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Vol. 108 • No. 84
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Clinton denies affair accusation
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WASHINGTON — In dozens of taped conversations now in the hands of Whitewater prosecutors, a former White House intern says that she had an affair with President Clinton and that he tried to get her to lie about it, lawyers said yesterday. An outraged president denied the allegations.
"There is not a sexual relationship," Clinton said firmly in a White House interview. "I did not ask anyone to tell anything other than the truth."
Prosecutors immediately subpoenaed the White House for documents about the young woman
while new evidence surfaced that Clinton's United Nations ambassador, Bill Richardson, and another confidant, Vernon Jordan, arranged jobs for 24-year-old intern Monica S. Lewinsky.
Whitewater prosecutors already were investigating job-for-silence allegations that Jordan and other Clinton friends arranged work for Whitewater figure Webster Hubbell, a former associate attorney general
Attorney General Janet Reno and a federal appeals court panel approved Whitewater Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's request to expand his inquiry into the events surrounding Lewinsky.
The young intern's attorney,
protection," Ginsburg said on ABC
William Ginsburg, said yesterday that at this time she stood by her affidavit denying the affair. Later, however, Ginsburg suggested in a television interview that her account could change, noting that Starr had
"Mr. Starr's office could give her
Clinton; Denies he had an affair with a White House intern
the authority to grant immunity to Lewinsky in exchange for her cooperation in the investigation.
Two lawyers familiar with the tapes, who demanded anonymity, said Lewinsky described, in no uncertain terms, an affair in conver
Word of the new investigation gripped the White House and had political figures talking of possible impeachment if the allegations were borne out.
The investigation was prompted when one of Lewinsky's friends, former White House staffer Linda Tripp, provided Starr with tapes in which Lewinsky alleged an affair with Clinton and recounted conversations she allegedly had with Clinton and Jordan, who asked her to deny the relationship, lawyers said.
sations that Tripp secretly recorded. The lawyers said that in these conversations, Lewinsky said Jordan assisted her in getting a new job in New York during recent months, around the time she was subpoenaed in the Paula Jones case
Lewinsky: Claims she was asked to lie about the affair
Cosmetic company Revlon disclosed yesterday that Jordan, who is on the company's board, referred
Lewinsky for a public affairs job at an affiliate. Lewinsky was interviewed during the last two months and offered a job.
"In light of today's events, the company is informing Ms. Lewinsky that it will take no further action at this time on her employment application," the company said.
Jordan was not the only one to help Lewinsky with a job. Officials confirmed that Ambassador Richardson, responding to a request from someone at the White House, interviewed Lewinsky at her Watergate apartment and offered her a junior job in public affairs at the U.S. mission at the United Nations in New York.
Under construction
Construction on the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house, 1301 West Campus Road, is scheduled to be completed in August. Workers have to finish framing the walls and pouring the concrete before work on the interior can begin. Photo by Cary Weters/KANSAN
Student Senate closes polling-site debate
By Marc Sheforgen and Melissa Ngo
mnao@ka
msheforgen@kansan.com
Kansan staff writers
Student Senate met last night in a marathon meeting that may lead to closure in the residence hall polling-sites debate and money to bring speaker Al Franken to the University of Kansas.
After a lengthy debate, Senate voted to place the Daisy Hill petition and the GSP-Corbin-Oliver Halls bill on the ballot in April to be decided upon by voters. Student Senate Elections Commission still may establish polling sites at the residence halls for the spring elections.
Before the issue was decided, Brad Finkeldei, Elections Commission chairman, said the commission would place polling sites at residence halls regardless of
Senate's vote and pending funds. At press time, attempts to reach Finkeldei were unsuccessful.
In other action, a bill to fund Saferide with $30,000 from the Student Senate Reserve Account was tabled and will be brought before Senate in no more than one month.
Senate voted to table the bill after questions were raised about receiving corporate funding for Saferide. Senate will explore options of getting money from sponsors that traditionally oppose driving drunk, such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
Comedian Al Franken, who recently wrote the best-selling book, *Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot*, has been selected by Senate and Student Union Activities to be this year's KU Student Lecture Series speaker. Senate passed a bill to pay $9,000 of Franken's $21,000 fee.
"The fee is not an unusual fee
The most debated code change proposed by the Student Senate Elections Commission was 1998 campaign spending limits, which are $2,210 for each coalition and independent president/vice-president pair. Spending limits for independent senators will be $200.
for a national speaker of his caliber," said Jason Thompson, Nunemaker senator and sponsor of the bill to fund Franken's speech. "The reason we picked him is because out of the surveys students turned back in, he is the one we got the most response about."
Finkeldei said, "We decided to give the same amount to independent president/vice-president candidates as to the coalitions because when you are running for those positions you need to reach the student body equally."
Much of the meeting's time was spent in an open forum discussing elections codes.
Roe vs. Wade
The U.S. Supreme Court 25 years ago rendered its verdict in favor of abortion, but KU students along with the rest of the country still struggle with the controversial issue.
By Gerry Doyle and Marcelo Vilela
gdoyle@kansan.com
gobye @kansan.com
mvilea @kansan.com
Kansas staff writers
Twenty-five years ago, Norma McCorvey assumed the identity of Jane Roe.
In March 1970, the Texas woman decided her rights were in jeopardy. She was pregnant, and she wanted an abortion.
In Texas, however, abortions were illegal except in cases when the mother's life was in jeopardy. She was told she could go to another state to have an abortion, an option she rejected because she could not afford it.
The decision issued 25 years ago today by the U.S. Supreme Court said Jane Roe had the legal right to an abortion.
"In view of all this, we do not agree that, by adopting one view of life, Texas may override the rights of the pregnant woman that are at stake," wrote Justice Harry Blackmun in the opinion of the court.
With these words, the Supreme Court ignited an inferno of discord between those who supported a woman's right to choose and those who were against abortion.
The Roe vs. Wade decision did not cause much stir when it was first issued, but in 1983, abortion-rights and anti-abortion activists marched along Massachusetts Street in opposite directions to
Lawrence was not immune to the maelstrom.
protest the decision's 10th anniversary.
In 1986, a march took place on the north sidewalk of Jayhawk Boulevard. Abortion-rights activists marched behind anti-abortion protesters, who asked
passers-by to sign a petition in support of President Ronald Reagan's anti-abortion policy.
In 1989, aborti-
rights activists anticipated the possibility that the justices could overturn Roe vs. Wade, wich
"The decision made promises about less child abuse and fewer teen mothers. But it hasn't done that."
Andrea Van Dyke
co-chair person for KU Students for Life
would give states more power.
give states more power. KU students prepared to march in support of legalized abortion in Washington, D.C.
In 1990, about 280 anti-abortion activists marched downtown in silence and rallied on the steps of the Topeka Capitol.
The most recent protest march was in 1994, when about 150 people marched on Massachusetts Street with empty baby strollers to protest the 21st anniversary.
On the 25th anniversary of the decision, Lawrence still is entangled in the melee.
"The decision made promises about less child abuse and fewer teen mothers," said Andrea VanDyke, Atchison sophomore and co-chairperson for KU Students for Life. "But it hasn't done that. People thought it would be rare to have an abortion -- that it would be the last resort."
In Washington, Norma McCorvey will participate in the anti-abortion movement's annual March for Life. She said she changed her mind about abortion in 1995 when she was working at an abortion clinic.
"Norma McCorvey is still here," McCorvey told the Reuters news agency. "Jane Roe died in order for Norma McCorvey to live."
Although McCorvey has reached equilibrium about how she feels, few people - from the Supreme Court Justices who ruled on the case in 1973 to KU students - can deny the challenge and scope of the issue.
"We forthwith acknowledge our awareness of the sensitive and emotional nature of the abortion controversy, or the vigorous opposing views," Justice Blackmun wrote in 1973.
See pg. 2A
More information about campus reaction concerning the 25th anniversary of this historic decision.
Local Internet provider to link with Kansas network
By Aaron Knopf
aknopf@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Direct network access will speed connections
Lawrence Internet service provider Sunflower Dataavion soon will have a direct connection into a high-speed data network.
Datavission will have a direct plug into the Kansas Research and Education Network, a consortium of educational statewide institutions including the University of Kansas.
nology involved allows for connection speeds that are hundreds - possibly millions - of times faster than the speeds achieved using traditional phone-line modems.
Datavisa, a branch of Sunflower Cablevision, provides Internet access through cable television lines using a cable modem. The tech
- An average phone-line modem can transfer about 28,000 bits of information per second.
Datavision's cable modem system can transfer more than 500,000 bits of information per second.
The new, direct link to the KANREN network ensures that Datavision customers, who could include KU students and faculty, will not experience a slowdown when accessing KU Web sites.
"Without the direct connection, you actually have to go out into the Internet and then back in again, and sometimes that's pretty slow," said Dave Nordlund, KANREN network administrator.
Nordlund said he estimated the network between Datavision and KANREN would be operational in about three weeks.
Dan Simons, head of new ventures for World Co., Datavision's parent company, said that the link to KANREN was the first step in offering important services to KU Datavision users.
"I want to offer KU staff the ability to be at their home computers ... where they can access their KU files, their computers in the office, on a closed, secure net." Simons said. "It just seems like something we should move toward."
Datavision is the first service provider to form a partnership with KANREN. Nordlund said other Internet service providers in Manhattan, Kan., and Topeka were considering linking to the KANREN network.
KANREN charges Internet service providers like Datavision a one time fee of $1,000 along
with $50 per month to make the connection.
"Since we're a non-profit, we can't make money. So that's just to cover expenses," Nordlund said.
Simons said he was looking forward to establishing the link with KANREN.
"Hopefully it will benefit a lot of people," Simons said.
Sunflower Datavision is a relatively new commercial venture. It was established two years ago but has been available to customers for only a year.
Simons said Datavison had only 500 to 600 subscribers, with about 1,200 connected computers. The network has the capacity to hold 9,000 simultaneous connections."Really we have not marketed it all because we want to learn and make sure we know how to walk before we run." Simons said.
The KANREN Network
Kansas Research and Education Network features a cable modem Internet connection, which is faster than traditional phone-line modems. The various universities provide access to the KANREN network. The connection provides Dataxation customers with direct access to the KANREN network.
Kristi Elliott / KAMSAN