4 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 29, 1994 U be Lidiigan & I . t I I 10 D)f.1.1441111111f! I I "w nwrw +wY . R'twf rar .'' I 420 Maynard Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan JessieHalladay Editor in Chief Samuel Goodstein Flint Wainess_ Editorial Page Editors Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of a majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other articles, letters, and cartoons do not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Michigan Daily. 'Governor, F-E-E is a T-A-X. -Democratic gubernatorial candidate Howard Wolpe to Governor John Engler, attacking Engler's fee increases in Monday night's debate oLrG 6E ~ ME E VaWH TE FORD R4NC - 5 5 ,*rtz INo8oDY5 FASTER H E RTZ'5 NEW AD CAMPAICN Tuning in to WOLV Station marks important addition to campus life Tonight, an important new element will be added to residence hall and University life. WOLV, the University's first student-run tele- vision station, debuts at 9 p.m. on Channel 60 of the University cable system. This addition to campus life is a long-needed resource for students. WOLV was created last year when a small, dedicated group of students met to discuss the possibilities of forming a student-run TV sta- tion. Now, nearly a year later, their dream is coming true. These students must be com- mended for their diligent efforts, wading through the University bureaucracy to secure a permanent status in its structure. Furthermore, the Division of Student Af- fairs and Engineering School must also be thanked for their assistance in funding the start-up costs of the station. These units pro- vided a space for the station to be housed on the ninth floor of South Quad and state-of-the- art equipment to create and broadcast televi- sion shows. This new, student-controlled media is cer- tain to have a positive influence on student life. The broadcasting possibilities are endless, and the opportunities to run every aspect of the station are sure to be valuable springboards to successful careers in the broadcast field for many University students. Because the show schedule will be set by students, anyone with a good idea and a little bit of determination can create, star in, film and produce a new show. WOLV is on the right track to success, stressing the need to broadcast a diverse range of shows - from entertaining sitcoms to educational documentaries on University and social issues. This new medium has the poten- tial to further inform University students about their campus and the political world in which they live. Given the apathy toward campus issues that characterizes so many students, WOLV should use its ability to educate stu- dents as well as entertain. Currently, the station will only be broad- cast over the University cable system; there- fore, the only televisions which will show WOLV will be those in residence halls or other University buildings. Hopefully, this access will eventually be expanded - due to the huge number of students who live off campus, Columbia Cable should pick up WOLV as an additional public access channel. Not only would this be a fine goodwill gesture to the student body and University, but it would certainly be a ratings boost for the company's public access channels. There is little doubt that more people would be interested in watch- ing creative student-made shows than "Around Ann Arbor" (the useless show on which people stand in front of a podium and mumble about the goings-on in Ann Arbor). It is a shame that such a large, technologi- cally oriented school as the University has been without a student run television station for so long. Tonight, that deficiency will be rectified. WOLV is an excellent addition to the campus media circuit, and the University should be commended for recognizing the importance of this resource to students. The war in Bosnia NATO must show more force in dealing with Serbs Pictures of limbs scattered in pools of blood across a marketplace; shots of a mother in Sarajevo peering over the graves of her family; accounts of mass rapes and sexual abuse of Bosnian Muslim women by former neighbors turned enemies. These are the images of warravaged Bosnia- Herzegovina that have been continually broad- cast all over the world. Unfortunately, images of Serb defiance to any and all United Nations and NATO mandates aimed at establishing peace in the region are becoming just as com- mon. Throughout the Bosnian conflict, NATO responses to Serb aggression on the uparmed Bosnian Muslims have been guided by a policy of responding to aggression only after a hei- nous act. Strikes have only been called in after the Serbs blatantly violate a safe haven or no- fly zone with acts of violence. Current NATO policy seems to be this: step one - a Serbian army flank commits a human rights atrocity, such as the shelling of a crowded market in Sarajevo this past spring; step two - demand Serbs pull back from the region; step three - wait two weeks, while more shellings occur; step four - send in a minimal air strike that results in little or no damage to the Serbian military machine; step five - Serbs pull back. Then the process repeats itself. With the recenthostilities shown by Bosnian Serb forces toward U.N. peacekeepers, the time has come for NATO to recognize that civilians and U.N. troops alike must be pro- tected via swift, decisive force. The current plan of attacking empty tanks and positions does not and will not deter Serb forces. If anything, it will strengthen their resolve. There- fore, there is only one prudent course of action ia.t vvf :an aoicvcai cti.:s nn Rncn Ideally, this would be combined with a lifting of the arms embargo that has served to handicap the Bosnian Muslims, leaving them virtually helpless against aggressive Serb forces. But Britain, France and Russia all remain steadfastly opposed to lifting the em- bargo. And if Britain and France remove their peacekeepers from Bosnia- which they have promised to do if the Clinton administration unilaterally violates the embargo - Muslim civilians in the cities of Bihac and Srebenica would be placed in immediate danger. Fortu- nately, the Bosnian Muslim leadership has avoided placing the Clinton administration in a showdown with the U.S. Congress by agree- ing to postpone discussion of the arms em- bargo until spring. However, if the past is any indicator, eas- ing pressure on the arms embargo will result in only more impotence and inaction from the free world. Lt. Gen. Michael Rose of the United King- dom, commander of U.N. troops in Bosnia, has proven woefully incompetent in his han- dling of the war. His policy of opposing any moves that Serb forces would interpret as taking sides in the war is outdated and ill- advised. The notion that there should be "no loss of life" in NATO air strikes until U.N. troops are killed first is ludicrous. Waiting for Serbs to make the first move has already resulted in the death of an estimated 200,000 Bosnians. U.N. Commander Gen. Bertrand de LaPresle has said that the United Nations "will not take attacks lying down." This pronounce- ment is a step in the right direction. But until NATO gets serious enough to severely cripple Serb attacks on civilians, the United Nations will have no teeth in enforcing any mandate ni;-A e nt l;f in te ro - rof i-nhr-m Liberal logic fails again To the Daily: In Response to Mr. Szczepanczyk's letter of Sept. 26 ("The Daily is an awful newspaper"), I would like to point out how he effectively proved that liberal logic is a contradiction in terms. Spine- less generalities? Incorrect. I notified the article reporter dur- ing our conversation of ex- amples of Mr. Aristide's his- tory. However, the article was not long and I understand that he could not include my ex- amples, which is fine with me. However, for Mr. Szczepanczyk, I refer him to Mr. Aristide's endorsement of necklacing his opponents. For your information necklacing is when one douses a tire with gas, puts it around someone's head and lights it on fire. Now, I wonder how great Mr. Szczepanczyk feels Jean Bertrand Aristide's record is now? Hardly a nice thing to tell people to do to your opponents. whether it was done or not, I do not feel this sets up Aristide as the pillar of human rights eth- ics. Mr. Szczepanczyk de- scribes human rights as restor- ing order to the foreign ex- change- decreasing Haiti's debt and increasing wages. Funny, I thought human rights involved people, not debt or money. Obviously, Mr. Szczepanczyk found another definition of hu- man rights to use. As I said earlier, the problem with Haiti includes Aristide's past (and his anti-Americanism) as well as our lack of a national secu- rity interest. To the University of Michigan, trust me, the day the Daily goes conservative is the day I become liberal, not likely to happen anytime soon. Mark Fletcher President, UM College Republicans LSA Junior 'Greek' label Iunjustified, offensive To the Daily: I am writing to comment about something that has both- ered me since the first day I stepped onto this campus. This University preaches apprecia- tion and respect for all cultures, yet the school, the Daily and most people still refer to frater- nities and sororities as "the Greek system." I find this terni- ties and sororities originated centuries ago with an actual basis in Greek culture, that la- bel is certainly no longer ap- propriate. It certainly would not be considered acceptable if this same group of people called themselves "Africens" or"Japa- nese," nor should it be. I won- der, therefore, why it is okay to trivialize Greek culture. I know that this situation will probably not change, and that fraternities and sororities will continue to prosper under the Greek label. I hope how- ever that more people both in- side and outside these organi- zations will at least think for half a second before they care- lessly toss around cultural iden- tities in this manner. Vikki Otero LSA Sophomore Observe football game seating, please To the Daily: When you get onto an air- plane, do you normally pick any seat that you want in the entire plane, regardless of whether or not that seat ap- pears on your boarding pass? When you go to a musical like Phantom Of The Opera, do you insist on sitting in the front row, even if your tickets are in the balcony? When you go to the Angell Hall computing center, do you sit at any computer that hap- pens to be available, even if your station assignment is dif- ferent? Of course not. In all these settings, we recognize that seat- ing assignments preserve or- der. And while we may not all get the best view of the stage or the best view out the window, we recognize the value of pre- serving the peace by taking the place assigned to us. Then why do so many stu- dents who attend football games insist on ignoring the seating assignments given to them and sit anywhere they please? Just imagine what would happen if everyone sat in the seat assigned to them. The aisles would be clear dur- ing the game. People wouldn't feel cramped as 40 people try to stand in a row designed to seat twenty. And maybe secu- rity personnel wouldn't be needed to double-check every person's ticket 20 times. After 10 years of student season tickets, I'm fed up with people who have no respect for others and decide to sit (actu- Coursepack service fails to meet needs To the Daily: In your Sept. 22nd article mentioning the legal battle Michigan Document Service is currently involved in (Docu- ment service still fighting fees), the fact that they are far behind in making course packs avail- able is by far understated. I have been there six times now to get a course pack for Politi- cal Science 445, and each time I have been told a different story and advised to come back an- other day. While waiting in line I have encountered many other students in the same position and with the same degree of irritation. Although I sympa- thize with MDS and their at- tempt to fight for student rights, I would point out that many students are currently suffering due to their extensive delays. I would ask that they recognize this as a serious problem and address it, and if they do not, that professors choose another copying service for their coursepacks. Aaron La Mar LSA Junior A fan says 'thank you' To the Daily: I wouldjust like to acknowl- edge Officer Robert Davenport in regards to the good deed he did at the University of Michi- gan/Boston College game. I had gone to the game with my wife and my nine-month old child. Upon entering the stadium I learned that I needed a ticket for my son, Alex. He' and I would have missed the game if Officer Davenport didn't so kindly offer a ticket of his own for little Alex's use. I think this shows great goodwill by the University and goes beyond other means of building public relations. Again, my family and friends couldn't thank Officer Davenport enough forhis kind- ness. Dennis Padia, M.D. Meal plan refunds cheat students To the Daily: While it seems unfair that students should be forced to loan the school money for a year ("Residence robbing," 9/ 21/94), the question that I wanted answered was why a student who pays $2105.60 for 'Oh lamentable day' Dusk -SATURDAY, Septe ber24. An inglorious, infamous da The high-altitude anti-heroes from the state of Colorado somehow man- aged, in a flash of last-second im- possibility, to deflate the spirits and poison the collective psyche of some 100,00 fans. In response, the Uni- versity administration has called upon a team of psychiatrists to set up a 24-hour suicide watch of Coac Moeller. "It's a lifetime thing," laments. Amidst the aura of Michi- gan Stadium, powered by a few sparse rented lightsMichigan sports were both defined and defiled this is what it feels like to be a U of M fan. The pain, the heartache - Chuck Winters and Steve Morson feel it. Ours is a proud and valiant university. We do not like to lose. be unsuccessful, to be second-fidd to anybody, especially to a team dubbed the "Buffs." Be it a loss in football or a B+, we like to think of ourselves as the best, but just maybe this tragic loss will allow us to tem- per our pride, reassess our priorities. Nah. On Saturday we were so close, so near a chance to begin an incredibg season - we would have to be con- sidered legitimate national title con- tenders if the boys in blue went undefeated. Remy, Biakabatuka, Wheatley was back, Todd the golden boy was rolling -things were com- ing together! But of course there had to be a cohort of ahistorical, over- confident U of M students, dancing jubilantly in the stands Saturd- evening chanting, "Overrated! Over- rated!" as that last minute loomed ahead. 1:00 - an eternity. A third and two. Then a false start penalty. A third and seven - no conversion. A Michigan punt. A couple of Colo- rado receptions. Then ... the end of the world, as we know it, and I feel sick. A spaceless and timeless void. The ball seemed to be in the air f ages. Come on #22, knock it down! The questions, the doubt, the disbe- lief. Why wasn't anybody behind Michael Westbrook? Yellow flags, signals of hope - it's too late any- way. The scoreboard says it all, the frustration, the story of Michigan football: 0:00 on the clock. Colo- rado 27, Michigan 26. Doug Flutie, reincarnated. How surreal it all waO A hundred thousand, speechless and motionless - this cannot be hap- pening to us. It felt like the Messiah would soon return, right here at Michigan Stadium, and lead us all to the promised land. I looked to the dark sky above. Armchair second-guessing aside, we allknow what the cure is-aB Ten title, and a shot of self-conf dence this weekend against Iowa. There is little doubt that, in academ- ics and sporting might, U of M is the best of the west. The Wildcats of Northwestern may be smart, butthey sure can't play football worth a damn. And Nebraska may have one hell of a football team, but the only cool beatnik in Lincoln is Willia Burroughs, and he's too busy mak- ing Nike commercials to hang out at the neighborhood coffee shop. Who else but Michigan students can attend a 106,000-strong football match Saturdays in the fall, and then spend the rest of the week trying to catch up in their obscure political science reading? What other public university in the world can lug wealthy out-of-state undergrads by dangling season football tickets in front of them? OK, fine, the "Buffs" beat us by one lousy point, on an overcast September night - a lost that will go down as one of the most agonizing defeats ever. But would you sacrifice that one cosmically meaningless point for granolas as far as the eye can see, a homophob for a coach in Bill McCartney (re- member Amendment 2?) and gang colors that pass for a uniform? Clearly, the "Buffs" are morally sus- pect. Let's not fret for too long over the "Buffs."