Is to Tampa Year's date . State O VA:' Friendship makes for 'Perfect World' Q I WE f . "ZrW One hundred three years of editorial freedom WRec. MONKEY BUSINESS E.C. ministers to meet with Yugoslavian leaders GENEVA (AP) - The European Community (E.C.) is hoping to lure the leaders of Bosnia's warring factions back to the negotiating table with an offer to lift sanctions on Yugoslavia, the troubled region's powerbroker. But prospects for achieving peace soon appear dim. The talks broke down in Septem- ber when Bosnia's Serbs and Mus- lim-led government disagreed over terms for dividing up Bosnia. Fight-, ing since then has mainly involved Bosnian Croats and government troops. The 12 European Community for- eign ministers will meet today with the leaders of each faction in a bid to restart the talks. Their new offer involves phasing out international sanctions against Serb-led Yugoslavia if Belgrade pres- sures the Bosnian Serbs into giving more land to the Muslims. The Bosnian Serbs, who have got- ten crucial backing from Yugoslavia during the 19-month war, hold about 70 percent of Bosnia. Bosnian Croats, who have gotten help from Croatia, hold much of the rest. Government-held Sarajevo has been under Serb siege most of the war. Yesterday, at least five people were killed when Serb gunners fired a mortar shell into the city center. Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who is under pressure from hard-line Serbs not to yield an inch, has ruled out any further territorial concessions. "We will not give up a centimeter of our territory," Karadzic said on Radio Belgrade before leaving the Yugoslav capital for today's talks. "It's going to be a grand theater in Geneva." In Sarajevo, Izetbegovic said the international sanctions on Serbia, the dominant republic in Yugoslavia, should be tightened if there are no territorial concessions from Bosnian Serbs. He also threatened to call for sanctions against Croatia unless Presi- dent Franjo Tudjman of Croatia agrees to stop intervening in Bosnia- Herzegovina. Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic is to join Tudjman, Karadzic, Izetbegovic and Bosnian Croat leader Mate Bpban for the Geneva talks. Milosevic's country is crumbling under the U.N. sanctions, imposed in May 1992 to punish Serbia for fo- menting the Bosnian war. He is con- sidered the key to ending the conflict, in which more than 200,000 people have died. He has not yet said pub- licly whether he would exert pressure on the Bosnian Serbs to give up more land, but his close aides have rejected the idea. Under the earlier plan to divide Bosnia into Serb, Croat and Muslim- led states, Muslims would have got- ten about 31 percent of the country. The plan fell apart when Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic insisted on getting 3 percent to 4 percent more territory from the Serbs and secure access to a port on the Adriatic from the Croats. Last week, the EC backed a French-German proposal for a "gradual suspension" of the sanctions against Belgrade if the additional land is surrendered to the Muslims. The initiative was endorsed by U.N. Security Council members United States and Russia. AP PHOTO A pack of photographers surround a monkey who was feasting on a banquet prepared for him at the yearly Monkey Banquet in the town of Lopburi, Thailand, some 70 miles from Bangkok yesterday. Hundreds of monkeys came to feast on fruit, nuts, rice and other delights yesterday during the annual banquet provided by hotel owner Yongyuth Eijwattananuson, who holds the primate feasts to honor the guardian spirit of Lopburi's 13th-century shrine. 'U' begins planning for new bell tower on North Campus By LARA TAYLOR DAILY STAFF REPORTER The noontime chirmes of Central Campus' Burton Bell Tower may soon *e echoed on North Campus. The University Board of Regents last Fri- day approved the building of a bell' tower on North Campus. University administrators are sounding the praises of the new tower, but some students aren't convinced the song from a North Campus bell tower will be sweet. "I think it's wonderful that we have a donor to implement this project. The North Campus bell tower will link Central Campus to North Campus ar- chitecturally," said Regent Philip Power (D-Ann Arbor). . Fred Mayer, the University plan- ner, agreed. "The bell tower will help give North Campus an identity. People say that North Campus doesn't really feel like a campus, and this will give it a centralized quality." Burton Tower on Central Campus stands 211 feet tall and holds the third largest carillon in the country. Many people identify the University by this pillar that rises above ingalls Mall. Bradley Canale, who is coordinat- ing the project through the College of Engineering, said the North Campus bell tower will not be a copy of the Central Campus monolith. "The North Campus bell tower will be distinct and enhancing to North Campus. It won't be as massive as Burton," Canale said. Despite enthusiasm from the re- gents and faculty, students said they are less optimistic about the project. "North Campus has its own quali- ties. People come here to get away from the buildings on Central Cam- pus. You're surrounded by trees and nature. North Campus doesn't need to look exactly like Central Campus," said Jennifer Franklin, a first-year Art student. Students also said that building a bell tower on North Campus will make the campuses more separate. "The bell tower on Central Cam- pus stands out. North Campus has its own Union, its own dorms. If North Campus gets a bell tower, it'll be like two independent campuses, not one University," said Jessyca Jones, a sophomore Architecture student. The regents have commissioned Moore/Anderson Architects in con- junction with Hobbs and Black Asso- ciates, Inc. to conduct a study to de- termine site, facility definition and cost. Site recommendation will also be handled by Johnson, Johnson and Roy, Inc. "Building will probably begin in 1994," Canale said. "It'll take any- Mobility-impaired students discuss life at the University More than three years ago, the ,,mericans with Disabilities Act A) became law; its intent being to shake up the status quo, to force so- called "able-bodied" members of American society to modify their mindsets and to become aware of the basic needs that people with disabili- ties share. This week, the Daily will explore the concerns of students who face a veritable obstacle course each day at e University. Today, we provide a 'ook at what two mobility-impaired students face on and off campus. By MICHELE HATTY DAILY STAFF REPORTER LSA junior Susan Purdy says the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is long overdue. Susan, a paraplegic whose bright oice belies her willful determination change the attitudes of able-bodied people, has been active in making the University aware of wheelchair ac- cessibility problems since she trans- ferred here this fall. The Affirmative Action Office Task Force of the Council for Disabil- ity Concerns. The task force meets monthly and discusses issues and problems that are either handled within the department or dealt with on a larger scale. "Accessibil- OVERCOMING ity oncampushas B M alongwaytogo," S she said emphati- T cally. "It really A, needs improve- C ment." E Susan said S bathroom acces- sibility is asource i of frustration to O mobility-im- 1 paired students. "One thing that I am concerned with is the number and accessibility of wheelchair-acces- sible bathroom stalls," she explained. "I'll go into a public bathroom around campus and there will be a row of empty stalls-none of which are wheel- chair-accessible - and the one stall accessible to me will be occupied by an able-bodied person so I'll have to sit and a waste of time. So one idea is to put a 'wheelchair only' sign on the accessible stall in bathrooms over and above six stalls. There are other people out there. That's part of what I am going to work on with the committee. "Also, many of the stalls that seem like they're wheelchair-accessible re- ally aren't because they aren't wide enough to fit a chair inside of them., I'm a petite woman, and I barely fit. They might fit a young child inside, but that's about it. Wheelchair-acces- sible stalls in the newer buildings are a bit wider, but the majority of those in other buildings need to be altered." The ADA specifies that a space 48 inches wide and 56 inches deep be built into every new or remodeled wheelchair accessible bathroom stall. "Parking is the other big deal around here," Susan said. "We've been told that (students with disabili- ties) can park in staff parking spaces if there aren't any other handicapped spots near the building we need to go to. This policy is not widely known, though, because I've had written on where from one to two years to com- plete." The bell tower project is part of the North Campus Master Plan, a pro- gram approved by the regents in 1984 to enhance the North Campus atmo- sphere. The design and the announce- ment of the donor is expected in early 1994. The spouse of an alum, who wishes to remain anonymous, is donating the money and wants the bell tower to complement the new Engineering Center project. Brtai~n confesses contacts With IRA BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) - The British government's reluc- tant admission that it has secretly com- municated with the IRA has cast a shadow over months of peacemaking efforts for Northern Ireland. An influential Protestant leader demanded British Prime Minister John Major's resignation. Sinn Fein, the IRA's political ally, said the contacts were more substantial than the Brit- ish government was willing to admit. The secrecy surrounding the con- tacts underscores Britain's fear that publicity could blow apart the peace efforts. Major is due to meet his Irish counterpart, Albert Reynolds, next month in Dublin, where they hope to reach agreement on a way toward peace. But Northern Ireland's Protestant majority already suspects Britain may try to cut a deal with the Catholic- L_ _ mA )A 7.:.,1 .,...xn. . _ - - - - - ANASTASIA BANICKl/Daily LSA iunior Kim Frania plavs with her dog. Fenwav. Fenwav sports a sign that I