Yugoslavia re-elects president;
landslide victory shocks analysts
Milan Panic is
ssman who
game of
3crot, however,
Panic’s goal was
to become the
savior of his
home nation,
Serbia.
Henceforth,
he decided to
become a
Serbian politi
— cian, flying to
the industrial
city of Nis last December.
Nis had been a stronghold for
Serbian President Slobodan
Milosevic, a man whose highly
aggressive, often cunning and
always hard-line principles had
angered Panic tremendously.
Although Panic was well aware
that elections were less than one
month from the time of his arrival
in Serbia, he figured that the people
were fed up with Milosevic’s “kill
or be killed’’ approach.
In addition, Panic’s name had
floated about the former Yugoslavia
because of his considerable interest
in the disintegration of his native
iana.
Panic emphasized that he wanted
to restore order in Serbia, bringing
the fragmented republic back to the
forefront of European affaire.
While he was quite idealistic and
very political with his approach to
Serbians, Panic was committed to
much of what he had slated.
Many Western diplomats thought
Panic s morality and restoration
approach to the Balkan War would
have won him a ticket to Serbia’s
top political position.
But Panic got buried, as a
' landslide Milosevic victory appar
ently shocked just about everyone
except the Serbian voters.
Many analysts and diplomats
though if Panic were elected, the
war would steadily recede.
Critics of Milosevic — and there
are many of them — continue to
harp that the war is principally the
result of his self-interest, aggression
and irrationality.
Lawrence Eaglcburger, former
undersecretary of state, has con
demned Milosevic for more than a
year, arguing that he has betrayed
nis own people for politically
egotistical reasons.
Eaglcburger contends that if
Milosevic concedes to others’
demands, whether a cease-fire or
negotiations, he will feel as though
his effort to cast his shadow as far
as possible will be overcome by
outside forces.
This, Eaglcburger argues, is why
Milosevic seems to enjoy “playing
games with the United Nations.”
Like many Westerners,
Eaglcburger was aghast at the
election results.
If he had won the Dec. 20
election, Panic promised to encour
age democratization and to inject
free-market economic policies into
Serbia’s lagging economy.
Quietly, Panic also promised
higher taxes because state industries
were privatized.
These proposals initially were
greeted with a warm welcome,
particularly his focus on economic
policies, an area that Milosevic
never seems to address.
It looked as though Panic would
ride the wave of victory.
The incumbent communists, who
liked to call themselves socialists,
were still quite popular. However, a
percentage of Serbians were
undecided. Many of these people,
analysts said, favored Panic’s
proposals and his uncommonly
liberal approach in the normally
conservative Balkan territory.
Ironically, it was Milosevic who
initially sparked Panic to return to
Serbia. Last July, Milosevic invited
Panic to serve as prime minister of
what was left of Yugoslavia. At the
time, this constituted Serbia and
Montenegro.
Milosevic, as The New York
Times puts it, wanted Panic to
“legitimize the government and
provide cover for the ethnic
cleansing and territorial expansion.”
Clearly this was nothing more
than a cover-up or suppression for
his own dirty deeds.
Panic, however, wanted to end
the fighting within about three
months, and he fully realized what
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the president’s goal was. Panic saw
Milosevic as the major obstacle to
establishing peace in the region.
At this point, Panic decided to
take the position, establish his name
in Serbia and quietly organize a
campaign against the man who had
hired him.
There was no single reason why
Panic lost. Part of it stems from the
fact that university students, who
largely supported the American
businessman, were required to vote
in their respective hometowns on
Dec. 20. That was the same day
when students were required to
remain at school to register for
subsidized housing for the follow
ing term. Thus, students had to
decide whether it was more impor
tant to vote for Serbia’s president or
have a place to live for the follow
ing term at school.
Other schemes and scandals
initialed by the socialists simulta
neously transpired on Dec. 20.
“The Serbian election was a
fraud,” said Douglas Schoen, an
advocator for democratization in
Serbia and a former Panic adviser.
Schoen recently wrote in The
New York Times Magazine, “The
great tragedy is that, with a little
outside pressure, Milan Panic could
have won, possibly ending the most
barbaric conflict Europe has seen in
half a century.”
TV may affect eating
UNL researcher
examines shows’
influence on diet
By Juliet Oseka
Staff Reporter
Though most children watch Sat
urday morning television for enter
tainment, thesechildren could also be
influenced by the types of foods the
programs portray, a UNL researcher
said.
Julie Albrecht, assistant professor
in the Department of Nutritional Sci
ence and Hospitality Management,
studied how television and children’s
magazines portrayed healthy foods,
such as fruits and vegetables, to young
viewers.
Albrecht, along with graduate stu
dent Michele Wamke, found that tele
vision showed these foods positively.
A positive reflection of foods was
based on praise, Albrecht said. The
food quality had to be discussed, or
the program had to encourage eating
of fruits or vegetables, she said.
Fruits were Shown more on televi
sion than vegetables, Albrecht said,
becauseof the requirement thatccreal
commercials be shown as a balanced
diet. Fruits also were shown more
because they were used as flavors of
candy Juice and gum in the advertise
ments.
The study, conducted in 1991 and
1992, involved watching 45 hours of
Saturday morning television on the
three major networks. The research
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well-circulated children’s magazines
that targeted children from ages 6 to
‘ 12.
In order to qualify for the study, the
foods had to be eaten or perceived as
eaten, Albrecht said; the food could
not be played with.
Albrecht said fruits were portrayed
positively 91 percent of the time on
television, and vegetables were shown
positively 64 percent of the time.
Spinach, broccoli and brussels sprouts
generally were shown negatively, she
said.
In studying children’s magazines,
Albrecht said fruits and vegetables
usually were shown in the stories or in
puzzles because not many ads ap
peared in these magazines.
Since the study, several organiza
tions have begun to use public service
announcements on Saturday morn
ings in order to “encourage more nu
tritious food choices,” Albrecht said.
For example, the National Cancer
Institute has begun a five-fruits-a-day
campaign, using public service an
nouncements to promote this idea,
she said.
Albrecht said she became inter
ested in this topic when she worked in
an elementary and junior high school.
The cooks would try new desserts and
the children would try them, she said.
But when new vegetables were tried,
most of the food would be thrown
away without even being touched, she
said.
“The kids would just turn their
noses up at these foods,” Albrecht
said. “I became interested in why they
did this.”
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