01 2A - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 21, 2003 NATION/WORLD CONGRATULATIONS to the following outstanding Michigan students accepted into Teach For America. They've shown they have the leadership and commitment needed to tackle one of our nation's most challenging problems. WEBBER Continued from Page1A cash and other benefits totaling $616,000 to four former University bas- ketball players. Martin allegedly gave Webber $280,000 in cash and gifts from 1988 to 1993, which include his two years at the University. The government charges in the new indictment that Webber lied by denying that he received gifts from Martin during these years - gifts which included jew- elry, clothing, a stereo and a medical procedure for Webber's girlfriend at the time. Webber repeatedly responded to Con- vertino's questions by saying "I don't recall. I don't believe so." The indictment also states that Web- ber lied by denying that Martin helped him pay his apartment rent at Signature Villas during his sophomore year at the University. Webber said that Martin co- signed the apartment, but it was not his intention for Martin to pay his rent. Webber insisted that it was his scholar- ship check that paid the rent, along with some help from his roommate. The prosecution's final charge is that Webber lied by saying he "didn't know" whether he repaid any of the money Martin gave him after Webber left the University. The new indictment states that Webber repaid Martin "a significant sum of money." As Fishman said in his request for dis- missal of the case, he does not agree with the method of questioning used by the prosecution with Webber. Fishman alleged that the government had certain documents they could have showed Webber to help him refresh his memory. Fishman is asking the judge to dis- miss the case based on "reasonable like- lihood of vindictiveness of prosecution."' "Webber was subpoenaed there as a witness, not a target," Fishman said. "Refresh his memory. It's been 10 years." "It quickly became apparent that regardless of his conversations with his agent, Mr. Webber was unsure as to the nature and purpose of a grand jury pro- ceeding,"Fishman said in his motion for dismissal. EMINEM Continued from Page 1A Eminem's words were in some part lost on the crowd, a mass whose members were mostly consumed by the surprise visit from such a noted celebrity. Jon Beyer, LSA senior, said, "I had heard rumors that (Eminem would be there), but I was- n't sure. He's a pretty big star, so to see him in Ann Arbor, in that setting was pretty cool." The evening's earlier performers, the League, acquitted themselves nicely, pleasing the crowd with their enthusiasm and music. "They were impressive. I liked their beats and they had good energy," said Beyer. In a contrast between where AM, is and where they would like to be, Eminem was mobbed by adoring fans while on stage and afterwards while AML was selling their debut album, Sweats and Kicks, both before and after their set. MLK Continued from Page 1A knew the caste system and the inequity of the Untouchability had to be attacked ... Gandhi would have rather abandoned the whole move- ment for independence if he had to abandon the Untouchables." Quoting his grandfather, Rajmohan said, "It is a matter of shame ... that there are farmers who feel Untouchables are their slaves." Rajmohan drew upon the Sept. 11th events to denounce racial dis- crimination against Muslims in the United States. "Racial discrimination against Mus- lims was legitimized," Rajmohan said. "Great and unforgettable crimes were committed." Drawing on increased suspicion from the U.S. government toward Muslims, Rajmohan said that in the United States an individual is usually inno- cent until proven guilty, but after the Sept. 11 events, Muslims are first considered guilty until they demonstrate their innocence. Rajmohan also spoke about how America incorrectly connects the war on terrorism with Islam by the rhetoric of "us" versus "them". "Today colonialism is out but politically correct racism is in," said Rajmohan. With the Middle East crisis, Rajmo- han stressed the importance of using nonviolence on both sides to bring "jus- tice to the Palestinians and security to the Israelis," explaining how violence in the region was counterproductive. "Why is nonviolence not being given more of a chance?" Rajmohan asked. In order to bring peace to the Mid- dle East, Rajmohan said the United States must be more objective in its involvement. . "America needs to have an even- handed approach," Rajmohan said. Rajmohan brought the title of the lec- ture into his discussion of nonviolence NEWS IN BRIEF HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD WASHINGTON Roe v. Wade faces pressure on 30th birthday The Supreme Court ruling allowing legal abortions turns 30 years this week, an anniversary heavily shadowed by speculation that a high court retirement could shift the balance of power in abortion politics. For abortion rights supporters, the departure of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor would be most troublesome. For anti-abortion forces, the wild card could be the exit of Chief Justice William Rehnquist. The court is split 5-4 in favor of abortion rights. O'Connor is considered a cau- tious supporter and the swing vote to uphold Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case providing for legal abortions. Should she retire, President Bush's more conservative supporters will certainly press for him to pick a strong anti-abortion nominee. "It's in the greatest danger it's ever been in," Feminist Majority President Eleanor Smeal said of the Roe decision. "You're one vote away." Smeal cited what she called a White House track record of picking only presumed abortion foes for federal appeals courts slots and Bush's cam- paign pledge to choose Supreme Court nominees in the mold of Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. Both have voted to place restrictions on abortion. UNITED NATIONS Powell supports U.N's disarming of Iraq Secretary of State Colin Powell, faced with stiff resistance and calls to go slow, bluntly told other nations yesterday that the United Nations "must not shrink" from its responsibility to disarm Saddam Hussein's Iraq. "We cannot be shocked into impotence because we're afraid of the difficult choices ahead of us," Powell told members of the U.N. Security Council. Directly responding to qualms registered by several foreign ministers in two days of talks, and with only Britain explicitly standing alongside the United States, Powell spoke of war as a real option. In a speech at a U.N. conference on terrorism, and at a news conference, Powell urged reluctant nations to focus on Baghdad's failure to dis- arm and to prepare to weigh the consequences by the end of the month when U.N. inspectors file a report on 60 days of searches in Iraq for illicit weapons. "If Iraq is not disarming, the United Nations cannot turn away from its respon- sibilities," Powell said. He said the U.N. Security Council, which is due to consider the report Jan. 29, must come to grips with a regime that he said has acquired, developed and stocked weapons of mass destruction and trampled human rights at home. LANDOVER, Md. Bush's MLK speech focuses on inequality President Bush, criticized for decisions on affirmative action and conservative federal judgeships, said yesterday "there's still preju- dice holding people back" from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s dreams of equality. The predominantly black congrega- tion of First Baptist Church of Glenar- den in suburban Washington welcomed Bush with a standing ova- tion as it celebrated in song and scrip- ture the memory of King, who would have turned 74 last Wednesday. "It is fitting that we honor Martin Luther King in a church, because, Gregory, I believe, like you, that the power of his words, the clarity of his vision, the courage of his leadership occurred because he put his faith in the Almighty," Bush told Gregg Hunter, a teenager who had just read an essay on the slain civil rights leader. LONDON Police arrest alleged terrorists after raid British police with battering rams raided a mosque suspected of being a center of Islamic radicalism, arresting seven alleged terrorists early yesterday in a search linked to the recent discovery of the deadly poison ricin. Officers stormed the Finsbury Park mosque at about 2 a.m. and searched two neighboring houses as helicopters circled overhead, shining bright lights on the buildings. Egyptian-born cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri was not arrested, though Britain has ordered him to quit his pulpit for his inflammatory sermons and he is wanted in Yemen on terror charges. Police, who have had al-Masri under surveillance for months, said the raid was linked to the Jan. 5 discovery of ricin in a London apartment. NEW YORK Hollywood cartoonist Hirschfeld dies at 99 Al Hirschfeld, whose graceful, fluid caricatures captured the essence of per- formers fron Charlie Chaplin to Jerry Seinfeld, died yesterday. He was 99. Hirschfeld, who first had his draw- ings published, in the 1920s andconti ued into the new century, died at his home, said his wife, Louise. He claimed his creative process was somewhat of a mystery, even to himself. "All I know is that when it works, I'm aware of it. But how it's accom- plished, I don't know,"he once said. "Through trial and error you elimi- nate and eliminate and get down to the pure line and how it communicates to the viewer," he said. "The last drawing you do is the best one - it should be." His drawings usually contained hid- den tributes to his daughter, Nina. - Compiled from Daily wire reports. The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily's office for $2. Subscriptions for fall term, starting in September, via U.S. mail are $105. 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