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Clinton's le? have long t CLINTON continuedfrom page "Some think that sexual virtue is the be all, key all to determining character. Presidents can be vulnerable morally, yet be effective politically," she said. "John F. Kennedy was clearly reckless in his sexual behavior, but look at his handling of the Hnhnn Missile flrisis T-To wasn't a risk taker. Clinton is also veiy moderate and modest in politics. Whatever his sex life may be like, he is not an extreme risk taker." Glad also thinks Americans expect too much out of their presidents. They are expected to be morally pure while being politically smart and politically effective. People think they can never make a deal but a president can't survive in political life without this," she said. Glad sees Clinton as someone with the ability to bounce back from stress rather than shutting himself down as some presidents have. For example, Calvin Coolidge was immobilized after the death of his son. She says the public has a problem with Clinton because they do not know his position on issues. "He talks in ambiguous ways. But Franklin Roosevelt and Gorbachev, as well as Jefferson and Washington were accused of this too. Politicians have to be careful and watch their talk. Is this an adaptation to political life? I don't know," she said. Glad believes the allegations concerning Lewinsky are more serious politically than previous allegations concerning G'ennifer Flowers and Paula Jones. "Lewinsky is younger and this happened in die White House. The others are past history. The guy should, if he did what they say, have been acting more politically astute," Glad said. 1-801 wwv *MCAT is a registered trademark I The ( is i Annl "Jt'Mf* Exe 601 GPi Str< At 1 Mm -m. %/ Mm *Applica Activit A 4 %al troubles erm effects one However, she believes that speaking of impeachment is premature. "We don't know what happened yet. Impeachment would be long down the road. Most likely, though, he would resign," she said. "It's strange. It's not a criminal trial if he did encourage her to lie. Fm not aware of anyone who's been prosecuted tor lying in a deposition in a civil case." Glad said "gotcha" politics is characteristic of the past decade, and this type of media coverage for former presidents like Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George Bush did not occur during their presidencies. "People still liked sex and crime in the 60s, but it wasn't like this with Carter, Reagan and Bush," she said. "Carter did political things while claiming not to be political like appointing friends when he aoi/J Vta umnl^n'41 " OCU.VA 11C WU 111 1111 h. However, Glad does not know why the change occurred. "Perhaps it's a more active right- wing group making a concerted effort to get Bill Clinton," she said. She also believes that the increased coverage is not caused by an increased demand by the people. "We shouldn't go back to where nothing's published anymore, but the press doesn't wait for balanced stories anymore," she said. "Once it's in one source, the responsible press goes after it. They don't want to be scooped. Double checking evidence be damned." I Ploccnc J | T | viuoouo are I filling up! PPPiPf|Wfl||^^B Call now to e I Classes for t I April exam t> ^H on January : I and 31. B-KAP-TEST v.kaplan.com ui uit; Mbbuuiauun ui Mnienudii ivieuiudi ^untjyt )micron E low accep icants need smplary char? lours \ of 3.0 :>ng Leadersh east one semi * Applica * 12:00 (noon) tions are available ies, Student Govern 4 Guatemala to weigh r college press EXCHANGE I XI7U J J U1 J 1 O vv iicii guurneu lapeu tuiu luuueu ?o college students and school officials from St. Mary's College in Maryland who were on an anthropological tour of Guatemala, some educators back in the United States promptly canceled their plans to back 1 similar study trips to the Central American country. Spring Arbor College in Michigan ordered 18 of its students and faculty members, also in Guatemala at the time of the 1 attack, to return home immediately, cut ting short their trip by two days. Administrators at Michigan State University, which sent 22 students to the area last month, weren't planning to send another group until December. They've ^ already nixed those plans. f The attack on Jan. 16 raises questions j oi liability. ] Courts already have ruled that col- ] leges and universities are legally re- ( sponsible for some injuries happening on , campus, but whether the same is true for studies abroad isn't clear. ( Boston U. loi college press EXCHANGE i I A juvenile on a bike rode around Boston University fondling female stu- j dents. Another BU student had a cup of coffee thrown in his face in what was labeled 1 a possible hate crime. Both cases have happened within the 1 past four years, and both were disclosed 1 to students by the campus' police department. But at many colleges across the country, students have to press school officials for more information about the crimes committed around them. Numbers, they argue, just aren't enough. They want the names of the students involved. Support for opening student judicial proceedings isn't limited to campus. This I 5 sjjrnrnfcr s 6 weeks, 6 credits, about $ board, books, and airfare. Term 1: May 26-July 2 Terr www.summer.hawaii.edu >elta Kappa ting applical to have: ' icter ^ ip record ^ ester at USC tion Deadline * - January 30,1998 at Russell House room 1 iment, and the Informat ? .12, Campus ion desk * f i attack can isks, bene! "We're always scared that if there were dii one terrorist incident in Rome, what could htl happen to us there, despite our liability insurance protection," said Rose Hayden, in{ a board member of American University Sa in Rome, according to news reports. "It tei sends a cold shiver down the backbones th< of anyone sending Americans anywhere." vis Such uncertainty comes at a time lat when more American students are study- tio ing abroad than ever and venturing in- tw to more diverse territories. The number tio of students in Latin America in 1996 Ce jumped 18 percent to 13,726 over the previous year; in Africa by lOpercent to 2,027; ini and in Asia by 5 percent to 5,699. ed The uncertainty also comes at a time inc when the State Department is advising shi Americans worldwide "to exercise greater ing than usual caution" when traveling. Experts suggest tips ranging from avoiding poi loud talk to staying out of dark areas at ing aight. They also say travelers should fol- rol iow current events and leave clothing with rnveted labels, Nikes and Levis, for ex- wa ample, at home. be< More travel safety tips and a list of for destinations where the State Department did oks to open s aoaairm Hnncrroaa will prmairlur fnrrinor JVUU1U") %<***?, colleges to open their judicial records to pi) students, said Steve Fisher, a spokesman dei for Rep. John Duncan Jr. (R-Tenn.), who Pu introduced The Accuracy in Campus nei Crime Reporting bill last February. n? The bill would amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow more time[y and accurate disclosure of crime re- ,ei ports and statistics. But the most sweeping inrl rnntrnvprsinl asnprt. nf t.Kp Kill is its 7:7. tlO provision calling for open disciplinary ne learings at colleges nationwide. In December, the U.S. Supreme Court an et stand a ruling from the Ohio Supreme mj: I!ourt that forces universities in that state Soi ;o release disciplinary records ? with stu students' names and addresses attached, lie 2,400 including tuition, room & n 2: July 6-August 14 toll-free 1 (800) 862-6628 . aar _ _ _ ^ _ _ A _ _ Society tions ises U.S. ( its of stu< 3courages travel can be found at: ;p://www.state.gov Recent events suggest there's a growl threat of anti-U.S. violence, such as ddam Hussein's angry and intermitlt exchanges with American leaders; i November murders of four Americans liting Pakistan, targeted, their killers - J : c i-i ,ei sciiu, 111 ictdimtiuu iui tiic uunviun of a Pakistani man who had killed 0 CIA workers; and last year's convicn for the bombing of the World Trade nter. The recent attack wasn't the first ding of danger in Guatemala. The UnitStates Embassy there has reported an Teased number of kidnappings, rapes, ootings and violent assaults involv1 American tourists. In July, the State Department rerted that a public bus was hijacked dur\ daylight hours and all 20 passengers )bed at gunpoint. The student group from St. Mary's is aware of these incidents and had m counseled about safety concerns bee the trip. Nonetheless, college officials [n't believe students were at great risk, i 1 i 1 tuaent juai "Such disclosure nationwide is simr unthinkable," said Lori Tenser, Branis University's associate director of cams life. Because Brandeis is private, ther students nor journalists have the ht to attend hearings, she said. "Private institutions do not adhere to s same standards that public ones do," aser said. "Freedom of the press apes in a technical sense to the proteca of the Constitution, and the protecm of the Constitution does not :essarily apply to private enterprises. "A 4 rvb lllUOU WUCgCO, J UUlltiCU s held behind closed doors, and adaistrators plan to keep it that way. ne legal experts warn that opening dent judicial proceedings to the pubcould be dangerous." WE'LL ERASE COLLEGE LO If you're stuck with a (fedei student loan that's not in de Army might pay it off. If you qualify, we'll reduce j up to $65,000. Payment is e: the debt or &1.500 for oarh service, whichever is great* You'll also have training in i choice of skills and enough self-assurance to last you th rest of your life. Get all the details from your Army Recruiter. j l-803'765'5257 1-800-USA-ARMY ^ ARMY. 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Conn also said he's been encouraging his girlfriend to study Spanish in Spain instead of Central America so she'll have a better chance of avoiding incidents such as the attack in Guatemala. "She's pretty definitely going to Spain, and she's looking for one more deciding factor," he said. "I think she may have found it." rial records "A bunch of complications arise over ^ having public hearings," said T. Barton Carter, a professor of mass communication at BU. "You have to measure the privacy right of the student versus the public safety." Carter pointed to a case at Brown University three years ago in which a female student claimed another student raped her. The campus newspaper got the name of the accused and printed several articles about the case. The man was exon- ^ erated eventually, but he withdrew from Brown after being bombarded with hate mail and verbal assaults. "It's something that vou definitely have to consider when looking at holding open hearings," Carter said. 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