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NATO partners threaten Serbs by Barry Sr.hweld The Associated Press BRUSSELS, Belgium -- President Clinton and his IS NATO partners Tuesday threatened Bosnian Serbs with air strikes if they block the opening of a major airport for relief supplies or prevent the rotation of besieged peacekeepers in the wartom former Yugoslav republic. "What happens depends on the behavior of the Bosnian Serbs from this moment for- ward," President Clinton said and to evacuate Canadian at the windup of a two-day peacekeepers from Srebren- NATO summit. He said U.S. ica in the east and replace bombers would participate in them with Dutch troops. the assault if it is ordered by "There are more instances the North Atlantic Council. in which airpower can be used The warning in a communi- now under NATO policy," he que inches NATO closer to a said. "I made it clear for our forceful intervention in the part we are prepared to follow bloody conflict that has through." claimed some 200,000 lives His tough words were over 21 months. And yet, Clin- echoed by the French. ton sided with Britain and "We've asked the Serbs France in their reluctance to several times to open Tuzla open fire on the Serbs over They refused," said French their steady bombardment of Foreign Minister Alain Juppe. Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital. "Now we've decided to do it The two allies have anyway." peacekeepers on the ground The Tuzla airport is a key who could be targeted for re- distribution point for humani- taliation, and the president tarian aid in northern Bosnia. said he understood the British Bosnian Serb leader Rado- and French concerns. van Karadzic warned that any Clinton insisted at a news talk of NATO air strikes AP/RobcrtPfell conference that the allies against his troops could doom were unanimous in their re- peace negotiations, scheduled European Union President Jacques Delors, center, and Greek Bill Clinton responds to questions at a press conference in the solve to open the airport at Premier and EC President Papandreou, right, listen as President European Union building Brussels Tuesday. Tuzla in north-central Bosnia See NATO, page three. Compromises sought New members named Administration, faculty prepare for bargaining tO hOIlOF Organization by Katie Slmmoni ties and their lawyers, along with various state News staff writer mediating bodies, will be in attendance. by Leah Barnum Steve Firmer, a national consultant to faculty News staff writer With the voting date scheduled for next month, groups since 1979, will be present to inform the both administration and faculty are preparing parties exactly how national collective bargaining themselves for the compromises of collective bar- works, how negotiations will take place and who Several University students, gaining issues. will ratify the contract agreements, Stoner said. two faculty members and a Uni- These issues may include the addition of bene- Along with Finner, an organization known as the versity alumnus were honored fits, grievances, faculty contract renewal and sala- State Employee Relations Board (SERB) will be at recently with induction into ry as well as other various options debated and the conference. SERB is made up by the Ohio Leg- Omicron Delta Kappa, a national bargained among both administration and faculty, islation to control and make all the necessary col- leadership! according to Ron Stoner, chairman of the Bowling lective bargaining laws. honor society. Green State University Faculty Association. "We need to reach an agreement with the SERB Head football "Position papers regarding the collective bar- on the positions and important need for the loca- coach Gary gaining Issues are being sent, with some of the tion of the voting areas," said Lester Barber, exec- Blackney and more important topics being the compensation is- utive assistant to President Paul Olscamp. "The lo- Charles John- sues including benefits and salary coverage, the cation has to be accessible to all faculty so that son Jr., direc- faculty contract which would include the 10-year everyone is able to vote; that is most important tor of graduate plan, and where the faculty senate stands on col- right now. It must be a place that is not totally studies in busi- lective bargaining," Stoner said. dominated by faculty traffic." ness, were In preparation for the voting event, a Thursday Currently, the election dates are scheduled for among the 21 conference has been scheduled in which both par- Feb. 9 and 10. people indue Johnson ted into the organization on Dec. 10. Also inducted were Lew Bech- tol Jr., assistant prosecutor for Russian council opens Wood County, and 18 junior and senior University students. by Deborah Seward Yeltsin's Communist and ex- revolutionary opera, "Life for Johnson came to the Universi- The Associated Press treme nationalist opponents have the Czar." ty as a residence hall director. versity in December 1990, has nication major Jennifer Mathe, more parliament seats than his Yeltsin then addressed the He completed his master's de- lead the Falcon football team to one of the students selected for MOSCOW - President Boris supporters, and are expected to 176-member Federation Council, gree in business administration two Mid-American Conference her excellence in the first cate- Yeltsin opened Russia's new par- attack both the reforms and Rus- consisting of two deputies from at the University in 1987. In 1989, championships, the California gory, is involved in several cam- liament today, saying its work sia's new constitution each of Russia's territorial re- he became director of program Bowl championship in 1991 and pus organizations. Some of those was crucial to the country's fu- Yeltsin, however, struck a con- gions and republics. advisement for the College of the Las Vegas Bowl title in 1992. include Undergraduate Student ture and offering to cooperate ciliatory tone in his 17-minute Prime Minister Viktor Cher- Business Administration, and He has also been named the Ohio Government, Alpha Chi Omega even with his opponents. address, urging the new law- nomyrdin spoke to the 450-mem- one year later was named to his Coach of the Year and twice and Honors Student Association. "You are beginning today, and makers to forget ideological slo- ber lower chamber, the Duma, current position. named MAC Coach of the Year. "[Omicron Delta Kappa] is Russia's future to a large extent gans and think of the good of the which was elected from both ge- "[The induction] was a really Blackney was unavailable for such an outstanding group of depends on how successful this country. ographic districts and lists of nice honor," Johnson said. "I'm comment. people," Mathe said "I hope I can beginning is," he said in a brief "There is room for construc- candidates nominated by politi- really pleased. I feel honored to The 18 students were selected contribute to [the group] and address to the upper chamber. tive work together," he said. cal parties. be included in the group." for their excellence in one of five make it stronger and not just be Parliament opened on the eve Parliament's two chambers Extreme nationalist Vladimir "It gives me encouragement to categories: social, service, relig- another member." She said the of President Clinton's arrival for opened separately. At 10 am. the Zhirinovsky's misleadingly try to improve myself," he add- ious and campus government ac- honor reinforced her goal of at- a superpower summit intended to lawmakers in both locations rose named Liberal Democratic Party ed. "This is a type of reinforce- tivities; scholarship; athletics; or tending law school, and she demonstrate the Clinton adminis- for the playing of Russia's new shocked reformers by winning ment that makes all the hard journalism, speech and mass thinks it will help her get into a tration's strong support for Yelt- national anthem, "Glory to Rus- nearly one-quarter of the vote in work worthwhile." media. sin and his free-market reforms. sia" from Mikhail Glinka's pre- last month's election. Blackney, who joined the Uni- Junior interpersonal commu- See Honors, page four. Davld A. Stanford, the The mega-trial of 11 of The men's and women s Snow likely. Possibly be- University's associate di- David Koresh's disciples basketball teams return to coming mixed with or rector for cooperative edu- got under way with a fed- action tonight as both changing to rain. High in cation, has been named eral judge in his shirt squads travel to Ball St. The the mid 30s. Southwest Educator of the Year by the sleeves questioning pro- women's team is coming off winds around 10 mph be- Ohio Cooperative Educa- spective jurors one-on-one a victory over Kent, while coming west. Chance of tion Association. in a nearly empty court- the men are trying to precipitation 60 percent. a Page 4. room. bounce back from a tough Wednesday night, cloudy. Q Page 8. loss to the Golden Flashes. Low in the mid 20s. □ Page 9. The Editorial Page The BG News page two Wednesday, January 12, 1994 The BG News 1SAY "A Commitment to Excellence" Kirk Pavelich Glen Lubbert A HOSTILE editor-in-chief managing editor Julie Tagliaferro Eileen McNamara assistant managing editor news editor Sharon Turco Michael Zawacki Scott DeKatch city editor editorial editor Insider editor Fans should get grip on reality More than ever before, fans are becoming less involved as spectators and more involved in the action itself.