expectation of profit."
Parrish said people who were caught could have problems trying to get jobs related to the securities market because they could have a conviction or record of dealing in the securities market without a license.
"Some random woman stopped me at Kwik Shop on Sunday and asked me if I had heard about the pyramid yet." Amy Sammons, Chicago junior said. "I just thought it was a scam and I didn't have the money anyway."
Sammons said that she thought the game was well organized and had been on campus since Sunday. She said that she knew other people who were involved in some capacity with the game.
Oliver said the beginning of the school year was a good time for such a scam to exist because students had money. He advised students to contact the police if confronted about the game. Students also can call the Crimestoppers number and report information anonymously. Rewards are offered to people whose tips lead police to an arrest.
After a summer that included several tournament victories, senior golfer Tyler Sheltan looks ahead to the upcoming Kansas golf season.
Taking aim
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Joint alcohol policy a possibility for Greeks
By Ashley Miller Kansan staff writer
Students involved in the greek community soon may have a new set of rules to follow if they want to have a party.
The Interfraternity Council, in conjunction with the KU Panhellenic Association, proposed and briefly explained a joint alcohol policy at their general assembly meeting last night. Panhellenic will present the policy at their delegate meeting on Sept. 6.
Mark Galus, vice president of public relations for IFC, said the proposed policy would combine the separate policies that IFC and Panhellenic have right now. However, because fraternities and sororities are not completely familiar with one another's rules, the policy may seem new.
Jennifer MacDonald, president of Panhellenic, said the joint alcohol policy was created to ease communication between fraternities and sororites when planning a party.
"Right now we can't really collaborate because of the separate policies," MacDonald said. "This way we would have something substantial between the two of us for functions."
Galus said the joint policy requires fraternities and sororities to provide food and non-alcoholic beverages at all parties. Right now, only the Panhellenic policy requires this.
Galus said several guidelines in the IFC alcohol policy also were included in the joint policy. Right now, only fraternities
See ALCOHOL, Page 5A.
Photo Illustration by Paul Kotz/ KANSAN
A proposed policy could change the way students party at the University of Kansas. Included in the proposal would be requirements to serve food and non-alcoholic beverages at fraternity and sorority functions.
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