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However, the judges said their decision was not a complete exon eration of the prime minister and Justice MinisterTsahi Hanegbi, also implicated in the matter. “The court says only that the prime minister’s decision and the minister’s behavior are not against the law. It does not say that they are not a violation of ethics,” they wrote. “If the court stood in the place of the prime minister, it may have made a different decision.” At issue was Netanyahu’s ap pointment of a political crony, Jerusalem lawyer Roni Bar-On, as attorney-general in January. Po lice suspect Bar-On was appoint ed in exchange for political sup port from Aryeh Deri, leader of a key party in Netanyahu’s ruling coalition, who allegedly be lieved Bar-On would act to end his corrup tion trial. The affair cre ated the most se rious scandal of Netanyahu’s year-old govern ment, prompting some Israelis to demonstrate for an official inquiry and others to call for the prime min ister’s resignation. A Supreme Court move to charge Netanyahu could have brought down the government, though technically he could have re mained in office until convicted. The decision was hailed as a vin dication by Netanyahu, who has Netanyahu maintained his innocence in the fair since it broke in January. “This has taken much ti long, and the verdict of Supreme Court proves thattl whole affair was really baseles said David Bar-Illan, a top aii to the prime minister. The court ruled 5-0 against ii^j dieting Hanegbi, although tr judges also questioned whether behavior was ethical. In April, police recommends indictments of Netanyahi^ Hanegbi, senior aide Avigdlsi Lieberman and Deri. But staljy prosecutors decided to charfl! only Deri, saying they lackl ( proof for Netanyahu and Hanej as; hi. The investigation againl Lieberman continues. 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David Streeter, director of the Church Society, the se nior evangelical body of the state Church of England. “I am a monarchist... but I am not prepared to accept an adulterous re lationship being publicly manifested in this way,” he told “Good Morning Television.” Streeter’s comments are among the most outspoken in the national debate on Charles’ future, which has been going on since he and Princess Diana were divorced last year. Prince Charles Diana blamed Parker Bowles, 49, for the failure of the royal marriage. Charles, 48, confirmed long-standing rumors of an affair while he was married. Since his divorce, Charles has spent a great deal of his private time with Parker Bowles, who was divorced in 1995. Part of the public debate has focused on whether they will marry. There are no legal obstacles to Charles becoming king when Queen Elizabeth II dies, even with adi* vorced woman as his queen, constitutional experts , say. Both Henry VJII and George I were divorced whiljj V on the throne. But many believe Britain is not ready for Queen Camil la, despite the huge social changes since Charles’s greai uncle, Edward VIII, had to abdicate in 1936 so he could marry a twice-divorced American, Wallis Simpson. The Church of England does not permit remarriage of divorcees in church, but Charles could marfy inacivj il ceremony. Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey, ^ the church’s spiritual leader, said in 1995 that he would give the church’s blessing to such a union. The monarch automatically becomes supreme gov- ernor of the Church of England, and there is no technij cal bar to Charles retaining the title. But there is disap proval within the church hierarchy — reflected in Streeter’s comments. Although Charles has confessed his adultery, Streeter said he had not repented, causing “consider able problems of how to avoid a constitutional crisis.”] ' The clergyman noted that the prince is not above ei ther civil or moral law. “What he has to face up to is the fact that the monari chy is greater than Prince Charles and this country is greater than the monarchy, ” Streeter said. Pass Continued from Page 1 Therefore, Childers said, the Ex ecutive Council representatives did not understand why the Rec Center should be different. Hurd said he was pleased the ad ministration changed the decision so quickly, but he said even two weeks was too long for some stu dents to go without the services the Rec Center provides. He said he hopes that in the future the admin istration will consider the effects of their decisions on students. “We want administration to seek student input before they make a decision that affects students,” Hurd said. Local gyms said their questions about the sale of the continuing passes came about because a “stu dent” was not clearly defined in their non-student pass sale cap agreement with the University. Larry Isham, marketing director for Aerofit Health and Fitness Center, said the gym was unaware the Rec Center was selling continuing passes until this summer. Isham said Aerofit wanted to know if there were any oth er Rec Center policies that it did not know about that might infringe on the terms of the cap. Isham said Aerofit had no inten tion of trying to “steal” students, who are required to pay fees, from the Rec Center. “Our biggest concern is the pri- Northgate vate sector — faculty, staff and the general public,” Isham said. Isham said the cap agreement applied to the number of non-stu dents who could buy memberships at the Rec Center, and when the gyms heard about the continuing pass policy, they asked for a defini tion of a “student.” Isham said this recent decision by A&M does not clarify for the gyms what constitutes a “non-stu dent” in terms of the agreement. Isham said he wonders if every person trained by the University in some way will now be able to buy continuing passes. “What about the extension ser vices, USDA training camps and fire training school?” Isham said. “Are they considered students? Could they buy continuing passes?” Steve Lumpee, manager of Gold’s Gym, said he does not have a problem with the University’s deci sion, but he wishes the administra tion had decided on who is consid ered a student when the gyms first asked for a clarification of the non- student cap agreement. Lumpee said he had never seen the agreement but was under the impression that the sale of continu ing passes to students who were not enrolled in classes violated the agreement. He said he thinks the A&M administration now appears to make decisions based on whoev er puts pressure on the University — first the gyms and now students. “They should have a policy re- m gardless of what pressure is puton,^ them,” Lumpee said. “They’re tryj^J ing to come out looking like good guys by saying they (A&M) re- sponded to the students.” | t0lJ Both gyms said discontinuing the sale of the passes did not signify 5e icantly help their businesses. Isham 7 said only 50 students bought thjL $70 special summer memberships j Aerofit offered after the Rec Cente | e quit selling passes, and Lumpe ;r , said the increase in Gold Gym’s in ^ come was minimal. “Sale or no sale has virtually noef ., r feet in our business,” Lumpee saidj ..” u Corrington said what he and till | A&M administration learned froi this situation was how much th jj ei Rec Center means to the student ^ He said A&M tried to make the Rei 7 e Center more than a place to wot out; it also was meant to be a “socii center” where students could people and work out. Childers said he thinks the hi thing about the decision to ol passes again is that many studi will get their Rec Center privilegi back this week. “That’s what they wanted tod and now they will be able to doit Childers said. Corrington said students calk purchase the passes again today” a the Membership Service Desk inti lobby of the Center. He saidtl passes will cost $21 for the resto the first summer term, $35 forth second summer term or $56 forth rest of the summer. Continued from Page 1 “Let’s get to the bottom line, George” Anderson said. “Can we reach some kind of financial solution?” Councilman David Hickson also was ready to final ize an agreement. “Exactly what is it going to take in a dollar amount?” he asked Sopasakis. Birdwell told Sopasakis that if an agreement was reached, he would have to give up all of his rights to sue the city or to collect additional money under a federal appeal he has filed with Housing and Urban Develop ment against the city for relocation assistance. “We’re not going to have you turn around and sue us a month after we give you money I don’t feel we owe you in the first place,” Birdwell said. Sopasakis said he has federal rights and does not want to relinquish them. ; ha Council members then asked Sopasakis for an exat dollar amount. Sopasakis said that he was “looking in the $45,0% C( range.” After a four-minute recess granted to Sopasakis,nt gotiations continued with 11 minutes left on thecltl A $46,100 offer was proposed, an amount which ii 1 eluded the security deposit on the building. The off f also would have required Sopasakis to give up his rigW Esmond motioned to draw up papers for the offer an 1 Anderson agreed. But the other council members vo 1 ed against the proposal, 4-2. With 5 minutes remaining, Sopasakis said no#: else in his defense. A 4-2 vote kept the original offer of about $10,OOOi 11 % tact. Sopasakis also will receive $1,100 for the bui# deposit and will retain rights to sue the city. Construction in the Northgate area will continue Sopasakis awaits a decision from HUD that maye 1 ’ 11 tie him to more money from the city.
