After more than four years of inquiries, investigations and allegations, independent counsel Kenneth Starr’s report was made available to the public Friday afternoon with varying reactions.

The report, which is available on the Internet, illustrates in graphic detail the sexual relationship of President Bill Clinton and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. The report also claimed 11 counts of impeachable offenses on the part of the president, including perjury, obstruction of justice and abuse of power.

Although it is now up to the House Judicial Committee to determine whether Starr was correct in his charges, the American public, including Iowa State students, have differing opinions on the latest facet of the White House scandal.

Manoj Chaswal, graduate student in economics, said he strongly feels Clinton should resign, and like Richard Nixon, will probably resign before impeachment hearings commence.

“Morality is important,” Chaswal said.

Scott Streicher, senior in advertising, said he has not read Starr’s report yet, but his “roommate wants to pull it off the Internet.”

Streicher said he believes much of the hype surrounding the Starr reports has more to do with the special prosecutor than Clinton.

“A lot of it has to do with people who want to make a name for themselves,” Streicher said.

Streicher said he is relatively apathetic about whether Clinton should be impeached. He also noted that many people consider Vice President Al Gore the polar opposite of Clinton in terms of morality.

“If [Clinton] does get impeached, I’m not going to be that upset,” Streicher said. “I don’t think Al Gore is a bad guy — there’s not that much damage he can do.”

ISU students were divided on whether Clinton’s troubles should be considered “moral” or “political.”

“I don’t believe the president’s sex life is public business,” said Jared Anderson, freshman in meteorology, adding he does not think the president should be impeached.

Staci Plum, sophomore in management information systems, disagreed.

“I think he will be impeached, and I think he should be impeached,” Plum said. “He’s a role model for everyone, and he’s not doing his job.”

“He lied under oath,” added Rebecca Haldeman, sophomore in chemical engineering, who was in agreement that Clinton should be removed from office.

Myra Hanson, freshman in animal science and pre-veterinary medicine, said she was familiar with the Starr report.

“I kind of think when a public officer becomes a public officer, they are taking on the responsibility of behaving in a certain way,” Hanson said.

But Hanson said she does not think Clinton should be removed from office so late into his second term.

“If it was earlier, I would definitely say [he should be impeached],” Hanson said.

Hayley Cox, senior in journalism and mass communication, said she was not interested in reading the Starr report.

“It’s just a lot of details and information about the sexual encounters,” she said, adding that Clinton’s recent public apologies confuse her, since the president still contends he did not lie under oath.

“He says he didn’t lie, but he also apologized because he did do it,” Cox said. “It doesn’t make sense.”