Los Angeles remains calm after jurors return verdict LOS ANGELES (AP) — Church goers rejoiced as the calm after the verdict in the Rodney King civil rights case held Sunday. Police, saying the quiet was hard to believe, considered whether to pull some firepower off the streets. Cries of “Amen” rippled through the First AME Church congregation as the mayor, the governor and others lauded the convictions of two offic ers. “We come to praise God for peace in our city and justice in our court rooms,” Mayor Tom Bradley told churchgoers. “(Police Chief) Willie Williams and I pleaded for peace. . .we knew we were ready to preserve the peace in this city.” Police had prepared for the worst, fearing a repeat of the violence a year ago when a state jury acquitted four white officers of beating K ing, a black -44 We come to praise God for peace in our city and justice in our courtrooms. —Tom Bradley LA mayor -ft - motorist. All 7,700 city officers were mobilized and 600 National Guard troops stood by in armories. But peace prevailed after a federal jury on Saturday convicted SgL Stacey Koon, who supervised the beating, and Officer Laurence Powell, who struck the most baton blows,of violat ing King’s civil rights after a high speed chase onMarch 3,1991. Offi cer Theodore Briseno and Timothy Wind, a rookie officer fired after the beating, were acquitted. “It stayed quiet,” Los Angeles Sheriffs Deputy Britla Tubbs said Sunday. “No major incidents. It’s hard to believe.” King, who made a dramatic appeal for calm during the riots a year ago, didn’t make a statement after the fed eral trial. Although some were dissatisfied that only two officers were found guilty, a fragile calm settled over a city fraught with tension since the night the beating—captured on vid eotape by an amateur cameraman — shocked the nation. At the church in riot-scarred South Central Los Angeles, the Rev. Jesse Jackson preached a message of re building the area and looking for hope in its ruins. Thousands mourn Hani; S. Africa quiet Sunday JOHANNESBURG, South Af rica (AP) — Thousands of mourn ers filed past the open, flower draped casket of slain black leader Chris Hani in a procession Sunday at a soccer stadium. The crowd stood silently as eight African National Congress soldiers dressed in green uniforms carried the coffin bearing the former ANC military commander to a large tent. There were no reports of vio lence Sunday. Since Hani was gunned down April 10, blacks have staged protests that have led to clashes and looting. Security forces braced for trouble during Hani’s funeral Mon day. Police arrested a white extrem ist after the Hani killing, and on Saturday detained a top leader of the pro-apartheid Conservative Party. The official, Clive Derby Lewis, was expected to appear in court Monday. On Saturday, a while gunman killed two blacks in an attack on a march to honor Hani, the head of the Communist Party and a top ANC leader. The shooting raised fears that right-wing attacks could set off a series of revenege plots and threaten talks between mainstream 'black and white leaders on ending apart heid. Political leaders have said the talks must continue. _ • _ An arrangement of chrysanthe mums, carnations and gladioli sur rounded a yellow hammer and sickle symbol at the soccer stadium in Soweto, where Hani’s body lay in state. ANC Secretary-General Cyril Ramaphosa and Communist Party chief Joe Slovo were among the leaders in the procession that in cluded Hani’s family and an honor guard from Spear of the Nation, the ANC’s armed wing. Mock tax form allegedly under investigation By Chuck Green Senior Reporter President Clinton has been causing prob lems lately for some faculty and staff in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Department of Economics. Actually, opponents of President Clinton apparently are to blame. A parody of President' Clin ton fs ex tended tax form that circulated through the Depart ment of Economics about a month ago has drawn both laughter and criticism from faculty and staff members. And evidently, attention from UNL’s Affir mative Action Office. Linda Crump, associate director of the Af firmative Action Office, said her office was investigating a matter concerning the College of Business Administration, but would not con firm that the inquiry involved the mock tax Joke is improper in workplace, CBA memo says torm. She did, however, confirm that her office received information about the matter in mid March “from more than one source.” The mock tax form — a copy of which was obtained by the Daily Nebraskan — was la beled “The Clinton Extended Tax Form For People With Some Change.” Included among the form’s filing status entries with “male’Tand “female” were “trans sexual,” “cross-dresser” and “wannabe.” Under the “Filing as” section of the form, choices included “married homosexual filing jointly/separatcly” and “married interspccies filing jointly.” Also offered were “feminist (if uncertain, call Susan Faludi, Phil Donahue or Molly Yard)” and “environmentalist (if uncertain, see Al Gore’s ‘Earth in the Balance,’ p. 210).” At the top of the form appeared the question “Do you want Hillary Clinton appointed to the Supreme Court?” with a “yes” box. The “no” choice was blacked out. The form also included an instruction to use “environmentally safe, dolphin-friendly, CFC free recycled label or print with non-toxic ink.” Gary Schwendiman, dean of the College of Business Administration, said he had seen the parody, but was unsure whether it was the source of the Affirmative Action Office’s in quiry. “An Affirmative Action officer contacted me and told me of an inquiry, but that’s all I really know,” Schwendiman said. “I’m not sure if it’s an inquiry into this tax form, which I’ve distantly heard of, or something else. ! “I just don’t know.” ' However, Pat Kennedy, assistant professor of marketing and chairwoman of the College Gender and Minority Issues Committee, sent a memo to the economics department faculty and staff on March 19, warning against further “inappropriate sharing” of the tax form. The memo, which also was sent to Crump, Schwendiman and Associate Dean Ron Hamp ton, said the parody was not merely the “sharing of political satire between ... colleagues.” “Such materials or discussions of such ma terial have no place in the work environment,” the memo said. “If you contribute to the dis sem ination of this type of material, you contrib ute to the creation of a hostile environment and may be personally liable.” Schwendiman would not comment on Kennedy’s memo, and denied discussing the incident at last week’s CBA faculty meeting. push for resurgence at centennial Stenberg says Democrats up to same old tricks By Mark Harms Staff Reporter ■_ The downfall of the Clinton ad ministration and the Democrats and a future resurgence of the Republican Party were among the main themes discussed Saturday at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of UNL’s College Republicans. Phil Young, executive director of the Nebraska Republican Party and host of the celebration, said the first year of the Bill Clinton’s presidency marked for Republicans the begin ning of the “reign of terror.” Among the speakers at the Ne braska Union Ballroom was Don Stenbcrg, Nebraska’s attorney gen eral. He said the responsibility of the Republican Party now was to hold the Democrats accountable for their ac tions. The policies of the Clinton admin istration, Stenbcrg said, followed the typical democratic plan of taxing, spending and cutting the military. He said the American people wouldn’t stand for these policies, just as they didn’t stand for the policies of previous Democratic administrations. “Bill Clinton is headed on a path to disaster,” Stenbcrg said. “After four years, we’ll see a new prcsidcni and a new Congress.” Stenbcrg said he was particularly worried about cuts Clinton would make in the miliialy. “The world is still a dangerous place,” he said. Tensions and conflict in places like the former Soviet Union, the Balkans and the Middle East require the United Stales to maintain strong armed forces, he said. “We simply cannot afford to be unprepared militarily.” Stenberg said he also was con cerned about how Clinton would handle the military in crisis situa tions. In order to successfully make use of military force, he said, a major national interest, a clear objective and the use of overwhelming force must all exist. Former President George Bush followed these guidelines during the Gulf War, Stcnberg said, but Clinton may not follow them and the military could revert to the 1960s Vietnam style. Clinton is trying to use the military as a police force in Bosnia, he said, which eventually would put Ameri can men and women in vulnerable positions without a clear objective. Clarence Hodges, chairman of the Lancaster County Executive Com mittee, also spoke at the celebration and said the Democrats’ attempts to intrude on the daily lives of Amcri cans eventually would turn off voters. “The Democrats have determined to control not only the resources of the country but also the people,” he said. He said power consisted of integ rity, knowledge and dependability. These arc the qualities young Repub licans should strive to possess, he said. With these qualities and a strong party organization, the Republicans can “recapture what is rightfully ours — the presidency of the United States of America,” he said. Also speaking at the celebration were Lincoln Mayor Mike Johanns; Allen Beermann, Nebraska’s secre tary of state; Cindy Johnson, Lincoln City Council member; and State Sen. Kate Witek of Omaha. Democrats Continued from Page 1 Republicans engaging in this kind of stuff this early, Avery said. “In the Nixon-Watcrgatc case, most of the dirty tricks were perpetrated by people who practiced and honed out their dirty tricks in college.” Peterson, though, stood by his as sertion that no harm was meant. “You can ask a lot of people about my long-standing opposition to apa thy on this campus,” Peterson said. “(Encouraging involvement) was our intention.” Pal Adams, a junior political sci ence major and First District chair man of Nebraska Young Democrats, called the ploy “ridiculous.” “The whole matter basically equates lo sophomoric pranks from people who should know better,” Adams said. “But I’m pleased they had ihe good sense to resign.” Adams said he doubted such con troversy could reoccur. “I think in the future, organiza tional protocol will be used a little better, he said. "This is just one of those things you don’t prepare for, because it s so out of bounds and deceptive. Good taste just dictates that you don’t do this sort of thing. a: