4- The Mtihgan Daily Summer Weeky- Wednesday, August 4,1993 Zle jiKiigatt 1"iln I EDITOR INCHIEF Hope Calati OPINION EDITORS Sam Goodstein Flint Wainess Unsigned editorials present the opinion of a majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other cartoons, signed articles and letters do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Daily. 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 76-DAILY Edited and Managed by Students at the University of Michigan Asthesummerlazily dawstoaclose, thoughts ofautumnenterintoourminds.Seeing friends for the firsttime in four months, the browning of the leaves,footballgamesandmoretmakeAnnArbor in the fall enchanting. To better prepare you for the ensuing fall, we present you with a synopsis of the key events that occurred, concerning stu- dentsandtheadministration,duringSpring/Sum- mer 1993. Tuition Increase Yet again, the regents approved the annual tuition increase. This year'sincrease,9.5percent for LSA, appeared to be consistent with previous increases- considerably higher than the rate of inflation, yetnotmuch more than the increases at mostpublicuniversitiesin Michigan. The impor- tant question concerning the tuition increase is whether or not it places too great a burden on thosestudentsstruggling topay their way through school, via loans, scholarships or neither. Surely theincrease willplaceanundue burdenon strug- gling students,however theregents claim that the extra revenue will help finance increased finan- cial aid, as well as provide increased student services.Unfortunately,manystudentsgetcaught in a vicious cycle -more tuition money means greater financial aid, and the loans get bigger and bigger. However unfair the increase may seem, theregentsdohaveasoliddefense. Almostevery public University in the land is faced with in- creased costs, and reduced state revenues, and almost all are forced to raise tuition to meet demands.Whatisnot defensible is the manner in which the budget, which includes the tuition increase, was presented to the public. The mom- ing of the regentsjneeting was the first time that the public got a glimpse of the proposed budget, leaving no time for the regents to get feedback before voting. This left many infuriated - and rightly so. The Rock will stay - for now The famousRockonthe cornerofWashtenaw and Hill, where students have gathered for de- Summertime blues cadestopaintand party, faced doom. Residents of the area vocif- erously com- plainedthatpaint- ing of the Rock led to excessive noise, littering and pomography (painted on the Rock).Tothesur- prise of nobody, the city initially decided to inves- tigate the situation in the summer - when most students are off campus. However a flurry of complaints led the city to postpone hearings concerning the Rock's ultimate fate. Some sug- gestions as to how to save the Rock bordered on theridiculous-forexample,bronzing it with an unpaintable material or making it into a large fountain. Other suggestions seem rather prag- matic, such as moving it to a location removed from residential housing, possibly onUniversity land. It would be a nice way for the University to show some support for students if they would intervene on our behalf to save the Rock. The non-smoking Union The Michigan Union is finally smoke-free. As of July 1, smoking has been prohibited in this historic building. The Michigan Union Board of Representatives elicited some student support, and decided thatbanning smoking is appropriate. While some wondered why the Board didn't consider opening awell-ventilatedsmoking room, the policy is, in generl, a welcome step. Second- hand smoke has been proven to increase one's chances of contracting lung-cancer and emphy- sema, and is particularlydis- comforting to asthmavictims. To those who complain that this policy is an infringementon the smoker's righttodowhat- ever he or she sees fit to their ownbodythere is one simple response-you have the right to do destroy your own lungs, but whenyoudestroysomebodyelse's,youareinthe wrong. Alcohol policy Granted, sexual assault is a serious problem on campus and many of the assaults occur when the attacker is inebriated. Granted, stringent fed- eral laws continue to be enacted that force the University to develop some sort of policy on alcohol and other drugs. But, and this is a very important but, neither of these factors excuse the behavior of the University for putting together a new alcohol policy this summer.While the policy is not complete, it seems that it will oversee alcohol use on and maybe even off campus. This move marks yet another milestone in the University's quest for inlocoparentis, or to actas your parents. Moreover, classifying drinking as a wrong comes extremely close to legislating mo- rality. In other words, the University, as an aca- demic institution, has a responsibility to provide the tools for intellectual inquiry. Nothing more, nothing less. The University administration.must stop attempting to usurp the powers of the legal system and it must stop deciding what is right or wrong for students in their private time. The Statement of Student "Rights" and Responsibilities (the Code) Not much new news has been generated on theCodefrontthisspringandsummer. Butdon't take that at as a positive.Freedomof Information Act pleas, which ask the University to release detailed statistics on Code proceedings so that students can make sure everything is on the up and up, continue to fall on deaf ears. If students have to be burdened by a Code, the least the University can do is to make sure it is complying with the Freedom of Information Act and make sure students can check the process. The disappearing Regents (as if they ever appeared) In the spring and summer, the University communityshrinksimmensely.Whatbettertime to hang out, roam the streets and forge relation- ships under the intimacy of the milieu? We don'tknow,buttheregents sure must.For yet again, the seasons changed but the leopards remained true to their spots - i.e. intermingling with students was again not done by any of the regents on a significant level. It seems nothing is going to change the fact that regents govern, students are governed and the two cannot help each other. In conclusion So whatdoes all thisadd upto?Basically, the statusquo.Of the seven areas we summarized,six were policies that adversely affect students. Only the new smoking policy in the Union was in the best interests of students. Unfortunately, they all add up to one common theme: in loco parentis. Therefore, to the new students entering the Uni- versity, we have only one thing to say: You may be leaving one set of parents, but don't worry, a new patriarch is in town. And his name is James J. Duderstadt. Tragedy in As thousands of people in United Nations-designated "safe"areas suffer in Bosnia, Western leaders continue timidly trying to decide what, if any- thing, can be done.Last week the issue became even more urgent, as French peacekeepers came under attack and as the Serbs tightened their chokehold on Sarajevo. President Clinton and the French again discussed the use of air power to silence Serb artillery but the weststillhas no effective policy to end the slaughter. As the moral blot on the collectiveconscienceofthewestdark- enswitheverynewdropofbloodspilled in the Balkans, one thing becomes increasingly clear Without massive intervention by the Western powers, the carnage will continue to the bitter end. In the first place, the UN and its member nations must take immediate steps to make the "safe" areas truly safe. If this requires bombing Serb Bosnia position outside cities like Sarajevo, SrebrenicaandGorazde, as it probably will, so beit. An ultimatum should be given to the Serbs: Stop your guns within 24 hours or we'll stop them for you. Secondly, theU must set up cor- ridors through which to deliver food and medicine to the "safe" areas. This also may require force since the Serbs have refused access to aid convoys before. But the situation as it stands is simply untenable. Civilians are having limbs amputated without anesthesia simply becomes of the intransigence of Serb commanders. Furthermore, if aid is not delivered, mass starvation will ensue. Because theUNwould be taking a more aggressive role in the conflict, troops operating under its mandate would have to be given broader power to use force to defend themselves. Af- ter attacks on French troops last week, the UN decided that its troops would return fire if attacked. However, UN forces must be given the power to use force in defense of civilians as well. That way the wholesale slaughter of Muslim civilians could be stopped, or at the very least abated. Once the fighting has been stopped and aid has been delivered, the arms embargoagainstBosniamust be lifted. Lifting the embargo would serve two purposes. First, it would allow the Bosnians, who have always been the weakest group in the region, to defend themselves. Without this there will be no balance of power and no peace couldbemaintained.Second,theWest should give the Muslims the means to defend themselves for moral reasons. Theyhavebeenslaughteredbyaggres- sors while the West has simplylooked on. The least we can do now is allow Bosnia to buy weapons. President Clinton must lead the worldonthisissue.Wehave the means to stop the slaughter. Now we must find the will to act. A 4