AIL. *rn1 Weather Tonight: Snow late, low around 30' Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy, high around 33'. Tuesday January 23, 1996 One hundredfive years ofeditorialfreedom k ". kn E$ x. $*Ro dict 23 f yews ter pro1c; rotest e yubo;r k N .F a The Washington Post WASHINGTON - Finding analogies for their cause in the Holocaust, slavery and Dr. Seuss, thousands of anti-abortion demonstra- tors rallied yesterday outside the home of the President they hope to defeat in November and marched past the legislative houses they already have won. *The crowd - estimated by the National Park Service at 60,000 and by march organiz- ers at 125,000 - ended the day at the Su- preme Court, which for 23 years has thwarted the goal emblazoned on their signs: "Stop All Abortion." Dozens of uniformed D.C. police officers lined the white marble steps of the court- house as scores of people knelt and prayed around 23 tiny black coffins - one for each year since Roe vs. Wade, the court ruling that legalized abortion. Hope Mohney, of Pittsburgh, confided in friends that she wished she could go inside. "1 just want to see whether it really says, 'One Nation Under God,"' she said. Others networked and bantered; a man with a Dallas Cowboys cap was ribbed by a Pitts- burgh contingent about this weekend's Super Bowl. "If the Steelers were pro-life," retorted the Cowboys fan, "I'd be for them, too." Spirits massed for a common cause never fail to rise, but the mood at yesterday's annual March for Life was particularly ebullient. "The year is '96, the year we've been waiting for," said Jackie Ragan, ofGaithersburg, Md., at the pre-march rally on the Ellipse. She is director of state development forthe National Right to Life Committee. "After the '92 elec- tions, our opponents said, 'Go away, it's over.' But we are stronger than ever, and this year we stand to take it back," she said. Election victories last year by conservative Republicans, plus legislative activity at the state and national level aimed at restricting abortions - to say nothing of a looming presidential election - clearly have raised the expectations of abortion opponents. As in past years, marchers expressed confi- dence that their cause would win because it is right. But yesterday, many said they be- lieved they would prevail soon because of their growing political clout. "Obviously, the budget is the front-burner issue," said Padraic Walsh of Columbia, Md., "but we understand that." Some, however, expressed frustration with the legislators they helped put in office, AR P110 Pro-lifers rally in Dallas to mark the 23rd anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision. Thousands rallied across the U.S. Jurors to hear cases under new 'U' code * Some say transition to new policy is not a smooth process By Jeff Eldridge Daily Staff Reporter With debate still churning over its content and approval, the Code of Stu- dent Conduct is well on its way to implementation. Mary Lou Antieau, assistant vice sident for student affairs, said stu- nts have already been charged under GOP works out detapls o Yt e the newest code, and that "there are a couple charges coming in this term." She would not comment on the content of the individual cases. "We're in a tran- sition period," Antieau said. "If a charge was made last semester, SMOKE SCREEN Top: Ann Arbor attorney Paul Gallagher takes a break from his busy schedule yesterday to enjoy a cigar at the Maison Edwards Tobacco shop in Nickels Arcade. Left: Fred Chase opens a box of cigars for a customer at the Maison Edwards shop. Below: Containers of tobacco line the walls of the cigar shop. Photos by SARA STILLMAN/Daily, we're still charging them under the Statement of Student Rights and Re- sponsibilities." Antieau said each of the different schools at the University are respon- sible for nominating students to serve on Student Resolution Panels, the de to juries that oversee disciplinary ceedings. Catherine Peponis, president of the University's Engineering Council, said time constraints made it difficult to find 10 people from the College of Engi- neering to serve on the panels. "We didn't have much time to imple- ment it," Peponis said. "This happened when I came into office at the end of December, and they needed the names by Jan. 12." eponis added that panelists from the allege of Engineering "didn't have the time to go through a full application process." Barb Olender, Antineau's secretary, said recruiting efforts came at a particu- larly difficult time. "The timing isn't suited well for the student government," Olender said. "Everyone was focusing on something totally different." Olender said that another difficulty came in recruiting panelists from Uni- versity schools that do not have presi- dents or student governments. Peponis said she sent e-mail to 25 different North Campus engineering societies in an effort to gain panelists. Peponis also said the group of panel- ists is diverse and not restricted to people involved with the contacted societies. The Office of Student Conflict Reso- ion held a daylong training seminar Sunday to prepare students to serve on Student Resolution Panels. Antieau -aid 60 students will comprise a gen- eral pool whose members will be cho- sen to serve on the panels of specific cases. Susan Eklund, associate dean at the University Law School, spoke at the training session. Eklund said her re- a rks focused on the technical aspects at should be considered when hearing cases under the Code. "Some ofmy general comments were addressed to understanding the charge itself," Eklund said, "and examining the kind of evidence that would prove and disprove a charge." I The Washington Post WASHINGTON-Battle-weary con- gressional Republicans yesterday worked out details of a plan to avoid another politically risky showdown with Presi- dent Clinton over the budget and keep the government operating through March 15. The latest temporary measure fund- ing nine government departments and dozens of agencies runs out Friday at midnight. Republicans have said they want to avoid another partial govern- ment shutdown, but also want to keep pressure on Clinton to agree to a bal- anced budget plan. The evolvingGOP strategy wouldcon- tinue to squeeze 1996 federal spending and terminate a dozen or more programs, but Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R- Kan.) indicated no effort will be made to go after the national service program or other high priority administration pro- grams that have been targeted by Repub- licans for elimination. However, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Bob Livingston (R-La.), said that the new legislation "probably will" eliminate a provision contained in previous stopgap measures that had protected federal employees from being laid off without pay. House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R- Ga.) told reporters that budget talks with the White House were "for all practical purposes not functional," and Republicans were seeking ways to be- gin implementing small pieces of their balanced budget plan. "We're trying first of all on how to get a downpayment on a balanced budget because of the President's refusal to put a serious pro- posal on the table," he said. "There's still some glimmer of hope we may come together on a balanced budget," Dole said yesterday. But he said the talks won't resume until Clinton takes the initiative and agrees to funda- mental changes in Medicare, Medicaid and other costly entitlement programs. Gingrich and Dole have had to walk a thin line in crafting a plan that would continue to apply sufficient pressure to the administration to keep restive GOP conservatives satisfied but without in- viting another veto that would trigger the third partial government shutdown since November. Details of the GOP plan for keeping the government going through March 15 were still being worked out late last night and are subject to review today by rank and file House and Senate Repub- licans, many of whom want to use the stopgap spending measure to force Clinton into a budget deal. Congressional Republican leaders have been stung by polls showing that Americans have blamed them more than Clinton for the past two shutdowns. However,a new Washington Post-ABC State of Union to stress hope Newsday WASHINGTON - Facing a tough Congress and a TV audi- ence pondering his re-election, President Clinton tonight will de- liver a State of the Union speech bypassing budget disputes to out- line an "age of possibilities" for 21st-century America. In shaping a constitutionally required annual report into the unofficial curtain-raiser on his 1996 campaign, Clinton has heeded advice to "rise above the bickering" with an optimistic por- trait of a future attainable by lo- cal communities rather than Washington, a White House spokesman said. "It would be ridiculous for him to stand in front of this Congress and lay out a legislative program, because it's not going anywhere - particularly after this past year," said White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry. 'With the government still not fully funded for 1996 and a third partial shutdown looming Friday in the ongoing budget battle, con- gressional Republicans planned a leadership meeting last night that was expected to endorse keeping unfunded agencies open for another month while killing a few minor programs. But Repub- I icans have warned that their stop- gap spending bill will be harsher if Clinton uses his prime-time pulpit to bash their health spend- ing or tax cuts. News poll suggests that confidence in Clinton's handling of the budget issue is beginning to erode, although no where near the level of disagreement with GOP handling of the issue. The poll, taken of 1,005 adults Thurs- day through Sunday, shows that Ameri- cans, by a 50- to 42-percent margin. disapprove of the way Clinton is han- dling the dispute over the federal bud- get. Two weeks ago, by a margin of 50 percent to 46 percent, more Americans approved of his handling of the issue. At the same time, Republicans get over- whelmingly bad grades for their perfor- mance, grades that have remained in the cellar for two months of the budget talks and government shutdowns.. Bacteial infection kills cadet, threatens others at Va. academy ® 25 quarantined, watched for flu-like symptoms of infection The Cavalier Daily LEXINGTON, Va. - A first-year student at Virginia Military Institute has died, and 150 other students and staffmembers at VMI are on preventive antibiotics as a result of a dangerous bacterial infection. Scott W. Hickey of Staunton, Va., died Friday, at 2 p.m., after having contracted meningcoccemia at an unknown time and location. Hickey initially reported to the VMI infirmary late Thursday night, run- ning a fever of 100 degrees and com- plaining of flu-like symptoms. After being given a Tylenol he elected to return to the barracks for the night. The following morning Hickey re- turned to the infirmary and a school doctor sent him to the emergency room Virginia Military Institute More than 150 people at VMI are on preventative antibiotics after a first-year cadet died Friday of a bacterial infection. Here are some facts about the all-male school: Enrollment: About 1,200 Founded: 1839, the nation's oldest state-supported military college. VM1 Ohio In Lexington, just north of Roanoke. ,M Va Va. Ky -Rich d Va. A fenny N.C. Famous People: George Marshall, author of the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe after World War II, graduated in 1901. The Disease Meningcoccemia, a bacterial infection, causes swelling of the membranes that surround thebrain and spinal cord. The bacteria look like small, black pairs of ovals. osi Bacteria Source: Virginia Military institute, Encyclopaedia Britannica ary measure against spreading the ill- ness. "Half of the cadet corps goes to basketball games, so it made sense to cancel the game," VMI spokesman Mike Strickler said. "Everything else is go- ing on normally. JONATHAN BERNDT/Daily VMI's precautionary measures are similar to last fall's meningitis scare at VMI, Student Health Director Jim Turner said. Last fall, a student living in Tuttle House contracted meningitis and fell I I --I.