The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 22, 1993 - 7 Conference to showcase Taiwanese life By SARAH KIINO DAILY STAFF REPORTER University students and other members of the Ann Arbor commu- nity will be able to glimpse traditional Taiwanese culture on campus tomor- row night at the 1993 Taiwan Night Extravaganza. The extravaganza is part of the secondannual Intercollegiate Taiwan- ese American Students for Aware- ness (ITASA) Cultural Conference. This year, the conference is being hosted by the University's chapter of the organization, Taiwanese Ameri- can Students for Awareness (TASA). ITASA is the umbrella organization for Taiwanese American student or- ganizations at campuses across the country. Mimi Huang, an LSA junior and TASA member, said 141 students are signed up for the conference from schools across the Midwest, as well as ones in Florida, Georgia, Wash- ington, D.C., and New Jersey. The conference begins tonight and continues until students return home after a Sunday brunch. The big day of the conference is tomorrow when stu- dents will eat a traditional Taiwanese breakfast and then attend workshops for most of the day. The Taiwan Night Extravaganza, to be held at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Power Center, will showcase Taiwan- ese and Taiwanese American culture for the general public. Taiwan night represents some of the cultural aspects of Taiwanese and Taiwanese Americans, said Huang. There will be two types of acts that draw from both of these cultures. A Taiwanese mountain dance, Taiwanese singing and a martial arts performance comprises the traditional Taiwanese segment. In the second part, there will be skits dealing with issues of concern to the Asian Ameri- can and Taiwanese American popu- lation, especially with the conference's theme, "Shaping The Future: A Challenge For Taiwanese Americans." Huang said the theme deals with issues such as how to "take identity one step further," including how to maintain a career and keep in touch with a cultural identity. She said the future is an issue of particular con- cern for Taiwanese American stu- dents because most of them are the first generation born in the United States, and therefore the first genera- tion to deal with these issues. Some of the issues addressed through the workshops and Taiwan Night skits will be stereotypes in the media, political empowerment, the "glass ceiling" in the workplace and cultural assimilation versus plural- ism, Huang said. Riegle asks Congress to look into Gulf War Syndrome - ~ D0Ir Ait Vr MnA ij Haitians protest the return of exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Clnon keeps tpower over U s i USe . . o S mn aiti GAINESVILE, Fla.(AP) - Sen. Donald Riegle (D-Mich.) has called for congressional hearings into the "Gulf War syndrome" to try to determine what is causing it and to get help for veterans suffering from it. Thousands of Gulf War veterans have complained of symptoms that in- clude fatigue, swollen glands, sores, gum boils, chest pain, rectal bleeding, rashes and body aches. Some have speculated that their ill- nesses are the result of massive oil fires in Kuwait, bullets made from depleted uranium and the possibility that Iraq used chemical weapons against the coa- lition of nations involved in the war. Riegle's office, which secured $5.7 million to study the syndrome, has is- sued a 35-page report. "The results of this investigation . do indicatethatthereisalargebodyof evidence linking Gulf War Syndrome symptoms to possible exposure ofGulf War participants to chemical welfare agents and biological toxins." WASHINGTON(AP)-President Clinton won a hard-fought victory yes- terday as the Senate rejected curbs on his right as commander in chief to send oops to Haiti. Instead, senators endorsed a non- binding compromise theirleadersmade with the White House. Both Democrats and Republicans have pushed for sharp restrictions on presidential authority duing the past two weeks. TheSenate, byan 81-19vote, turned aside an amendment by Sen. Jesse ielms (R-N.C.) to deny funds for any tary operation in Haiti unlessClinton had Congress' approval in advance. The vote came afterHelms renewed his scathing attack on deposed Haitian PresidentJean-Bertrand Aristide, brand- ing him a "demonstrable killer." Only Republicans, including Senate Minor- ity Leader Bob Dole (R-Kan.) sup- ported the proposal. The Senate then voted, 98-2, for a watered-downmeasurethatsaysClinton should seek approval from lawmakers before committing troops to Haiti but is not required to do so. Sens. 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