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Show Monday, March 29, 1999 Chronicle - 5 The Daily Utah Students React to Situation in Kosovo Arizona Professor, Students Protest NATO Bombings NATO Panel Discusses Alliance and Avoids Questions on Military Strike about 400,000 homeless. David J. Cieslak Thursday afternoon, is a scheduled Arizona Wildcat a small with Silverman, holding sign the words "stop the bombing," said he questions whether the U.S. should take part in this particular military action. "I'm not sure we should be in any Daily (U. Arizona) TUCSON, Ariz.. March 26 As NATO forces continued their second day of attacks on Yugoslavian targets, a U. Arizona law professor and a handful of students Thursday joined a downtown Tucson protest against the bombings. About 25 protesters gathered out- situation that requires bombing and violence especially this situation," said Silverman, who also serves as a UA faculty senator. Lane Van Ham, a UA master's candidate in comparative cultural and literary studies, displayed a larger sign that began "who's next?" to the downtraffic. town rush-hoOther than a few horn honks and side Tucson's federal building with signs urging the U.S. and foreign military forces to end their air strikes on select Serbian and Yugoslav sites. "I'm against the use of violence to supposedly deter violence," said Cota-Roble- studies graduate student, joined the rally to make sure passersby knew that some people object to the bombings, despite what she called a media bias. "The history in that area is a little more ambiguous than what's been reported," she said. "It's not one bad guy and one good guy. It's not that black and white." Anthropology senior Rachel Shivcly said she joined the protest to raise awareness and make people think. "If I could change one person's attitude, that would be important," she said. ur heads out passenger-sid- e windows, drivers showed little response to the protest. But Van Ham said the protest shows Tucsonans that people who oppose the bombings have strong, reasonable arguments. "These people are intelligent and very conscientious," he said. "There's a possibility of building a genuine University of Arizona law professor. "I feel there's a more humane way of dealing with Andrew Silverman, weekly event. Silverman said the organizers are two Tucson men who hold vigils in objection to some national issues. "These kinds of protests would make a difference," Silverman said. "I encouraged law students to come down here. All people who care about issues like these should be down here to express themselves." s, Sonia a UA family a such situations." The strikes began Wednesday in response to Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milosevic's refusal to stop ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. Skirmishes between all sides of the conflict have killed more than 2,000 people and left movement." The rally, which began at 4:30 U-W- Florida Group Tries to Raise Awareness of Struggle in Kosovo U Florida's Islam On Campus members gathered at University Avenue and 13th Street on Thursday afternoon waving hand-hel- d signs to traffic. The demonstration, which comes just days after NATO forces began bombing Yugoslavia because it failed to agree to a peace settlement with Koso Zophia Rendon Independent Florida Alligator (U. Florida) GAINESVILLE, Fla. March 26 In protest of the months of killings in Kosovo, where 90 percent of the population is Islamic, four of University f ' vo Albanians, is part of Islam Awareness Month activities. "We want to make people aware of what is happening (in Kosovo) and give them some of the news that they don't hear on CNN," said Obaida Abdul- - see FLORIDA page 6 Emma Soichet more easily and to execute more easily," he added. CONSENSUS However, the three officers noted that the difficulty of reaching a consensus among member nations is an effective means of constraining the powers Daily Princctonian (Princeton U) PRINCETON, N.J. March 25 Three members of a NATO briefing team spoke and answered audience questions in Robertson Hall Wednesday regarding the alliance's enlargement, national interests and the NATO of NATO. "NATO, being an alliance, rules by consensus, but not a majority or a vote, but by a consensus," Capt. Jon Eldridge of decision- structure. -making three-quarte- rs However, they shied away from questions addressing the NATO airstrikc campaign in Yugoslavia that nt the U.S. Navy explained. As "the most powerful military and political alliance in the world," NATO commenced yesterday. Emphasizing that NATO is a political alliance, British army Lt. Col. Jerome Church began the discussion by explaining that NATO's strategy and primary role is to advise leaders while considering the political pressures they g undergoes a difficult to its ensure powers arc not process abused, Maj. Pavel Hosa of the Czech armed forces added. Church acknowledged that individual national agendas can pose a threat decision-makin- to this consensus. "National interest is the bottom line," Church said. "If NATO had one interest, it could be argued that the only interest as an alliance is its own solidarity. NATO will only work when their face. "Most people forget that we have no forces. There arc no NATO tanks and airplanes," Church said. "All we arc is a structure. This is the unique thing about the alliance." 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