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IT'S GRAMMY TIME
Grammy Award nominees announced
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Off the iron
Men miss two shots at horn, lose 63-61
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Central
Michigan
FRIDAY
January 18, 1991
VOLUME 73, NUMBER 47 AS
© 1991 CM LIFE
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Counselors
offer advice
on handling
war anxiety
by CRYSTAL HARMON
LIFE  Staff Wr;ter
As the horrors of war reach
beyond the front lines and touch
all Americans, professors and
counselors offer students advice
on how best to deal with wartime
emotions.
Robert Hough, assistant
professor of religion, said war
often suspends the "normal
world" and distort emotions as
people enter an "altered state of
consciousness."
Besides the obvious feelings of
fear and anxiety, students also
experience absent-mindedness
and the inability to concentrate
on anything but the war. Hough
said.
Students may become "unable
to concentrate on subjects which
are unrelated to the war," he
said, because they seem insignificant in comparison.
Another aspect of the
psychology of war manifested
itself during the Vietnam War in
the form of increased reports of
psycViic disturbances. ' said
Hough, who is an expert on the
Vietnam War.
(AP) — President Bush called the initial phase
of the Persian Gulf war a success Thursday and
his top military adviser warned Iraq that the air
strikes were the first phase of a battle plan that
includes "all the tools in the tool box."
Iraq answered U.S. aggression with missile
attacks early Friday on three Israeli cities — Tel
Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa — but Bush said "we
are determined to finish what we have set out to
do. The world couid wait no longer.
"Our goal is not the conquest of Iraq. It is the
liberation of Kuwait," Bush said.
Gen. Colin Powell, Joint Chiefs of Staff chair,
said allied ground forces would soon imposition
themselves for an assault on Iraqi troops
entrenched in Kuwait.
"I believe that we will prevail in a matter of
days or weeks." said U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga.
chairman of the Senate Armed Services
Committee. "Saddam Hussein has made a tragic
miscalculation."
State Department spokeswoman Margaret D.
Tutvveiler said it was too late for Saddam
Hussein to end the fighting by offering to
withdraw from Kuwait.
"The pause for peace is over." she said.
And Saddam made it clear with an attack on
Tel Aviv, Israel, that he is not willing to pull out
of Kuwait.
Iraqi missiles struck Israeli targets early
Friday. Israelis were ordered into shelters and
told to don gas masks for protection against
chemical weapons.
Israel had said it would retaliate if attacked,
but it was not immediately known whether a
retaliatory strike had been launched. The United
States urged the Jewish state to stay out of the
Persian Gulf war, fearing its entry would split
the alliance against Iraq — one of Hussein's
goals.
Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani called
the assault a "historical catastrophe" that was
killing innocent Muslims.
Jordan closed its international airport and
airspace indefinitely. In the capital, Amman,
several foreign journalists were assaulted, and
people cheered when radios reported an Iraqi
claim that 14 allied planes had been shot down.
Libya's leader. Col. Moammar Gadhafi, urged
the United Nations to limit military operations to
liberating Kuwait and to halt air raids on Iraq.
Students      share
their
reactions to the war at a
forum
Wednesday.
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He said the increased "group
and individual periods of psychic
upheaval." which include
reported    episodes   of   extrasen-
See EMOTION Paae 2
Ellertson chosen for
vice president post
by MATTHEW BACH
LIFE Assistant News Ea-tor
All the planning, visiting, interviewing, bargaining and visiting
again is finally over.
Alan Kim Ellertson is President Edward B. Jakubauskas* recommendation to the Board of Trustees to fill CMU's vacant vice
presidency.
Board members will either approve, or deny. Jakubauskas"
recommendation for vice president for Business and Finance at their
Feb. 1  meeting.
Ellertson is expected to begin working at CMU by mid-February.
See ELLERTSON Page 2
Engler names trustee
to finish Denning term
by LAURA PHILLIPS
Lit-E  Eciilor
Robert Young Jr.. a 39-year-old attorney from Grosse Pointe Park,
was named to CMU's Board of Trustees Thursday.
Gov. John Engler appointed Young to complete the two remaining
years of former Trustee Bernadine Denning's term, which expires Dec.
31. 1992.
President Edward B. Jakubuskas said he is pleased with the speed
of the appointment and Young's qualifications.
"I think it will strengthen the board to have a lawyer." he said. "His
credentials are outstanding."
Young is a partner in the Detroit law firm Dickinson. Wright. Moon,
VanDusen & Freeman. He graduated cum laude from Harvard College
in  1974 and received his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in
See YOUNG Page 2
Dwindling enrollment
adds to financial crisis
as tuition dollars wane
by TOM KENDRA
LIFE Copy Editor
While state budget woes
threaten to decrease CMU's
state appropriation, the University is losing money in another
area — tuition revenues.
Central's enrollment dropped
by more than 500 students this
spring compared to last spring, a
fact Registrar and Admissions
officials say comes as no
surprise.
The cause of the drop is a
shrinking pool of Michigan high
school graduates, which hurts all
of the state's 15 public universities, said Michael Owens,
director of Admissions.
See ENROLLMENT Page 2
Above, a group of students carrying peace signs
are   reflected   in  the   glasses  of  Malba   Wollak,
Ithaca   senior,   who   stopped   to   talk   with   the
protesters.
Right,    the    protesters    distribute    pamphlets
detailing alternatives to war to all passersby.
From library
to Wal-Mart,
local citizens
react to war
by CIND! SMITH
UFE Staff Writer
While Mount Pleasant residents are thousands
of miles from the Persian Gulf, many plan to
participate in events to show their views on the
war.
Wednesday, a group of students organized by Craig Hart stood in
front of Park Library for most of the day.
The idea came to the Highland junior Tuesday night when he was
discussing the Gulf situation with friends, he said.
"We want to share ideas: we have problems and need to help solve
those problems," he said.
The group passed out fliers about the Gulf situation and had a
good response, he said.
Other activities include a candlelight march at 7 p.m. Sunday in
the Wal-Mart parking lot, 4208 E. Bluegrass.
The event is a chance for the community to show its support for
American servicemen and women in the Middle East, said Carol
LIFE Photos/John Starks
Sobieski-Gall, assistant manager of Wal-Mart.
Retired Lt. Co!. John Wilberding will speak at the march. He also
is deacon of St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Church in Shepherd.
Participants should plan to bring candles or flashlights and
names and addresses of soldiers in the Persian Gulf for the
"Adopt-a-Soldier" program, Sobieski-Gall said.
Organizers are asking residents who are unable to attend to turn
on their porch lights during the event, she said.
Local merchants will provide refreshments and other materials,
she   said.    Kinko's   Copies,    1620   S.   Mission,   distributed   fliers
See SUPPORT Page 2
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