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Fund-raising hearings
open with speeches
Proceedings to focus on Democratic donations
WASHINGTON (AP) — Setting the stage
for campaign-finance hearings with both
legal and political consequences, senators
arranged Monday to summon as their first
witness a little-known Democratic Party
official who oversaw daily fund raising.
The long-awaited hearings into 1996
contribution abuses open Tuesday with a
day of oratory by the nine Republicans and
seven Democrats on the Senate Govern
mental Affairs Committee.
When testimony begins Wednesday,
former Democratic National Committee fi
nance director Richard Sullivan is expect
ed to be the first in a month-long parade of
witnesses that will include President Clin
ton’s top political aide.
At issue is whether some of the hun
dreds of millions of dollars the two major
political parties raised came from overseas
in violation of U.S. law, and whether any
foreign companies or governments gained
influence or access to intelligence in re
turn. The major focus is on allegations
against the Democratic National Commit
tee, which has returned $2.8 million in
questionable donations.
Even as senators prepared questions for
Sullivan, further revelations arose about
the party’s chief Asian-American fund-rais
er, John Huang, whose ties to China and ac
cess to U.S. intelligence have tantalized in
vestigators for months.
Huang was appointed by Clinton in
1994 to a senior Commerce Department
job, where he had access to intelligence
for 18 months before moving to the De
mocratic Party as a fund-raiser. The par
ty has returned nearly half of the $3.4 mil
lion Huang raised because of suspicions
about its origins.
A congressman has already accused
Huang of leaking classified information after
records showed Huang made calls to his for
mer Lippo employer several times after re
ceiving intelligence briefings at Commerce.
Huang has broadly denied wrongdoing
but so far has declined to be interviewed or
provide some documents to investigators,
citing his Fifth Amendment right against
self-incrimination.
The Senate’s other early witnesses are
expected to include former Democratic
Party chairman Donald Fowler, former De
mocratic finance chairman Marvin Rosen
and former White House deputy chief of
staff Harold Ickes, who was Clinton’s chief
political strategist in 1996.
Light Up the Sky
Starbucks employees found shot
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three
Starbucks Coffee employees were
found shot to death Monday in
their shop in upscale Georgetown.
Area residents were shocked by
the murders at the Wisconsin Av
enue coffee shop. It is across the
street from a supermarket known
for its high-profile clientele in
cluding Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright, former
House Speaker Tom Foley and
former Kansas Sen. Nancy Kasse-
baum Baker.
The store’s doors were locked
when the three were found, and
nothing appeared to have been
stolen, said a homicide detective.
The three young workers ap
parently were shot late Sunday
night after the shop closed, po
lice said. The bodies were discov
ered in a back room by a manag
er who arrived before dawn to
reopen the shop. Each had been
shot in the head.
Georgetown, a neighborhood
of upscale row houses, is home to
some ofWashington’s most pow
erful figures. One of its two main
thoroughfares, Wisconsin Av
enue is lined with stylish bou
tiques and nightspots that make
it a magnet for tourists, teens and
students from nearby George
town University.
“This is something that I never
expected would happen in this
area of the city,” said Jo Griffith,
who lives nearby.
The Seattle-based coffee chain
said in a statement that it was
deeply saddened by the murders
and that it was “committed to pro
viding the safest possible environ
ment for both our partners and
customers.”
Security guards are also being
posted at some stores at the re
quest of managers.
Theft
Continued from Page 1
Kretzschmar said theft at the Student Recreation
Center increased in March and April this year.
Lockers are available at the Rec Center to store
valuables. A student can use a locker for 25 cents,
which is returned when the locker is unlocked.
^ ^ Students should use the
lockers at the Rec Center instead
of leaving their wallets out.”
Lt. Bert Kretzschmar
UPD Crime Prevention Unit Supervisor
Kretzschmar said students can prevent theft by
taking simple precautions.
“Students should use the lockers at the Rec Cen
ter instead of leaving their wallets out,” Kret
zschmar said. “Also, roll up windows and lock your
doors. Thieves look for an opportunity to make in
an easy in and out and that can be prevented.”
Sanctions
Continued from Page 1
However, a student can appeal a penalty
on three premises, Goodman said. One, the
student believes the penalty is too harsh;
two, the student believes he or she was not
given due process; or three, the student can
say he or she was not in violation of a Uni
versity rule.
Goodman also said University sanctions
are different from state penalties because
the focus of the sanctions is to teach stu
dents, not punish.
“Although we want people to be held ac
countable for their actions, we really want to
make sure they learn something," she said.
Goodman said no set sanction exists for
a student arrested for DWI. She said that
generally a probationary period is given for
a DWI, and a student found in violation of
the University’s rules on alcohol may have to
attend an alcohol workshop facilitated by
the Alcohol and Drug Education Programs
office in the Department of Student Life. But
the staff of the Student Conflict Resolution
Services usually considers circumstances
surrounding the offense before makinga
sanction against a student, Goodman said.
Sgt. H. Allan Baron, who works in the
Crime Prevention Unit at the University Po
lice Department, said the department made
1411 )WI arrests during the L993-1994 school
year, 107 for 1994-1995,137forl995-1996and
32 from September 1996 to June 1997. B;iron
said he did not have an exact number, but the
majority of I )WI arrests on campus are mis
demeanors, not felonies.
Goodman said that any time a student is
involved in some type of criminal incidenton
campus, UPD sends an incident report tothe
Student Conflict Resolution Services in tlte
Department of Student Life. But the report
does not mean the student is guilty. Staff!;
the Student Conflict Resolution Servicesof-
lice review the report to see if the student has
committed a violation of die Universitymles.
Goodman said Student Conflict Resolu
tion Services also receives reports from thf
recreation sports or residence life depa?/j
ments that might indicate a student hasiv
olated a rule.
Goodman said that with DWI reports,
enough evidence usually exists to shoivtfiat
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