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Montana Kaimin University of Montana Tuesday, Feb. 26,1991 Vol. 93, Issue 63 War on course and on schedule, Bush says DHAHRAN, Saudi and it threw the diplomatic-military picture Iraqi tanks and scooped up thousands more Saudi commander Lt. Gen. Khalid bin WAR! Arabia (AP)—The Ameri­ into confusion. But it appeared the Iraqis prisoners, the U.S. command repeated. Mili­ Sultan said the Iraqis continued a reported can war machine, pushing would be attempting a retreat under Ameri­ tary officials said American units were hav­ terror campaign of “rape, murder and tor­ deeper into Iraq and Ku­ can fire. ing “tremendous success” in their first battle ture’ ’ in the city, and warned they would be wait, clashed Monday with “Our armed forces have completed their with the tough Republican Guard. “held responsible before an international the elite Iraqi Republican duty of jihad,” or holy war, the radio said. Before the deadly Scud attack, the com­ court.” Guard. Hours later, It said President Saddam Hussein ordered mand reported U.S. losses so far as “ex­ In Washington, President Bush, continu­ Baghdad surprised the the withdrawal in line with a Soviet peace tremely light” It also reported the loss of ously updated by his generals on the prog­ IN THE GULF world by announcing it had plan. four U.S. aircraft and the rescue of pilots ress of the war, told a White House audience ordered its troops to withdraw from occu­ A Soviet plan last week was rejected by from three of them. the campaign was * ‘on course and on sched­ pied Kuwait Washington, but the Soviets on Monday The command said 18,000 Iraqi troops ule.” The Iraqis, reeling before the advance of presented undisclosed new proposals at a were taken prisoner in the first two days of In bomb-battered Baghdad, military the U.S.-led alliance, struck back with a closed UJ4. meeting in New York. the all-out ground offensive to free Kuwait communiques claimed unbroken triumphs Scud missile attack on a U.S. barracks here. In Washington, the White House reacted of Iraq’s control. for Iraq’s troops. Twenty-seven servicemen were killed, 98 icily to the Baghdad announcement. “The Marines and U.S. paratroopers tightened were wounded and 40 were unaccounted for, war goes on,” President Bush’s spokesman their grip around Kuwait City. But one U.S. The ruling party’s newspaper urged Iraqi the U.S. military said. said. official said “it’s going to be while” before soldiers to “strike with all your force to The Baghdad radio announcement of a The war went well for the Desert Storm the Americans or allied Arab troops fight salvage the nation from the abyss of slav­ Kuwait pullout did not specify a timetable, forces Monday, as they smashed scores of house to house to retake the capital. ery.” UM students say disability brings awareness By Karen Coates Kaimin reporter What would it feel like to wake up in a cold, sterilized hospital room with doctors standing over your bed, telling you that you will never walk again? “I looked them in the eye and said, ‘Just watch,’” Kim Olson, a member of the Alliance for Dis­ abilities and S tudents of UM board, said recently. Olson was injured in a motorcycle wreck and now walks with a cane. “At first I was angry,” Russ Killham, another board member, said. “Then when I got in a wheel­ chair, I was scared to death.” Killham injured his back doing construction work. When Bill Penn, the chairman of the ADS UM board, was ap­ proached in his hospital room by a physical therapist who intended to show him how to use a wheelchair, he asked, “What for?” “Why, you’re gonna be in it for the rest of your life,” the therapist answered. “It was a real sobering conver­ sation,” said Penn, who now uses braces to help him walk. He was injured in a train-vehicle collision. Olson, Killham and Penn are three of seven students who consti­ tute the ADSUM board, which was created when its former president, Larry Watson, graduated last quar­ Dan McComb/Ka min ter. All seven members are dis- KIM OLSON, right, and Travis Eloff are both board members for ADSUM, a university group that focuses on access prot 9ms See "ADSUM," page 2. for disabled students on campus.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mudd resigns amid mudslinging City buys greenway land By Gina Boysun reation wilderness area. By Christopher L. Moore mongers.” housing and the University Center. for the Kaimin The council chose the least Kaimin reporter Fine resigned in December, cit­ “It’s gotten to the point where The Missoula City Council expensive of three options. Assistant director of Student ing academic reasons and person­ it’s just kind of a dog-eat-dog decided Monday night to spend With the more expensive op­ Legislative Action John Mudd re­ ality conflicts with ASUM sena­ atmosphere around AS UM,” Mudd $526,675 to preserve a park cor­ tion, the city could have pur­ signed Thursday, citing a “canni­ tors. said. ridor along Rattlesnake Creek. chased both the 85.7 and 260.7 balistic attitude” among the ASUM Mudd’s resignation comes as If there is no scandal, ASUM The council decided to buy acres and secured sewer rights senators that is not conducive to SLA faces accusations by ASUM will create one, he added. 85.7 acres of land along Rattle­ on the land, for an additional business. of attempting to delay the Auxil­ “It’s real easy to lose focus and snake Creek with a conserva­ $100,000. Mudd’s resignation follows the iary Services report from being I think ASUM has lost focus,” he tion easement on an additional Although several council resignations of ASUM faculty passed on to the state Legislature. said. 260.7 acres of land from the members and several Missoula adviser Patrick Edgar and SLA The report was completed by the ASUM President Chris War­ Sunlight Lands Development residents urged the council to director Greg Fine. Auxiliary Services committee and den could not be reached for com­ Company. exercise the more costly op­ Edgar resigned in early Febru­ accused the university of “badly or ment Monday night. With thepurchaseof the 85.7 tion, the decision to go with the ary but said he would stay on as dishonest! y” manag ing money from Mudd criticized ASUM for acres along Rattlesnake Creek, cheaper option held fast. long as he could into Spring Quar­ the Auxiliary Services fund. debating issues of little importance the development of a trail sys­ “The most important thing ter. Edgar said he was outraged by The Auxiliary Services fund to the university and said the tem will eventually connect the is the securing of the (Rattle- “backstabbing” within the senate includes all non-academic services “fundamental direction” of the city with the Rattlesnake rec­ and called some senators “rumor­ such as residence halls, family See "Greenway," page 5. See "Mudd," page 8. 2 Montana Kaimin Tuesday, Feb. 26,1991 Students design custom togs to support Gulf policy By Dave Hastings hovering over a map of the Persian Kaimin reporter Gulf area. The eagle is clutching a The silent majority on campus lighting bolt that has touched down supports the U.S. government op­ on the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. erations in the Persian Gulf, say “Montanans Who Support Desert two UM students who have formed Storm” is written above the eagle’s an organization to show student shoulder. support for the U.S. government The group is selling the sweat actions. shirts for $21 each and has sold 75 Damian Charette, a junior art shirts so far. student, and John Lesofski, a junior Lesofski said that after he re­ forestry student, said Monday that coups his initial $2000 investment, they formed “Montanans Who the organization will use the extra Support Desert Storm” to show that money to send shirts to the 35 UM not all UM students are opposed to students and faculty serving in the the war. Persian Gulf. Lesofski said “it got to the point Lesofski and Charette said that where we just had to say some­ the shirts were printed to accom­ thing.” plish two goals. The two founded the group after a discussion over coffee in the The first goal was to make a Copper Commons, Lesofski said. statement “without getting in The university has been given a anybody’s face,” Lesofski said. “black eye” by the peace protesters, “My statement’s on my back.” he added. Charette said that the group’s In order to show support for the second goal is to show that “the JOHN LESOFSKI, co-founder of Montanans Who Support Desert Storm, exhibits the back of current U.S.