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Monday will kick off our regular tri-weekly (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) editions of The Gamecock. Be sure to look for it. Wtt<? Setting tlje Carolina EDITORI Jennifer Stanlc Kurt Johnson, Rob Gioelli, Assist* Kathleen McCorn n caiuciii divides st In light of President Clinton's flHflHUiA speech given to the The Preu American people scandal h ?hr?r'd thepublk that he had a sex- r . ual relationship ^ with intern Moni- VTnrYST ca Lewinsky, the editorial board of We arejusi The Gamecock asthepul though this an ap- ft fa y propriate issue to give our attention. With all the media hype for the past seven months, President Clinton finally admitting to the scandal has taken the matter to greater proportions. And with that, when we as a staff came together to decide on what kind of stand to take on this issue, we found ourselves divided, with contrasting feelings on what to write about. Some of us felt that his private life was his, while others felt that a man in such a high position does not have a private life and his every action should be reported to those who have hired him.. And so, we throw it out to you, the students. We are sure that you guys are as equally divided over this issue. Provided below is the text of the speech President Clinton gave, which aired on national television Monday evening. We hope that you will be inclined to offer us your opinions and insights via letters to the editor. We are going to let the words speak for themselves.The following is President Clinton's speecn: Good evening. This afternoon in this room, from this chair, I testified before the Office of Independent Council and the grand jury. I answered their questions truthfully, including questions about my private life -- questions no American citizen would ever want to answer. Still, I must take complete responsibility for all my actions, both public and private. And that is why lam speaking to you tonight. As you know, in a deposition in January, I was asked questions about my relationship with Mon ica Lewinsky. While my answers were legally accurate, I did not volunteer information. Indeed, I did have a relationship with Ms. Lewinsky that was not appropriate. In fact, it was wrong. It constituted a critical lapse of judgment and a personal failure on my part for which I am solely and completely responsible. But I told the grand jury today, and I say to you now, that at no Wit? ^ henmg toe camiina Cc The Gamecock is the student newspaper of The Univer Friday during the fall and spring semesters and five times durii periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the The Board of Student Publications and Communications is th is the newspaper's parent organizabon. The Gamecock Jennifer Stanley Editor in Chief Rob Undeej Sara Ladenhelm Managing Editor Jeealca Bar Kurt Johnson Viewpoints Editor Jackie Poet Josh Lonon News Editors Todd Mone, Erin Reed Rosalind Ht Kristin Freestate Features Editor Bryan Johnston Editorial Assistant Rob Gloelll Nathan Brown Sports Editors Brad Walte Nlkkl Thome Photo Editors Kenley You Sean Rayford Ruth Nettle Brian Rlsh Online Editor Denlsha Or. Student Media Ellen Parsons Director of Erik Colllni Student Media Jeff Shepfk Lee Phlpps Advertising Manager Sherry F. Holmes Classified Ad Manager Carolyn Qriffln Business Manager Jim Green Creative Director a _i iamtcodt Community since 1908 AL BOARD ry, Editor in Chief Viewpoints Editor ant Viewpoints Editor lick, Editorial Writer 9 SpCttll aff, public time did I ask anyWkSHHHH one to lie, to hide or iidential destroy evidence, or as divided any oi^er un~ :from the lawful . I know that my ginning. public comments ^prr?nHB and my silence about this matter t OS divided gave a false impresblic, SO tve don. I misled peoour hands p^e' ^nc^ding even my own wife. I deeply regret that. I can only tell you that I was motivated by many factors. First, by a desire to protect my self from the embarrassment of my own conduct. I was also very concerned about protecting my family. The fact that these questions were being asked in a politically inspired lawsuit, which has since been dismissed, was a consideration, too. In addition, I had real and serious concerns about an independent council investigation that began with private business dealings 20 years ago. Dealings, I might add, about which an independent federal agency found no evidence of any wrongdoing by me or my wife over two years ago. The independent council investigation moved on to my staff and friends, then into my private life. And now the investigation itself is under investigation. This has gone on too long, cost too much and hurt too many innocent people. Nnm thic mnHor i e hotmoen me the two people I love most - my wife and our daughter -- and our God. I must put it right, and I am prepared to do whatever it takes to do so. Nothing is more important to me personally. But it is private, and I intend to reclaim my family life for my family. It's nobody's business but ours. Even presidents have private lives. It is time to stop the pursuit of personal destruction and the prying into private lives and get on with our national life. Our country has been distracted by this matter for too long, and I take responsibility for my part in all of this. That is all I can do. Now it is time -- in fact, it is past time -- to move on. We have important work to do -- real opportunities to seize, real problems to solve, real security matters to face. And so tonight, I ask you to turn away from the spectacle of the past nmi?>ri mnnih o fn v*/inr>*?? 4-U ^ /V.U unsi 1/i/rtOj n/ / c fJLLLI ItlK, ILLU" ric of our national discourse and to return our attention to all the challenges and all the promise of the next American century. Thank you for watching, and good night. lmecock msga immunity since 1908 HMitlM sity of South Carolina and is published Monday, Wednesday and ng the summer with the exception of university holidays and exam editors or author and not those of The University of South Carolina, e publisher qf The Gamecock. The Department of Student Media All area codes are 803 1 Copy Editors Editor 777-3914 Held on Viewpoints 777-7726 r rrvey Public Relations News 777-7726 Director Asst.Viewpoints Editor ^tc 777-3913 rs Asst. News Editor ng Sports 777-7182 " EnCOre Editor Online 777-2833 sham Asst. Features Editor i Faculty Advisor Student Media tld Graduate Assistant Advertising 777-3888 Classifieds 777-1184 Fax 777-64X2 Office 777-3888 _J VlEWP, # fit 1 ii.' li I llffll I a J 'f* \ ^Kkn'M / it s <P Media hyp Having just returned from a brief ^ey wan sojourn overseas, I have en- are going t countered the barrage of me- fiasco, y?u dia hype At the " that is press rem; ?sure, the porters, ( sky is an im- on na1 portant cur- and the t1 rent event nels are p: that should eas- So, to ROB GIOELLI be covered station th< columnist confidently other, eve by the na- The bi tional press. probably 1 But there is a subtle difference be- The Wash tween press coverage and the Super reporters Bowl-caliber circus running twenty- the charg four hours a day on CNN, MSNBC, etc., press or^ and all over every newspaper large The Post g enough to cover more than the local one else tl Softball league. with it, fij Obviously the American public must and the re be greatly interested in this matter, or Ever s they wouldn't be reading the newspa- the print c pers and watching the news programs, ed to be o The media organizations know this, but some kini * _ ^ ^ TV leads t< Some people explored exotic locales, . * ^so while some visited family. Others L*ves> padded their resumes with sum- grade. 11 i mer jobs character Rand intern- tors, but 1 ships. di place.. But I, I "Seinfeld, took the You" reru road most I didr fravoloH hv IUV Own 1 KIKI McCORMICK two weeks Oncet columnist anyway, af- ter my br ter which I tion)mod? had my husband take it back to Wal- makes mi Mart. hours spe Of course, they asked what was other pur wrong with it. I don't know what he ing. Imag said, but I would've said this: "Well, fai we'd fc ma'am I just liked it too much." g0 re. Really, I did like it. I watched those televi'sioi talk shows -- you know, the ones with Reaso: really generic names like "tonight" and us ^ gjvjr "late" -- and I was fascinated (not by jjVgg that the conversations, but by the fact that a people would watch such insipid things. ^ I felt like an anthropologist studying families \ human entertainment rituals). r JL'UI CU satisfact < OINTS_ uccK' I JlPl V??? e because of t to make sure that if you 0 watch coverage of this whole "Ever since thei 1 are watching their coverage. , , end of the day, the national Of broadcast ar* ain commercial organizations OUtdone Oil a St ttom line is making money. i... ? I top-notch anchors and re- * political COIIJ :omprehensive coverage of be the next Wat , big name guests, and slick n, they hope you will watch ead of the other stations. But cause it could be the next Wa tional level, all the networks If there is some snippet of goss: venty-four hour news chan- anonymous quote or insider sou retty much equal in these ar- another paper or station does i lure the viewer over to their access to, then it will be exploit* jy are forced to out scoop each fullest. The public then belie1 oil .1 < ii i n n li mere is notning to scoop, tney nave access tu uuurmauoi Irth of this phenomenon can other station or paper does, a be traced back to Watergate, will keep watching and readir rington Post, with two lowly These tendencies are then from the metro desk leading fied by our existence in the info ;e, out scooped every major age. Twenty-four hour news i fanization in the country, and Internet sites sell thems rabbed onto a story that every- being able to provide coveragi lought was old news and ran as up-to-date as possible. To ghting the U.S. Government interested in their station st of the media the whole way. gram, they do everything eve since then, no journalist, in station is doing and more. Politi >r broadcast arenas, has want- dais move fast, but in many v utdone on a story, especially fast enough for our informat i of political conspiracy, be- Thus to fill time, we are barraj 3 a useless t\ caught up on "Days of Our lich I hadn't seen since eighth "Don't worrv if ladn't missed anything; the , . , ^ s were played by different ac- DOUgllt it Clsew ;he same old story lines were anything foack And I got to watch my fill of 11 tearnerf on < " "PVaoioi- " anrI "Ma,! Akmit AC<trIlCU Oil Jk iUWUVit UUU 11XUU i JLWUUV ins. it off." i't read a book, or work on aovel-in-progress, for two ras just too fascinated by what Cloud," in Dubliners by Jame V (excepting the three sitcoms No, there is no TV in the story, 1 id above) says about us as a happens is this: A Dublin n ftrich is, of course, that we are parently happy with his wife ar too easily entertained. quiet life, meets up with an ol he TV was gone, I became (af- who has seen the world, wii ain recovered from hiberna- dined - all those things that irately productive again, which posed to be glamorous and ins i wonder: imagine if all those vy. The friend is obviously sha nt watching TV were used for the man envies his freedom a poses, like reading and writ- rience. ine how much more thought- So when the man goes hon ecome as a people. gards his wife with contempt ason number one for banning es patience with his son. a: to smarten everyone up. What if our social ills wer n number two: TV reprograms bv virtually the same Dhenc ig us expectations for our What if, whenever we watch' are unrealistic, keeping us in Place" or some such trash, we t state of dissatisfaction. We'd jealous of these glamorous pec r without it, and our lives and their sexier problems? We mui vould be in better states. ting something from these sh a exploration of how this dis- To some extent, we are sei ion sets in, read "The Little cape from our experiences. N ^ Ihe Gamecock will try to print all letters received letters should lx Hand written letters must lie personally delivered hy the author to The Ga phone number. The Gameaxk reserves lltc^ighl to edit all letter for style. "Students should be better educated about where their money goes." Leigh-Ann Travers, Student Services Chairman "1 We. college press EXCHANGE Watergate i, no journalist, in print enas, has wanted to be ory, especially some kind ipiracy, because it could ergate." tergate. minutiae about stains and dresses, ip, some Rarely during the course of this whole irce that fiasco have there been davs as imDor n t have taiit as Monday, so there has been plenty of time to fill, ii that no Hopefully this will all come to a head nd they very soon- feet of the matter is Bill tg Clinton is the leader of our country, and . magni- he has what many would say is the rmation toughest and most important job in the stations world. If we have no respect for his abilelves as ity to do this job, then we should im3 that is peach him right now. If we are not goeep us to (Jq that, then we should let the ryother man '3ac^ doing his job, which is cal scan- we are Paymg him for. Then the /ays not media, this paper included, can go back ion age. to covering things that are a little more jed with relevant than presidential blow jobs. vo weeks your TV is old or you here, Wal-Mart will take for some reason. Like we Seinfeld,' they just 'write (S Joyce, some level we want to experience our Dut what lives more fully, and those commitments lan, ap- that hold us back -- our loved ones -id rather have to suffer our frustration. Id friend Television could be responsible for aed and the divorce rate. And I'm not even are sup- getting into the violence it inspires, spire en- So here's a proposition: everyone llow, but take your TVs to Wal-Mart and get your nd expe- money back, and let's see how much smarter and happier we become as a le, he re- nation. Don't worry if your TV is old or and los- you bought it elsewhere, Wal-Mart will take anything back for some reason, e caused Like we all learned on "Seinfeld," tmenon? they just "write it off." 'Melrose I would love it if we really could have i become a TV blackout, just to see what would >ple with happen; I doubt many people would volst be get- untarily go along with such an experiows. ment. Any electronics experts who want eking es- to tell me how to get them all to stop laybe on working for a while, give me a call. 2*>- W0 words and must include full name, professional title or year and major if a student mecock newsnxim in Russell llixisc ixxxn W H-mail letters must include the author s tele possible libel or space limitations Names wit^tot lx' withheld for any circumstance j