2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 14, 1997 NATION/WoRLD NIGHT Continued from Page IA DeVaney explained that her night- mare continued for months after the assault. "The next day at the hospital, I was assaulted. For months, as my per- petrators harassed me, calling me a whore and a slut, I was assaulted," she *said. Y Wayne State University senior and women's activist Kamilah Johnson impacted the crowd with two kpoignant poems, "Rape" and "Revolution." Between each poem, Johnson asked in her powerful voice, "Are we here to -take back the night?" Emi Nakazato, a staff member at the Sexual Assault Prevention and zAwareness Center, closed the rally by reading this year's list of demands, -which included calls to action in many 4ifferent areas of the community. The demands centered around aggressive a proaches to ending domestic vio- lence, child molestation, sexual assault and misconceptions about women. Although men were invited to attend the rally, the march was set aside for women only. The quick-paced marchers switched off repeatedly between chants. Often a chant would last no more than a few seconds before it would die out and be replaced by another one. The chants ranged from, "Our bodies, our lives, our right to decide!" to more non- conventional chants. "We always get impromptu chants, ones that are not in the books" said Kent Baumkel, program coordinator for the Ann Arbor mayor's Task Force on Violence against Women, after a group of women began chanting, "1,2,3,4, I am not your little whore! 5,6,7,8, why don't you just masturbate?" As the marchers approached E. William Street, the "silent block" began. All marchers held hands and, raised them in the air to demonstrate how violence silences women. The marchers erupted in cheers when they reached E. Liberty Street, in stark con- trast from the silence of a moment ear- lier. The march, sponsored by the Ann Arbor Coalition Against Rape, ended when participants circled back to Top of the Park,. CLEAN Continued from Page 1A are a part of the Ann Arbor communi- ty. "Take part in your community," Brown said. "It is your role, your job, your right to do that." RC senior Carmen Tomshack, who handles fundraising and finance for Project Serve, agreed that volunteering is important for students to gain a com- munity identity. "Programs like this are important because they allow contacts with the community," Tomshack said. "It helps students feel part of the com- munity." Tomshack said the turnout was not as large as expected due to students ago- nizing over finals and the dismal weath- er, which washed out the outdoors pro- jects. Brown told the audience that com- munity service should be fun. "When you think about community service, do not think about 'serving' people, think of it as helping communi- ty members," Brown said. "Do it to have fun" Students took part in a variety of pro- jects, said LSA junior Karen Lareau, Project Serve's campus programs pub- lic relations officer. "We try to reach a broad range of issues," Lareau said. "We have stu- dents at the food bank, a day care center, Northvale and Riverside retirement homes, the Shelter Association and the Motor City White Busters." Students said they were excited about. the chance to get involved in communi- ty action. "I have a great time doing this," said LSA junior Anne Cummings. "I've met a lot of people through service days. I think it's a great opportunity to get involved." Into the Streets takes place nationally on campuses, Lareau said. Project Serve gets students involved who may only have a few hours to spare each year as well as students who can make long-range committments to service, Lareau added. "We reach 4,000 students a year in various aspects," Lareau said. ROUND THE NATI Gingrich may urge Reno to test WASHINGTON - House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said yesterday that Attorney General Janet Reno should be called before Congress to testify under oath if she does not tell Congress today that she will seek an independent counsel to investigate alleged abuses in Democratic Party fund-raising. Gingrich declared he has no confidence in Reno as attorney general and, when asked if she should resign, said: "'We'll know tomorrow" .the-deadline for R to respond to a request from congressional Republicans that she call for an ine- pendent counsel in the matter. "The evidence mounts every day of law-breaking in this administration" Gingrich said on "Fox News Sunday." "If she can look at the day-after-day revelations about this administration and not conclude it's time for an independent counsel, how can any serious citizen have any sense of faith in her judgment?" Late last week, the indications were that Reno likely would not seek a counsel in the case, which already is being investigated by career Justice Department pros- ecutors, but aides emphasized no final decision had been made. If she decides not to ask a three-judge panel to name an independent cou , Gingrich said, Reno needs to explain her decision. "She needs to answer in pulm, she needs to answer, I think, under oath" he said. 'TAYLOR dontinued from Page IA Taylor is required to go to Chicago for a physical examination Nut does not have to stay for the pre- *aft camp. He said he would work oit for individual teams, but wasn't stae if he would participate in the csmp. i 'Taylor's teammates - four of whom Stere in attendance at his press confer- ejce - said the whole team supported Y his decision to enter the draft. Michigan oc(-captain Robert Traylor said he even #encouraged Taylor to pursue an NBA All I can say is, the NBA better watch out, because he's going to be a great player," Traylor said. Taylor was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year two seasons 404 a t.} JOt A1O6- 4:i vr"':->{: '": -Y .r_{.:l .}?. ! " p "l r ago: He averaged 12.5 points and five rebounds per game, starting 28 of the Wolverines' 30 contests. He improved on those numbers in his sophomore season, but he didn't fulfill most peo- ple's expectations. Taylor, who averaged 12.3 points this year and 6.2 rebounds per game, said he had the support of his entire family in his decision to turn pro. But his aunt and guardian, Sabrina Lloyd, only agreed to support Taylor's decision on one condition - that he finish his education at the University, "That is a promise that he made to me and I will make sure he will keep it," Lloyd said. "Education is the most important thing, but this is his dream, and how can you take a dream away from some- one?" CRIME Continued from Page 1A ority for the next four years?' Clinton urged Congress to enact the administration's Anti-Gang and Youth Violence Strategy Act, which he sub- mitted in February with support from Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D- Calif.). It calls We sh for more prose- cutors .and feel too increased penal- ties to attack - gang violence, U.S. extends federal re strictions making it harder for teen-age criminals to obtain guns and provides additional youth counsel- ing and after-school recreational resources for violence-prone young- sters. Republicans had a different slant on the statistics. Rep. Bill McCollum (R- Fla.), chair of the House Judiciary sub- committee on crime, said: "We should- n't feel too secure -- crime is not down nearly enough." The yearly survey covers crime victims 12 years old and above; it excludes murder because victims cannot be interviewed. The survey is believed by some experts to reflect national crime trends more accurate- ly than those based on crimes report- Ra ed to police because it captures unre- ported crimes.- "Urban areas have typically recorded the highest levels of violent victimizations and rural areas the lowest," the study said. "But the broadest decline in vio- lent offenses during 1995 was in the suburbs, where there were sig- widn't n i f i c a n t declines in all ecure."ftypes of per- sonal victim- Bill McCullum izations except ep. (D-Florida) rape and sexual assault." Suburban areas registered a decline of 15.1 percent, rural areas 11 percent and cities 10.7 percent, the figures showed. Among crimes of violence, the most striking decline was in aggravated assaults, which fell 24.7 percent for white victims and 24 percent for blacks. Among household crimes, the- bur- glary rate dropped 12.9 percent and household thefts fell by 8.4 percent. Motor vehicle thefts showed no appre- ciable change. Total victimizations in 1995 were 38.4 million, compared with 42.3 mil- lion in 1994, the study said. In 1992 there were an estimated 42.8 million crime victims and in 1993 there were 43.5 million. Four Americans killed in plane crash PITTSTOWN, Bahamas - A small plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off a tiny island in the Bahamas, killing all four Americans on board, including three private pilots. Their single-engine Beechcraft 36 slammed into a rocky shoal Saturday about 25 yards off Crooked Island about 250 miles southeast of Nassau. "The plane went into bits and pieces. It was completely destroyed," said Sgt. Glen Rolle, of the Crooked Island Police Department. The U.S. State Department identified the dead as Janet Hunter of Orlando, Fla., Frank Pocher of Hopkinton, Mass., Robert Press of Natick, Mass., and Sheldon Rothstein of Framingham, Mass. The three business executives were pilots who had taken turns flying the craft to an air show in Lakeland, Fla., family members said. After the show ended last week, theyfwent to the Bahamas for a couple of days. Arnold Josey, assistant superinten- dent of police for the Royal Bahamas Police Force, said the cause of the crash was unknown, although it was cloudy and winds were "choppy" when the plane went down. Pocher's daughter, Laurie Rufo, said she was told the plane had engine p- lems and was circling back to land w it crashed. DNC faces highest debt ever of $1.4M WASHINGTON - The Democratic National Committee is facing the biggest debt in the party's history, lacks the money to refund $1.5 million in questionable donations it promised> return earlier this year, and is expecting that the fund-raising controversy will cost more than $4.5 million in legal fees this year, according to party officials. In an interview last week, DNC national chair Steve Grossman said the party's current debt is $14.4 million, but that it has $1.7 million cash on hand, putting the net debt at $12.7 mil- lion. , AROUND THE WORL F- i ' .:. . i r i +a. Don't Panic.! If you think you're pregnant... call us-we listen, we care. PROBLEM PREGNANCY HELP 769-7283 Any time, any day, 24 hours. Fully confidential. Serving Students since 1970. -- Zairian rebels insist _president must go. GOMA, Zaire - Zairian rebels told President Mobutu Sese Seko they now want him to leave the country and said they made. good on their threat to resume their push toward the capital if the ailing dictator did not step down by yesterday. Rebel chief Laurent Desire Kabila had given Mobutu three days to resign or watch the rebels - who in seven months have captured nearly half the mineral-rich country - advance on Kinshasa. "We have decided we won't give Mobutu another chance:' said Bizima karaha, the rebels' foreign affairs adviser. "We want him to leave the country and then we can negotiate a cease-fire:" Karaha told reporters in the rebel headquarters town of Goma that the rebels have resumed 'their offensive after a three-day lull in fighting, but he did not say when or where. "They want war, and they will get it, he said. On Saturday, after considerable inter- national pressure, Mobutu for the first time said he was willing to meet Kabila face to face -"if he asks politely."* Such a meeting has been one of the rebel alliance's key demands, but Kabila has yet to respond publicly to the indirect offer. Pope urges peace among Bosnians SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegov a - Pope John Paul II appealew Bosnia's political leaders yesterday to foster forgiveness and transform Sarajevo from a symbol of suffering into a model of coexistence. Later, tens of thousands of pilgrims, braving a light snow and waving yel- low-and-white flags, converged on a stadium near Sarajevo's wartime front line and greeted the pope when he arrived for a Mass highlighting his long-delayed mission of peace. 0 -Compiled from Daily wire reports. l I Y(es, I am interested in finding out more about iOakland University's College of Arts and t Sciences Spring and Summer credit courses. Please t send an application and informations on: I An andArt JHistory I Brochernistry I Emj~niionnental Studio. t....t eography E liInterniational Studies L ~ii s~tics .: llDOJrml an ,Iages andUtearA Mu i9Tetre .n ......................... ~ LIII oliticl Sc~eee .and...............tio I'~lt l IOD F iaI < : :;; L1Women', tjiie .. Name I. ~ .AAj I' l At Oakland University's College of Arts and Sciences, you can choose from dozens of spring or summer courses - many during the evening and on Saturday. 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