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Show Friday, May 10, 1991 THE SIGNPOST YUGOSLAVIA ISSUES NEW APPEAL: Yugoslavia's army issued a new appeal to politicians Wednesday to end fighting between ethnic groups or give the army special powers to Impose order. The Serbian republic called for a state of emergency to be declared in neighboring Croatia, where 18 people died last week in clashes between Croats and members of the minority Serbian community. CANDLES FOR PEACE IN LEBANON: People in different parts of Lebanon lighted candles for peace in response to a call from the Lebanese Red Cross. At least 70,000 people were reported killed in the 1 6-year-old civil war that has plagued Lebanon. The Lebanese army is currently disarming militia groups in line with an Arab-backed government peace plan. SIBERIAN MINERS RETURN TO WORK: Soviet coal miners in western Siberia, the last major holdouts in a costly, two-month-long national strike, agreed to return to work. All but 1 2 mines in the vast Kuzbass basin, the Soviet Union's second most important coal-producing region, will resume work Friday, miners said. 14 KILLED IN INDIA: At least 1 4 pooplo wero killed and 24 others injured when Indian security forces oponod fire on a crowd mourning a militant killed in India's Jammu and Kashmir state, witnesses said. In Rawalpindi, Pakistan, a bomb exploded in a medical clinic run by a Kashmiri secessionist loader; nine pooplo wero reported killed. Militants seek independence from India or union with Islamic Pakistan. CAT CURFEW FOR SHERBROOKE: The Sherbrooke Shire Council, which controls 1 98-acre Sherbrooke Forest wildlife preserve outside Melbourne, Australia, ended months of acrimony from cat-lovers and decided to imposo a cat curfew. Starting in October, residents must lock up cats from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. or face a $78 fine. The bylaw is intended to keep cats from attacking protected wildlife. Dogs already are under restrictions. DE KLERK, MANDELA HAVE MEETING: South African President F.W. de Klerk met with African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela for five hours Wednesday, staving off the possible collapse of government-ANC peace talks. The session was prompted by township violence between members of the ANC and supporters of the Inkatha Freedom Party of Zulu chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi. MASHAT DEFECTS TO CANADA: Mohamed Mashat, Iraq's former ambassador to the USA, has defected to Canada, fearing for his life, Canadian authorities said Wednesday. Mashat was admitted to Canada under a "fear-for-life consideration," said External Affairs Department spokesman Scott Mullin. Immigration Minister Bernard Valcourt said Wednesday that he only learned about the action the day before. ALLIED FORCES GUARDING FOOD: Allied forces say they have put armed guards around food supplies to prevent looting by Turkish troops in an escalating tension between Turks and foreign forces in the past week. The Turks have denied the claims. Supplies have disappeared from refugee camps as well as en route to supply depots from the airport in Diyarbakir, Turkey, the main air hub, allied officials said. ARMS CONTROL OR ARMS SALES: The Bush administration is torn over the future of the USA'smultibillion-dollar arms trade with the Middle East. The administration is following a two-tier policy for the region: arms control and arms sales. Administration officials "are talking out of both sides of their mouths," says Matthew Bunn, associate director of the Washington-based Arms Control Association. 'UNCLE BAKER' BACK IN SYRIA: Secretary of State James Baker has visited Damascus so often lately - Saturday marks his fifth visit - that Syrians have taken a liking to him. They have started to call him America's Uncle Sam. Copyright 1991, USA TODAYApple College Information Network Weber State graduates to honor their greatest supporters By Sharon Cottle Staff wrltef of The Sgnpost The Tutting Student Through" graduation ceremony gives graduating students of Weber State the opportunity to thank friends and loved ones who have financially, physically and emotionally supported them through school. "PST nominees will walk the stage wearing their students graduation caps from the ceremonies held earlier in the day," Jan "This is a way for graduates to honor that significant other that has been there to support them ... It is really both of you that are getting the degree." -Jan Noyes, WERC Noyes, counselor for the Women's Educational Resource Center. "This is a way for all graduates to honor that significant other that has been there to support them through their education," Noyes said. "It is really both of you that are getting the degree." The Women's Educational Resource Center mailed letters and applications to all WSU graduates. Applications must be submitted by May 17 to the WERC office, room 353, Student Union Building. "Students may write a tribute, letter or poem in the application to be included in the PST diploma which will be conferred upon the honorees by President and Mrs. Thompson," Noyes said. Those receiving the PST degrees and their families will be honored at a reception after the special commencement exercises. Any non-traditional students who would like to speak or provide a musical number may leave a tape or written speech to be considered for the program, Noyes said. The PST graduation ceremony will be held on Friday, June 7 at 3 p.m. POWER (continued from page 1) uum, he said. It first begins as a victim, then as a struggle and continues on to survival, comfort and then lastly empowerment. Empowerment is based on some higher power. "It is developing full power of the mind and brain and connecting that with a deep felt sense of concern, compassion and care," said Burns. Ultimately, I believe that has to do with stewardship." Stewardship is the principle issue for the 99&s, he said. It is when an individual is willing to take responsibility for many of the problems we are facing environmentally, socially, and with families. An example of stewardship would be easing the environmental crisis by recycling, said Bums. He also gave a personal example. He and his wife live in Mexico which is having a water shortage. They hang a bucket from their shower head which fills up with the excess water coming from the shower head. They use the water from the bucket to water their plants. Burns said this gives him great satisfaction. 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