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SPORTS . WORLD LOCAL Cougs, Bruinsface Communists blamed for Wetland definition off tonight / page 9 /page8 coup attempt hurts developers / page 6 e februar 28 1991 verEstablished 1894 een Vol. 97 No. 120 Bush• KU\Nait's liberated tilities, released POWs and foreign cap- By George Esper cease-fire deadline. was won. tives and met other conditions. Associated Press Iraqi and Soviet sources said Iraq had "This war is now behind us," Bush Since Iraq seized its oil-rich neighbor, informed the United Nations it has said. "Ahead of us is the task of achiev- DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia - The cease- 283 allied soldiers have died, 51 are listed accepted all Security Council resolutions fire hour for Operation Desert Storm as missing and 13 service members were ing a potentially historic peace" in the on the Gulf War, as demanded by the Middle East. arrived Thursday morning, 100 hours into being held as prisoners of war. Iraq United States and its wartime allies. How- Iraq's state radio signed on Thursday a lightning allied ground war and 209 claimed 20,000 Iraqis were killed and ever, there was no official confirmation. days after Saddam Hussein's troops 60,000 wounded in first 26 days of the with defiant rhetoric, making no mention Reports from the field Wednesday of Bush's speech minutes before. marched into Kuwait. war. spoke of tank battles raging on the out- "Kuwait is liberated. Iraq's army is U. S. warplanes were still roaring into "This is Baghdad, the voice of dinity skirts of Basra, while far to the northwest, and pride, the voice of justice and force defeated, " President Bush announced in a the air on missions at dawn Thursday. But troopers of the U.S. Wist Airborne Divi- dramatic national television appearance ... From Baghdad, the graveyard of the an hour before the cease-fire hour of 8 sion stood less than 100 miles from Bagh- Wednesday night. He said allied troops criminal invaders, Good morning," a a.m. local time, a senior U.S. military dad in the deepest penetration yet of Iraq. were suspending their attacks at midnight radio announcer said. source said all allied offensive land, sea But U.S. generals already had declared EST Wednesday. A permanent cease-fire F-15 fighter-bombers zoomed off run- and air actions - including the relentless the outcome certain by the time Bush would take hold once Iraq ended all hos- bombing of Baghdad - would stop at the went on national television to say the war See PEACE on page 12 THURSDAY Sena·tor resigns, calls ASWSU 'hypocritical' WEATHER: 'FC1fr" and clear By Theresa Just two students were nominated for Staff Writer the position by senators. through today, d Hellmen was elected to the reasing clou s Citing "protest to the body's vacant seat. Inc. ht and cooler hypocritical stance on campus "When faced with the oppor- ~~~her toward diversity and minority affairs," tunity to include a qualified ASWSU district one senator, physically disabled person on its the weekend. David Lucas, resigned from his roster, thi s senate chose to HighSin the 50s, position at the student body embarrass that individual and loWSin the 30s. meeting Wednesday night. itself, ., cited Lucus in his resig- sunrise 6:30 o.m. The resignation stems from the nation letter. sunset 5:32 p.m. senate's failure to confirm a Lucas said he found it hypo- hearing disabled student to a critical for the senate, which vacant district six position. The Staff photo by Brett Larson - places importance on the consti- Jill Whelchel and Michelle Voie hang a sign above student, Vince Portulano, faced tutional procedure, to accept Stadium Way to announce the upcoming job fair. Giant lizard two other students, Dan Steele nominations from other students and Johan Hellmen for the posi- who did not file by deadline for firmed because all candidates did tion. thought Lucas' accusations in the eats Tokyo - the position. not represent themselves during letter were unfounded. Lucas related the senate's "I'm not a crusader, but Vince the first appointment process last "I think a guy who's done just kidding hypocrisy with their inability to was the only candidate who Wednesday. Candidate Dan nothing all year is upset because elect a student who suffered from filed, and I find it unusual to see Steele represented himself at the his candidate didn't win," Born PEMBROKE PINES, a hearing loss. In addition, a body who is interested in first meeting, while Hellmen had said. Fla. (AP) - Trappers cap- because Portulano was the only proper procedure to accept nomi- two students speak for him while Yet Lucas said Born missed tured an exotic 6V2-fOot liz- student to file for the position, nations from the floor. " he was taking tests. his point of urging the senate to ard that had been terr(}riz~ Lucas said he should have been In addition, Lucas said he was However, Brian Born, ing a neighborb,ood by confirmed to the seat. The other upset that Portulano was not con- ASWSU president, said he See SENATE on page 12 lunching on ducklings and sunbathing on docks ..around a lake. Lost revenue trends continue at CUB "We'd been gettirig.caIls saying that there was. a By Aaron Burnett 1991 calendar year. Services. Prior to that time CUB operated as Locb Ness monster 'Up ( and Andrew Walker Other facilities in the dining system how- a part of ASWSU and was not responsible there. " said ex,ptic wildlife Staff Writers ever, are profiting to some degree. for many expenses it now faces. trapper Todd HardwicJ<.; "That is what allows us to keep the .CUB Now the ASWSU collects rent from UDS. The Compton Union Building dining ser- open," Aubert said. •"Ihey had noticed that. aJ] They also charge for cutting checks for stu- vices lost one-third of a million dollars last Aubert said the profit generated by services the baby ducklings' had dents, telephone use and some administrative fiscal year, and its director, Harry Aubert, such as the Rotunda must be channeled into salaries. vanished from tbe lake, aQd said he worries this trend will continue. the CUB to make up the losses. Aubert said student union philosophy it was climbio·g;out 90 their Figures from financial statements for Uni- "Ideally, we ought to break even," he makes it difficult to efficiently operate the docks and sunbathing and versity Dining Services from the last fiscal said. CUB. panicking everyone. " year show the CUB lost $331,351 and the According to Aubert, this situation is due "We have to buy according to what we Hardwick 'believes the first indications for 1991 do not look any bet- in large part to the relationship the CUB now might need in case business happens, not lizard is an escaped )Jet thllt ter. has with the university. because it happens," he said. January figures show the CUB has lost wandered into the lake. Two years ago the CUB began functioning $42,000 in its first month of operation for the under the supervision of University Dining See CUB on page 8 OPERATING PROFIT FOR DINING SERVICE UNITS· 1ST HALF 89 COMPARED TO 1ST HALF 90 Reporters face illegally-closed doors By Aaron Burnett For the past two weeks The Evergreen and Andrew Walker has attempted to obtain financial docu- Staff Writers ments disclosing the current fiscal status of the dining service. Although state agencies are required by law to make available all public informa- Reporters contacted seven different peo- tion upon citizen request, seven different ple in five separate offices repeatedly over university employees refused to cooperate a period of two weeks. The reporters were consistently denied the information they DW when asked to produce financial docu- requested. ments for University Dining Services. CUB! More than 20 telephone calls and per- "Yes, I have that information, but I am sonal contacts were made by Evergreen ($400.00 ($300.00 ($200.00 ($100.00 $0 $100.00 $200.00 $300.00 $400.00 $500.00 $600.00 not just going to give it to you," said staff to no avail. 0) 0) 0) 0) 0 0 0 0 a a Sam Miller, staff affairs officer for UDS, when approached by Evergreen reporters. See LAW on page 8 2 The Evergreen Thursday, February 28, 1991 WSU, Pullman, Wash, 1I0CAL BRIEFS Briefs policy Campus briefs are a public service to Evergreen readers and should be submitted five to 10 days prior to the intended date of publication, The Evergreen will attempt to publish each brief, but will limit event announcements to one day per week. A brief's form must be submitted for each desired FRI-SAT llam-2am announcement, and a new brief must be submitted for the next week's desired publication date, The Evergreen cannot guarantee space will be available for all briefs submitted. 332-8222 Announcements • Palouse Empire Science-Fiction Association will meet today at 8 p.m. at the U of IStudent Union Building. There will be a trivia quiz DELiVERY ~', with prizes and refreshments. UNCH SPECIAL I • Judo club meets every Tuesday and Thursday from 8 to 10 p.m. and Medium One Topping I Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Anyone interested in participating call Heather I Pizza with Two Cokes® at 5-0164 or Matt at 334-6032. I • Dr. Libby Walker will discuss "The Initiative Process, Pros, Cons I and How-to" today at 7 p.m. in CUB 214-216. • S.P.A. will meet today at 6 p.m. in PEB Building. New members welcome.