European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                "page8 the stars and stripes  s bids rejected Citadel says Charleston . A the Citadel does no to know How Many women want to join its corps of cadets because it routinely throws out letters from women seeking applications a College official told a Federal judge tuesday. V admissions director Wallace West Tes. Tidied during a trial on Shannon Faulkner a lawsuit challenging the All male admissions policy at the military College. Faulkner applied last year after asking her High school guidance Counselor to de ice references to her sex on her transcripts. The College first accepted her application then rejected it because she was a woman. West said the Citadel does no to keep or respond to inquiries from women seeking applications because women Are not admitted to the corps. It Only provides applications to men because of budget concerns West said. A if its a general letter of interest about the Cadet corps from a High school Sophomore or Junior we would respond to that a he said. A if a Young Man coming in was in the sixth Grade probably  Faulkner a attorneys Are trying to show there a demand by women to attend the Citadel. They have produced 43 letters written Over the past year from women who inquired about admission. West said a staffer in his office had kept the letters sent after the lawsuit because they were written by women. . District judge c. Weston Houck said he will consider the 43 letters in Light of the fact that they were sent not As a gauge of women who want to enrol. A you have 40-some-Odd letters from women a he said. A a that Sall i can say. That shows there is some interest among. Women in the Citadel.�?�. College president Claudius Watts told. The judge earlier that he does no to think the school can become private if Faulkner wins her lawsuit. Watts said it would take an endowment of $350 million to finance the $12.5 million the school receives from South Carolina each year. A it does no to appear As though we re Ca Able of raising that endowment. But no Ody has put the Issue to the people of the state or the alumni a he said. I eee has an endowment of $19 id the private Citadel Flowers touts a new York apr a Ginnifer Flowers wanted tuesday was to explain Why americans should pay $19.95 to hear All 57 minutes of taped phone talk in which Bill Clinton Calls her a Darlin Quot and a babe a but never Calls her his Lover. She got that and much More at her news conference she got these questions from a stuttering John Melendez a cohort of radio Shock Jock Howard Stern a Are you jealous of Paula Jones a a will your sister be sleeping with Roger Clinton a she got gaped at by delegates to the state Republican convention who coincidentally were convening one floor below at the Sheraton new York hotel. She got pushed into a Corner when a fight broke out among television Crews trying to follow her. She got an invitation to a Clinton impeachment rally on Long Island next month. Flowers is releasing setting the record straight two cassette tapes and a transcript of conversations with Clinton in 1990-91. She says she secretly recorded the Calls to protect herself after reporters began asking about her alleged affair with Clinton which she says began in the late �?T70s and ended in 1989. For those wondering whether the new tapes Are Worth the Money a about 12 minutes of them were thoroughly aired during the last presidential Campaign. A Clinton who went on television at the time and admitted to having had marital problems never admits on the tapes to an affair with Flowers. In a commentary that accompanies the tapes Flowers says to a listen carefully to his phrasing. Not just what he says but How he says  the tone is decidedly cozy but the additional 45 minutes done to contain much new. The Collet million and the private Citadel development foundation has another $70 million Watts said. In a similar Challenge to the males Only admissions policy at Virginia military Institute pm was Given the option of admitting women becoming private or developing a parallel program. Vii is creating a parallel program for women at Mary Baldwin College in Virginia. South Carolina has also proposed a Range of options for a similar program but has ruled out a coeducational Citadel. An earful in the two years since the publication of her Story in a supermarket tabloid Flowers said a i have been vilified by the mainstream Media and a Felt the burning frustration of what she Calls an attempt by Clinton supporters to cover up her Story. Americans she said a want to know exactly what did happen and whether their president is a liar. The people of this nation have a right to expect the truth a yes but is she doing this for the Money a no a she said a but if it turns out to be a commercial Success then so be  she said that the Money she got for her Story two years ago is running out and that she borrowed to finance setting the record straight. She did have sortie kind words for her old alleged flame. Asked about Paula Jones claim that the governor sexually harassed her Flowers said a the Bill Clinton i know is not someone who would sexually harass a woman.�?�. A a. A but she added that Given permission the Clinton she knows would a eagerly participate in an encounter with a woman. This must have cheered first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton who was  hotel of the other Side of town tuesday for an on the record Tea with four gossip columnists. Flowers said she was disgusted with Melendez a Pony tailed unshaven to shirted emissary from Sterns radio show who yelled his questions from a piece of paper with neither stutter nor affectation. At one Point a Republican conventioneers got into the act. Referring to an obscure gop gubernatorial candidate he yelled a have you Ever met George Pataki a a a that a disgusting a said stuttering John. Gennifer Flowers. Selling tapes of Clinton for $19.95 in sex Albany n y. A american workers won twice As much Money from sexual harassment complaints last year As they did in 1992, according to a study released tuesday. Researchers at the Center for women in government said 1,546 americans won $25.2 million from their employers in 1993, including Back pay damages promotions Ana reinstatement. The year before 1,340 people won $12.7 million. The awards were higher a because sexual harassment is More and More regarded As a serious form of discrimination a said Sharon Harlan who co authored the study for the Albany based Center. The study used data from the equal employment Opportunity commission. Nationwide it took an average of 283 Days to Settle a claim in 1993, Down from 348 Days in 1989, there was one primary reason for increase cases the speedier resolutions Harlan said. Quot people Are becoming More impatient and they done to want to wait Tor the Leoc so they request a right to sue a she said. Sexual harassment charges Are reviewed by the commission but the person making the charge can sue if the Agency does no to resolve the Case quickly enough. Requests for notices that allow a claimant to sue Are up sharply since 1990, the year before the Federal civil rights act took effect. The civil rights act allows those who fee they have been sexually harassed to recover compensatory and punitive damages. Judith Avner chairwoman of gov. Mario Cuomo a sexual harassment task Force said publicity about sexual Harras Smunt has encouraged More people to pursue claims. A people Are still fearful about Coin ing Forward a she said. A a but All the Public discussion begins to Chip away at the  Washington map White House counsel Lloyd Cutler says consideration of a sexual harassment suit against president Clinton should be delayed until his term expires because a president is too Busy to be bothered by such matters. The lawsuit was filed earlier this month by former Arkansas state employee Paula Jones who charged that Clinton made unwanted sexual advances to her in a Little Rock hotel room while he was governor in 1991, Jones Cutler noted tuesday on Public televisions Macneil Lochrer news hour that the alleged incident took place almost three years before Jones filed the lawsuit and said that indicated no a immediate Relief a is needed. A what would be lost in balancing her before he interest against the interest of the presidency if it were deferred for an additional period a Cutler said. A no immediate Relief is required Here. This Case was brought on the 364th Day of the third year a the last Day before the statute of limitations would have expired. Justice department lawyers Are debating a wide Range of positions on presidential immunity from civil lawsuits anticipating that the judge in the Jones Case will request the departments View since no prior president has been sued for actions before he took office. Clinton a private attorney Robert Bennett has indicated he will try to Block the suit by arguing that a president should not be distracted by private Legal action. The supreme court ruled in 1982 that presidents cannot be sued in office or after leaving office for official acts As chief executive. Jones suit apparently Marks the first time a sitting president has been sued Over something that allegedly took place