An Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award Winner FRIDAY January 30, 1998 • • Volume 124 THE Number 28 Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage Paid Newark, DE Permit No. 26 250 Student Center• University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 Politics as usual or media madness? BY BRIAN CALLAWAY Paula Jones' civil suit against Clinton, she invo lvement in t he W hitewater "I did not have sexual relations with that If Clinton Did Have An Extramarital Ntltumai/Srure New:r; Eda or s ubmitted an affidavit denying an affair development project, w hi ch left t he woman, Miss Lewinsky," he s tated in a Affair, Is That Information Import Swamped by news coverage of possible with Clinton. pres ident dealing wi th accu sations he press conference. " I never told anybody to To The Public? scandalous behavior in the White Ho use, However, reports have s urfaced that illegall y bi lked money out of a land deal. lie, no t a s ingle time- n ever. These many uni\·crsity students are confused and Lewinsky might have another story to tell. Starr has expanded his investigatio ns, allegations are false.'" 23.9% es angered by the glaring media circus Her lawyer has been bargaining for however, to determi ne t he t r uth in In a television interview Tuesday, su rrounding President Bill Clinton's sex immunity with Special Prosecutor Kenneth accusations that C linton asked Lewinsky to Clinton received a publi c vote of How Much Coverage Do You Feel The Hedia Should Be Devoting To li fe. Starr to protect her lie under oath. confidence from Public confidence in the president was from poss ible If Lewinsky tel ls Starr she was h is wife. first lady shaken when allegations surfaced last week perjury charges if e ncouraged to lie about an affair, the Hillary Clinton, that he may have engaged in a sexual she c hanges her president could have t o contend with who said the relationship with a former White House story about her charges he obstructed j ustice. allegations were intern and then encouraged her to lie about rela tions hip with Further complicating matters is the the result of a Review revealed mixed reaction to the the nature of their relationship. Clinton. existence of taped phone conversations "rig ht -w in g scandal. Monica Lewinsky. 24. alleged ly Starr is c urrently bet ween Lewinsky and an acquaintance, conspiracy" against The respondents - 40 Democrats, 23 pe rformed several acts of oral sex on the in vestigating the Linda Tripp, in which Lewinsky confesses her husband . Republicans. 3 other and 43 no n-affiliated president during her internship at the White p res ide nt o n to being involved with Clinton. Apollofl09 - were divided on whether they believe House three years ago. Earlier this month, charges stemming On M o nday. Clinton made his most unive rsi ty students LEWINSKY when called upon to give a deposition in from his CLINTON forceful public denial of the allegations. conduc ted by The see STUDENTS page A8 Attorney General visits Newark Ethics complaint reopens BY ERICA IACONO Tarrant said s he is pleased with maintained th ose actions were not Senior Suiff Reporrer the attorney general" s decision to in violation of the ethics code. The s ta te a ttorney general's reopen the hearing and is anxious to " I disagree with her c laim, .. he office ruled last week that the City pa rticipate in the next hearing si nce sa id. "My comments about my of ewark mus t reope n an ethics she feels s he was denied her " due behavior were correct - the Ethics board hearin g agai n st City process.'" Board ruled in my favor." Counci lman Hal Godwin within the " I ' ll be there w ith my lawyers A t the new hearing, Tarrant said next 60 days. and affidavits and evidence," s he she wil l be ab le to s ubpoena In a letter to Shirley T arrant. a said. w itnesses, but s h e would not m ember o f the Citizens Against G odwi n sa id the d ecision to comment on who she will plan to Traffic Committee, Deputy reopen the hearing does not involve call to testify. Attorney G ene ral Mic hael Tutman him but rather the deliberation "I don't want to give away my wrote the Newark Board of Ethics process o f the Board of Ethics at strategy,'" she said. " I want them to was in violation of the Freedom of the June 19 meeting. be left wondering.'" Informati on Act when th ey met in a He acknowledged Tarrant's right The Board of Ethi cs has not yet private executi ve session to discuss to question hi s acti o n s b ut chosen a date for the new hearing. the ethi cs charges against Godwin. Tarrant issued a complaint to the attorney general's office against the Board of Ethics fol lowing a June 19 Council walks out hearing in which the board decided Godwin was not in violation of the Newark ethics code. of monthly meeting Godwin was accused of violating the ethics code when he sent a BY RYAN CORMIER being investigated. memo to City Council members M aflaging New" Editor A table, bookshelf, weight set, trying to block the appointment of Four City Council m e mbe rs e mpty boxes. a mattress a nd univers ity political science s to rmed out of their bi-weekly boxspring belonging to an employee professor Leslie Goldstein to the meeting on M onday. protesting the at the plant was found by Luft, but he Board of Ethics. intense questioning of the ci ty said the employee will not be In the April 29 memo, Godwin manager by a fellow co unc il disciplined . wrote th at the B oard of Ethi cs member. The personnel manual for city sho uld be staffed with "N ewarkers Councilwoman N a ncy Turne r employees states: '"Employees are w ho are politically neutral"' and not questioned City Manager Carl Luft prohibited from using o r allowing political experts. for over 15 minutes concerning hi s any ci ty property for private or Tarrant argued Godwin's reason in vestigati o n into a tip that a city personal uses. A n employee who for trying to block G o lds tein 's employee was living in the ewark vio lates this policy may be appointment was a 198 1 lawsuit water treatment plant. terminated ... involving them both. According to The wal k out , which inc luded Luft said he believed what was the minutes of the June 19 hearing, Thomas W a mpler. H al Godwin, found was not a violation o f the Godwi n said the laws uit did not Gerry Grant Jr. and Jerry Clifton. Code of Ethics in the personnel enter hi s mind when he sent o ut the occurred s ho rtly before the fiery manual. m e m o regarding Goldstein 's meetin g ended. Dombrowski would no t confirm nomination to the Board of Ethics. Luft 's investi gatio n uncovered nor den) he was the focus o f the In s pite of Godwin' s memo. that it was Joseph Dombrowski, the investigation. Golds te in was appointed to the director of th e water department. The o nl y words from Luft B oard o f Ethics in the spring of who was s toring personal materials concerning Dombrowski came while _ THE REVIEW I Ayis Pyrros 1997. G o dwin did not voice his at the plant. sources fam ili ar with the defending his investi gation at the Attorney General Janet Reno visited Gauger-Cobbs Middle School Wednesday to vote. which is counted as a "yes·· investigatio n say. meeting. promote Clinton's recent education plans. She was j oined by Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., D­ vote. However, Goldstein did not Luft refused to say who was the " Rig ht o r wrong, I have a high Del., as she spoke to the seventh- and eighth-grade students. See the full story on page A2. participate in the hearing in volving employee in questi o n. but sources degree of trust for the water director. Godwin. say it was Dombrowski w ho was see COUNCILpage A5 Faulty wiring Campus construction builds tension BY MELISSA BRAU The Memorial Hall constructi on will begin o n December 1999, Sinovich said. AdmmiJtrarn·e New'> &liror Feb. 2 and will continue for the next year, Project "It's not a total gutting of the building." she said. Since the construction of the Trabant University Coordinator Gina Sinovich said. "Many of the existing walls will remain."' halts Durangos Center in 1996, campus has seemed to be in a Renovations to Townsend Hall, which include a While Memorial will be closed off for the year, constant state of upheaval fo r many students, with 9,000-square-foot addition to the south wing, are new buildings popping up every year. tentatively set to begin in June 1998 and to end in BY ALICE THIERMAN compartment together must be see WORK page A4 Slaj[ Repurter On the un iversi ty's Newark campus, 14 major tightened on each of the 25.000 construction projects and 35 minor projects wi ll be A recall has been ordered on all sport uti lity vehicles whic h have in progress by the end of Spri ng Semester, Facilities Dodge Durangos, which are only been sold.