Move may hurt U.N. mission
By Neil Feldman
Staff Reporter
In an effort to find a political
solution and establish peace in the
Somalian capital of Mogadishu,
5,000 American troops, heavily
armed and ready to take control,
have taken to the streets.
Most Western military special
ists agree that it
is a dangerous
maneuver and
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troops out of the
region by
March 31.
The principal
concern, however, is the notion
that such a quick operation will
impair theUnited Nation’s mission
in Somalia.
Clinton’s unexpected order has
thrown the U.N. headquarters in
New York into mass confusion.
U.N. Secretary General Boutros
Boutros-Ghali publicly condemned
Clinton’s move earlier this week
and reminded the president that “in
the United States, public opinion is
not ready to play the role of sher
iff.”
Clinton’s argument is that he
wants to accomplish the interna
tional mission with the least risk
possible and in the shortest amount
of time.
In an interview on Public Radio,
David Lamb, an African specialist
and author of “The Africans,” said
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Clinton’s intentions were on tar
get. But he said the crisis had bal
looned too much to successfully
quell the dilemma unilaterally.
To establish peace. Lamb said,
Somalian warlord Gen. Mohamed
Farrah Aidid must be eliminated
from the scene.
Lamb said it would then be plau
sible to issue a cease-fire and deal
with the situation directly.
Somalis are not confident the
U.S. effort will succeed, especially
since the night of Oct. 11, when
heavy attacks by AC-130 Specter
gunships were launched on the
northern sector of the city.
Articles in major American
news sources, painted with bleed
ing quotes from desperate Somalis,
continuously reiterate the notion
that Aidid must be captured.
Aidid has been hunted by the
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United Nations since June, when
two dozen Pakistani U.N. troops
were killed in a pair of ambushes.
The manhunt, which started with
fewer than 1,000 troops, has esca
lated to 28,000 U.N. troops — all
attempting to find Aidid and stabi
lize the region.
U.S. military personnel have
issued statementsof assurance, say
ing Aidid will be unable to succeed
with his ruthless autocracy.
But as each day passes and Aidid
continues to hide, analysts with no
political stakes on the line are di
vided.
Emphasizing a realistic ap
proach, Lamb advised Americans
not to keep their hopes too high.
“It’s an issue that is very com
plicated,” he said, “and troops on
the streets just won’t cut it — at
least not as the situation currently
stands.”
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Pakistani culture to be celebrated Sunday
From Staff Reports
UNL Pakistani students will cele
brate their culture and share it with the
rest of the university community this
weekend.
Pakistan Night will be Sunday at
6:30 p.m. in the Centennial Room of
Nebraska Union. V
- “We always wanted to do an cv^nt
like this,” said Adnan Anwar, presi
dent of the Pakistan Students Associ
ation.
But because the University of Ne
braska-Lincoln has only about 50
Pakistani students, Anwar said, it is
difficult to plan such events.
Small numbers will not stop them
from having a dinner with traditional
food and cultural performances this
year.
Anwar, an electrical engineering
major, said an enthusiastic group of
new Pakistani students made plan
ning Pakistan Night easier.
The night will include folk dances
and cultural dances, casual and cul
tural fashion shows, an organ perfor
mance, a tourism slide show and a
short movie about Pakistan.
Medical
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cyclical. Nurses now are having a
tough time finding jobs. Clinton’s
proposal would provide more job op
portunities for future graduates, she
said.
Cindy Costanzo, recruitment co
ordinator for the University of Ne
braska Medical Center college of nurs
ing, said Clinton’s health-care pro
posals were positive for nursing. But
nurses want to remain active in the
policy-forming process, she said.
“I see a real positive role for the
nurses,” Costanza said. “We’re
pleased, but we want to maintain our
voice.”
Costanza said changes in accor
dance with the proposal already were
underway at the university level.
Curriculum and advising changes
have been implemented, she said.
Nurses are now taught to provide home
and clinical care and are advised to be
prepared for clinic work instead of
looking for hospital jobs.
“There has been a movement of
patients out of the acute care hospital
and into the home environment and
clinic setting,” Costanzo said.
Weinberger said these changes
would give nurses more job opportu
nities.
“I think it’s going to open up a lot
more pathways for nurses,” she said.
But the call for more nurse practi
tioners will affect the career decisions
of many students in the nursing col
lege, Weinberger said.
Other UNL students planning to
specialize in medicine say they aren’t
too worried about Clinton’s plan.
Debra Steele, a senior biology
major, said she still plans to special ize
in neuroscience depite the proposal’s
call for more general practitioners.
“With fewer specialists the ones
that are around are going to have to be
better,” Steele said.
Scott Hankins, a junior biology
major, planning to be a general prac
titioner, said he wanted to see the
number of medical specialists limit
ed.
“Specialties are good, but they need
more general practitioners,” Hankins
said.
Not all students support Clinton’s
proposal, however.
Cliff Miles, a sophomore mathe
matics major has shifted his career
aspirations away from the medical
profession. Although he said he had
many reasons for making the change.
Miles said Clinton’s health-care re
forms added to his reservations about
the medicical field.
“It sounds to me that, to some
degree, politicians will be telling doc
tors their business, and that doesn’t
seem right,” Miles said.
Although Miles said he acknowl
edged the need for health-care re
form, he’s hesitant about government
intrusion into the daily workings of
physicians.
“It will affect insurance compa
nies and physicians negatively in my
opinion.
Insurance
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specifics in some of his classes, in
cluding effects the proposal might
have on UNL graduates.
But overall, he said, students seem
relatively unconcerned about the is
sue, he said.
“They don’t really care,” Rejda
said. “They’re pretty lackadaisical
about all of it.”
Most students aren’t looking for a
job with a small insurance firm, he
said. In fact, most students who take
insurance courses don’t go on to in
surance careers.
Rejda said he didn’t think job op
portunities at small insurance compa
nies would be whisked away, al though
small companies will have to make
more cutbacks than large corpora
tions.
But the plan could be good news
for some insurance workers, he said.
“On the flip side of this, part of the
Clinton plan will give some people a
chance for early retirement in some
cases," Rejda said.
Under the current system, some
workers feel locked into their jobs
because they need to afford health
insurance, Rejda said. With some of
the added benefits to the Clinton plan,
he said, some people may opt to leave
careers early, thus opening up new
jobs.
“There’ll be some form of a trade
off with that,” Rejda said. “With that
perspective, thinjp don’t look nearly
as bad as they could.”
Steve Linney, a professor in the
actuarial sciences department, said
the number of successful job seekers
may not vary all that much when it is
all said and done.
“All in all, I think there will be a
relatively small change,” Linney said.
If anything, Linney said, there could
be more actuaries getting involved
under the new plan, much like when
Social Security was launched.
“There may be fewer jobs in tradi
tional insurance, but more jobs for
actuaries under the new plan," Linney
said.
Clinton himself compared the tran
sition to a national health care plan in
his speech to Congress earlier this
month, Linney said.
“It’s a very similar situation,”
Linney said. “When Social Security
was introduced, it created a need for
more people in the actuarial sciences
field.
Linney said he had gone to New
York this weekend to attend the Soci
ety of Actuaries National Conven
tion, where officials addressed how
Clinton’s plan would affect students.
“We wanted to get involved with
Clinton and find out the answers to
some questions,” he said.
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