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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 10-20-1993 The BG News October 20, 1993 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation Bowling Green State University, "The BG News October 20, 1993" (1993). BG News (Student Newspaper). 5593. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/5593 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at ScholarWorks@BGSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. & The BG News Wednesday, October 20, 1993 Bowling Green, Ohio Volume 76, Issue 40 Briefs The BG Newi/Chip Carter Clinton stops Weather Rainy repeat: Today, occasional showers with a high in the Aidid search middle 60s. Southeast winds 10 to IS mph becoming by Robert Burns 24 Pakistani peacekeepers were southwest. Chance of rain 80 The Associated Press killed. percent. Tonight, occasional "There is not an active effort to showers. Turning cooler search for members of the Aidid with a low around 40. WASHINGTON - In a further apparatus," DeLaski said. Chance of rain 80 percent. step back from armed confronta- Clinton sent an initial conting- tion with Mohamed Farrah Aidid, ent of 400 Army Rangers to Mo- President Clinton ordered a pul- gadishu on Aug. 24 in response to Inside the News lout Tuesday of Army Ranger a series of bloody attacks on forces he had sent to Somalia to Americans for which Aidid or his capture the clan leader. loyalists were blamed. Although C'mon, Get Happy...: The move reflected the admin- the administration did not say so Motivational speaker istration's effort to shift the publicly at the time, the Rangers' Jewel Diamond Taylor ad- focus in Somalia toward pursuing mission was to capture the elu- dressed about ISO Universi- a political settlement following sive Aidid. ty students Monday, offer- the deaths of 18 Americans in the That goal was never achieved, ing them better ways to deal disastrous Ranger raid on Aidid and the launching of the Ranger with problems in everyday loyalists Oct. 3. mission itself now stands out as a life. "Right now we are engaging in turning point in U.S. military in- a political process to see how we volvement in Somalia. The de- J See page three. can resolve our mission in Soma- ployment triggered a fresh burst lia," Clinton told reporters at the of questions and criticisms from White House. "So right now we'- the public on whether the admin- Barney not all bad: re in a stand-down position." istration* had a plan for getting Toledo fire officials are At the Pentagon, spokeswoman out. crediting that dubiously Kathleen DeLaski said a Ranger Also, Defense Secretary Les lovable dinosaur with teach- task force of about 750 men Aspin has cited the Ranger de- ing a 4-year-old girl infor- would be withdrawn from Soma- ployment in explaining why he mation that saved her fami- lia "in the next couple of days." denied the requests of U.S. com- ly's lives. Officials declined to provide a manders in Somalia for more full breakdown. Q See page four. armor to protect American Sixteen of the 18 Americans forces. The lack of armor figured who died in the Oct. 3 raid were in the outcome of the October Outside campus members of the Ranger task Ranger raid, which in turn led force. Clinton to announce four days DeLaski said about 6,300 U.S. later that he was beefing up U.S. troops now remain in Somalia. forces in Somalia while setting a U.S. warships enforce Clinton said the time was right Haiti blockade: March 31 date for full with- to pull out the Rangers because drawal. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti two Marine Expeditionary Units, - U.S. warships stopped Aspin met for 2 1/2 hours be- totaling about 3,600 men with he- hind closed doors with members their first freighter Tuesday licopters and armored vehicles, of the House Armed Services in the oil-and-arms blockade had arrived off the Somali coast of Haiti, while a "crisis Committee on Tuesday. After- aboard Navy ships. Clinton sug- ward he refused to talk with re- committee" of Haitian law- gested the Marines could substi- makers tried to break a porters, and several committee tute for the Rangers if necessary, members criticized him for not standoff between the army although DeLaski said there and the rest of the world. agreeing to make the session were no plans to bring the Ma- open to the public. With only 11 days left be- rines ashore, barring an emer- Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa., said fore the scheduled return of gency. exiled President Jean- Aspin was not answering hard Clinton's announcement came Bertrand Aristide, the questions and "I'm going to two days after the U.S. ambas- hound him until he does." committee was looking for a sador to the United Nations, The committee chairman. Rep. way to pass amnesty legisla- Publicity Machine Madeleine Albright, publicly Ron Dellums, D-Calif., who had tion that Haiti's military confirmed that U.S. soldiers in criticized Clinton for sending the leaders have demanded be- Senior liberal studies major Jay Adams posts flyers outside of the University Union on Tuesday Somalia had stopped trying to Rangers in the first place, said he fore they step down. capture Aidid. DeLaski noted So far, parliament has afternoon for the local band "Suddenly My Darling." Adams plays drums for the band, which will be was pleased they were returning performing at 10:30 p.m. Thursday at Club 21,1S3 E. Wooster St. that he remains wanted by the home. been unable to muster a United Nations for his alleged quorum. role in a June attack in Mogadi- In Washington, Congress "The president is on target," he shu, the Somali capital, in which said. "He is no longer groping." and President Clinton spar- red over whether con- gressional approval should be required before combat Joint library facility scheduled for 1995 troops are sent to trouble spots such as Haiti. by Courtney Ganoeml be located in Perrysburg, will begin in "We're looking at what materials are "The remote storage facility will house administration reporter 1994. The center is scheduled to open in being used the least, but which the Uni- collections and materials which can be versity doesn't want to part with," East shared by the three institutions," Miller Think thin: mid 1995. The facility will house the older mate- said. said. MILWAUKEE-Re- In an effort to combine resources, the rials from the Jerome Library, including The new facility will store as many as In order to preserve and extend the life searchers have found one University will share joint library stor- periodicals, books and research materi- two million volumes in a highly dense of the stored materials, there will be natural brain protein that age space with the University of Toledo als, as well as some of the University's environment. Items will be stored in bins stringent environmental controls. Air fil- triggers craving for fatty and the Medical College of Toledo begin- archives and records, according to Den- according to size, in stacks up to 30 feet tration systems, low lighting and mainte- food and a second that ning in 1995. nis East, associate dean of the Jerome high, said Rush Miller, dean of the Jer- blocks the desire, raising Construction of the facility, which will Library. ome Library and learning resources. See Library, page three. hopes for a new drugs that could curb weight gain without suppressing appe- tite. Blocking the first protein or administering the second Pearl Jam fans line up for new album can cut body weight in ani- The BG Newi/Tereu Thomaa mals by SO percent, re- byTaraStubbs searchers reported. general assignment reporter Drug companies already are rushing to take advan- The line of people stretched down East Wooster Street, wait- tage of the discoveries, ing anxiously for the doors to open at midnight Tuesday. which could lead to drugs What were they waiting for? The grand opening of a new bar? that block fat cravings with- A really good party? A free meal? out interfering with the de- They wanted to buy an album. Really. sire for protein and carbo- Hundreds of people lined up in front of Madhatter Music Co., hydrates, the researchers 143 E. Wooster St., beginning at 11 p.m. Monday to purchase the said. first pressing of Pearl Jam's new release, which is predicted to become a collector's item because of the album's cover. The first pressing of the records, cassettes and CDs are all Lottery labeled "Pearl Jam" - the original title of the album. When the band decided to change the album name to "Vs.," production of CLEVELAND - Here are the album had already begun, according to Madhatter manager Tuesday night's Ohio Lot- and buyer Jim Cummer. Rather than scrapping the first press- tery selections: ing, the record company decided to release the album as it was and begin labeling the album "Vs." on subsequent pressings, Pick 3 Numbers Cummer said. Madhatter had been receiving requests for the new track for 0-9-0 six months. This weekend, however, the number of phone calls steadily increased. Cummer said. Pick 4 Numbers "The past weekend we were just inundated with telephone calls requesting the new track," he said.