The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 18, 1994 - 3 V ,SUNDAY IN THE PARK Serbs enti SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herze- govina (AP) - Serb tanks ground into Gorazde yesterday, shortly after U.N. officials announced an agree- ment had been reached to end the siege of the long-suffering Muslim enclave. In a sense, much of Gorazde had already fallen to the Serbs though there were pockets of resistance around town yesterday, particularly at the hospital, which remained in government hands but under intense sniper fire. Serbian forces appeared free to move elsewhere about town. "The Bosnian Serbs possess the capability to proceed at will into Gorazde," the special adviser to the U.N. Secretary-General, Chinmaya Gharekhan of India, said last night in New York. The Security Council in a non- binding statement read late yesterday by the president, Colin Keating of New Zealand, said the 15-member body condemns "the escalating mili- er besiegei tary activities by the Serb forces against Gorazde." It made no threat of force to enforce its condemnation. Said Keating of the situation in Gorazde: "It has not fallen in the literal sense. It is threatened but resis- tance continues." A senior government official in Gorazde told Sarajevo radio that 21 people had been killed and at least 55 wounded by Serb attacks that intensi- fied in the afternoon and evening. The casualty report could not be indepen- dently confirmed. The official told the radio that 10-12 tanks were moving toward town from the direction of Ustipraca to the east. Sylvana Foa, a spokesperson for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, said U.N. staffers in Gorazde reported that Serb tanks were within the city and that residents were in panic. Snipers kept people pinned in their homes. "Shells and sniper fire are shaking the building and it's suicidal to step A couple cuddle up at Gallup Park yesterday afternoon. Regents Roundup Regents approve By JAMES R. CHO DNLY STAFF REPORTER ,The five members of the Depart- rment of Population Planning and In- tenmational Health averted near disas- ,terlast year when the School of Pub- lic Health dean attempted to shut the iepartment down. ,,The department will still exist but jn a plan approved by the University Board of Regents Friday, PPIH will be downgraded to a program and the school's eight departments will be consolidated into five core depart- ments. i "The reorganization is based on the recommendations of a rev mittee charged with develoj mission for the departme with current health issues. was approved unanimously spring by the school's fact Last spring, the departn internal turmoil when then- E. Osborn unilaterally deci band PPIH. Criticism from student ulty members within PPIH an investigation by G Whitaker Jr., provost and vice president for academ last May. Whitaker found C downgrading iew com- failed to follow proper procedures in ping a new disbanding the department. nt in line HUE The plan Two senior members of the earlier this University's Office of the Vice Presi- ulty. dent for University Relations have ment faced received promotions. Dean June , Lisa B. Baker, director of public ded to dis- affairs, will become associate vice president for University relations and s and fac- Frank C. Williams, director for stra- prompted tegic planning, will be associate vice ilbert R. president for University relations. executive "These changes result from a re- tic affairs, organization of the Office of the Vice )sborn had President for University Relations and PPIH to a programj an increase in the scope of their re- sponsibilities," said Walter Harrison, vice president for University relations. Baker serves as the official spokes- person of the University, a University press release reports. Eu. The regents approved the construc- tion of a new tennis facility for the University's varsity tennis team. The Tennis Center will be located on State Street next to the University's Golf Course. "In order to meet the program re- quirements for a Tennis Center, it is necessary to plan for a complex that would ultimately include 12 outdoor and eight indoor courts," Womack said. The project will include parking, landscaping and improvement to the surrounding landscape. The cost of the entire facility is expected to cost $5-$6 million. "The Department of Athletics has given the development of a Tennis Center a high priority and has in- cluded it as a key project for the Campaign for Michigan and internal funding. To date, approximately $2.1 million has been received or pledged," Womack said. d enclave outside," Foa said, referring to the building for U.N. staff in Gorazde. "We're now up to about 30,000 pan- icking people who have moved into the center of town. Our building is full of people fleeing. "They're totally panicked. They're telling us that the tanks and the Serbs are only about 500 meters (yards)" from their building, she said from Geneva. Maj. Dacre Holloway, a spokes- person for U.N. peacekeepers, spoke of Bosnian Serb movement either to- ward or into Gorazde. A few minutes earlier, he had told reporters that talks between the United Nations and Bosnian Serb officials had brought an agreement for the Serbs to withdraw from a 1.8-mile zone around the south- eastern city. The Bosnian army high command also said tanks were moving into Gorazde. An official in the high com- mand said talks in between the U.N.- Serb talks had been a "trick" to win time for the Serb advance. vote for new death penalties WASHINGTON (AP) - Con- gress began work on a $15 billion anti-crime package, and Michigan lawmakers were divided on a mea- sure that would have replaced the death penalty with life imprisonment without chance of parole. The House voted 314-111 Thurs- day against an amendment that would have done away with the death pen- alty in favor of the lifelong Incar- ceration. Michigan members who preferred imprisonment over death were House Majority Whip David Bonior (D- Mount Clemens), and Reps. Barbara- Rose Collins (D-Detroit), John Conyers (D-Detroit), Vernon Ehlers (R-Grand Rapids), William Ford (D- -Ypsilanti), Peter Hoekstra (R-Hol- land), Dale Kildee (D-Flint) and Sander Levin (D-Southfield.) Voting to keep the death penalty provision in the bill were Reps. James Barcia (D-Bay City), Dave Camp (R-Midland), Bob Carr (D-East Lan- sing), John Dingell (D-Trenton), Jo- seph Knollenberg (R-Bloomfield Hills), Nick Smith (R-Addison), Bart Stupak (D-Menominee) and Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph.) The bill authorizes the death pen- alty for nearly 70 additional crimes, including drive-by shootings and drug kingpin activities. The chamber approved 35 non- controversial amendments by a vote of 395-25, with everyone from Michi- gan supporting them. One of the amendments would save the Byrne Memorial Grant program to fund local drug enforcement teams. "Law enforcement officials across the country say this program works, the Justice Department has said this program works, and now an overwhelming majority of members of Congress have stated that this pro- gram works," Stupak said. "Our drug enforcement teams in Michigan and throughout the country deserve to have this program adequately funded." Conyers authored a $2 billion Lo- cal Partnership Act grant program for crime prevention included in the bill. 'European Union to add 4 new members Cosby's comedy funds scholarship BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- The European Union plans to take in four prosperous new members, ex- nding the reach of the powerful eco- nomic bloc into the heart of central Europe and north to Russia's Arctic frontiers. If Austria, Sweden, Norway and Finland join as planned on Jan. 1, they will enlarge the union to 16 nations, 375 million people and an economy worth $7 trillion a year.The North American Free Trade Agreement of OtheUnited States, Canada and Mexico has 360 million people in a $6 trillion eeonomy. Such expansion warms the hearts of those who dream of building a European superpower to rival the United States. But some Europeans believe increasing the membership Wil only delay progress toward united foreign and defense policies. "A common foreign policy comes from common interests, not from a declaration in a treaty," said Jonathan Eyal, director of studies at the Royal United Services Institute in London. He said larger membership will make it "even more difficult" to define those common interests. Supporters of ever-closer ties among European nations fear the new- comers will join Britain in defending national sovereignty against visions of a "United States of Europe.". . Also, the NATO-aligned majority will have to accommodate the neu- trality of Sweden, Austria and Fin- land. Nor did negotiations with the four candidates boost confidence in Europe's ability to unite. Before they were completed a month after the March 30 deadline, foreign ministers spent weeks quar- reling about how to adapt voting pro- cedures and share out Norway's fish stocks. While they wrangled, others took the lead in Bosnia and the Middle East, two areas where the European Union had once hoped for diplomatic success. U.S. and Russian diplomats pressed for peace in former Yugosla- via with some success, and the United States became the broker in Israeli- Arab talks. "It demonstrates what American leadership can provide," Stuart E. Eizenstat, U.S. ambassador to the European Union (EU), told The As- sociated Press. "Europe is beginning to come to- gether. But even with that, they still need the entrance of the world's only superpower to make things fully hap- pen." In January, the bloc appeared to recognize this when its foreign minis- ters appealed for American help to end the killing in Bosnia. That was a far cry from a declaration in 1991 by Foreign Minister Jacques Poos of Luxembourg, then the EU chair, that European diplomacy would end the war quickly. "This is the hour of Europe, not America," Poos said on his way to the first of many EU peace missions. All of them failed. The Treaty on European Union, which took effect last November, created stronger links among the 12 members and gave the EU execu- tive more power to forge a united foreign policy. But squabbling among governments and compli- cated rules for making decisions have gotten in the way. Hans van den Broek, foreign af- fairs chief of the EU executive com- mission, acknowledges a rocky start for the common foreign policy. Member nations have scheduled a conference in 1996 to clarify for- eign policy and strengthen the new defense arm, the Western European Union. By ROBIN BARRY DAILY STAFF REPORTER Pointing at lamp-lit tables set up on the floor of Crisler Arena Friday night, comedian Bill Cosby told the audience of 4,000, "These are rich people." Cosby's one-and-half-hour ap- pearance marked the kickoff of a new scholarship for the Law school. Tickets to the program cost any- where from $20 to $300, but the higher prices included different options such as dinner served at the arena before the show and a reception afterward. Cosby elicited laughter as he shared anecdotes about everything from the dangers of getting a facelift to the joys of marriage. Dennis Shields, assistant Law school dean, explained that Cosby had contacted him with the idea for the benefit. "He called in late January and said he was interested in coming to the University to do a performance to raise scholarship money for needy students," he said. "His idea was that while recipients were in school they would act as mentors for kids in their neighborhoods." Shields called the event a great accomplishment. "I think the evening was very suc- cessful as a kickoff of the scholarship campaign," he said. However, Shields explained, the benefit is only a small part of the campaign. "We never thought (the benefit) would serve as the major part of fund- raising," he said. "What it does do, is get people excited about the project and energized." Donna Pointer, an Ann Arbor resi- dent, came to the performance with her family. She said she was impressed with Cosby's generosity. "It is really great that he's doing something like this. He was wonder- ful," she said. LSA seniors Ted Oberg and Karen Sidel won tickets in a senior day raffle. They were also pleased with Cosby's efforts. "I'm impressed that an entertainer of his status would do something like this," Oberg said. Sidel agreed. "It shows his com- mitment to education is fairly strong," she said. After thanking everyone involved with the benefit as well as those sit- ting at the tables for giving "some big bucks," Cosby ended with his famous "visit to the dentist" routine. He re- ceived a standing ovation as he left the stage. Zulu leader's controversial ULUNDI, South Africa (AP) - When Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi glides through the gleam- ing corridors of his legislature in Ulundi, capital of the KwaZulu black homeland, guards snap to attention and civil servants bow. The object of their attention nods amiably. Granted times are "desper- ate," he tells a visitor, but there is no need to be uncivil. Here in the heart of Zululand, the 65-year-old chief minister, elder cousin to Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini, patriarch of the 100,000- strong Buthelezi clan and president of the Inkatha Freedom Party, still receives the respect he craves. Not so in the rest of South Africa and the world beyond. His stock has fallen as he has steadfastly boycotted the negotiations that drafted South Africa's new interim constitution and instructed his followers to stay away from the first non-racial elections in South Africa's history. Buthelezi is often described as a shrewd politician, but his holdout policy now looks more muddled than clever. With the collapse on Thurs- day of an international mediation mission, Buthelezi has failed utterly in his campaign to get the April 26- 28 election postponed and appears to have lost everything. The day after the election, Buthelezi's KwaZulu administra- tion will cease to exist and his Inkatha party will have no parlia- mentary seats. Also ending will be the money from Pretoria that en- abled him to build up a patronage network and keep an iron grip on Zulu tribal chiefs and migrant work- reign to end ers' hostels nationwide. "I will get my pension," a re- signed-sounding Buthelezi told re- porters Thursday. Political commentator David Welsh of the University of the West- ern Cape calls it "the most spectacu- lar case of political self-destruction" he has ever witnessed. For longtime Buthelezi watch- ers, it is a mystery why he painted himself into such a corner. "What kind of future is left to him?" says Mary de Haas, an an- thropologist at the University of Natal and an expert on Zulu nation- alism and Buthelezi. Michigan Telefund a division of the University of Michigan's Office of Development would like to thank the following local proprietors for their part in helping the University of Michigan raise $4.5 million dollars in unrestricted funds. We salute your community involvement and value your support! Correction: The Ari Roth play, " Born Guilty," has extended its playing time to May 29. This was incorrectly reported in Thursday's Daily. 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