2 2- The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 10, 1998 NATION/WORLD G-ngnch explains retirement ------I WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Newt Gingrich said yesterday night he decided to retire rather than fight for a new term as speaker last week because his continued presence would have become an "excuse for divisiveness and factionalism" inside Republican tanks. It is wrong, Gingrich told a meeting of GOPAC, for "any one person to put their office above the good of the country and the party." Gingrich's speech before the Republican organization he once headed marked his first extended public appear- ance since his stunning decision last Friday to give up "his high office. Gingrich (R-Ga.) was received warmly, and got a rousing ovation when he displayed his personal copy of the "Contract'With America," the campaign manifesto that Republicans rode to their landslide election victory in 1994. "Again and again, calmly systematically, we .kept our word," he said of the revolution he once led. Gingrich also used his speech to tick off accomplish- ments of the last four years - welfare legislation, over- haul of Medicare, expanded medical research among them. Listening in the audience was Rep. Bob Livingston, the Louisiana Republican who challenged Gingrich for the speakership on Friday, and then became the over- whelming favorite to succeed him after the Georgian decided to retire. "The next speaker of the House," Gingrich called Livingston, and urged all Republicans to work with him to prevent a victory in 2000 by Vice President Al Gore and congressional Democrats. Gingrich decided to retire last week after his party suffered unexpected setbacks in the midterm elections. Only hours after he had assured the rank-and-file that Republicans would gain as many as 30 House seats, the voters decidedotherwise. Instead, the GOP lost five seats, the first time since 1934 that the party in power in the White House has gained seats in the House. Stunned Republicans demanded a leadership change, and within 72 hours, Gingrich had withdrawn, signaling "Again and again, calmly and systematically, we kept our word." - Newt Gingrich Speaker of the House the end of a tumultuous reign as the first GOP speaker of the House in 40 years. Gingrich, frequently mentioned as a potential presi- dential candidate in 2000, did not discuss his fiuture plans at length in his remarks. "Public office is not the same as public service. There are many avenues for pub- lic life,"he said. Earlier, Gingrich returned to the Capitol for the first time since last week's election. He was greeted by a clutch of aides who cheered his entrance, and shook hands with well-wishers before entering the building and heading for his office, AROUND THE NATION Court won't shield adviser Lindsey WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court refused yester- day to shield President Clinton's closest adviser, Bruce Lindsey, from undergoing grand jury questioning about confidential conversations with the president concerning Monica Lewinsky. The decision gives Independent Counsel Kenneth S "Wor Congress an opportunity to gain new evidence justis impeachment proceedings are beginning in the House: The justices declined to hear a White House appeal that Clinton's conversations with Lindsey should be protected by Clintnattorney-client privilege, a claim already rejected by two lower courts. Lindsey testified four times before the grand jury investigating the Lewinsky matter but refused to answer certain questions, including those about his conversations with Clinton, because the president invoked the priv- ilege. Barring a new legal fight, the ruling could open the door for Starr or Congress to press Lindsey for information in those areas. The House Judiciary Commi hasn't sought to question Lindsey during the impeachment hearings. SAVIR Continued from Page 1. Palestinians what they have been fighting for for 50 years." Lama Jamjoum, a Public Health doctoral student, also disagreed with Savir. "He didn't cover any of the important issues," Jamjoum said. "We all know the creation of a Palestinian state is impossible with the current situation. "I go to Israel every year," Jamjoum added. "It's different than what he's describing. There's no equality at all." CInton's troubles linger after elections RECYCLE THE DAILY. WASHINGTON (AP) - Unbowed by election losses or polls supporting President Clinton, Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee forcefully rejected the testimony of scholars who said lying to hide a sexual affair was- n't an impeachable offense. After hearing hours of disparate tes- timony from historians and law pro- fessors on what misconduct warrants impeachment, committee chairperson Henry Hyde, (R-Ill.), expressed frus- tration yesterday with those who would exempt lies about perspnal behavior. "All of the sophistries that I hear, rationales, justifications, 'everybody does it,' 'it was just about sex,' - it's perjury," Hyde told the panel's sub- committee on the Constitution. Publicly, GOP committee members surrendered no ground despite losing five House seats in last week's elections. "He must be called to account for putting his selfish personal interest ahead of his oath of office and his constitutional duty," said Rep. Charles Canady, (R-Fla.), the subcommittee chairperson, But some Republicans privately expressed nervousness that the full House, distracted by a battle over lead- ership positions, might lose interest in unpopular impeachment proceedings. The White House renewed its call to end the inquiry quickly, saying the House leadership struggle could have an impact. "It could create a better environ- ment for finishing up something that the country so much wants to get behind it," said press secretary Joe Lockhart. However, he said, "What's worry- ing is that somehow in the battle for votes, that commitments may be made that wouldn't be in the best interests of putting this behind us." In other developments yesterday: -The Supreme Court handed Clinton a major defeat that could affect the impeachment inquiry. The high court reiected Clinton administstion appeals that sought to keep Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr from asking certain questions of presi- dential confidant Bruce Lindsey and Secret Service employees. A Judiciary Committee official, speaking only on condition of anonymity, said calling Lindsey as an impeachment witness was being discussed, but no decision had been made. -Justice Department lawyers and FBI agents interviewed Clinton regarding Democratic Party campaign ads during his 1996 re-election bid. Clinton's attorney, David Kendall, said the president cooperated with the investigation voluntarily. -Newly unsealed court docu- ments revealed U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright, who oversaw Paula Jones' sexual harassment law- suit against Clinton, signaled in January she believed Mrs. Jones had a weak case and offered to encourage her to accept a settlement. SACUA Continued from Page 1. help make decisions could involve Senate Assembly, the faculty's represen- tative governing body. Senate Assembly includes representa- tives from research faculty and librari- ans, but not clinical faculty. SACUA expressed a desire to change this. "We must give representation to all faculty groups, or this institution will be marginalized," Ensminger said. "If we diversify faculty roles, at the same time we need to create rights and responsibilities that bring them togeth- er," Cantor said. "I would like to see more non-tenured representation on Senate Assembly" Procedural roadblocks hinder any attempt to incorporate clinical profes- sors into faculty governance. "With a set number of representatives in Senate Assembly, adding clinical track faculty would give too much rep- resentation to the Medical School and too little to the College of Liteetmr'. Science and the Arts' Senate Assembly Rules Committee Chair Ronald Lomax said. Lomax, an electrical engineering pro- fessor, said that adding members to Senate Assembly and redistributing rep- resentation would be the most desirable course of action, but this requires a change in the bylaws of the Board of Regents. "We can try to change the University regent's bylaws, and I would support adding members in a controlled fash- ion," Cantor said. High court turns raway voucher dispute WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court will let Wisconsin continue pro- viding financial help for families whose children attend religious or other private schools, a move sure to encour- age similar efforts in other states. Supporters say such tuition vouchers can give low-income children the same educational choices as richer ones, but critics see nothing less than a movement "to abandon the public schools." The justices, yesterday, left intact a Wisconsin program providing vouchers - good for up to $5,000 a year per child - for students of poor families who attend private schools in Milwaukee. Because most of those schools are religious, the state's plan had been challenged as a violation of the constitutionally required separation of church and state. Yesterday's action, an 8-1 vote to deny review to the challenge, was not a decision and therefore set no national precedent. But participants in the raging national debate =were quick to react. Clint Bolick of the pro-vou cher Institute for Justice said the court's action "provides a green light. for other states to proceed with the most promising education reform on the horizon." Gene therapy may help grow bypasses DALLAS - For the first time, doctors have shown that by inserting extra genes into the heart, they can enable patients to grow their own bypasses. The approach could someday sp patients the need for bypass surgery. in which a piece of blood vessel is gmaft- ed into place to create a detour around a blockage. Experts say this new gene-insertion procedure, tested initially in the legs and now in the heart, represents the first example of gene therapy, which actually corrects a human ill. AROUND THE WORLD N)t~ Japan's coupon plan has unexpected kinks TOKYO - Here's an idea to get Japan's tight-fisted consumers to final- ly start spending: Give away $250 to every man, woman and child in the country. That's the scheme now making its way through parliament. But Japan's leaders have discovered that giving away up to $35 billion to tens of mil- lions of people is pretty complicated, especially if you're looking for a sys- tem that is fair, secure and still has a snowball's chance in hell ofjump-start- ing Japan's economy. Consider the money itself. If you just drop all those crispy bills in peo- ple's palms, Japan's prodigious savers will probably just sock them away. Saving may be a virtue, but not in a recession when you want that money on steroids, zipping about and creating jobs, putting the hum back in the Hond a plants. So Japan's minority Komeito Party has come up with the idea of shopping vouchers. Why not dish out some coupons with short-term expiration dates? This fringe idea recently edged into the mainstream after Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party vowed its support. So Japan could soon be Mw in coupons, a giant gift-certificate melee in the world's second largest economy. Thai film board rejects scrip BANGKOK, Thailand - Jodie Foster may never get a chance. whistle a happy tune in Thailand the starchy English governess iftra new film version of the story that inspired the musical "The King and The country's Film Board refused yesterday to let 20th CenturyFox film its "Anna and the King' on location in Thailand, maintaining 'it insults their revered King Mongkut and portrays him as a brutal buf- foon. - Compiled from Daily wire reports. Tie Miuigan ily (Ir N074-9O) is puoisnea Monday tnrougn rioay during the tali and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscriptions for fall term, starting in September, via U.S. mail are . $85. Winter term (January through April) is $95, yearlong (September through April) is $165. On-campGisb-- scriptions for fall term are $35. Subscriptions must be prepaid. The Michigan Daily is a member of the Associated Press and the Associated Collegiate Press. 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