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Premier Modrow Appeals for Talks Students Protest Budget at Forum The Daily Campus Serving the Storrs Community Since 1896 Vol. XCIII No. 82 The University of Connecticut Wednesday, February 21,1990 Premier Modrow Students protest budget at forum appeals for talks By Julie A. Linden Daiiy Campus Staff EAST BERLIN (AP) — East German Premier More than 100 students proved Hans Modrow, pressed by mass emigration and a that activism is not entirely dead at crumbling economy, appealed Tuesday for im- UConn when they filled Student mediate reunification talks under a formula work- Union South 282 last night with ed out with the Allied victors of World War II. questions and complaints about Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the West German Gov. William A. O'Neill's pro- chancellor, urged Modrow's government to create posed budget for the University of a social security system as generous as West Ger- Connecticut. many's as a means of stopping the flight. The forum was sponsored by the More than 400,000 people have left the East Undergraduate Student Govern- for West Germany in the past year, most of them ment. skilled workers, after giving up hope of signi- Students said they were concerned ficant improvement in living conditions at home. about the future of academic pro- Kohl met with West German industrial leaders grams that arc losing money or Tuesday to draft plans for "solidarity with East faculty. Many also complained that Germany," and told journalists his government university buildings were falling would help finance unemployment benefits and into disrepair, and asked whether pensions forEast Germans. money would be available for their He was vague about the degree to which West upkeep. Germany would underwrite the costs of East The recommended budget for Germany's transition to capitalism, however, UConn is $138 million, more than saying only that Bonn could provide "start-up $15 million less than the state financing" for the benefits. Department of Higher Education His references to German "social unity" had proposed. reflected a growing realization among West Ger- The tight budget may mean mans that they must pay for reunification. UConn students will pay a greater —Kevin Frascr/Thc Daily Campus Kohl's government has been reluctant to make percentage of costs at UConn as the Rep. Jonathan Pelto, D-Mansfield, at a forum last night in firm deals with Modrow, a reform-minded Corn- See page 5 the Student Union. Over 100 students attended the forum. See page 7 Cheney pushes for higher troop support in Japan TOKYO (AP) — Defense help us as much as they can," tary was burned in effigy by its pledge for foreign assis- The official traveling with Secretary Dick Cheney arrived said a senior Pentagon official demonstrators who protested tance," she said, referring to a Cheney said the defense secre- Tuesday from the Philippines traveling with Cheney. U.S. military bases in their $96 million reduction in tary did not intend to press the seeking what the United States And even though it was country. In Seoul, Cheney met money for the use of six mili- Japanese to put forward an hopes will be a "sizable in- known that Cheney intended to with South Korean officials tary bases this year. exact amount at this juncture. crease" in Japan's $2.4 billion explore with Japanese officials who were described as "horri- The military sessions in Each year, the Japanese provide annual support for American possible 10 percent to 12 per- fied" by his cost-cutting mes- Tokyo appear free of the tense around $2.4 billion of the $7 troops stationed here. cent cuts in U.S. troop levels sages and projections of possi- wrangling that scars the two billion it costs America to base Cheney's visit came as in Asia, Japanese government ble troop reductions. nations' economic relations, the 50,000 troops here and in Philippine President Corazon spokesman Taizo Watanabc Despite the coolness of his given that the United States Okinawa. Aquino signaled a willingness said officials were not worried Manila stopover, Mrs. Aquino looks to Japan as the anchor of The official traveling with to work out differences over by such a development. said Tuesday, "I welcome the its Asian military strategy, and Cheney said the Japanese didn't U.S. bases there, despite her The positive tone set by statement of support for this the Japanese prosper under the appear to be disturbed by a refusal to meet with Cheney both sides at the opening of government and Philippine protective U.S. military wing. reduction in non-combatant during his stay in Manila the Cheney's visit was in marked democracy made by Secretary "The Japanese arc the linch- troops, given that they face previous three days. contrast to the scenes he has Cheney on behalf of the United pin of our military strategy in much less of a direct threat The defense secretary had a encountered at the other major States. Asia," the U.S. official said, than South Korea docs, and warmer reception in Tokyo. stops on his twe-weck Asian "I also welcome his reitera- speaking on condition of also because they arc more "The Japanese arc very under- tour. tion that the United States will anonymity. "They're very sup- concerned about the long-term standing and arc very willing to In Manila, the defense secre- make its best efforts to m^ct portive of our presence." U.S. presence in their arena. Bush gives rewards to Havel on trade, investment WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush gave investment and trade rewards to Czechoslovakia Tuesday for overthrowing commu- nist rule but told President Vaclav Havel the United States wouldn't retreat from a precautionary "strong military presence" in Europe. Bush gave a warm welcome to the first of Eastern Europe's new reform leaders to visit the White House. He called Havel, a onetime dissident playwright who went from prison to the presidency in a year's time, "a man of tremendous moral courage, one of the heroes of the revolution of '8(>." The two leaders talked for 2 hours, in the Oval OIVicc and over lunch. Afterward, Havel said the talks had been "very warm, very open, very friendly," and he invited Bush to visit Prague. Bush announced a waiver of the Jackson-Vanik amendment that restricts trade relations with communist nations that inhibit Jewish emigration. The waiver clears the way for negotiation of a trade agreement and the eventual award of most-favored nation trading status, which would provide Czechoslovakia the most liberal access possible to American markets. In return, the Czcchoslo\ak Parliament would have to enact a law ending the former communist government's re- strictive emigration policies. Bush also authorized the Export-Import Bank to operate in Prague and said he would support rcadmission of Czechoslovakia to the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Bush authorized WASHINGTON: President Bush meets with Vaclav Havel, President of Czechoslova- sending Peace Corps volunteers to Czechoslovakia by autumn to kia in the Oval Office. Bush told Havel the United States would not retreat from a teach English. precautionary strong military presence in Europe. See page 7 PAGE TWO Sunny skies today New England Connecticut Temperatures Lottery H L Tuesday, Feb. 20 Boston 25 21 Daily Lottery: 0-2-9 Worcester 21 15 Play 4: 3-7-1-7 Providcnccc 28 22 Lotto: 13-22-32-35-39-41 Hartford 27 22 Forecast Today: mostly sunny and not as cold. High 40 to 45. Tonight: clear and cold, lows in the upper 20s. Thursday: a sunny start, then increasing cloudiness. High around 50. Husky Talk —Hillary Jackson/The Daily Campus How will the proposed tuition increase affect you Dean Briglia Communications —Geoffrey Gordon/The Daily Campus "It'll bother me because we This photo of "Spiny Pygmy Shark in Shrimp" hangs in the shark exhibit on the don't get enough things-like ground floor of Jorgensen. student tickets for basketball games and sometimes we don't Kathleen's canned, Paula's in get the classes we want. They NEW YORK (AP) — CBS spent three days weighing the interview, the show's ratings raise the tuition but we don't News made it official Tuesday, pros and cons of hiring Zahn, "hadn't exactly been going get benefits from it." announcing that former ABC 33, "and it was not an easy de- through the roof and there was anchorwoman Paula Zahn will cision because Kathleen is a a need to make a long-range succeed Kathleen Sullivan as helluva broadcaster." decision for the show. co-anchor of "CBS This However, he said in a phone Aaron Fry Morning" starting Monday. Animal Science CBS' formal announcement came after two weeks of news A coffee cake The bill would exclude "I'll have to go after some reports that the move was drunken drivers or motorists more scholarships because pending. Sullivan indirectly worth $40,000 who violate the speed limit by they say my parents make too confirmed the shift during her PHOENIX (AP) — A blue- more than 10 mph. much money for me to qualify farewell to viewers Friday. Her berry poppy seed brunch cake It would be up to the state for financial aid. With the raise CBS contract expires in won $40,000 for a marathon- police to figure out how to dole out the lottery tickets, in tuition plus the housing fee November. running tax accountant today in which would not be awarded increase I'm going to have to Erik Sorenson, the pro- the 34th PUlsbury Bake-Off gram's executive producer, said Cooking and Baking Contest unless everyone in an auto had move off campus to be able to their scat belts on.
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