The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 19, 1995 - 9 *Serbs conduct illegl air Los Angeles Times SARAJEVO, Bosnia- Herzegovina - Resuming a tactic that two months ago provoked NATO airstrikes, Serbian rebels in Croatia have been conducting helicopter re- supply missions to front-line troops around Bihac in violation of the no- fly zone over Bosnia-Herzegovina, a U.N. official said yesterday. * The sorties suggest that the na- tionalist rebels no longer fear any enforcementof the alliance edict. And, indeed, neither the North Atlantic Treaty Organization nor the U.N. Pro- tection Force moved to deter the rebel choppers as they penetrated the NATO air cap as many as 20 times Tuesday. "We presume these helicopters are flying from Udbina," U.N. spokesman Paul Risley said, referring to a rebel air base in Serb-occupied Croatia that was bombed by NATO on Nov. 21. Risley said the helicopters were seen ferrying support to Bosnian Serb and Croatian Serb positions just west of Bihac, one of six U.N.-designated "safe areas" for Bosnia- Herzegovina's endangered civilians. Bosnian Serb gunmen also were reinforcing positions around the safe area of Srebrenica after encroaching on that U.N.-protected enclave over the weekend, reported U.N. military spokesman Lt. Col. Gary Coward. The rebels advanced about a mile into the designated safe area and have moved tanks and other heavy artillery toprotectthe territory seized in viola- tion of a nearly 3-week-old truce, Coward said. He said the artillery movements included two long-range mobile guns aimed at the center of the safe area, a former silver-mining town now pro- viding crude refuge to more than 40,000 people, most of them victims of Serbian "ethnic cleansing." The Serbian buildup and incur- sion into Srebrenica, scene of recur- ring rebel offensives for the past two years, have stirred fears of another impending attack, as similar tactics were observed prior to last April's deadly bombardment of the Gorazde enclave and the ongoing campaign against Bihac, an enclave purport- edly protected by the United Nations. PRESSED FOR TIME Fall off-campus housing info available to students today MICHAEL FITZHUGH/Daily at Gold Bond Cleaners Marty Mallar buttons a shirt onto a pressing machine yesterday. Mallar presses nearly 300 shirts per day. Cease-fire attempts in trouble; political foe arrested in Chechnya Los Angeles Times SHALI, Russia - As a new cease-fire initiative broke down, authorities in Chechnya arrested a Russian-backed opposition leader yesterday while he was trying to set up separate talks on the release of 46 Russian paratroopers captured in the war against the breakaway re- public. Musa Jamalkhanov, a prominent political foe of Chechen President Dzhokhar M. Dudayev, was taken into custody here before an agitated crowd of Chechens after handing the local military commander an ultima- tum to free the war prisoners or else Russian warplanes would bomb his residence. The incident in Shali, 24 miles south of the Chechen capital of Grozny, was just one sign of trouble for the latest efforts to halt six weeks of fighting that have taken thousands of lives and thrown Russia into a political crisis. It also indicated that attempts to negotiate freedom for POWs on both sides will be just as hard as ending the massive Russian military operation to crush this tiny Muslim republic' s self-declared independence. By LISA MICHALSKI For the Daily Students looking for fall housing can visit the eighth annual Off-Campus Housing Day today to make their decisions easier. Sponsored by the Housing Information Office, the event - which takes place in the Michigan Union Ballroom from 12-3 p.m. - features 50 of the largest property owners around campus and non-profit hous- ing agencies. Eight hundred University students are expected to visit this "one-stop shopping place for all kinds of housing," said Mary Perrydore, senior housing adviser. The event will "provide students interested in off- campus housing accurate information so they can make wise decisions," Perrydore said. Perrydore said the fair will allow landlords to display information and showcase available units. "But what sets this day apart is that (interested students) can actually meet the landlords, too," she said. Out of the 450 landlords registered with her office, "typically, the largest 50 are going to be there (today)," Perrydore said. The office will provide visitors with listings of smaller management companies. "We will also be able to answer any questions about residence hall and family housing," she said. Lori Sias, of Prime Student Housing, said her company's involvement in Off-Campus Housing Day has been extremely successful. "One of my duties, specifically, is to follow up on maintenance requests and see if (tenants) are satisfied. That tends to make a big difference," she said. Aside from large realtors' representatives, the fair will provide information to visitors seeking low-cost, alterna- tive forms of housing. The Housing Bureau for Seniors runs the Homeshare program that "understands that people don't have a lot of money for housing," said Mary Mengel, Homeshare coor- dinator. "(Homeshare is a) cooperative living arrange- ment between an older home provider and a home seeker. It helps both the folks who are looking for low-cost housing and for senior citizens who want to stay in their homes." Mengel said in exchange for giving companionship and completing odd jobs like doing yard work and running errands, a student can receive low or free rent from a home provider. At the same time, the program provides an added income for the senior citizen, she said. Mengel said rent is usually less than $300 per month, in some cases includes food. Mengel said the 10-year-old program mainly attracts graduate students, who benefit from the quiet atmosphere, and foreign students who want to learn about American culture. She also said the program can "provide valuable experience to those who go into nursing, social work and psychology." Representatives from the Inter-Cooperative Council will also be present today to answer questions about cooperatives. Norma Barbour, director of membership services, said the ICC's objective is "to provide low cost housing for students and also to provide housing for students who can't afford the dorms and want to live in a community area." AATU, student advocates offer varied housing tips By LISA MICHALSKI For the Daily Representatives of the Ann Arbor Tenants Union and Student Legal Services will be available on Off-Campus Housing Day to distribute information andanswerquestions. "We will have a table there along with all the landlords and distribute information about the rights of tenants," said Pattrice Maurer, AATU director. Maurer said Off-Campus Housing Day serves as "an opportunity to let tenants know what they're getting into when they rent." AATU literature includes a "Ten Worst" landlord list, compiled from a summer 1993 AATU poll. "We are frequently asked by tenants to tell them who the worst landlords are," Maurer said. She said the AATU will present a 68-page booklet titled "How to Evict Your Landlord," which includes:chapters about security deposits, leases, how to get repairs done and a summary of Ann Arbor housing codes. Maurer said the AATU's objective at the fair is to "provide (the student) with a vaccination against land- lord abuses." She said large agencies, like theones to be represented today, are very "profit-driven. They're trying to sell 'you something. ... Definitely don't be- lieve the hype that if you don't sign a lease immediately you won't find housing in the fall." Maurer encourages students who attend Off-Cam- pus Housing day to consult newspapers in their housing search for a fall home. She recommends that students be flexible about location, noting that housing located closer to campus can require tenants to pay higher rent. "You can save yourself money by walking an extra ten minutes to class," she said. "Forewarned is forearmed," she said. "I think that for the first-time renters the best thing they can do for themselves is act like smart consumers. They must realize that landlords are business people trying to sell them something," she said. Representatives from Student Legal Services, an organization funded by a line-item on students' tuition bills, will also be present at Off-Campus Housing Day to distribute information and answer questions. Aside from the fair, "it has been our experience that many people who live off campus end up talking to us any- way," said Director Doug Lewis. Lewis said one of the most important functions SLS performs for students is reading through their leases. He said that the biggest misconception students make when renting housing is: "I don't have to read the lease before I sign it." "I think that people, in general, should know who they're dealing with. That includes knowing who your roommates will be, if you can trust them, and knowing your landlords," Lewis said. He said one term used in most leases that students should understand is "joint and several liability." In signing a lease with a "joint and several liability clause," each tenant claims responsibility for the entire rent every month, Lewis said. ra .l i .A Shabazz pleads not guilty in plot to kill Farrakhan The Washington Post ST. PAUL, Minn. - Qubilah Bahiyah Shabazz, the daughter of slain Black leader Malcolm X, pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges of attempting to hire a hit man to murder Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, while a new report on government taping cast further doubt on her role in the al- leged plot. Wearing a black shawl over her cornrow braids, Shabazz, 34, appeared somber and spoke softly in entering her plea before federal magistrate Franklin L. Noel, who set a trial date of March 27. If convicted, she could face up to 90 years in prison and $2.25 million in fines. Joining the local public defender's office on Shabazz's de- fense team were William M. Kunstler, the flamboyant, left-wing civil rights lawyer who once repre- sented the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and former Manhattan borough president Percy Sutton, a longtime friend of Malcolm X's family. Both said they were serving for free. eE Theirs. Ours. It started with a vision about propelling business into the information age. Then took off with the world's first relational database. It's now a two billion-dollar, enterprise-wide software solutions company that keeps growing at about 25% a year-with new products, bold technological strategies and