TONY AWARD WINNING SOFTBALL SHUTS IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, USE StaIRS: MUSICAL COMEDy — OUT PRAIRIE VIEW ELEvatOR SAFETY IMPORtaNCE EVIDENT BYE BYE BIRDIE OPENS A&M — 17-0, 6-0 AFTER DRAPER FIRE PAGE 3 THURSDAY PAGE 8 PAGE 8 ROUNDING UP CAMPUS NEWS SINCE 1900 THE BAYLOR LARIAT WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2008 Alcohol to be regulated at Sing By Anita Pere tor of student activities, and Blake arrive at Roxy Grove Hall. At this Houston junior Bethany Gresh- Staff writer Reeves, program coordinator for time performers will be picked for am, an Alpha Delta Pi Sing chair- student activities, downplayed the random testing. woman, is in favor of the stepped- In the interest of student safety, tests, saying breathalyzers have “Part of this, too, is to make up efforts to discourage alcohol All-University Sing participants been used in past years and Sing sure the groups are prepared,” consumption before Sing. will be subject to random breatha- is not alone in presumed student Riemer said. “If you’re intoxicated on the lyzer tests, which will be admin- consumption of alcohol. Group members sometimes Waco Hall stage, you could get istered by third-party police offi- “Sing doesn’t have any more of arrive at different times and can- seriously hurt,” she said. cers in Roxy Grove Hall before the an alcohol problem than any other not locate the rest of their orga- The Sing procedures com- show. activity associated with college nization, causing havoc, Riemer mittee changed the production’s Students who display drunken students,” Riemer said. said. guidelines because of feedback behavior will also be required to The only major change this year “I don’t think when students from Sing chairpersons. Riemer take the test. is the requirement of a systematic are arriving it will feel much dif- SING from page 1 Michael Riemer, associate direc - check-in for all groups when they ferent than it did before,” he said. Please see SING, page 9 Associated Press Cuban President Fidel Castro and his brother, Minister of Defense Raul Castro, attend a Cuban Parliament session July 4, 2004, in the Palace of Conventions in Havana, Cuba. Ailing leader Castro resigned early Tuesday. Freedom rings for local Kosovars After independence Cubans hope was declared, Kosovo natives respond, remember Raul Castro their homeland By Ashley Killough brings reform Reporter While the cheerful, upbeat Ital- By Anita Snow ian music danced around the res- The Associated Press taurant, Bekim Lezi hurried to table four carrying a large tray of classic HAVANA — Now that Fidel Castro has retired, many Italian cuisine. With compassion- Cubans are looking to his brother to let more people open ate dark brown eyes and a modest businesses, own homes and even travel abroad. But it will smile, he set the food on the table probably fall to a new generation of leaders to ultimately and politely asked his customer, fulfill or frustrate their dreams of prosperity. “Could I get you anything else, During his 1½ years as acting president, 76-year-old Ma’am?” Raul Castro has hinted at reform but made few major Nine years ago, Lezi was serving changes — a reticence many see as a sign of respect for people in a different kind of way. his beloved, more doctrinaire older brother, who sur- He was working at a refugee camp, vived despite the efforts of 10 U.S. presidents to bring helping thousands flee from his him down. native Kosovo. And while hoping that Raul and his likely No. 2, Carlos Though the dismal memories Luis Noble/Lariat staff Lage, will advocate for change, they wonder how that will occasionally resurface, all was Dino Haxhijaj, Vesel Haxhijaj, Bekim Lezi and Jeton Haxhijaj stand in front of the U.S., Albanian and Italian flags Tuesday, which fly with Fidel, who stepped down but isn’t going away. merry this weekend at Luigi’s Ital- are on display at Luigi’s Italian Restaurant in McGregor. These Kosovo natives worked with high spirits after Kosovo declared “There has to be some change, more freedom with ian restaurant in McGregor. Lezi its independence from Serbia Sunday. Raul,” said Andres, 63, who like many Cubans wouldn’t and his two business partners, give his last name for fear of reprisal when talking about Jeton and Dino Haxhijaj, and their have separatist movements, includ- Kosovo became a Serbian prov- good life,” even though Serbs repre- the Castro brothers. “The other one always nipped that off Kosovar families busied about the ing Russia, Greece and Spain. ince after the collapse of the Aus- sented less than 10 percent of the at the bud.” restaurant, taking orders and pre- Serbia especially rejects the tro-Hungarian Empire at the end of population. The resignation, announced Tuesday, should give Raul paring food with high spirits. idea of drawing new borders, for it World War I. With more than 90 “The worst thing happened in Castro the autonomy he lacked as the government’s care- They had a unique reason to claims Kosovo as its cultural and percent of the population, ethnic 1992 when (Milosevic) made 80 taker since Fidel was sidelined by intestinal surgery in celebrate: their Fourth of July came spiritual heartland. Albanians largely occupy Kosovo, percent of Kosovo’s employed peo- July 2006. Sunday. “I think it’s going to be a little bit and in 1974, the Yugoslav constitu- ple leave their jobs. He brought in The younger Castro raised expectations of openings in In an act that consumed head- hard in the beginning because we tion granted autonomy to the prov- Serbs, colonizing Kosovo and put- the state-controlled economy with his reported fascination lines all over the world, Kosovo share a border with Serbia, and they ince. ting them in our offices and fac- with Chinese-style capitalism, calls for unspecified “struc- declared its independence from Ser- say they’re going to hurt our econo- However, in an effort to dimin- tories,” Lezi said. “They just came tural changes,” and acknowledgment that government bia, an event awaited for centuries. my with blockades,” Lezi said. ish Kosovo’s autonomy and pro- and took everything to build up wages averaging $19 a month do not satisfy basic needs. “This is a dream,” Lezi said. “It’s Though the ride may be rough mote Serbian nationalism, Yugoslav Belgrade and made people leave He also encouraged Cubans to open a fearless and critical something unbelievable. So many in the beginning, Lezi said nothing President Slobodan Milosevic of their jobs. You were like a slave for debate, as long as they remember that the final decisions people have lost their lives for this seems impossible for Kosovo now. Serbia started stripping away the (Serbia).” will be made by the island’s Communist leaders. moment, and many people have “Even if we suffer, indepen- small Kosovo’s resources in 1989. To put it in a more American per- “That way we reach decisions, and I’m talking about big worked so hard for this day.” dence means more than anything,” Unemployment rates spiked for spective, Lezi compared Milosevic’s decisions,” he told student leaders in December 2006. While the U.S. and Europe- he said. “That’s how a lot of good Kosovars, as Milosevic gave jobs actions to a hypothetical situation Many Cubans want to hear more such talk from their an Union officially recognized things start — with hardships.” and leadership roles to the Serbian in the U.S. next leader. Inspired by Raul, some leading Cuban cultur- Kosovo’s independence Monday, Lezi’s journey to America began minority. According to Lezi, since “It would be like if the Ameri- Europe’s newest country sparked in 1999, but Kosovo’s journey to Yugoslavia was ruled by Belgrade, Please see CUBA, page 9 a wave of protests from states that misery began almost a century ago. the Serbs living in Kosovo “got the Please see KOSOVO, page 9 Democratic presidential Obama, McCain win Wisconsin primaries hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, By David Espo “The change we seek is still voters said international trade has the Republicans. Only one of us has D-Ill., The Associated Press months and miles away,” Obama resulted in lost jobs in Wisconsin. spent 35 years being a doer, a fighter speaks told a boisterous crowd in Hous- Fewer than one in five said trade has and a champion for those who need Tuesday WASHINGTON — Barack Obama ton. created more jobs than it has lost. a voice.” at a rally in cruised past a fading Hillary Rod- He cut deeply into Clinton’s polit- Clinton made no mention of In a clear sign of their standing Houston. ham Clinton in the Wisconsin pri- ical bedrock in Wisconsin, split- her defeat, and showed no sign in the race, most cable television mary Tuesday night, gaining the ting the support of white women in of surrender in an appearance in networks abruptly cut away from upper hand in a Democratic presi- Wisconsin almost evenly with the Youngstown, Ohio. coverage of Clinton’s rally when dential race for the ages. former first lady and running well “Both Senator Obama and I Obama began to speak in Texas. It was Obama’s ninth straight vic- among working class voters in the would make history,” the former Sen. John McCain won the tory over the past three weeks, and blue collar battleground, according first lady said. “But only one of Republican primary with ease, dis- left the former first lady in desper- to polling place interviews. us is ready on day one to be com- patc h i n g for me r A rk a n s a s G o v.