2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, September 25, 2000 NATION/WORLD THOMPSON Continued from Page IA I said it's just about going in there and racing," Namesnik said. After a preliminary time of 15:1 1.21, Thompson was not a favorite to medal, but proved to be up to the challenge in the finals. "For Chris to make it to the Olympics was obviously a goal," Namesnik said. "The next goal was to get into the finals and put himself into a position to win a medal. To get that medal was an outside chance. "It's a tribute to the hard work he's put in," Namesnik said. Thompson, the only current Michi- 'an swimmer coippeting in the 2010 Summer Olytnpics; will be staying in Australia through the closing cere- monies. He will come back to Michi- gan and the swim team early next week, when it will be business as usual. But Thompson will not go unno- ticed by his teammates as an Olympic medalist. "He'll assume a greater leader- ship role," said Namesnik, who spent his senior year at Michigan after winning a silver in the 400- meter individual medley in the Barcelona Olympics eight years ago. "He'll feel a sense of accom- plishment and obligation to come back and lead the team." Learn how the world works... StHu'{i, n flrsaQI ddnGer many STUDENTS Continued from Page IA On Saturday, the group held its sec- ond annual Fall Kickoff Picnic at Island Park. Chin said the event, which was open to graduate students and their families, attracted nearly 400 to the site. The group is sponsored by the Rackham administration and Rackham Student Government. "Ice breaker" events are planned throughout the year for graduate stu- dents to meet each other and realize they aren't the only ones who don't fit the typical student profile. Students can visit the group's Web- site at wwiiiticm.c'dmchd/socgrads to find out more about upcoming events like coffee hours, which will begin next month, and ice skating outings. Food For Thought Vietnam and the Movies The 1989 Sundance Film Festival award winning 84 Charlie Mopic depict- ed a LRRP (Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol) team through the lens of a documentary movie camera. One Vietnam Vet grunt initially thought it was indeed a docu- mentary. Gary Lillie & Assoc., Realtors www.garylillie.com REBELS Continued from Page IA about SDS and activism at Michigan and nationally as well," Schulman said. Many students said they were impressed to actually meet the people that the documentary featured. "It is really powerful.to actually see these people that were so influential in starting the student protest movements of the sixties," Public Policy graduate student Jennifer Pasinosky said. As the end credits began to roll to the song, "We Shall Overcome" mem- bers of the audience joined in, adding to the already emotionally charged atmosphere. Closing the night was a panel discussion involving Garvy, members of SDS featured in the film and representatives from politically active groups on campus. SDS member Bill Ayers told the audience that it is harder to find cases of injustice today compared to blatant injustices of the past like the Holo- caust and slavery but they are out there and must be addressed. He said activism starts with finding rage about a issue and then acting upon that rage. "Rebels With A Cause" will run at the Michigan Theater and select cities across the nation later in the fall. Fur- ther details are available at narsd.srer'els.coiit. .tdet s . 7* your hair is long, Oct it cut. 615 E. Lierty off State 668 93 9 p n 4m dnk ri rg a t 7A. 16"r, e M ACROS s THE NATiON Oil prices remain unaffected after action CAMARILLO, Calif. -- Gasoline prices remained steady over the past two weeks, with no immediate impact from President Clinton's decision to tap 30 million barrels of oil from emergency stockpiles, an analyst said yesterday. The Lundberg Survey of 10,000 stations nationwide found that the ave price of all grades, plus taxes, was S1.62 per gallon Friday. It was a tenth e a cent per gallon lower than prices the survey found two weeks ago, but 28 cent per gallon higher than for the same period a year ago. Analyst Trilby Lundberg said yesterday that prices likely wouldn't drop to 1999 levels any time soon. Clinton's announcement Friday may have had some "psychological effect' on retail prices, but the oil won't hit the market until next month, Lundber said. Rising energy costs are becoming an issue in the presidential campaign a winter heating bills are expected to be as much as 50 percent higher than Ias year's. Crude oil is selling for more than $34 per barrel, a 10-year high. The end of the summer driving season often means lower gasoline prics demand dips and refineries convert more of their oil to heating fuel. But cost tet crude oil is keeping gas prices high. Lundberg said it is hard to predict the price impact of the government's oil release, especially since weather and other factors play a role in demand. Lazio, Clinton gee to ban soft money NEW YORK -- It's a historic development in the most-watched Senate race in the United States:. Hillary Rodham Clinton and her Republican opponent, Rep. Rick Lazio, have banned advertisements that are funded from outside their individual campaigns. The ban applies to so-called "soft- money" ads. Soft money refers to unlimited funds collected by political parties, rather than the individual candidates. While hard money contributions, limited to S2,000 per donor, can be used for ads that advocate voting for or against a candidate, soft money can only be used to advocate an issue, boost a candidate or attack a candidate, rather than stat- ing, "Vote for so-and-so." Yesterday, as both sides jostled to take credit for the accord, watchdog groups cheered -- but also expressed skepticism. "We've never had two can- didates agree not to spend money that they could have had," said Larry Makin- son of the Center for ResponsivdPoli- tics in Washington, D.C. "I'm surprised. And like the campaigns themselves, I'm a little wary that it will stick." The two campaigns reached a d l late Saturday that prohibits the p cal parties endorsing then from airing TV and radio ads boosting their can- didates or attacking their opponents. Ray: President's fate to come in January WASHINGTON - Independent Counsel Robert Ray, said yesterday a decision on prosecuting President Clinton for his conduct in the Mon~ Lewinsky scandal will come " shortly" after Clinton leaves the White House in .anmmiy "I think the public would like me to wrap up this investigation, but that doesn't mean walk away from the responsibilities I have," Ray said on CNN's "Late Edition." "That decision will be rendered shortly, very shortly after the preident leaves office in the best interest 6nf country, and also not to unfairly tr- on the new president's administration. c $1 u5e AROUND THE WORLD Police arrest 25 in were seekitgmore suspects. No military or police personne Jakarta bombings were arrested, despite specuatona disaffected elements within the at JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indone- forces, loyal to former dictator Suhar sian police announced yesterday they to, might have been responsible. had arrested 25 people suspected of President Abdurrahman Wahi carrying out a spate of bombings in installed a new national police chie the capital and said the next target Saturday, ordering him to take quic would have been the U.S. Embassy. action to stop the attacks. The suspects were implicated in attacks including a blast at the Jakarta Floodin in South Stock Exchange that killed 15 people, said Brig. Gen:Dadang Garnida. Asia kils hundrei One suspect, armed with a grenade, was detained on his way to attack the CALCUTTA, India - As floodin U.S. Embassy and a crowded depart- receded, the army worked yesterday t ment store nearby, the officer said. deliver food and fresh water to mil U.S. Embassy officials declined to lions marooned in eastern India afte comment yesterday. The U.S. State six days of rain submerged the oun Department warned last week that tryside and left an estimated 373 dea American companies and interests or missing, officials said. might be targeted by the bombers. Soldiers took hundreds of boas int Police officials said most detainees the countryside to rescue people fron were from the northwestern province their rooftops. Their efforts, hampere of Aceh, wracked by decades of because of downed roads and rail s bloody fighting between separatist were back in full swing, officials sa. guerrillas and Indonesian troops. 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