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NATION/WORLD
Forces move into town,
villages
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli forces moved into a
West Bank town and three villages near Jerusalem
yesterday - a day after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
said operations were winding down. But he appeared
to soften his resistance to dealing with Yasser Arafat.
Palestinians condemned the new incursions, and
Secretary of State Colin Powell appeared ready to
settle for something short of a formal cease-fire.
In Bethlehem, heavy gunfire could be heard near
the Church of the Nativity yesterday evening, with
flares and gray smoke visible over the compound.
The army confirmed sporadic gunfire exchanges
but said its forces had not entered the compound.
One injury was reported, a Palestinian in nearby
Beit Sahour hit in the leg by a stray bullet outside
his house.
The United States has called for a full and imme-
diate end to the Israeli military campaign, which
Israel says is aimed at dismantling Palestinian mili-
tias behind deadly attacks on civilians. ,
Sharon said his forces would leave the cities of
Jenin and Nablus - sites of the worst fighting -
but vowed to keep Israeli troops in Ramallah and
Bethlehem.
Israel has reopened the Ketziot desert detention
camp to hold some of the 4,250 Palestinians rounded
up in its 19-day offensive, army officials confirmed
yesterday. More than 300 prisoners have been moved
to the tent camp, according to the Israeli human
rights group B'Tselem.
Thousands of Palestinians were held at Ketziot in
the 1987-93 Palestinian uprising. The camp became
notorious for its conditions, including searing day-
time temperatures and biting cold at night; rights
groups alleged prisoners were abused there.
Israeli Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer,
speaking on Israel Television, said Israeli forces
should be repositioned just outside Palestinian-con-
trolled towns by early next week.
SEARCH
Continued from Page 1.
The decision reversed previous conditions that man-
dated presidential searches at public universities be
open to the community.
"I am sorry that it seems the process we use to select
a new president appears to change so much from
search to search" history Prof. Rudy Lindner said.
Presidential Search Advisory Committee chair and
Rackham Dean Earl Lewis said the regents are "still
discussing what the final stages (of the search) will
look like. There still is great reason to maintain as great
a level of confidentiality as possible."
One of the major faculty complaints is that they
feel the presidential search is moving too quickly,
possibly because there is pressure on the regents to
find replacements for the many interim positions in
the administration.
"Given the number of offices for which a long-term
occupant needs to be found, I'm sure the pressure on
the regents is tremendous," Lindner said.
Lewis countered, "As someone who has been living
this 24-7 for several months, I don't think that the
process has been rushed. We've worked very, very hard
to create an environment where we can talk to a pool of
candidates."
Other members of the University community are
hoping they will have a chance to see candidates pub-
licly interviewed or view a list of finalists before a
decision is made.
The search committee has announced that a new
president should be named this summer. Earlier this
semester, the committee released a set of characteris-
tics they hope to see in the next president, but no other
information has been made public about the search.
Faculty members are not the only members of the
University community who feel left in the dark about
the search.
"It would be nice if it could be a little more trans-
parent," Michigan Student Assembly President
Sarah Boot said.
Boot said many students seem to understand the
need for privacy in the initial stages of the search but
would like to learn more about what is happening
before they leave campus for the summer.
This presidential search has been more confiden-
tial than past searches because many feel the open-
ness of the search resulting in Bollinger's
appointment deterred potential candidates who did
not want to compromise their current jobs by pub-
licly applying for another position.
One professor recalled that a candidate in a previous
search chose to drop out of the race when his name was
leaked to the press.
A group of 47 faculty members recently sent a letter
to the search committee and search advisory commit-
tee expressing the desire for a president with more than
just managerial skills. The University requires a presi-
dent with an appreciation for and experience in litera-
ture, arts and sciences, they said.
"These (business-oriented) types of candidates
have different priorities. While a company exists to
make a financial profit, we exist to give students a
good education," said classics and history Prof.
Sabine MacCormack, one of the professors who
signed the letter to the regents.
Interim University President B. Joseph White has
been asked by the regents not to comment on whether
he is in the running for the position. Some faculty fear
that even though White has not publicly announced his
candidacy, his indecision while holding the interim
position deters other possible candidates from consid-
ering they have a chance to get the job. Some people
believe White is a candidate because he has not said
anything to the contrary.
As a former Business School dean and professor,
White's primary strengths and experience come from
his knowledge of private enterprise and management,
not liberal arts.
"The concern really is that the committee and the
regents bear in mind we are an institution of higher
learning, and that is very different from any other
enterprise;' MacCormack said.
Lewis said the search committee has discussed the
faculty's concerns about the new president's commit-
ment to the liberal arts throughout the process, and the
"letter just crystallized sentiment."
The committee has "already responded to the letter,
Lewis said. "We totally agree that the person selected
should have academic understanding and should be
able to sit and see the entire University and represent
the University well."
BAGRAM, Afghanistan
Britain launches major Afghan operation
British troops have launched their first major combat operation of the
Afghan conflict, joining U.S. and Afghan soldiers searching the snowcapped
peaks of southeastern Afghanistan for al-Qaida and Taliban fighters, coali-
tion officials said yesterday.
Members of the elite 45 Commando Royal Marines were sent into the
area several days ago but their mission was not made public until yesterday.
The troops, who are skilled in mountain warfare, are operating at eleva-
tions above 9,500 feet, Royal Marines spokesman Lt. Col. Paul Harradine
said. He would not specify where the force was deployed, but it was
believed they were in rugged terrain south of the capital near the Pakistani
border.
U.S. military spokesman Maj. Bryan Hilferty would not say how many
American troops were in the area following up on last month's Operation
Anaconda - a 12-day assault on Taliban and al-Qaida forces in the eastern
Shah-e-Kot mountains.
At the Pentagon, Air Force Brig. Gen. John Rosa said the mission, which
the British call Operation Ptarmigan after a bird that changes color to blend
with the environment, began Monday.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands
Dutch accept responsibility for role in roundup
The Dutch government resigned yesterday over a report criticizing its role
in Europe's worst civilian slaughter since World War II - the 1995 massacre
in the Bosnian enclave of Srebrenica.
Prime Minister Wim Kok took the letter of resignation to Queen Beatrix,
accepting responsibility "in the name of the victims and survivors" for
peacekeeping failures in Srebrenica. Some survivors called it an insignifi-
cant political gesture.
With elections set for May 15, the. resignation has little practical effect.
Kok's ministers remain as caretakers until a new government takes office.
Last week's report by the respected Netherlands Institute for War Docu-
mentation confirmed what many Bosnians suspected all along, that Dutch
peacekeepers did little to prevent Serb forces from rounding up Muslims
who had sought refuge at an area declared "safe" by the United Nations.
Some 7,500 Muslims were killed.
Kok told parliament the time was overdue for a political price to be paid,
nearly seven years after the Srebrenica debacle.
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WASHINGTON
Court overturns child
pornography ban
The government went too far in
trying to ban computer simulations
and other fool-the-eye depictions of
teen-agers or children having sex, the
Supreme Court ruled yesterday.
Youthful sexuality is an old theme
in art, from Shakespeare to Academy
Award-winning movies, the court
found in striking down key provi-
sions of a 1996 child pornography
law on free speech grounds. The law
would call into question legitimate
educational, scientific or artistic
depictions of youthful sex, Justice
Anthony M. Kennedy wrote for a 6-3
majority.
"The statute proscribes the visual
depiction of an idea - that of teen-
agers engaging in sexual activity -
that is a fact of modern society and
has been a theme in art and literature
throughout the ages," Kennedy wrote
in a decision joined by four other
justices.
THE VATICAN
Summit will discuss
removal of priests
The extraordinary summit of U.S.
cardinals and Vatican officials on clergy
sex abuse will likely focus on speeding
up the removal of errant priests, a leader
among American bishops said yester-
day. Also on the table at next week's
meeting: The merits of implementing a
binding national policy that could stan-
dardize how U.S. bishops handle
charges of molestation against Roman
Catholic clergy.
"The commitment to protecting the
safety of children and vulnerable peo-
ple and the commitment of all of us -
bishops and clergy - to lives of
integrity is not going to end," said
Bishop Joseph Galante, coadjutor of
Dallas and member of a panel oversee-
ing the U.S. bishops' response to the
sex abuse scandal.
Observers cautioned against high
expectations for the Rome gathering.
WASHINGTON
Officials say they did r
not encourage coup
The Bush administration acknowl-
edged yesterday that senior U.S. officials
had met with a number of Venezuelan
opposition figures in recent months,
including key leaders of last Friday's
abortive coup, but insisted it had never
encouraged them to mount a coup
against President Hugo Chavez.
"United States officials explicitly made
clear repeatedly to opposition leaders that
the United States would not support a
coup," White House spokesman Ari
Fleischer said. Under fire for what turned
out to be premature public acceptance of
Chavez's ouster last Friday, the adminis-
tration made an energetic effort to insist it
had known no more of the coup plans
than was publicly visible once a major
anti-Chavez strike began early last week.
U.S. officials were simply reacting "as
events unfolded," Fleischer said.
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