2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 14, 2000 NATION/WORLD MICHIGAMUA Continued from Page JA "This is just a representation of the effective- ness of exchanging dialog. We want (the objects) out so that the pain can stop. As long as it's up there, pain and hate will continue to be propa- gated," Michigamua spokesman Nick Delgado said. Although the University has not removed the objects from Michigamua's meeting space, Harper said, the inventory process began Wednesday, and the artifacts will be returned eventually to their respective Native American communities. Members of SCC, Michgamua and MSA said they have been awestruck by the University's failure to accept full responsibility for the issue, especially since both the SCC and Michigamua have submitted written demands directly to the administration regarding the matter. "The SCC isn't demanding anything from MSA. They are demanding everything from the administration. This is a critical moment. It's not time to put students against students," Coulouris said. "I think it's absurd that Vice President Royster Harper and President Lee Bollinger are telling the SCC what the SCC's demands are," he said. SCC spokesman Diego Bernal said he thinks the administration has been unreliable and insensitive in responding to SCC's demands. Bernal said he believes administrative offi- cials are "liars -trying to do things without our knowledge to affect what's going on here today." Coulouris said he thinks the administration is trying to deflect their power and push the diffi- cult questions off on MSA. "It's like the administration's got an overrun lawn and they're pointing at the guy who's trim- ming the edges. That's what the MSA is to the administration," Coulouris said. I - ______ -, 154U4 front beach rd panama city, fl 32413 850.234.6644 www. holIoway house. corm 1.800.346.4709 Frustrated and disappointed with the Unive Need help making sense of your U ofM experie Check out http://universitysecrets While the SCC continues its stance of refusing to engage in discussion with members of Michigamua, Delgado said Michigamua's cur- rent goals are to foster "healing within the Native American community, within their group, and within the University itself." The meeting space in the tower, he said, is not the real issue. The issue, he said, is the healing of all people hurt by Michigamua's past associa- tion with Native American rituals. Despite Michigamua's lack of concern for the tower space, allocation of the space is one of SCC's prime concerns. SCC spokesman Joe Reilly said the group wants the University to convert the space into a cultural lounge. Michigamua is a recognized student organiza- tion, but unlike most other student groups, it operates on internal dues. Harper and Michigamua members said they believe the issue at hand needs to be addressed through open dialog among those involved. KISS-IN Continued from Page 1A Shannon Martin explained to the group why the rainbow flag is hang- rsity? ing off of the Union tower. "Students in the SCC wanted to show their solidarity with LGBT stu- ,nce? dents, and that they're thinking about all students," Martin said. Severs said the turnout of students .com for the Kiss-In was low this year in comparison to past years. "I think the decline is partially due to a lack of getting the word out about the event, as well as a general decline in enthusiasm for LGBT events in the past two years," Severs said. "There hasn't been a large turnout for any events lately. This is due to a certain extent to a lack of strong leadership. But also, LGBT students don't feel as though they are safe all of the time. Stu- dents are often safer here than they are at other universities, but sometimes they do feel threatened," she added. One new initiative to help promote awareness and increase visibility is the release of the new LGBT literary mag- azine "G-Spot" Friday. G-Spot is an acronym, standing for GLBT Student Publication Tapestry. Jim Leija, LGBT co-chairman, said the magazine will include stories, poems, essays, artwork and non-fiction. "We didn't get as good of a response as we thought we would, but we did pretty well for our first time," Leija said. LSA junior Japiya Burns said the idea originated after he attended a community college, which had an excellent literary arts magazine. He said he was disappointed when he came here and found no such maga- zine existed., "I got excited about doing some- thing for LGBT, and the whole idea came together, Burns said. "This is a wonderful opportunity for people to express themselves." Leija said the magazine is a repre- sentation of the diversity that exists among LGBT students. "We all have something to offer and share with oth- ers. This is an opportunity for others to look into the lives of the LGBT com- munity" Leija said. Also Friday there will be a Queer Formal, lasting from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. on the fourth floor of Rackham. "This is the first formal we've had that is open to the queer community, as well as the entire University, Severs said. Other events this week will include a lecture by Eli Clare, a poet, essayist and activist. She will be reading from her new book at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the Kalamazoo Room of the Michigan Union. Democrats criticize Clinton's budget WASHINGTON - The most vis- ible criticism of President Clinton's budget priorities has come from the right, as congressional Republicans call for deeper tax cuts. But a grow- ing chorus of complaints is emerg- ing on the left, from liberal and progressive activists who say the president, with his focus on debt reduction, is blowing a great oppor- tunity to invest more heavily in schools, health care, mass transit and other needs traditionally associ- ated with Democrats. They say, Clienton and Vice Presi- dent Al Gore now burn for some- thing they never mentioned in their campaigns: Not merely reducing the federal debt but eliminating it by 2013. A once-sensible Democratic strate- gy - reversing the Reagan adminis- tration's deficit-spending policies, and emphasizing debt reduction to thwart GOP tax cuts - has become a dubious virtue in its own right, these critics say. The stakes extend beyond Clinton's final year in office. With .Gore stressing debt reduction in his presidential campaign, some liberal activists contend, the party may find itself locked into a policy that will starve worthy programs of billions o* available dollars for years to come. NAACP addresses lack of TV diversity PASADENA, Calif. - Steven Spiel- berg won a special honor at the 31st NAACP Image Awards, and Denzel Washington took best actor for "The Hurricane." Rosa Parks, the civil rights pioneer°a who now lives in Detroit, on Saturday won for supporting actress in a drama series for her appearance on CBS' "Touched by an Angel." The NAACP had announced a shortage of minority characters in television, which made it difficult for Image Award organizers to select nominees this year. The organization has confronted the networks for months about the lack o* diversity. . CROSS TH E TMATiON Spacecraft approaches asteroid's orbit LAUREL, Md. - A robot craft that missed its mark a year ago is on target for a Valentine's Day rendezvous with an asteroid named for the Greek god of love. The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft is approaching the asteroid Eros slowly and is expected to slip into orbit around the mountain-sized space rock at midmorning today. If successful, NEAR will become the fir spacecraft to orbit an asteroid. Researchers hope data compiled about Eros coul ~ one day help humans defend the Earth against a "killer asteroid" like one thought to have wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Eros, a potato-shaped rock, is 21 miles long and eight miles wide; by compari- son, New York's Manhattan island is about 13 1/2 miles long and 2 1/2 miles wide. Like this planet, Eros orbits the sun; about 160 million miles from Earth. The $224 million NEAR mission was launched Feb. 17, 1996. The craft was supposed to have gone into an orbit of Eros in January 1999, but it malfunc- tioned after a rocket firing that was to have aimed the spacecraft at the asteroid was shut down automatically. NEAR sped past Eros, capturing photos as it went. Then, for reasons still not understood, the craft went out of control and lost contact with Earth for more than 24 hours. "We know why the rocket motor shut down," said Robert Farquhar, the mis- sion director. "But what happened after that is a mystery." MexicoeHonduras*Costa Rica'Dominican Republic Nicaragua-"Paraguay-Brazil-Bolivia Invest in your future career by working as a community health volunteer in Latin America. Develop leadership, organizational and cross- cultural communication skills while focusing on public health and environmental projects. College credit and scholarships are available. 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This time, Italy and Greece object to South Africa's use of "grappa" and "ouzo" to label liqueurs. The two European countries regard th terms as solely theirs. Unless then get their way, the Italians and Greeks are threatening to sink the trade package, which took provi- sional effect Jan. 1 but must be rati- fied by the EU's 15 member-states to stay on the books. French peacekeepers fired on in Kosovo PRISTINA, Yugoslavia - Ethnic Albanian snipers wounded two French peacekeepers in the strife-torn north- ern Kosovo city of Kosovska Mitrovi- ca yesterday, and French troops " responded with gunfire that left one sniper dead and at least two snipers wounded, authorities said. Nearly 20 people were reported injured in violence, which included an attack on an ethnic Albanian home. - Compiled from Daily wire reports.' it's here. The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by, students at the University of Michigan. 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