EDITORIAL
Ground support
needed for action
More air strike's worked well protecting Sarajevo, but
air strikes are not enough
Tuesday, President Clinton proposed increased air
strikes on Serbian forces unless they agreed to withdraw
their guns from from Gorazde and other Muslim enclaves.
Much like the protection Unitod Nation forces provid
ed. air strikes ended the seize on Sarajevo. But without
adequate ground forces to intervene, the Serbs just redi
rected their forces elsewhere throughout Bosnia.
If the United States plans to intervene, its actions will
have to be complimented by more than air power Right
now our feet are wet. but the water will have to pass over
our knees if success will Ire reached in stopping the mass
slaughter throughout Bosnia.
“If we continue to have simply pinprick attacks... I
don’t think it is going to really work. We have to be will
ing to escalate. Otherwise the escalation is all on the side
of the Bosnian Serbs." Sen. Sam Nunn. Chairman of the
Senate Armed Services Committee said.
There has not been a war won, in history, by air pow
er alone. The threat of air strikes on Sarajevo worked well,
hut only because there were other places in Bosnia for
tin1 Serbs to go. When other areas that deem the Serbs
interest are threatened by intervention, then force will
have to be used.
Certainly the weaponry and technology exists to remove
Bosnia and its occupants from the map completely, but
that obviously won't happen. Occupying the land that
has been token over through air strikes is an essential
move that must bo made by U.N. forces, and the support
of U S. forces if deemed appropriate.
Escalation, however, certainly increases the poten
tial for U.S. loss Not only warplanes, but lives as well.
None of the missions, even the air strikes, go without
risk 1 i.S. direct intervention should come as a last resort,
hot something needs to lie done before more lives are lost
and more destruction is done by Serb forces. Essential
ly the war in Bosnia has reached its last resort
In Gorazde, Tuesday, Sorb forces were closing in on
the city shelling the l l.N. “safe zone” for Muslim refugees.
The sniper fire was reported to be the worst in 22 months
of fighting. Serbs opened fire on the U.N. and Red Cross
buildings and blew the roof off the hospital. There ore
65.000 people just in Gorazde that will become victims
of the Serbs unless military intervention is stepped up.
Clinton has pledged air strikes and other super pow
ers have echoed his call. The Serbs mean business and
force is the only wa\ to communit ate. NATO made
two large air strikes in an attempt to slow the fighting
in Gorazde and point the Serbs back in the direction of
peace talks. But, the strikes were too modest and made
little impression on the Serbs. The Serbs must be
removed from nut only Gorazde but Srebrenica. Tuzla,
Xepa and Bihac as wall. The threat of air strikes could
make them pull out, but Bosnia must be occupied and
protected by an intermediary. The Serbs actions have
created a desperate situation, and the U.S. is in a posi
tion to help, and should.
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LETTERS
Misconceptions
We would like to respond to
the F mem Id's April 11 editorial
( oik enung the Women's ( outer's
proposed budget increase In the
isiilun.il it was suggested that one
way t° reduce the budget would
(m- to grant the employees ( redit
through the ESCAPE Field Stud
ies Program, rather than award
stipend money As members of
the ESCAPE staff, we would like
to clear up several in i scon < ep
tions presented by this statement
We are a student-run organi
sation committed to helping stu
dents Itmrn through volunteensm
and service-learning Learning
needs to is- the motivational fac
tor for involvement, not the
desire to tie awarded compensa
tion for work, despite its nature
Lite t redit earned through our
program is done so by students
who have set and reflected on
learning goals pertaining to their
plat ement We do not want our
\ ision of providing University
students with the opportunity to
learn w hile volunteering to get
lost ill the method of how that
experience is rewarded. With
these ideas in mind, we would
like to stress that our program is
not simply a replacement for
stipends, hut rather a credible
way in which students can
explore learning, personal and
career goals
Jennifer Swinehart
ESCAPE Director
Koren Jarvis
ESCAPE Human Services
Division Head
Bad plan
The University is facing a
tough decision over the next few
months, with regard to family
housing. The resolution of this
problem will affect l(MHI students
a year, so it is not one to lie tak
en lightly. The decision to be
made is whether to tear down
244 units of low-cost housing and
rebuild with units that would
rent for $425 or higher, or instead
turn over those same units to a
coniniunity-run student cooper
ative. keeping the rents at $244
or lower.
The consequences of demoli
tion are signifu ant in their long
range efftst on low-income fam
ilies al the University. Amazon
as il exists now is on avenue for
access to education. The Uni
versity. however, feels that addi
tional housing is needed to fill
the needs of some of its students.
The residents of Amazon do not
want to stand in the way of oth
er students' finding adequate
housing However, we are not
willing to have Amazon torn
down to make way for that hous
ing, nor are we willing to con
tinue sulwidizing more expensive
housing built by the University.
The University has other lands
available for student housing.
They own approximately 12
hhx ks of single-family housing
oil the east side of campus It
would he entirely possible to
build units there without dis
rupting the east campus resi
dents The city also lias land set
aside for such a projei t If addi
tional housing is needed, there
are better ways of providing it
than hy tearing down function
ing low-cost housing. I'he plan
doesn't make sense
Eileen Taylor
Family Housing resident
No handicap
Project Saferide was estab
lished Ins ause an overwhelming
number of women did not feel
safe on campus at night.
Because of this safety concern,
women were denying them
selves access to University facil
ities that they had just as much
right to as male students In a
sense, women were handi
capped out of fear Saferide
attempts to eliminate this
"handicap" by providing an
escort to these campus activities
and facilities.
hi our society, men do not live
in the same climate of fear that
women deal with on a continu
ous and daily basis. Generally,
women aru fearful of men. not
other women. Men cannot ride
or drive in Saferide's vehicles
because this would give men
easier access to information
such as phone numbers and
addresses of women. This
would defeat the main purpose
of Saforidn, which is to create a
safer environment for women
Before Pro jet t Saferide was
established, the Office of Public
Safety was receiving up to 100
calls per night from women
requesting escorts and only a
handful of calls from men per
year. Still, if such a large num
l>er of men truly do not feel safe
at night on campus, and this is a
universal and legitimate con
cern, instead of continually
engaging in the never-ending
debate over whether or not Pro
ject Saferide It.is the right to dis
criminate for the safety of
women, why not create an all
male Saferide? I'm sure the peo
ple at Saferide would eagerU
provide information about how
to start your own service
Shaley Howard
Former staff member
Saferide
Thanks Jesus
In 1 contracted HIV. the
\ irus that causes AIDS In 1992 I
found out that I was HIV positive
That was the hardest time in my
life (,od used HIV to bring me to
Jesus. In 1992 I (ante down with
late stage HIV I lost ten pounds
in two days. I could not eat and
I felt weak After about fourdavs
of this, I realized that it was God's
will for me to die Before bed that
night I de< ided I would call my
moin the next day to tell her that
I had to get out of college liecause
I was going to die. Then I knelt
down beside my bed to pray 1
told Cod that I did not want to
die. I told him that I wanted to
have a wife and children.
Thu next morning I woke up
and felt good. 1 went to the din
ing hall und had rnv first meal in
days. I have been gaining weight
ever since.
In February of 1994,1 went to
get tested for HIV, for the second
time. When I got the results
back, 1 could not couvince the
guy who gave me the results that
1 had at one time tested HIV pos
itive.
I no longer have I fIV in my sys
tem. I can have a wife and chil
dren. Thank you Jesus.
D. Gomez
Undeclared