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2A THE SUN THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1995 COMMENTARY PEOPLE AND PLACES Action in Bosnia does not erase perils for Clinton rrvr Til 7 JACK JULES GERMOND WITCOVER fa I ASSOCIATED PRESS With plenty of time before going home with his father, Patrick McWhorter, 6, flips over a pile of football blocking pads during a Jefferson Davis High School football practice in Montgomery, Ala. Patrick's father is an assistant football coach at the school. Block that kid WASHINGTON In political terms, the attacks on the Bosnian Serbs have given President Clinton a respite from criticism while exposing him to a far more serious risk in the future. The NATO bombing has silenced, at least temporarily, Republican critics of Clinton in Congress who have been demanding an end to the embargo on arms to the Bosnians. And it has muted the complaints from many quarters that the president has never had a coherent policy for dealing with the carnage in the former Yugoslavia.

What it has not done, however, is change the basics of the political equation. There is no evidence that ipost Americans see a national interest of the United States at stake in Bosnia. Nor is there any reason to believe that Americans are willing to accept any significant casualties as a result of U.S. intervention in the bitter and protracted civil war. But the operative question now, as it always seems to be in such military adventures, is whether the Clinton administration has foreseen all the potential consequences of the action in the months ahead.

And it is in those consequences that the political peril lies. The goal of the NATO policy now is clear enough that the Intense bombing will force the Bosnian Serbs to participate in serious negotiations for a permanent settlement of the war. But the history of such bargaining over the past several years is discouraging. The enmity runs too deep to be papered over, and the stakes in any division of the former Yugoslavia are too high for it to be easy to achieve. The theory of the NATO operation is that enough bombs will force the Bosnian Serbs Into a more realistic view of their position.

But, given their history, you have to wonder how long a period of intensive bombing would be required. And you have to wonder about the point at which the bombing itself will become seen by television viewers all over the world as producing more carnage than the results might justify. The alternative if the bombing fails is the withdrawal of the United Nations peacekeeping force that has rtever been able to fulfill its purpose. And the U.S. commitment to such a withdrawal could involve 25,000 or more American troops for months meaning well into the presidential election campaign next year.

That's where the potential for a political nightmare lies President Clinton trying to make a case for re-election on domestic issues while the television cameras are focused on young Americans being brought BEER BUST Top-ranked school for partying puts lid on activities Associated Press SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. There's no more BYOB at URI. A week after it was named the nation's top party school by an annual guide, the University of Rhode Island banned alcohol at student events on campus. "We cannot build the new culture for learning to which we aspire in an environment which is depressed and dampened every day by the impact of alcohol and drug abuse, and we should not, and we cannot, hide from that reality any longer," President Robert L. Carothers said yesterday in outlining the ban during an assembly.

Students who are 21 or older can have alcohol in their rooms, but none will be allowed at fraternity parties, homecoming events and all other student activities, he said. "More and more of our students are demanding that they not be imposed upon by others whose judgment and behavior is Impaired by substance abuse. It is time to take a stand at URI," Mr. Carothers said. Students said the ban was too sweeping.

"I just think one of the things they're going to do is alienate students from campus life by enforcing this policy," said Jean Corrigan, vice president of the student senate and a sorority member. "I think this is a policy that will hurt the administration in the long run." Some students said the policy encourages drunken driving by forcing students to go off campus for parties. "It's horrendous. People don't think twice about drunk driving," said Jennifer Seitz, a Junior from Scotch Plains, N.J. Thomas R.

Dougan, assistant vice president for campus life, said the school does not want to force drinkers off campus or behind the wheel. Tm obviously concerned about drunk driving, but our students leaving campus to consume alcohol elsewhere is not something new or something that doesn't happen," Mr. Dougan said. "There's nothing in the new policy that encourages students to drink and drive." The policy comes a week after URI was named the top party school in the Princeton Review Student Access Guide to the Best 309 Colleges. The paperback, which is put out by a New York publishing company and not affiliated with Princeton University, sends representatives to colleges to survey students and bases the guide on their responses.

Typically, 100 to 200 students are Interviewed at each school and some of their responses are included in the book. URI has about 12,000 students In undergraduate and graduate programs. There is too much drinking on campus, and part of that is due to the lack of alternative social activities," one URI student wrote. URI officials stressed that the new policy is not a response to the ranking. They noted the school has for years implemented programs and policies aimed at curbing alcohol use.

Beer keg parties were barred in 1990. The university also has banned three fraternities since 1991 for drug- or alcohol-related home in body bags. There is one precedent that makes clear how things can go wrong and how much of a preoccupation an international situation can become even when the national security is not directly at stake. When the Iranians seized the hostages at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran In November 1979, neither President Carter nor his advisers fully grasped the potential political risks.

When Hamilton Jordan, Carter's closest adviser, was asked in the first days after the seizure what the administration would do If the situation continued for several weeks, he replied, in effect, that a prolonged crisis was simply unthinkable. As it turned out, of course, the crisis continued through the 1980 election campaign and became a dominant factor. Challenger Ronald Reagan used It as the ultimate evidence of Carter's weakness, and as the months passed voters increasingly saw it the same way. The situation in Bosnia is quite different. There is nothing as clear cut as the affront to the United States involved in the Iranians holding those hostages.

And it is hard right now to Imagine Americans becoming caught up emotionally in a civil war in Europe. Opinion polls continue to show a high degree of isolationism in the electorate. But if things go sour, there Is no reason to believe that Clinton won't pay a price politically. He has always been on the defensive on national security matters, justifiably or not, because of his history of having avoided service in the war in Vietnam and his lack of experience in dealing with international issues as a governor of Arkansas. It may turn out that the new NATO attacks will work.

Or. if they don't, it may be possible to withdraw the U.N. forces without heavy casualties. In either case, Clinton will deserve some credit for taking action in the crisis. But, ironically, he isn't likely to get It from voters who never have shown much interest in Bosnia.

As Jimmy Carter once observed, life isn't always fair. spokesman said yesterday. The prize was established byi the German city of Nuremberg, which before World War II was closely identified with the Nazis, to honor work in furtherance of human rights. Thai Airways baby to get special fare Dararasami Thongcharoen will not have to enter a frequent-flier program when she grows up Thai Airways gave her special flying privileges after she was bom on board one of its planes. Dararasami, named after the Boeing 747 her mother was flying on when she gave birth Tuesday, is now considered a "daughter of Thai Airways." She will also receive a scholarship from the airline.

She was bom two months prematurely on Thai Flight 641 just after the plane touched down in Bangkok after a six-hour flight from Tokyo. vine Brown, was sent to jail for violating probation imposed for two 1993 prostitution convictions. Truckloads of roses paves way for wedding Even in India, a country accustomed to regal extravagance, the opulence of today's wedding is astonishing: 200 truckloads of roses and Jasmine will carpet a five-mile road for the bridegroom, who will ride a sandalwood carriage drawn by six Arabian horses. About 300,000 guests are invited to a pre-wedding dinner prepared by 3,500 cooks at a 30-acre estate covered with tents illuminated by chandeliers. The fireworks alone are said to cost hundreds of thousands dollars.

The bridegroom is the foster son of Jayalalitha Jayaram, the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, who was a popular film star before turning to politics and winning the state's highest office. The bride is the granddaughter of another famed actor, Shivaji Ganesan. Czech leader Havel to present rights award Czech President Vaclav Havel will present Russian human rights activist Sergei Kovalyov the first Nuremburg Prize for Human Rights on Sept. 17, a Czech government Prince William enrolls at Eton A future king began a new life yesterday when he kissed his family goodbye and enrolled at Eton, Britain's top fee-paying school. Prince William, the 13-year-old grandson of Queen Elizabeth, walked through the gates of Eton College with his little brother, Harry, and estranged parents, Prince Charles and Princess Diana.

Thirteen-year-old Prince Nara-jan of Nepal is also among the 200 new boys who started the fall term at the elite institution. William was welcomed by his "house master," Andrew Gailey, in charge of the prince's living quarters and discipline for the next five years. The prince was ushered indoors for a chat and then shown around the grounds as 200 Journalists crowded round. Prostitute hired by Grant gets jail The Hollywood prostitute caught with Hugh Grant pleaded no contest yesterday to lewd conduct and got six months in jail and a $1,350 fine. Estella Thompson, 23, also was ordered by Municipal Court Commissioner Robert J.

Sandoval to take a class on AIDS. Thompson, also known as Di Birthdays Heart surgeon Dr. Michael De-Bakey is 87. Producer-director Ella Kazan is 86. Hawaii Democratic Sen.

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