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Puerto Rican History Observance Month begins See page 9 (ftmtttttiait flatlg (Jkmjma Serving Storrs Since 1896 Vol. LXXXVII No. 102 The University of Connecticut Monday, April 2, 1984 Congress to Israelis fire on Syrian debate deficit, positions in Lebanon military aid WASHINGTON (AP)— BEIRUT (AP)—Israeli tanks shelled positions in Syrian-held Congress this week will be Bekaa Valley Sunday for the first time in a year and Prime Minister struggling with two volatile Shafik Wazzan met with the Soviet ambassador and criticized the election-year issues- United U.S. failure to secure an Israeli withdrawal. States military involvement in The rightist Christian Voice of Lebanon radio said Israeli tanks Central America and how to took positions on hills just north of the village of Medoukha, reduce enormous federal about 30 miles southeast of Beirut, and shelled Syrian budget deficits. positions. The Senate has alloted It also said there were heavy exchanges near the villages of nearly 50 hours' debate begin- Sultan Yacoub, Yanta and the western slopes of Mount Hermon ning Monday on President whose summit is at the Syrian-Lebanese border, 40 miles Reagan's bid for 161.7 million southeast of the capital. in emergency military aid for The Israeli military command said its artillery attacked and El Salvador, down from the destroyed two guerrilla command posts in the Bekaa Valley that $93 million he originally had been used to prepare attacks on Israeli troops. It said the wanted. shelling was a response to recent attacks that wounded eight Both the House Foreign Israeli soldiers. Affairs Committee and the It was the first time in at least a year that Israel used artillery on Senate Foreign Relations guerrillas in Syrian-held Lebanese areas, although Israel has Committee are studying used planes against them. whether U.S. aid to date for El No casualties were reported in shelling exchanges between Salvador has exceeded the the Lebanese army and Druse gunners in the mountains east of bounds of the War Powers Beirut or in sporadic sniping along the "green line" dividing Chris- Act. tian east Beirut from the city's largely Moslem western sector. That 1974 laws requires Wazzan. caretaker .prime minister expected to leave office Fighting continues along the green line between Chris- tian east Beirut and Moslem west Beirut (UPI photo). Reagan to notify Congress once a new Cabinet is formed, met with Soviet Ambassador Alex when he sends combat- Andre Soldatov. equipped troops overseas. If "We are turning a new page and we have to get benefit from all they become involved in fight- our friendship in the international and Arab world." Wazzan ing or clearly face imminent said. Parents, alumni enjoy hostilities, they must be "Since the Israeli occupation, we contacted the United States, brought home within 60 to 90 which has the most influence on Israel. Despite this, the United days unless congress States itself announced its failure in its effort to secure any Israeli student livestock show authorizes a longer stay. withdrawal from Lebanon." » Meanwhile, both houses of He did not specify what U.S. announcement he referred to. Congress are due to begin Shiite Moslem militia leader Nabih Berri also criticized the By Michael Kling Bridle club this Friday and Seepages United States in remarks published in Beirut newspapers. He Campus Correspondent Saturday in the Ratcliffe urged Lebanon's government to complain to the U.N. Security Sara Bettencourt, a Senior Hicks Arena Council over Israeli actions in southern Lebanon and suggested Animal Science major, won Bettencourt won the award it had failed to do so earlier for fear of a U.S. veto in the U.N. the Premier Showman Award in 1982, and won the reserve Inside: body. at the 54th annual Little Inter- Premier Showman Award, or • UConn sustains no national Livestock and Horse second place in 1983. Only major storm damage Show put on by the Block and one other student has won page 9 the most prized award twice, Rebecca Niederwerfer who • Are you a Beaver won in 1969 and'1970. buff?/page 14 The premier showman competition consists of the • "The Boy and the sheep, swine, and beef fitting Magic" reviewed/page and showmanship and horse 12 and hand champions compet- ing against each other using all the species to find the best • Baseball season overall showman. opens today Preview Bettencourt won the swine page 20 competition, 'udy Szalan- kiewicz. the reserve Premier • NCAA championship Showman won the horse in game tonight-George- hand competition. Maty Ellen town vs. Houston Pre- Bespuda won the beef com- view page 20 petition, and Shawn Thayer won the sheep competition. In events not included in the premier showman com- petition the winners were: Weather Sarah Petzold, horse jumping champion; Erica Prior, stock seat equitation champion; Ellen Cooke, equitiation on the flat champion. Also, the UConn vaulting and flat drill Sunny today, highs 50- teams gave demonstrations 55. Clear tonight lows in Saturday, and Vicky Nelson the 20's. Sunny tomorrow Dave Flattery (left) grooms a bull for the championship beef show at this weekend's gave a dog obedience demon- with highs in the mid-50s. Little ivestock show. Jim Smith (right) assists (George Edwards photo). See page 8 Fair Wednesday. , 4 .•.,-»V > ■»■- * -*■» *,•'.'•.' . ; -• i.%.>»»«%w»v«»v»»\\\v»\\\u\\\w\ i.x\VM«B>HBBB«a.VV • l-.-f ' ' • •- Vol. LXXXVII No. 102 Monday. April 2, 1984 Editor in Chief Rosemary Hames Connecticut Managing Editor Susanne Dowden Business Manager llene Feldman Assistant Managing Editor John Paradis Office Manager Lois McLean Advertising Manager Liz Gracia Daily News Brian Dion. Erica |oseph. Liz Hayes Assignments „ ,,. |ohn Yearwood. Thomas Barone Sports Bob D'Aprile. Dana Gauruder. Kim Harmon Arts :... Emilia Dubicki. Neil (ones. Carrie Bramen Features Doug Clement. Dianne Gubin Campus Wire Andrea Williams. Scott Stickles, Laura Lovely Copy Aimee Hartrett. Greg Barden Photography Manager Charles Hisey Photography George Edwards. Larry Clay Brownstein Serving Storrs since 1896 Aaron Spicker Editorial- ■ ::>-:;-::' ■;*: ■:■■■■ v :;.>''■■■' ■.+. Scampus assaults UConn The Scampus issue of our paper comes out today and we know some people - not to mention names - consider it to be more of an adventure than a treat. They are usually our friends on the administration that bear the full force of our fairly blunt humor, and they go along with our fun wfth amazing fortitude. Some even admit to enjoying it. The making of this issue is a labor of love for the staff because they aren't paid to do any part of the Scam- pus and they put out the daily news issue of the paper at the same time. Although the straight news and wickedly-manufactured news don't usually get con- fused, the possiblity exists that it could. We are generally pretty liberally basted by the time kfi EEUftE THE M ftUAS LONSTc* A CHANCE ft 8<P6R!ENCE DEMOCRACY ANO we start getting things in order on our pages, and if it HtffUOOKl PRXE& AS WE KNOW IT,' gets late enough and we get punchy or inebriated enough our humor is guaranteed to cross a few lines. We advertise the issue as something to offend everyone and we seldom miss. In the cold light of the Letter to the Editor next day, we are still happy ui our efforts, delighted with our irreverence and cocky as all hell about our ability to have pulled it off for one more year. Goodyear steward under-informed? To the Editor Frankly, I'm amazed at the intuitive comments of the Goodyear steward last week: his sympathy and knowledge of the Lafayette kitchen's recent history made for convincing argument, to the point where I thought he had actually lived here as I have for the past two years. The force of his letter clearly showed his full grasp of our situation, and indeed, his defense of the ASC was Give blood to save a life so loyal, I figured Mr. Weller had offered the steward a high-paying job someplace. I also admire the license he took in passing judgment on a case he knows nothing about...responsible forethought, no? ASC-brand Today the UConn Bloodmobile returns to campus. responsibility, that is. It will be set up at St. Thorrfas Aquinas Educational Last week I heard Mr. Weller ramble at length with vague rhetoric and economic jargon, and he offered Center April second and third from 9:30 til 3:00 and dozens of qualifiers like "maybe'. "perhaps". "somewhat", and "could be", but not one honest answer. I am still waiting to find out the system's clots, from the Bursar's office to ASCs breach of contract to the April fourth and fifth from 10:30 til 4:00. broken constitution. Don't expect Bela Lugosi. He's dead. The people While I know nothing will happen, it's a comfort that bureaucrats have our best interests in mind. At any that run the bloodmobile are there to meet their goal rate. I've heard the problem restated many times, but I'd prefer to hear a solution. And if other stewards of 1.300 pints of whole blood and to make it as easy on know the problem here well, unlike the man from Goodyear, then let them offer facts and not opinions Gary Higgins us as they can. Lafayette House The people you can expect to see are President DiBiaggio this morning at 9:30 (he always gets in there the first morning the blood bank opens if he can) and Commentary the Daily Campus editor in chief. She'll be the one who faints. The supply of whole blood in this state is our res- Hart inspires Yuppies to vote ponsibility.