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Tribal upset John Rennie's men's soccer team "defeated third-ranked William & Mary THE CHRONICLE Wednesday night. See sports. p.sge 11. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 13. 1994 Q. ONE COPY FREE DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA • Plan sought for Iraqi withdrawal By ELAINE SCIOLINO artillery and left Saddam with much of its costs in defending N.Y. Times News Service virtually no military control Kuwait, and they backed the WASHINGTON— As Presi over the southern part of his administration's efforts to pre dent Saddam Hussein pulled country. vent Iraq from threatening Ku back most ofhis troops from the Despite Iraq's retreat, the wait again. border with Kuwait, the United United States pressed ahead on But in a sign of the fissures States sought allied support on Wednesday with its dispatch of within the coalition against Wednesday for a plan that troops to the Persian Gulf. The Iraq, France criticized the would require Iraq to perma Pentagon ordered 19,000 Ma Clinton administration, with nently withdraw its elite Re rines to Kuwait early on the defense minister, Francois publican Guards from the area Wednesday, and said the Leotard, suggesting that the but would allow 50,000 regular buildup would continue while buildup was "not unconnected army troops there to remain. allied leaders discussed how to with domestic politics." The proposal was less sweep deter further Iraqi aggression. And Russia, which signed a ing than an idea suggested on In Kuwait on Wednesday, $17 billion economic agreement Monday by Defense Secretary Saudi Arabia and five other gulf with Iraq last month and is ea William Perry: a huge demili nations pledged to Secretary of ger to see the easing of strin tarized zone that would have State Warren Christopher to gent economic sanctions, got on Iraqi soldiers head north from Basra in southern Iraq. excluded.all tanks and heavy repay the United States for See IRAQ on page 4 • DSG urges minors in all areas Group leaders may By BRENT McGOLDRICK in certain areas, but the prob contents of all foods served at Increased health, fitness and lem is that on an application or Duke dining facility by the be support fee increase academic options were on the resume a certificate doesn't ginning of the 1995 spring se minds of legislators Wednesday show up," she said. mester." By ALISON HERR the Student Organizations night as Duke Student Govern Currently, undergraduates After the meeting, Nacol said The leaders of some stu Finance Committee. ment met for the last time be can major in more than one sub his resolution would improve dent groups say they would Lambert said that DSG fore fall break. ject, but Cho added: "With the students' health. "Just as im support a proposed increase has since made progress, cit Legislators passed a resolu [recent] increase of two require portant as a sound mind is a in the student activities fee. ing the facts that D£_G worked tion imploring the administra ments for a major, a double sound body," he said. Presently, the $104 stu with a balanced budget last tion to establish minors. The major now means four more "I think a majority ofthe stu dent activities fee is split be year, implemented programs legislation reads, "Every Trin classes. Minors would help to dent body would like to know tween the Duke Student Gov such as an advising system, ity College department should have students concentrate in what they're eating. My under ernment, which gets about had no appeals filed concern seek to establish a minor by the more than one area of study standing is that the information $59, and the Duke University ing the budget and estab spring registration period if without having a semester to do this is ready, now it just Union, which gets $45. lished a fund for new student more of courses, like in a takes the University to make it In the past two years, stu groups that form after ap Trinity sophomore Inhi Cho double-major." a priority." dents have rejected DSG ref proval ofthe DSG budget. said establishing minors will Another resolution passed by The focus on students' health erendums calling for an in Lambert said she may pro help students with resumes, the legislature calls for campus continued, as University Archi crease in the fee. pose to DSG an increase in the adding that recent curriculum eateries to provide more nutri tect John Pearce made a 35- Two years ago, DSG re student activities fee in order changes make minors a neces tional information about their minute presentation on plans ceived much criticism for be to support and expand exist sity. foods. The resolution, submit for new recreational facilities. ing fiscally irresponsible with ing student groups. If there is "Most other universities offer ted by Trinity freshman A slide show displayed each its budget, said Trinity senior support for the proposal from minors. Duke offers essentially Michael Nacol, requests "the ofthe three new components of Katherine Lambert, chair of See FEE on page 10 • the same thing with certificates public display of nutritional See DSG on page 10 •- Candidate calls for student 'awareness' By ROSE MARTELLI common with students than The Democratic candidate for most officeholders," Moore said. North Carolina's 2nd Congres Moore countered the stereo sional District encouraged stu type that college students are dents to take an active interest uninterested in national and in nation^ politics in a speech global affairs. Wednesday. "Watching MTV and CNN Richard Moore, a native of are not mutually exclusive," he Granville, N.C, spoke to a said. "Just because you watch crowd of 40 students at a Duke MTV, that doesn't make you Democrats-sponsored rally on less substantive. If I'm elected, the main West Campus Quad. I'll probably be one of the few Moore, 34, has worked as a congressmen up in D.C. to Have federal prosecutor and is cur watched both." rently the youngest Democrat Moore emphasized the cru in the North Carolina House of cial role that education plays in Representatives. ensuring the quality of life. He Moore said he spoke on cam earned a bachelor's degree and LOREN EISENSTAT/THE CHRONICLE pus because he wants to "cre a law degree from Wake Forest ate as much awareness on po University, as well a graduate Get a cue litical issues as possible" among degree in accounting and fi Trinity senior Tod Lonergan smiles for the camera while shooting some stick. college students. nance from the London School "I think I have a lot more in See MOORE on page 4 • THE CHRONICLE THURSDAY/OCTOBER 13, 1994 World and National Newsfile Islamic extremists kidnap Israeli soldier Associated Press By CLYDE HABERMAN Palestinian prisoners. In a videotape that Man apprehended: A heavily N.Y. Times News Service armed man holed up in a basement was made public on Tuesday, the captors For a second time in less than 24 hours, apartment owned by the man con JERUSALEM — With a young man's set a deadline of 9 p.m. Friday. Rabin phoned Yasser Arafat, chairman victed of killing Medgar Evers held life and the future of peace talks on the "I ask you to do what you can so I come ofthe Palestine Liberation Organization, police at bay for eight hours Wednes line, Israel and the new Palestinian self- out of here alive," a frightened Waxman, and said he held the Palestinian leader day as he fired at officers and shouted rule authority were locked Wednesday in who holds both American and Israeli citi personally responsible for the soldier's about Hitler. their most severe crisis to date after the zenship, said in an appeal to Prime Min safety. abduction of an Israeli soldier by Islamic ister Yitzhak Rabin. Israeli officials said they were certain Regime falls: The last pillar of radicals from the Hamas group. But in line with customary practice, that Waxman, 20, was being held in the Haiti's military regime fell Wednes Tensions were greatly heightened Israeli officials said they were not about Gaza Strip; Gaza and Jericho, on the day, and once-persecuted officials of Wednesday after the kidnappers released to yield. In the past, Israel has not nego West Bank, have been under Palestinian Jean-Bertrand Aristide's elected gov ernment gingerly returned home. a harrowing videotape in which the sol tiated with kidnappers of soldiers in Is self-rule since May. dier, Cpl. Nahshon Waxman, said he rael, though it has exchanged thousands Since Arafat is in charge, they said, it is Court reviews: The Supreme would be killedunless Israel met a Hamas of Arab prisoners for far fewer Israeli up to him to find the soldier and win his Court, studying a state law that bars demand for the release of more than 200 combat soldiers taken prisoner in Leba- freedom. anonymous campaign literature, was told by the government the law spares votei-s from fraud and decep tion. Opponents say it tramples free Nobel science awards given to researchers speech and an American tradition. By MALCOLM BROWNE awarded to Dr. George Olah, 67, a Hun electronics industry, on the nature of su Treaty expected: The heads of N.Y. Times News Service garian-born professor at the University perconductivity, and on many other im Israel and Jordan held a surprise Nobel sPrizes in Physics and Chemistry of Southern California in Los Angeles, portant phenomena. meeting Wednesday evening, and were awarded Wednesday to two Ameri where he directs the Loker Hydrocarbon 01.ah's prize-winningchemical research Israeli television reported that a cans and a Canadian for adapting beams Research Institute.