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At a cold gymnasium in eastern Kobe, where about 2,000 people huddled under blankets, each person was given one ball of rice and a cup of water for breakfast Thursday. At least 3,090 people were killed, 634 were left missing and 14,673 were injured in the quake, a spokesman for the National Police Agency said Thursday. Officials said 21,586 buildings collapsed or were damaged by the "direct hit" quake that had a shallow focal point and measured 7.2 on the Richter scale. More than 247,000 people in Kobe, the hardest-hit dty, lost their homes. Local authorities said they had only enough food and water on hand to supply about one-third of the victims. Rescue workers and at least 9,500 troops searched Thursday for the living and hauled the dead out of the rubble of the nation's worst earthquake in half a century. The homeless spent sleepless nights in emergency centers in schools and gymnasiums, rattled by aftershocks. Many were kept awake by sirens from emergency vehicles and were shivering in the cold, lacking blankets and heat. U.S.: Chechnya eould block Russia aid. GENEVA, Switzerland (Reuters)—Secretary of State^Wairen,.Christop|ier. told.RiAS;sia:. Wednesday. . that WashLingtoh was willing 'to. back'Moscow's reform program with substantial economic aid but warned that the Chechnya conflict could prevent this. ' The warning to Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev followed two days of talks which brought a promise that Moscow would tackle the humanitarian fallout of the Chechnya war and allow international observers into the Caucasus region. But Kozyrev stuck firmly to the Kremlin line that Chechnya was a purely domestic problem. The talks, which began with a private dinner Tuesday night, covered a wide range of issues including Iraq, Bosnia, the expansion of NATO and a new model for European security. The two men said they had agreed that an uneasy "Cold Peace"—a phrase used by President Boris Yeltsin last year—should not be allowed to replace Cold War divisions, and spoke of a "maturing relationship" between Moscow and Washington. Clinton pushes for Mexican aid plan WASHINGTON (Reuters)—President Clinton sought Wednesday to keep a political crossfire in Congress from cutting down his Mexican aid plan, warning that the peso crisis was a danger to the United States and the rest of the world. Opponents from the radical right and liberal left ganged up on the plan on Capitol Hill, with some saying Clinton was really trying to bail out Wall Street by offering Mexico up to $40 billion in loan guarantees. But the president, in his first extended comments on the plan since he and bipartisan leaders pieced it together last Thursday, said congressional approval of the proposal would be "a vote for America's workers and America's future." He said the finandal crisis that has caused the Mexican peso to plummet by 30 percent in three weeks "is plainly also a danger to the economic future of the United States." Dad charged with killing son of surrogate mom PHILADELPHIA (Reuters)—A single father who paid $30,000 for a surrogate mother to bear him a son was charged Wednesday with killing the five-week old infant. Legal and medical experts say the case raises new questions about the largely unregulated practice of surrogate parenting. The boy, Jonathan Austin, died Tuesday evening at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. "The immediate cause of death was determined to be head injuries, the manner of death, homicide," Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Theodore Kohuth told a news conference in Bethlehem, Pa. The 26-year-old father, James Austin of Bethlehem, was charged with criminal homidde and arraigned at Northampton County court in Easton, Pa. He was ordered held on bail of $500,000, and a preliminary hearing was set for Monday. il • 1 Consensus reached for change Parents, faculty, students endorse some change of current alcohol policy Davina Yetter The Stetson Reporter. The university's Planning Issues Task Force approved a revision of the Alcohol Task Force proposal and submitted it for review by the Board of Trustees this past weekend. The recommendation, which takes into consideration the input received by the Faculty Senate, the Campus Life Committee, ihe Parents Council, and the Student Government Association; approved a limited-use alcohol policy for the DeLand campus. The recommendation dted the Faculty Senate and Parents Council's endorsements of the policies set forth in the Alcohol Task Force report, noting the Parents Council's request for the "formation of a wellness, confidential counseling and educational program." Also cited were the Campus Life Committee's endorsement of a change to a limited use policy, and SGA's adoption of "a resolution supporting limited alcohol use with some concern expressed about the policy guidelines in the Task Force report being too restrictive with respect to quantities allowed,, no hard liquor, and sanctions." The actual recommendation of the PFTF focused on simply allowing a limited-use policy, and listed several reasons for reaching this conclusion. It explained that the university should adopt a policy that "places personal responsibility for compliance upon students," "emphasizes education wellness, and confidential counseling in relation to alcohol on campus/' and "that has rules and sanctions which the institution will reasonably and in good faith try to implement." The latter comment went into further detail, explaining why the university should change from a dry-campus policy. It cited that Stetson has a greater risk of liabil-. ity for failure to enforce a strict policy like prohibition; that strict but unenforceable rules "foster a belief that the institution is not serious about its policies"; and that the "greatest risks of legal liability lie in contradictions between stated policy and actual practice." The policy guidelines under the five-page PITF proposal are not defined, and will not be voted on in their present form by the Board of Trustees. The guidelines are to be developed by the Campus Life committee in consultation with SGA, and may be reviewed by the Planning Issues Task Force and the Faculty Senate. The PITF recommendation was developed based on discussion and feedback from the university community over the fall semester. "I feel [the process] went reasonably well, actually. When you look at [the results], you'll see that the Parents Council, the Faculty Senate, the Campus Life Committee, and the Student Government Assoda- tion all have endorsed some kind THIS JUST IK.. The Student Affairs subcommittee of the Board of Trustees approved the PITF recommendation during the trustee meeting Friday, according to Jackie Kersh, director of public relations. The recommendation will go to the Board of Trustees in 1 April for final approval. The Stetson itepanferwill cover this topic . in more detail in our next issue, to be published Feb. 7,1995. of change of the present policy," said Jim Beasley, vice president of campus life. The College of Law, located in St. Petersburg, has also created a proposal to change their alcohol policy. Their policy would allow students, to drink according to Florida State Law. Chessteaintriiiinplis, ^iUw&ttf uB»M fr-Wvi," John Rasp Special to. The Reporter. The Stetson Chess Team has- won a national championship. The team finished in first place in the Small College division at the PanAmerican Intercollegiate Chess ~Tournamerit,:'held; Dec/- 27-30"in- Providence, Rl. The PanAm is the "NCAAs" of collegiate chess. Stetson's team-Constantine Ananiadis, John Henry, Derek Fraro, Joe McGivern, and Adam Kuyrkendall-finished just ahead of St. Bonaventure University of New York, in the competition for the small school prize. The PanAm drew 31 chess teams from across the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. In the tournament, all teams are in direct competition with one another for overall prizes. This can make for some tough pairings—as Stetson found out in the first round of the tournament, when the team faced the University of Chicago. Badly outgunned in the opening, the Stetson team fought gamely— and was rewarded when Joe McGivern managed a draw against his opponent, a nationally-rated expert. The euphoria from this upset was soon lost, however, as in the second round Stetson was swept by Rensellaer Polytechnic Institute. In the third round, Stetson faced a team from the host school, Rhode Island College. Fraro and McGivern defeated their opponents, while Henry scored a draw against his—giving Stetson a hard- earned victory in "the match. The win was especially noteworthy, as Rhode Island College was one of ■ the-.first''schools'iri-ths'-nation to ^ award chess scholarships to its players, and consistently fields a strong team. . For the fourth round, Stetson was paired against another large school that gives chess scholarships: The University of Maryland-Baltimore County. Here the team did not fare as well, falling after four closely fought games. Fifth round parings, however, gave Stetson a rare rematch against a second team from Maryland-Baltimore County. This time, things went better, as Ananiadis and Henry defeated their opponents. Stetson's overall record—all of it coming against large-school competition—was better than any other "small college" in the tournament. The team was thus awarded the national championship prize and trophy-as Best Small College chess team. The team is coached by Dr. John Rasp, associate professor of decision science. Chess Club meetings are open to all; they are held at 9 p.m. on Monday nights, in Rooms 204-205 in the Carlton Union Building. Photo by Sean Richter Deney Terrio and fhe Motion Dancers dazzled the small audience last Saturday at CSA "s disco dance party. Teaching academy receives $100,000 BellSouth 'rant Stetson PR photo Southern BeU Regional Director Tom Hunt, center, presents a $100,000 gift to Larry Rosen, left, and President Doug Lee, right. Stetson has received a $100,000 grant from the BellSouth Foundation to help fund the design of The Celebration Teaching Academy, President Doug Lee said on Jan. 13. "We are grateful for this support; this is a project of alliances, and such partnerships will be increasingly important as Stetson adapts to the new environment in education and sodety," he said. The Celebration Teaching Academy will be built in collaboration with the Osceola County School District and The Celebration Company, in conjunction with a school for 1,400 pre-kindergarten through high school students in Disney's planned Celebration community in Osceola County. ■ "The Celebration School and. Teaching Academy will be analogous to a teaching hospital, where educators can learn and practice the best ideas and techniques in the field of education," said Dr. Larry Rosen, professor of education and director of the teaching academy. "We will work largely with current teachers, realizing that most of the teachers who will be teaching in the year 2000 have already been hired." "The Celebration Teaching Academy will offer an exciting environment for teachers and students," said Southern Bell Regional Director Tom Hunt of Orlando in announcing the grant to Stetson. "I believe it will provide a learning environment that is fun. I wish I were five years old myself and able to take advantage of it. Out of imagination and education, I see a new process emerging that might be called 'imag-ucation.'" The Teaching Academy is expected to serve more than 3,000 educators a year, creating programs designed so that teachers will be able to use Celebration innovations in their own classrooms. Lectures explore the future Angela Hamel The Stetson Reporter Stetson University's Winter Term lecture series theme was "America confronts the twenty-first century...Hope or despair?" After all the talk, only one thing is certain: change is inevitable. Topics were indeed diverse: lectures on the changing South, Pan- Africanism, and Russia's chances for democracy topped the list. Of the three lectures, perhaps the most interesting was "New South or No South? The South in the 21st Century." There are two reasons for this; first, the speaker had great maps as visual aids, and second, Dr. John Shelton Reed spoke clearly and was easily understood despite Elizabeth Hall Auditorium's resonating tenden- des. Perhaps another bonus for the lecture on the changing South was that it lent itself more easily to hu- see LECTURES, page 2