W o . Il}> The Observer VOL. XXV. NO. 89 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1993 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Clinton calls first formal news conference of term WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi­ ■ Support for reforms/ page 7 dent Clinton said Tuesday at his Clinton has taken the first first formal news conference steps toward allowing openly that it is probably constitutional gay people in the military. to restrict the duty assignment However, confronted by of homosexuals in the military. widespread opposition from He also sharply criticized Japan military leaders, the president on trade. delayed his policy for six His 40-minute session with months as the Pentagon exam­ reporters in the White House ines whether it would cause East Room began with a flurry problems. of questions on Boris Yeltsin He said Tuesday it is probably and the Russian political crisis. constitutional to restrict the But before long the emphasis duty assignments of homosex­ turned to other matters, rang­ uals. ing from qualifications for his In answer to questions: Supreme Court nominee to his • On replacing Justice Byron plans for allowing openly gay White, Clinton said he would people in the military. want any Supreme Court nom­ Brought back to the gays- inee to support the constitu­ military topic that threw him tional right to privacy — the off stride in the first weeks of underpinning of legalized his administration, Clinton said abortions — but that he would The Observer/Scott Mendenhall he would not rule out limiting not specifically ask candidates Quack! Quack! homosexuals’ military assign­ how they would vote in abor­ These ducks enjoy the puddles in front of North Dining Hall after a recent rain storm. With the recent ments “depending on what the tion or other cases. grounds and arguments were.” wet weather students have had to avoid puddles or else get their feet get wet. see CLINTON / page 6 Grazin: Yeltsin could Notre Dame professor testifies before Senate By ALICIA REALE Presidency ” was used as a cluded in the bill.” The senate Associate News Editor source by congressional re­ committee is in the process of face impeachment searchers working on the pro­ information gathering, and By JOHN LUCAS posed legislation. Arnold’s testimony, along with ■ Support for reforms/ page 7 Peri Arnold, professor of Assistant News Editor Arnold was called by mem­ others’, helped the senate ■ News analysis/ page 7 government and international bers of the committee’s staff. committee think about the way studies at Notre Dame, testified They invited him to testify it wants to act, according to Presidents as they are about While it is likely that Boris March 11 before a U.S. Senate orally and in more detailed Arnold. the current situation involving Yeltsin will eventually face im­ committee considering reforms w ritte n form before them. He After members of the com­ Yeltsin. peachment as a result of the in the federal government’s was one of three academics mittee called upon him, Arnold “While the Parliament is not current crisis in the former executive branch. testifying along with Leon had three weeks to produce necessarily against Yeltsin, he Soviet Union, democracy and The Senate Committee on Panetta, director of budget, and what he called “the equivalent has a two term limitation. capitalism will remain intact, Governmental Affairs is exam­ Charles Bowscher, comptroller of an academic paper.” When he leaves, who is to say according to Igor Grazin, fac­ ining four bills that propose to general; The committee sought “It was an incredible amount the next president will not be a ulty fellow at the Kellogg Insti­ create commissions to recom­ consultation through the testi­ of hard work. I had worked in dictator?" he said. tute. mend reforms in the executive monies. the area before but this was the The conflict is further “The most probable outcome branch. Arnold was asked by Reform in government would first time I had to answer the complicated by Yeltsin’s dec­ is that he (Yeltsin) will be im­ committee chair Sen. John primarily be geared towards question what does this mean, laration of emergency powers, peached, and he is not going to Glenn, D-Ohio, to address the the federal level, according to how could the government which was necessary, but step down,” he said. “The cur­ “historical perspective on suc­ Arnold. “It is the big part of work better,” he said. This dangerous, according to rent confrontation w ill last, cessful reorganization efforts, federal bureaucracy in which question pushes the researcher Grazin, a former Estonian and although it is not as well as the relationship be­ almost 3 m illion people are to think about his/her work representative to the Soviet dangerous, it is bad anyway, tween government organization working that money is getting more practically. Congress of People’s Deputies. because it takes attention and improved program spent. He was asked to give a histor­ “Yeltsin had to move in a de­ away from economic performance.” “We need to figure out how to ical perspective on lessons from cisive manner. What the rest problems.” “The current tone of Ameri­ make the government do better the past reform experience. Big o f the people w ill say has to be The current crisis in Moscow can politics is reform. Ross work for less money. The pay scale reforms of the past “show in the back of his mind, be­ centers around both the Perot sent across that message off would be better government, the Senate committee what the cause there is always that dan­ constitutional powers of clearly,” Arnold said. “The saving money and less deficit,” consequences of that history ger of civil war,” he said. President Yeltsin, and the committee is affected by the he said. has been, ” said Arnold. Despite "all of Yeltsin’s trou­ Russian Parliament’s fear of spirit of reform. They know “The bills proposed are to “I have recommended that we bles, the current events will in an authoritarian dictator, ac­ something needs to be done create commissions to study do not want to recreate the no way affect democracy or cording to Grazin. regarding the government’s and recommend reforms which past. We do not want to use bring back the days of commu­ Grazin, just returned from a efficacy.” would lead a decision about the past lessons regarding the kinds nist hard-liners. ten day visit to Russia, where A member of the ND faculty kind of process we should of changes which ought to be “There are good guys and he was able to meet with a since 1971, Arnold is a special­ create,” Arnold said. adapted,” he said. bad guys in this situation... but number of current Russian of­ ist in American politics and It is likely that one bill with The purpose of past govern­ even the bad guys are ficials, including Justice Minis­ public administration and has parts of each the four bills will mental reform is different than democrats —- there are no ter Nikolai Fedorov, explained extensively studied aspects of be the ultimate result, he said. purposes in current opportuni- hard-liners. Even the worst re- that members of Parliament federal government reform. His “I hope the things we talked are as worried about future see GRAZIN / page 6 book “Making the Managerial about in the hearing will be in­ see ARNOLD / page 6 CALL members gather in front of clinic director’s home Special to The Observer strators were out marching Sule, a Saint M ary’s pro-choice Women and others stood near comply with NOW’s tactics, and again in front of the Women’s student who took part in the the door of the clinic while the NOW did not want to spur any About 35 pro-life demonstra­ Pavilion by 9 a.m. The demon­ demonstration. more radical National Women’s type of response from CALL or tors met and prayed yesterday stration lasted about two hours. Notre Dame/Saint Mary’s Rights Organized Coalition of other pro-life groups. morning in front of the home of There, they were met again Right To Life members did not Detroit stood on the perimeter CALL has been in South Bend the director of the Women’s by 60 pro-choice people who participate in the demonstra­ taunting the pro-life people. for a week for a number of ral­ Pavilion abortion clinic. guarded the entrance and tion because most people had The pro-choice group chanted lies and pro-life talks. The The Collegians Activated to driveway. Clinic representatives classes during the time that it “ Cheer, cheer for Roe vs. Wade” group will remain in the area Liberate Life (CALL) gathered said all appointments for the took place, according to Claire to the more familiar tune of the until Friday. about 7:30 a.m. yesterday and morning were allowed in and Johnson, co-president of the Notre Dame Fight Song. Peter Heers, CALL founder, stayed about 30 minutes in business was not interrupted. group. said it has never been a num­ front of the home of Marne It was a scaled down version About 40 police officers from Ellyn Stecker w ith St. Joseph bers game but a matter of doing Greening of Granger. of Friday’s big protest in which South Bend stood guard to Valley NOW said, “We really what they believe is necessary. several hundred people gath­ watch over the demonstrations. wish CALL would just go home. “If we had three (people) out Greening reportedly was not ered at the end of the cul-de- Four women were escorted to The fact that they haven’t here, we would still be doing home when members of CALL sac to chant and walk.