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Correspondents in the city saw Chechen fighters firing Kalashnikov rifles from the hip and racing across a bridge near the city center within range of Russian snipers. Republican revolution rolls ahead WASHINGTON (Reuters)-The Republican revolution rolled along Thursday, as congressional leaders held an upbeat meeting with President Clinton and House Speaker Newt Gingrich pitched his legislative program to a key committee. After opening-day fireworks that saw the Republicans take over both houses from Clinton's Democrats and approve a set of immediate reforms in the House, the pace eased. Some of the limelight shifted to the White House where Clinton had an ice-breaking visit from the new congressional leaders of both parties, including Gingrich, combative architect of the political upheaval that knocked Clinton's party out of congressional power. ' The adversaries bent over backwards to'stress prospects for bipartisan compromise, with Clinton saving he was sure there was a general consensus "that we shouldn't do anything that would increase the deficit (or) hurt the middle class." Abortion clinic murder suspect back in Boston BOSTON (Reuters)-The man suspected of killing two Boston-area abortion clinic workers was flown from Virginia to Massachusetts Thursday to face murder charges and said he wanted the death penalty if convicted. John Salvi, a 22-year-old hairdressing student, said in a long, rambling statement that if he was found innocent of charges from the Friday shootings at two women's health care clinics in Brookline, Mass., he wanted to become a Catholic priest. Federal marshals took custody of Salvi in Norfolk, Va., where he was held for allegedly shooting into Norfolk's only abortion clinic Saturday. Two women were killed and five other people -wounded in the Brookline attacks. No one was injured in the Norfolk shooting. Salvi's lawyer, considered an expert in the inanity defense, issued a six-page handwritten statement by Salvi that made no mention of abortion, but rambled on about a conspiracy by Freemasons to- persecute Roman Catholics. Salvi will appear in federal court in Boston Friday on charges of transporting a firearm across state lines with the intention of committing a felony, federal prosecutor Theodore Merritt said. If convicted on the federal gun charges, Salvi faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 on each count. ' Salvi is scheduled for ah appearance in a municipal court, possibly as early as Friday, to face two counts of first-degree murder and five of attempted murder, a spokeswoman for the Norfolk County, Mass., district attorney's office said. Opening statements near in simpson case LOS ANGELES (Reuters)--The judge in OJ. Simpson's double-murder case Thursday restricted prosecutors in what they will be allowed to say in their opening statement as a form of punishment for dragging their heels in turning over their witness list to the defense. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lance Ito ruled in a written order that prosecution lawyers— during opening statements-may not mention anyone named on a witness list submitted to defense attorneys on January 4. The ruling was seen as a rare victory for the football legend's high-powered defense team. Simpson has pleaded not guilty to the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman, who were stabbed to death outside Nicole's apartment on the night of June 12. A submits alcohol recommendation CDavincs Yetter ^7ie Stetson Reporter-. Following a semester of debate aLrsnd discussion, on Dec. 6 the Stu- c3_ ent Government Association voted o z_n- their recommendation for the p>- proposed alcohol policy. The rec-: o oonmendation, which is extremely LOberal in comparison to the Alcohol X~.ask Force proposal, was submitted tc=> Dr. James Beasley, vice president odE campus life, last week. One major focus of the proposal isr-s-volved the quantity limitations on a ~1 cohol in residence halls. The rec- omntmendation requested that quan- fciL±y limitations be entirely eliminated f car those 21 years and older, with tHn.e clause that if this wasn't ac- cr«^pted, the limits should "be ex panded to one case of 12 ounce beers, sixteen 12 ounce wine-coolers, one gallon of wine, or 1.75 liters of hard alcohol." A change of the quantity limitations for,registered socials was also demanded by SGA. On^a "bring your own beverage" basis, the amount of alcohol students could bring to socials would be expanded to eight 12-ounce beers, eight 12-ounce wine-coolers, six eight-ounce bottles of wine, or one eight-ounce flask of hard alcohol per person. In addition, the age requirements for monitors, hosts and servers would be reduced to 18 years, the time of last call for alcoholic beverages moved to 1:30 a.m., and the provision for the pouring out of remaining alcohol removed from the policy, according to the recommendation. The recommendation concluded suggesting a reduction in the punishments for violations of the policy. It advised that "individual fines for 'violations be lowered considerably," and that "organization fines for violations be lowered even more." So how did SGA reach this recommendation? The bulk of the recommendation had been created by an ad-hoc committee consisting of one senator from each standing committee and the executive officers of SGA. This committee based their decisions on the student feedback received from two open forums and a student ref- See SGA, page 2 sga proposal Highlights • No limitations to the amount of alcohol in private rooms. • Quantity limitations for socials extended to: eight 12 ounce beers, eight 12 ounce wine-coolers, six 8 ounce bottles of wine, one 8 ounce plastic flask of hard alcohol • Fines for violation of policy considerably reduced •v'.jva'v V' $.»*£■ '* j U ?„-s>> ii. i..., J a 5 ^Students gather to watch a cardboard Knight burn during a pep rally prior ~tro Thursday's Hatter basketball win against UCF. Photo by Sean Richter. ZHush first challenge for mew Greek leadershi IDavina Yetter J7ie Stetson Reporter- As a new year begins, a changing of ifclrte guard is happening in many of the •CZSreek organizations on campus. As the zsrxew fraternity and sorority presidents take ■soffice, tackling low attendance to spring rsnash events is the first challenge for these anew leaders. As rush began last weekend, UPanhellenic Rush Chair Fielding Shaw re- -gpdrted that of the 84 women who prereg- a-Stered for sorority rush, only 66 attended JLast Wednesday's rush roundup and were ^assigned to Rho Chi groups. Shaw at- -fcxibutes the decline in participants to win- -Srer term trips and increasing the G.P.A. re- «cgiairement from 2.0 to a 2.2 to rush. ~r" Interfraternity Rush Chair Jason Clark •(estimated that around 50 men signed up for rush, but expected numbers to increase for house tours. He, too, believed that fewer freshmen were eligible because of low grades. Sigma Nu president Jason Fiesta predicted that things will be difficult for his fraternity because of a high number of graduating seniors, but will improve next year as' freshmen will once again be allowed to rush in the fall. New sorority presidents are: Kristen Moody, Alpha Chi'Omega; Serita Duhart, Alpha Kappa Alpha; Kim Devore, Alpha Xi Delta; Tiffany Smith, Pi Beta Phi; and Amy Hessler, Zeta Tau Alpha. Leading the fraternities are: Adrian Warfield, Alpha.Tau^ Omega; Steve Allender, Delta Sigma Phi; Matt-Miller-),-Lambda. Chi Alpha; and Jim Dunlop, Phi Sigma Kappa. Education- Institute to-explore cultures . "Passport to Other Lands—a Multimedia-Approach to Multicultural Education" is only one of 27 workshops planned for Stetson's Multicultural Education Institute on Friday, Jan. 20, but the topic suggests the conference's overarching theme: "A Journey Through Cultures." Multicultural consultants and experts from Stetson; Bethune-Cookman College; the University of North Florida; Webster University; Seminole Community College; and Seminole, Volusia, and Osceola county schools will examine such diverse topics as "An Internet Journey to Other Cultures," "Multiple Intelligences ahd Multicultural Education," "Children of the Holocaust," "China Revisited," "Teaching about Latin America" and "How Effective is ESOL Training?" Geared to educators, administrators and students, the Institute will offer three sessions of concurrent workshops. Several will focus on fostering diversity in the classroom, using such varied springboards as writing, second languages, literature and newspapers. Keynote speakers are Dr. Henry Louis Gates, chairman of Harvard University's Afro-American Studies Department, who will discuss "The Ethics of Identity" at 6 p.m. following a 5 p.m. dinner; and Dr. Peola Butler Dews, Orlando psychologist and educational consultant, who will discuss "Celebrating Diversity" during lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Both will speak in the Stetson Room of the Carlton Union Building, and the workshops will take place on campus. See MULTICULTURAL, page 2 Bobcat screams in for Homecoming Sean Richter The Stetson Reporter—. Get ready for the unexpected. The stand-up comedy of Bobcat Goldthwait is scheduled for Feb. 24 at 8 p.m. Thaf s right, the uncontrollable rogue of comedy will be here for Homecoming. For 14 years Bobcat has been making audiences laugh. His zany routine has even landed him numerous roles in films such as PoUce Academy n,Scrooged, and the new movie RadiolandMurders. If you have not seen any of his films, you may have seen him jumping around the set of the Tonight Show ox throwing sofa cushions on the Arsenio Hall Show. Bobcat made his television debut in 1982 on Late Night with David Letterman and has been a favorite guest ever since. Make sure that you get your tickets for this one night performance that will tickle your funny bone and have crowds roaring in the aisle. Bobcat Goldthwait DETS plans massive pullback of computerized GRE NEW YORK—Educational Testing Service, which writes and j3-<±ministers standardized tests, has a-nnounced a massive reduction in OEne availability of its computerized dSxaduate Record Examination. ETS .is- canceling 75% of computer test c3L sites beginning in February, and v^?-ill suspend testing for a second time at ihe end of January. This JLsrTLtroduction of computer GRE sub- j^ct tests planned for_ Spring 1995 v^ill be indefinitely postponed. ETS has also filed suit in federal court to quiet Kaplan Educa- fdiLonal Centers, the test preparation fiiLirm that identified the problem. The announcement of the lawsuit against Kaplan stands in stark contrast to the quiet announcement of the test's pullback—delivered by a -recorded message at ETS. The spirit of ETS's lawsuit and announcement also reverses an earlier position in which it acknowledged Kaplan's good faith. Kaplan has agreed not to recreate ihe computer GRE over the next two weeks. "We hope that the scheduling changes planned by ETS are a sign that they're beginning to take the problem seriously. But until they reveal their full plan/students cannot be assured that the problem is solved," said Jonathan Grayer, Kaplan president and chief executive officer. "Their lawsuit suggests that they are more interested in avoiding scrutiny." The lawsuit alleges that Kaplan violated copyright and electronic communication privacy laws when its researchers remembered and recreated a "significant portion" of the exam. Kaplan undertook its investigation after hearing concerns from students about the tesfs security, and brought the questions directly to ETS to demonstrate the exam's vulnerability. "ETS claims we violated copyright law by show ing them their own test," said Grayer. Grayer asserted that Kaplan does not want to see computer testing fail. "In the year since the computer GRE was introduced, we've experienced double-digit growth, ahd we're now serving more GRE students than at any time in our history," said Grayer. "We hope the computer test is here to stay. But a test thaf s not secure serves noone." Grayer added that Kaplan had offered to help ETS figure out how to make computer testing work. See GRE, page 2