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Apply now for the... 1994-95 Kansas & Burge Union Scholarships
University/Community Service Scholarship Award
As a result of the efforts of many students saving the furniture and art objects while providing invaluable service to the firefighters during the Kansas Union fire on April 20, 1970, insurance carriers decided to present the Kansas Union with a gift. The Student Union Activities Board will again choose a student deserving of being awarded a scholarship from the interest on this gift.
Qualifications:
- Must be a regularly enrolled KU student this spring semester and be enrolled for the fall '94 and spring '95 semesters.
- Must have demonstrated service to the university and/or the Lawrence community.
- Scholarship, financial need, and references will be a minimal consideration in application reviews.
Available in the SUA Office, Kansas Union,
864-3477. Must be received by 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 16 in the SUA Office.
Interviews will be held on Tuesday, April 5.
Applications:
The Burge & Giele Scholarships ..for student leadership in SUA..
- Must have been an active member of the Student Union, Activities organization.
- Qualifications:
- Must be in good academic standing and enrolled in a minimum of 6 hours for the '94-'95 school year.
NATION/WORLD UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Nominations accepted up to March 16, 1994. Forms available at the SUA Office, Kansas Union, 864-3477.
Whitewater floods Capitol, Clintons try to stay afloat
By Tom Raum The Associated Press
ANALYSIS
WASHINGTON — Americans so far have tended to give President Clinton the benefit of the doubt on questions of judgment. But the spectacle of top White House aides testifying before a grand jury brings the issue of trust to the fore and could undercut his administration's ability to perform.
Clinton has been able to spring back from cases before, ranging from gays in the military to a $200 Hollywood haircut to the firings of the White House travel office staff.
And even now, White House strategists were considering ways for him to clear the air — including a possible joint TV appearance with Hillary Rodham Clinton.
But Whitewater could prove a harder ordeal for Clinton to overcome than his previous challenges.
The investigation entered a new, more serious stage as the first of ten administration officials began testifying yesterday under subpoena to a grand jury looking into White House efforts to contain the affair.
While there's nothing incriminating about a subpoena and no one stands accused of wrongdoing, the development played into hands of Republicans who are seeking to draw a comparison between Whitewater and the Watergate scandal of two decades ago.
And the affair threatened to take a toll on Clinton's effectiveness and make his relations with Congress more difficult.
"It's bound to drain time and energy from the president's agenda," said Larry Sabato, a University of Virginia political scientist. "And it will chill personal relations to some degree within the White House: People are afraid to talk to one another about forbidden subjects."
The Whitewater affair was spinning out of control at a time when Clinton was having a hard time anyway moving the centerpiece of his second year, his overhaul of the health-care system.
The growing affair also threatened to undermine Mrs. Clinton's work. No
longer can she expect to play to an adoring audience of lawmakers in pleading her case for the health-care plan.
A USA Today-CNN-Gallup telephone poll, conducted Monday and Tuesday, found that 60 percent of those surveyed believed Clinton did something unethical or illegal in Whitewater — and that 56 percent believed that of Mrs. Clinton.
The poll may have been a little misleading, in that only half of those responding—51 percent—said they had followed the matter "very closely" or "somewhat closely."
A prompt report by special counsel Robert Fisk exonerating Clinton and his staff could easily minimize the long-term damage. But it seemed unlikely that the matter would come to a resolution anytime soon.
"I remember how Watergate just built and built and built. Kind of a Chinese water torture," said Lyn Nofziger, a former aide to President Reagan and now a GOP consultant. "Clinton's got the same problem that Dick Nixon had on Watergate. It's not the crime, it's the cover-up."
'Big 12' signs 1996 television deal
Five-year contract worth $100 million The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Three weeks ago the Big Eight was adrift without a football television deal to fall back on in 1996 and wondering if it had any value at all.
"From what we're able to tell, this is the largest football-only TV deal a conference has ever negotiated," said Bob Frederick, Kansas athletic director.
The combined package with ABC and Liberty Sports includes a maximum of 39 annual appearances, 18 on ABC, and more than $20 million each year in football TV revenue.
On Wednesday, bolstered by the top four Southwest Conference schools, the "Big 12" signed a five-year, $100 million deal that puts them in the conference lead in football revenue.
"ABC Sports is extremely pleased that we'll be able to continue to televise top quality Big Eight Conference football through the year 2000," said David Downs, ABC vice president for sports. "The addition of Baylor, Texas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech to the existing member institutions makes it that much more attractive to ABC and its affiliated stations."
The deal also includes exposure for women's sports and non-revenue sports on the cable network.
"This is a unique opportunity that will complement the outstanding women's programs of the 12 institu-
tions," said Dr. Gerald Lage, Oklahoma State faculty representative. "We asked Liberty/Prime to aggressively address the opportunity to promote our women's sports and Olympic sports championship events and it has embraced the opportunity."
Liberty Sports, a family of regional cable entities under the Prime Network banner, will also televise an unspecified number of women's and other non-revenue sports.
The new deal will go into effect after the College Football Association contracts end in two more seasons.
It was the demise of the OFA deal several weeks ago, hastened by the defences of the Southeastern Conference, ACC and Big East, that gave impetus to the Big Eight's expansion plans.