2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 13, 1997 NATION/WORLD Reno: Clinton coffees OK WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Janet Reno said yesterday she has found nothing in videotapes of White House coffees to incriminate President Clinton or other officials cov- ered by the post-Watergate independent counsel law. But she promised to keep investigat- ing and said she ignores "name calling" by Republican critics who have demanded she resign. "Nothing has been closed, and nobody has been exonerated," including Clinton, Reno told NBC's "Meet the , Press." Claims that the Justice Department is winding down its inves- tigation into suspect campaign fund- raising activities at the White House are mistaken, she said. Republicans have pounded Reno in recent weeks, saying she should resign or face impeachment for failing to seek an independent counsel to investigate White House fund-raising practices. "We believe, many of us, that she is trying to stand in the way of a good investigation.... She is fighting for the president of the United States instead of doing her job," Rep. Dan Burton, (R- Ind.), chair of the House committee holding hearings on fund-raising viola- tions, said on CNN's "Late Edition." Reno said this month that, while con- tinuing to investigate fund-raising phone calls Vice President Al Gore made from the White House, she had found no evidence that President Clinton had violated the law in inviting wealthy donors to the White House for coffees or sleepovers. She has until Wednesday to decide whether to push ahead with an inquiry into phone calls the president apparent- ly made from the White House. Yesterday, she said that after review- ing newly released videotapes of the coffees, "we do not have any evidence of criminal activity" among the presi- dent or other senior government offi- cials covered by the Independent Council Act. She emphasized there will be no pause in "one of the most complex investigations in this nation's history." w'I . 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Whittier-Ferguson said that during a time of tragic loss, the University should band together to create a feel- ing of community and support for all who have been touched by Williams' death. "We're hoping this book may serve as a recognition of the community, and also a celebration of the powers that a community can have," he said. Immediately after the murder, many classes, some of which Williams was a member, held discussions about her death. Whittier-Ferguson said he hopes such discussions might spur writing efforts. Tamika Pennamon, an LSA senior and friend of Williams, said she hopes the book highlights the best and most memorable parts Williams' life. "Her spirit keeps me strong," Pennamon said. "It would make me happy to see the good things come out. I could write forever about the things Tamara and I did together." The English department is calling on the public to submit creative work in any form, whether it involves writings or visual arts. Project organizers have not yet received any submissions. At this point, the collection will be free. However, if costs accumulate, Whittier-Ferguson said the price will be reasonable and the proceeds most like- ly will be given to a scholarship fund for Kiera. With a submission deadline of Oct. 24, the chapbook is planned for release by the end of the term. Submissions can be sent to John Whittier-Ferguson who can be reached at johnaw@umich.edu or to 3156 Angell Hall. COMING OUT Continued from Page iA community," Harper said. The rally got underway with a "closet" made of rainbow streamers, which gay, heterosexual and unde- cided students walked through. More than 100 students, faculty and staff announced through a microphone their sexual orientation and received rainbow stickers, a symbol of gay and lesbian pride. Kevin March, a doctorate student of composition in the School of Music, attended the rally with his lover of five months, K. o. Chong-Gossard, a grad- uate student instructor in the classical studies department. "I think it's important to show the students, faculty, and staff that we're not any different," said March, who "came out" three years ago. "It's important to show that the gay/les- bian community is not just statis- tics." Bernard Cherkasov, a member of the QUP planning team and Ahava, a Jewish LesBiGay and Friends Collective, said the the rally intended to raise awareness among straight stu- dents, as well as those students who still may be struggling with their sexu- ality. "I hope students who aren't out of, the closet will be encouraged and they will see that being out is positive," Cherkasov said. "I think it's important for everyone to see that we are all brothers, sisters and allies. "We are out here to show our pride," Cherkasov added. LSA sophomore Patty Brady chalked the Diag before the rally start- ed. "I've got a lot of friends who are out of the closet and I'm very supportive of them," Brady said. "I hope that people who aren't normally thinking about these issues will today." Brady said she admired those who organized and participated in the rally. "They're risking emotional pain. They're facing discrimination," Brady said. "I hope other people put them- selves in their position, and see that dis- crimination can't be tolerated:" Trudell said the Diag was a strategic location for the LGBT's cause. "Since the Diag is such a central, important place on campus which many students use as a platform to be heard, it shows that LGBT stu- dents deserve this right as well," Trudell said. "It also draws the attention of students walking through the Diag. They can see that not every student is straight." The rally comes at the end of NCOW, which this year has been plagued with alleged discriminatory acts. "(NCOW) has been quite successful, but the whole chalking deal has defi- ~ AROUND THE NATIQ Testimony in Jones-Clinton case to begin WASHINGTON -- Sworn testimony in the sexual harassment suit against President Clinton begins this week with all sides scurrying for damaging evi- dence and digging in for a protracted standoff. Talk of an out-of-court settle- ment is dead for now. The depositions start off simply enough, today in Little Rock, Ark.: Paula Jones' mother and sister will testify to what she told them of the alleged 19 hotel-room encounter. Next week, former co-worker Pamela Blackard a friend Debra Ballentine, both confidantes of Mrs. Jones at the time, are to give depositions. From there, scheduled testimony veers from the principals. Subpoenas betray strategies: his to prove her a profit-driven liar, hers to prove him a chronic adulterer. It is Clinton's often-ignored codefendant who will peer into Mrs. Jones' sex- ual past - a defense the president's team was forced to forswear months ago after an uproar by women's groups. Some half-dozen witnesses to Mrs. Jones' sexual reputation, including past boyfriends and a former employer, have been subpoenaed by Bill Bristo attorney for Arkansas state trooper Danny Ferguson. They will testify in de sitions beginning Oct. 17. Quick vote unlikely on abortion veto WASHINGTON - Don't look for House and Senate Republicans to make a rapid attempt to overturn President Clinton's veto of legislation banning certain late-term abortions. They'll wait until next year, closer to the 1998 congressional elections, before forcing Democrats to cast their next vote on the politically sensitive issue. On a lopsided House vote of 296- 132, the Republican-controlled Congress sent the legislation to Clinton's desk last week banning so- called "partial birth" abortions. He vetoed it Friday, with considerably less fanfare than accompanied his rejection of a similar measure in 1996. The bill would have banned the pro- cedure - which involves the partial delivery of a fetus, legs first, through the birth canal followed by drainage of its skull - except when needed to save a woman's life. SAROUND THE WORLD ,-< Clinton also favors an exception in cases in which a mother's health-is endangered. "As a result of this con- gressional indifference to women's health, I cannot in good conscience" approve the bill, he said in his veto notice. FBI investigating CD business, scams NEW YORK - FBI agents and fed- eral prosecutors are looking into whether millions of dollars worth of CDs have been diverted and sold, cheat- ing artists like Madonna out of royalties and ripping off big music companies The concerns have prompted Ti Warner Inc., the world's largest me a and entertainment company, to exam- ine its own music distribution business for the second time in two years. According to two longtime industry insiders who say they have been inter- viewed by the FBI, the questions center on whether unscrupulous employees have been misdirecting newly manu- factured CDs and selling them. The J?93.9 FM & e -ww A NN R8 OR Hurricane survivors mourn after disaster ACAPULCO, Mexico - Grieving families in Acapulco have begun to bury more than 200 dead, following Hurricane Pauline's devastating onslaught late last week. Dozens remain missing and rescue workers are digging up more bodies from the mud- filled streets every day. Thousands more were left homeless when Hurricane Pauline unleashed flash floods Thursday in the slopes above this Mexican resort's famed% beaches. Alicia Alvarez Gutierrez was swept from her house by a torrent of mud and water that Hurricane Pauline sent coursing through Acapulco. She sur- vived only because a power cable wrapped itself around her legs and neck, nearly strangling her. It was her lifeline to reach the bank. Her parents and her little sister weren't so lucky. She watched as the current carried them away. And now, on a sun-drenched afternoon, she has come to the cemetery to lay them to rest. Two hundred people surround 30- year-old Alicia, offering support and singing hymns as the three coffins lowered, one atop the other, into a sin- gle grave. But she doesn't see the cloth- draped caskets. All she sees, she explains later, is her family. Trio of new quakes jolts central Italy ASSISI, Italy -,Three sharp earth- quakes jolted quake-damaged cent4 Italy yesterday, crumbling some medieval structures already weakened in last month's quakes. Assisi's famed St. Francis Basilica, heavily damaged by two earthquakes on Sept. 26, appeared to weather the latest shaking without further harm. Other landmarks fared less well in the three new quakes, which all hit within a six-minute spell around noon. The largest of the quakes had a magnitude f 4.5, the Civil Defense Ministry said. ' - Compiled from Daily wire reportfs invite you to a FREE CONCERT at Michigan's premier club by Capitol Records JEB LOY NICHOLS Tuesday Oct. 14 8pm we're celebrating his debut release "LOVERS KNOT" one of our favorite recordings of 1997 Call 994-8031 for more information. "Jeb 's music crosses cultures, blurs genres ignores categories and yet is pop music plain and simple." 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