The Battalion 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. 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