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THE UARDIAN Num.191 Wright State University's Student Operated Newspaper Wednesday, April 18, 1990 NEWS BRIEFS © 1990, USA TODAY/Apple College WSU model Information Network Yugoslavian elections UN team wins Yugoslavia's Slovenia republic will have the nation's first non-communist regional government in 45 years following top honors a center-right coalition's majority win in free parliamentary elections there. The ANANDASHANKAR MAZUMDAR News Editor DEMOS coalition of six center-right parties won 55 percent of the vote in the WSU's model United Nations team election for the republic's 140-seat won top honors once again at this year's parliament Christian Democrats lead the model UN conference in New York City DEMOS, tallying 13 percent last week. The WSU team was chosen as Nepal government meets de­ one of the six best delegations out of 160 delegations from colleges and universities mands from five countries. There is new turmoil in the tiny Asian Other top teams included Georgetown nation of Nepal. The Prime Minister University and George Mason University. Lokendra Bahadur Chand resigned and Brown University and Clemson were King Birendra dissolved the national among the second-place winners. The assembly, meeting the conditions pro­ University of Dayton team received democracy protesters set for joining the honorable mention. interim government Faculty advisu Jim Jacob aaid, "Donna Schlagheck and I are u proud as we can be Saudis limit Haj participants of our studenls • succea. It proves once Fewer Iranian Moslems will make the again the quality of the students." j, a Moslem pilgnmage to Mecca, Saudi The WSU team has won one of the top Arabia. The Saudi government said it will two honors ten years in a row. This record admit fewer than 50,000 of the 150,000 is unmatched by any other participant. Iranians who want to make the trip in June. Head delegate Bill Murphy said, "The Quotas have been set since about 400 record reflects the quality of education at people, mostly Iranians, were killed in Wright State, especially in political anti-Western protests in 1987. science. There's not enough recognition of the quality of education here." Products from South Africa The 1,669 delegates convened in New York last week to "simulate the workings The Bush administration is allowing of the real United Nations," according to South African iron and steel into the Jacob. The Model UN "is the only organi­ United States. A State Department zation that is pennitted to use the UN spokeswoman says the action comes facilities except for the real UN." despite economic sanctions in 1986 aimed Each delegation represents real at ending apartheid Most of the imports a member of the United Nations and sends - are strategic metals Congress never Photo by Craig Opperman representatives to committees to which .___in_te_n_ded_to_b_an_. ___________. Information booths were out on the quad during the second day of Earth Week. their counterpart in the real UN belong. As Earth Week is sponsored by Environmental Action of WSU. Canada, the WSU team sent delegates to every committee. Local efforts help envirnnment,u pastAcco~~ngtoteammemberJ~Glass, participants return to act as directors and outline specific topic for committees should inspire us to save the land we love, to discuss. The committees then work to to realize that global problems do have reach a compromise, said Jacob, and avoid :· local solutions and to make the preservation conflict. ·~ Sunday will mark the 20th anniversary of the planet a personal commitment." "It's a real let-Oown to come back" of Earth Day. The very first challenge Many local efforts have brought Earth after the conference, Murphy said, "after spending so much energy, time, and won.· posed by Earth Day 1970 w~ to "awaken Day 1990 to the everyday level. Various people to the problems the environment WSU clubs and organizations have shown on preparation. Those six months before faced." For Earth Day 1990, activism is interest in helping the environment. the conference, Murphy said, are spent re considered the key to "a decade for the A group of concerned students have searching. "It's like a full-time job - 20 joined together to form Environmental to 40 hours a week,,, he said. Their goal Action and have dedicated themselves to was to learn Canada's foreign policy as improving the world The main focus of completely as possible. the group right now is to educate the public Team members spend their preparati· see "Action" page 15 see "Model UN" page 3 2 THE GUARDIAN Wednesday, April 18, 1990 - --- ·- --------- -·-··-···- Admiral Koop to speak on American health crisis (Guardian staff reports drinking." the University Center Box honorary doctorates, the postgraduate training at the addition, Koop founded and and University Communi- Koop is most famous Office coordinator, about Denis Brown Gold Medal University of Pennsylva- edited the Journal of cations) - Former U.S. for his controversial stances 1,200 tickets have already Award from the British nia' s School of Medicine Pediatric Surgery and Surgeon General Dr. C. on AIDS, smoking, and ~n ~ld for the lecture. Association of Pediatric where he received his wrote nearly 200 articles Everett Koop will talk abortion. "He's terribly Those attending "can Surgeons and the William doctorate of science in and several books about his about "The Health Crisis in concerned in the area of look forward to a very large E. Ladd Gold Medal of the 1947. specialty. ,America" April 24 at 8 AIDS," says Heard, "espe- crowd and a very exciting American Academy of The lecture will be p.m. in WSU's Physical cially with regard to evening," Heard said. Pediatrics in recognition of Before joining the accessible for the handi- Education Building. teenagers. Adolescents are Koop was appointed outstanding contributions Public Health Service, capped and there will be a the next group who are deputy assistant secretary to the field of pediatric Koop was surgeon-in-chief person signing for the deaf. "He reveals a startling going to be affected by for health in the U.S. surgery. of the Children's Hospital Tickets for the lecture piece of information AIDS." This is because of Public Health Service in of Philadelphia, where he are $10 for the general concerning the health of high-risk behavior, says 1981 and became U.S. He was born in gained an international public; $6 for WSU faculty, Americans every time he Heard, not tainted blood. Surgeon General in Brooklyn, New Yorlc., in reputation for his achieve- staff, and alumni; $5 for speaks," according to WSU The attendance is November of the same 1916 and graduated from men ts. senior citizens; and $2 for Assistant Communications expected to be high, says year. He retired from his Danmouth College in 1937. One of the pioneers in WSU students. They may Director Lynnette Hear~ Heard, "because of his post as Surgeon General He received his doctorate the field of pediatric be purchased by calling the Koop will "touch on all national prominence and last year. of medicine form Cornell surgery, he was known for University Center Box areas that affect public very strong, firm stances on Medical College in 1941. accepting cases other sur- Office at ext. 2900. This is health, including cost, critical issues that affect the Koop has received After serving an intern- geons refused as hopeless, the last of three lectures in services, diseases such as health and well-being of numerous honors and ship at the Pennsylvania especially in the separation WSU's 1989-90 Contempo- AIDS, smoking, and this country." According to awards including seventeen Hospital, he pursued of c njoined twins. In rary Lecture Series. Wright State professor studies plants in space NASA rr.cently renewed as important in space as adjusting to the forces of that plants are more fragile dioxide we exhale, accord- down following the Chai- the grant supporting wsu·s they are on Earth for gravity. That system allows in space than on Earth, and ing to Moore. They will also Lenger accident, and even plant studies. "NASA cleaning the air, providing plants to perceive which that they don't produce as provide an important source now there are relatively few doesn' t have much money food, and even for resthetic way is up and grow in that much starch or fiber, Moore of food and contribute to the flights. When the shuttle for biology," Dr. Randy purposes. direction. Rockets, too, said. He explained that such quality of life by adding does fly, it is often on a Moore said. "Most of their With funding from must perceive gravity and infonnation is important, patches of green to other- classified mission that takes grants are for geology and NASA, Moore is studying respond to it in order to because people spending wise sterile environments. only military experiments, physics. And of the money how plants grow in outer move upward. The WSU long periods of time in There are numerous he noted. set aside for biology, much space. He has sent ex- experiments are designed to pace will have to take frustrations involved in A device he can't of that goes to study periments on space shuttles determine how living plants with them.