AI-MVrican *wi mor may 155 r< _ ~; . . _ TODAY TOMORRO * * I WE ia "U tg One hundred three years of editorial freedom I I 'U, yDAVID SHEPARDS #Y STAFF REPORTER struggles to fill beds in dormitories SON More students opt for off-campus housing, leaving $440,000 shortage For the first time in more than 10 years, the University's Housing Divi- sion has seen a significant drop in the number of campus residents, officials reported yesterday. About 100 fewer students live in dorms than anticipated, said Larry Durst, the Housing Division's busi- ness manager. Given the average rate r lease - $4,400 for a double room U the drop results in an expected- Bosnian Muslims to get NATO rotection BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - President Clinton and his NATO allies warned Serb forces yesterday of a new determination to launch air strikes if ceded to relieve embattled Muslim nclaves in Bosnia. "My resolve is re," Clinton said. At the end of a two-day summit, the Western leaders announced their illingness to order bombing raids if Bosnian Serbs continue to prevent the opening of a major airport for aid sup- nies or the rotation of encircled peace Sepers. "Whether they occur or not de- nds upon the behavior of the Bosnian rbs from this moment forward," inton told reporters at the end of the ieeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Oi ganization. The Serb chief of staff, Manojlo Milovanovic, warned U.N. troops would also suffer in any air campaign because his forces would stay close to peacekeepers. "They cannot strike at us without also hitting U.N. forces," he said. Clinton and other leaders insisted there was a new mood among the allies to carry out the threats first issued last June to use their formidable air power to ease the situation in Bosnia. "There is a very real determina- budget shortfall of about $440,000, or 1 percent of the yearly budget. The Housing Division, which over- sees one of the top 10 largest residence hall programs in the nation, has a bud- get of approximately $40 million. Nearly 7,900 students live in the "traditional 10 dorms," while another 800 live in Baits on North Campus and 200 live in Oxford housing on Hill Street. The drop in the number of resi- dents has almost exclusively occurred in Bursley. "We have recognized that for one reason or another that students are apprehensive about living on North Campus," Durst said. One reason that Durst said he be- lieves contributed to the decrease in Bursley residents was the year-long inconvenience caused by the long- postponed repair of Fuller bridge, which connects North and Central Campus. The resulting detours cre- ated additional delays. The bridge is now repaired. Other students shy away from liv- ing in Bursley because of its distance from Central Campus. The University has known of the shortfall in the number of residents since September. Because of this, cuts have been spread out over the entire academic year. The Housing Division has been cutting funding in many areas, espe- cially in the food services division. "If you're not there, you're not eating," Durst explained. But Durst added that "To my knowl- edge, no services have been cut." Many costs, such as administrative and janitorial, are essentially "locked in." Cuts would come from capital outlay projects, such as renovations or in services, Durst said. In other years, enrollment in the dorms has fluctuated as high as 102 percent of capacity. This is accom- plished by converting doubles into See HOUSING, Page 2 Future of Entree Plus in jeopardy By JAMES NASH DAILY STAFF REPORTER State Rep. Mary Schroer appears "sympathetic" to a campaign to make Entree Plus available off campus, said a local bookstore manager who hopes the Ann Arbor Democrat will help break the deadlock over the issue. University administrators held an inconclusive meeting Monday to dis- cuss the future of the Entree Plus pro- gram. The system, used by some 14,000 students, allows card bearers to draw from funds deposited in an account. Off-campus retailers - decrying the "monopoly" the card has created for their competition - have held nu- merous meetings with University ad- ministrators to pressure them to extend Entree Plus. Dave Richard, general manager of Michigan Book & Supply, said he hopes to enlist Schroer in the merchants' cam- paign during a meeting with the legis- lator Friday morning. AP PHOTO "I would hope she could share her rourg feelings with us and tell us if we could do anything on this issue," Richard -- said. University officials say banking ud Lub- regulations have held up implementa- aargin of tion of a broader Entree Plus program. an allied They do not rule out the possibility of hed. scaling back the program to its original purpose - a digital meal ticket limited Page 2 to residence halls. President Clinton poses during the NATO conference Monday with Britian Prime Minister John Major, Luxemb Prime Minister Jacques Santer, rear left, and Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers, rear right. tion" to carry out the warnings, said British Prime Minister John Major. "I made it clear that for our part we were prepared to follow through," Clinton said. And if the Bosnian Serbs don't get the message, he said later, after meet- ing with officials of the 12-nation Eu- ropean Union, "We'll see if our resolve is there. My resolve is there." "We don't believe it is necessary to have air strikes to protect 150 Canadian peace keepers in Srebrenica," said Ca- nadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien said. Dutch Prime Minister Ru bers said there was "still a m uncertainty" about whether< air campaign would be launcl See NATO, "We are continuing to review all the options available to us: keeping the program the way it is, expanding it off campus or reducing it," Vice President for Government Relations Richard Kennedy said after Monday's meeting. "We've asked for a legal opinion on the process we're going through. We have to make sure whatever we decide is consistent with state and fed- eral banking laws," Kennedy added. University officials are planning another meeting in about a month to discuss Entree Plus further. A Univer- sity attorney is expected to clarify a number of legal issues related to ex- panding the program, Kennedy said. Off-campus merchants accuse the University of foot-dragging and say they won't let the issue rest. "I'm not going to take equivocation as an answer," declared Richard, who heads a merchants' committee on rela- tions with the University. "Something is going wrong if the University - with their battery of lawyers - hasn't been able to figure out what type of program they're running." The easiest solution to the contro- versy would be simply to eliminate Entree Plus as a form of campus cur- rency, Kennedy pointed out. "Obvi- ously that would be least sensitive to student interests," he added. Richard said even that option is preferable to the status quo. Yeltsin COnclilatory at opening of parliament MOSCOW (AP) - On the eve of President Clinton's visit, Boris Yeltsin opened Russia's unruly new parlia- ment yesterday by urging lawmakers to cooperate with him and give his economic reforms "a second wind." Three months after he sent tanks to crush the old, hard-line parliament, the Russian president warned the new law- makers they must agree to "a complete and categorical exclusion of violence from the political life of the country." Clinton arrives for a summit today to a Russia wracked by political struggle and bitterly divided overYeltsin's free- market reforms and pro-Western tilt. The American president is expected to strongly endorse Yeltsin and shun his political foes, including extreme na- tionalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky. "It's not enough to meet just with the leader ... Clinton should feel the GMAT changes to test writing, communication skills y LISA (DINES R THE DAILY Starting next fall, graduate busi- ness schools will require students to prove their communication and writ- :ng skills before granting admission. The Graduate Management Ad- missions Test (GMAT), a prerequi- site for applying to graduate business schools, will include a new hour-long essav section in fall 1994 - and an Serall extra 30 minutes to the test. "An overwhelming majority of schools that use the GMAT encour- aged us to add the analytical writing assessment to the test," said Walter Broessmle, the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC) presi- dent. The University's School of Busi- ness Administration was one such institution that favored the change. "Businesses want people with good communication skills," said Jane Lieberthal, associate director of ad- missions at the business school. "I think that everyone down the pipeline will realize the importance of com- munication skills. I expect that we will see better writers in the program in the future." The GMAT currently contains seven sections of math and verbal questions similar to those on the Scho- lastic Aptitude Test (SAT). In order to compensate for the essay addition, the length of the multiple choice sec- tions will be shortened. Students will be asked to answer two brief essay questions about gen- eral topics of which no specific knowl- edge is necessary. Opponents of the essay section claim the added time and fewer num- ber of multiple choice questions make it more difficult to obtain a high score, particularly for international students. Mike Reilly, director of graduate programs at The Princeton Review, said, "The time constraint on writing is not really fair. ... You find that a lot of GMAT takers are great with num- bers under pressure, but to write two essays under pressure is difficult." Reilly also said the placement of the essays within the test is crucial. "If the questions are first, they will tire the student out for the rest of the exam. If they are last, the student is already worn out." But many business schools do not think the pressure which the essay will create is unfair. "Business is filled with deadlines. I do not think that writing under pres- sure is atypical of the business world," Lieberthal said. School officials said they plan to See GMAT, Page 2 School pays for departure of student accused of stalking I I AN INSIDE JOKE PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A first- ar student at Swarthmore College as accused of harassing a student from Michigan who resisted his ro- mantic overtures. Now the school is paying him to go away. Swarthmore agreed to pay Ewart Yearwood's tuition, transportation and book costs wherever he decides fn nn n . fnr th .a cninr .... urban Philadelphia, said Yearwood did not sexually harass Clinansmith, but did engage in a "pattern of intimi- dation." "The resolution of this case makes clear that intimidation is not to be tolerated at Swarthmore College and, consistent with the college's confi- dence in the power of education, pro- ip. b m.th tw fr (YVprnndn to ..::