Soviet national team suprised by UConn By Matt Eagan switched that ished the game with 36 points The Huskies were able to good as the two other teams Daily Campus Staff question.The new riddle: to lead all scorers. The Soviets shut down the outside game of are 0-3 on their tour of we've played," said Soviet HARTFORD— Coming just how good is UConn? the Soviets which was so Coach Vladas Garastas, America with previous losses into last night's game UConn surprised the Soviet effective against UNLV and through an interpreter. "This against the Soviet Union, National Team 97-87 last night to the University of Nevada- LSU. The Soviets were 11-23 the question seemed to be in the Hartford Civic Center. Las Vegas and Louisiana State from three-point range against team defends much better than University. Both those teams, how badly the University Smith scored 28 points and the team of two games ago Sellers added 20 as die Huskies however, are predicted by many UNLV and 15-30 against the of Connecticut would get (UNLV), " said assistant coach outplayed the Soviets inside experts to reach the Final Four. Tigers. Against UConn, how- beat. Led by the play of ever, they were a mere 7 of 19 Zurab Khropacv. and on the perimeter. UConn remains an unknown Calhoun downplayed the Chris Smith and Rod quantity, but their performance from the outer regions. The Soviets were led by See back page Sellers, the Huskies Valeri Tikhonenko who fin- last night was impressive. "The UConn team is just as The Daily Campus Serving the Stores Community Since 1896 Vol. XCIII No. 48 The University of Connecticut Tuesday, November 14, 1989 Reformist premier chosen in East Germany Protesters question government's commitment BERLIN (AP) — East Germany's Parliament elected a leading reformer as the new premier Monday night, but hundreds of thou- sands of protesters took to the streets of Leipzig to say Communist reforms are moving too slowly. After a historic weekend in which millions of East Germans took advantage of their new freedom to travel west, Parliament also picked a non-Communist speaker in the chamber's first secret bal- lot and urged accelerated changes. And the government said it was dismantling internal barriers that for three decades formed a notorious "death strip" between the Berlin Wall and the city's sealed-off eastern sector. Deputies appealed for truly free elections, a coalition government and removal from the constitution of language declaring their na- tion a socialist state. The parliament, known as the Fcople's Chamber, then approved the Communist Party's nomination of Politburo member Hans Modrow to lead a new government as premier. The government traditionally has been subservient to the party. Modrow is a well-known refoi,mer within the party, which has been led by Egon Krenz since Oct. 18. Krenz has promised some reforms, including free elections. As deputies argued into the night in East Berlin, pro-democracy activists in Leipzig pressed for continued change to prolong the spirit of hope sweeping the nation after the festival of freedom over the weekend. West German television estimated the number of protesters at between 200,000 and 300,000. The protesters urged the government to live up to its promise of free elections and questioned the commitment of the new leader- ship. "The question is, are you (the new government) really different —UPI/Reuter from the others?" one speaker said at the rally. WEST BERLIN: A woman holds up a child so he can get a better view of East At the session to approve Modrow, the first secret balloting in Berlin through a hole in the Berlin Wall that was pounded away by demonstrators. the Communist-dominated Parliament elected a new speaker, Guenther Maleuda, who told the assembly it was duty-bound to heed the calls of the reform movement. Vote on English 105 proposal Maleuda, 58, is the chairman of the Democratic Peasants party, one of the four small parties allied with the ruling Communists. The Communist Party did not propose a candidate for the post. postponed until March meeting In addition to the parliamentary session, the party's 163-member By Dan Tapper the Undergraduate Student Government's Round- Central Committee set Dec. 15 for an emergency party congress Daily Campus Staff table to do so. that will elect a new leadership and rewrite its political platform. By a vote of 27-25, the University Senate last The Roundtable, a USG subcommittee formed The party, which has had a mc nopoly on power in the 40 years night decided to postpone voting on recommen- to work toward UConn cultural awareness, had since East Germany was created, is struggling to meet the pent-up dations to incorporate cultural diversity into passed a previous resolution which favored wait- demands of 16.5 million citizens who have watched their Commu- English 105 until their March meeting. ing on the English 105 discussion. Joy Stoop, nist neighbors restore democracy while they were denied the same Two recommendations out of the six presented chairwoman of the Roundtable, said that she was freedoms. by Barbara Wright, chairwoman of the Senate pleased with the Senate's decision. Modrow is an anti-establishment Communist who enjoys broad Courses and Curricula Committee, will not be "We are looking forward to coming up with a popular support. He was nominated to replace Willi Stoph, who discussed and voted upon until March. The vote joint proposal (with the Senate Courses and resigned last week along with his entire 44-member cabinet. to postpone followed a request by Rachel Todd of See page 5 Bulgarian Party restores dissident memberships SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — minister and is considered more that those who lost their jobs totally different from what it is was educated. The ruling Politburo restored open to reform. as a result of unorthodox views now. ... Political pluralism Mladenov stopped in Communist Party membership Parliament is to meet be reinstated. will become a reality." Moscow on his way home to 11 advocates of reform Wednesday to choose a new Among those taken back Also Monday, the Supreme from a recent trip to China, but Monday, and sources who fol- president to replace Zhivkov into the party were Ivan Court said the Sofia city court sources discounted rumors low Bulgarian politics predicted and the party Central Commit- Dzhadzhev and Koprinka Cher- must reconsider the application that Zhivkov was ousted at a purge of top party ranks tee is expected to order other venkova, the club's chairman for legal status of another Gorbachev's behest within weeks. personnel changes soon. and spokeswoman respectively. independent group, Eco-Glas- A BTA dispatch Monday said The sources, Bulgarians and BTA, the official news Dzhadzhev, a professor of nost, because it made procedu- Mladenov had spoken with diplomats, said a housecleaning agency, said most of the ac- esthetics at the Higher Institute ral mistakes the first time. Gorbachev by telephone since also was expected in the top tivists whose party member- of Theatrical Art in Sofia, said Representatives of the envi- becoming party chief and they levels of government as a re- ships were restored were mem- in an interview Sunday the ronmental group said the deci- pledged to strengthen coopera- sult of the removal Friday of bers of the Independent Club group was thriving despite in- sion improved the chances of tion. , Todor Zhivkov, 78, who led for the Support of Glasnost and timidation and repression official approval. No date was According to the sources, Zhivkov's fate was decided at a the party with rigid orthodoxy Perestroika, which incorporates He said its "unifying aim" announced for the new hearing. for 35 years. Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gor- One Bulgarian source de- secret meeting of the 10-mem- was "democratization of our ber Politburo on Nov. 9, the He was succeeded by Foreign bachev's Russian catchwords society" and predicted that scribed Mladenov as a well- Minister Petar Mladenov, 53, for change. connected politician with good day before the Central Corn- within five years, "the political See page 5 who served 18 years as foreign The Politburo also proposed landscape in Bulgaria will be . relations in Moscow, where he page 2 The Daily Campus, Tuesday, November 14, 1989 AROUND THE WORLD Army commander rejects Lebanese prime minister BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Mouawad, a Christian, in- Syria has 40,000 soldiers in Lebanon's new president structed Hoss to form a na- Lebanon under an Arab League designated veteran Moslem tional reconciliation govern- peacekeeping mandate issued in politician Salim Hoss as prime ment with the mission of end- 1976, the year after the war minister Monday and Gen. ing the 14-year-old sectarian began. Aoun calls the Syrians Michel Aoun, the Christian civil war, in which more than an occupation force and has de- army commander, rejected the 150,000 people have been clared a "war of liberation" to choice. killed. drive them out. Hoss and Aoun have led rival Police reported exchanges of Later Monday, Aoun said: Moslem and Christian gov- artillery and small-arms fire "This will be an unconsti- ernments since the six-year across Beirut's sectarian divid- tutional government. It will term of President Amin ing line between Aoun's not be a national reconciliation Gemayel ended in September Christian army units and government; it will represent 1988 with Parliament unable Moslem militias backed by one side. Even if the whole to agree on a successor. Syria. Each side accused the world recognizes it, Hoss' Aoun issued a statement other of starting the battle and government will be a govern- Monday saying the Hoss nom- no casualty reports were avail- ment operating in the shadow ination was "as unconsti- able.