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The Ukrainian stop was designed to persuade a reluctant parliament that the United States will remain sensitive to the former Soviet republic's economic plight as Ukraine implements its pledge to get rid of the weapons. The agreement will provide Ukraine $177 mil- lion from a congressional fund to help former Soviet republics dismantle their missiles, $155 million in direct U.S. aid and up to $1 billion over 20 years from commercial sale of uranium extracted from the warheads. Also, Russia has promised to sell oil and gas at bargain rates, to join with the United States in promising not to launch a nuclear attack and to respect Ukraine's territory. "The more people in the Ukrainian parliament hear about it the better they will feel about it," Clinton said of the agreement at a news conference in Prague, Czech Republic, before flying to Kiev. Stopping in Kiev was a matter of pride and honor, said a senior U.S. official. On Friday, Kravchuk is to join in signing the agreement in Moscow. Clinton's summit with Yeltsin is even more challenging than shepherding the arms accord with Ukraine. The trip to Moscow was planned initially to showcase U.S. support for political and economic reform. The hardships that abrupt change have caused the Russian people have turned Clinton's visit into a tough diplomatic test. "This is a meeting of friendly presidents," said Grigory Yavlinsky, leader of a pro-reform bloc in parliament. "What kind of concrete results can one expect today and here in Moscow?" Yeltsin ally Mikhail Poltoranin, a deputy in the State Duma, the powerful lower chamber of parlia- ment, shared the sentiment. "First of all, I expect the strengthening of per- sonal contacts between Yeltsin and Clinton," he said. "Secondly, Clinton will smell the air of Russia and will understand that (the situation) here is more See UKRAINE, Page 2 ASSOCIATED PRESS Tonya Harding's bodyguard con- fessed to participating in a plot to injure Olympic figure skating rival Nancy Kerrigan, NBC News reported last night. The report on "Now" with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric also quoted the unidentified sources as saying the weapon had been recovered in De- troit, from a dumpster behind the ice rink where Kerrigan was attacked last Thursday after practice. Earlier yesterday, The Portland Oregonian reported the FBI was in- vestigating allegations that Harding's husband, Jeff Gillooly, and her body- guard, Shawn Eric Eckardt, were in- volved in the attack. In Detroit, deputy police chief Benny Napoleon said no arrest would be announced last night. "There is nothing else I can say at this time," he said. Regarding the NBC report that Eckardt had confessed, Napoleon said, "It is an ongoing investigation. I'm not in a position to discuss that. "There are just some things going on right now that just really can't be discussed or else it will potentially jeopardize this investigation," Napo- leon said. Both NBC and The Oregonian said that Harding had no knowledge of the alleged plot. NBC said authorities expected to arrest four people late yesterday or this morning on federal charges. The Oregonian reported that Gillooly and Eckardt allegedly spoke with a "hit man" about carrying out the attack. The story was based on information from a man who said he heard a tape of a conversation in which the plot to injure Kerrigan was dis- cussed. NBC said, according to its sources, authorities don't have the tape. The sources said the tape was destroyed by one of the suspects after the Or- egonian report appeared. According to the NBC sources, Harding's husband and the bodyguard arranged for a hit man from Arizona to attend a meeting in Portland. NBC said the alleged plot came to light because the bodyguard taped the meeting and later played the tape for a friend, a minister. See KERRIGAN, Page 2 Tonya Harding returns to Portland, Ore., Monday after winning the U.S. figure skating championship title in Detroit with bodyguard Eric Eckardt. Eckardt has confessed that he played a role in the attack on Nancy Kerrigan, a rival athlete. Court stops woman from attending class at The Citadel CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - The gates of The Citadel opened just long enough yes- terday for Shannon Faulkner to register as the first female to attend day classes with cadets, hen closed again when nation's top judge locked her from attending classes. At the request of the 151-year-old mili- tary college, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Jus- tice William Rehnquist granted a stay to keep Faulkner from attending classes Thursday. "The significance is not so much that the junction has been delayed for three or four days. The significance is that the Supreme Court is taking this issue very seriously," said Dawes Cooke, the school's attorney. The Citadel and Virginia Military Insti- tute are the nation's only all-male, state- supported military colleges. Admissions policies at both are the target of federal lawsuits. Faulkner, who plans to major in educa- tion, walked several hundred yards through a driving rain and a horde of reporters to reg- ister in Bond Hall, the turreted administra- tion building that dominates one end of The Citadel's parade ground. "I didn't expect all of this and I didn't really expect to be here," Faulkner said. "I actually expected the battle to be a lot longer." She said she was treated nicely by col- lege officials and signed up for biology, math, English, history and education. But she said she felt "overwhelmed" by the at- tention. "Everybody is saying, 'You're making history,' " she said. "We don't want the class of 1994 to be labeled as the year of Shannon Faulkner," senior Will Benton said. Faulkner initially was accepted by the college after she had references to her gen- der deleted from her high school transcript. The Citadel rejected her application when it discovered she was a woman, and she sued, challenging the constitutionality of the all-male admissions policy Last August, a federal judge said Faulkner could attend classes, but not join the corps of cadets, while her lawsuit pro- ceeds. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Ap- See CITADEL, Page 2 'U' communications professors receive grant to research media By APRIL WOOD DAILY STAFF REPORTER Rodney King. Malice Green. The Lozano trials. These images ignited public opinion. These images were produced by the media. Journalism Profs. Laura Moseley and Joan Lowenstein will study the effects of the media coverage of these highly publicized, racially involved court cases with the help of a $4,000 grant from the Freedom Forum of Arlington, Va. They will begin their study in February and hope to have the project completed by the end of this summer. The fact that the media affects such a large majority of citizens in this country was a starting point for the idea. "(This topic) creates some kind of organizational paradigm of how in- advertently these trials are covered," Moseley said. Racially charged cases like those being studied by the pair can have drastic ramifications, such as the riots that stormed Los Angeles in the sum- mer of 1992 after the verdict was returned in the King beating trial. Lowenstein and Moseley are two of 12 journalism professors from uni- versities around the nation who have won the Freedom Forum Journalism Professors Publishing Program. The program is designed to assist journalism professors in developing new research, writing, reporting, pho- tography and video production. All applicants for the program have worked in the field of professional journalism and are currently teaching the subject. Both professors served as legal correspondents for Barden Cable in Detroit during the Malice Green trial. The pair will specifically study how media coverage affects the Black, white and Hispanic communities. "Hopefully we'll be able to find out if the media coverage was inaccu- rate and if there is a way to improve it," Lowenstein said. Moseley said she feels different people -judges, juries and media - can interpret statements made by trial participants differently. This can cause conflict once the trial ends, she said. The professors will use the grant See GRANT, Page 2 Arson suspected inl fraternity house fire By HOPE CALATI DAILY NEWS EDITOR The Ann Arbor Fire Department is investigating a suspicious fire that occurred at Chi Phi fraternity early Sunday morning. No injuries were reported and minor damage occurred to the house. The fire began in the basement during a party with Chi Omega and Kappa Alpha Theta sororities and Psi Upsilon fraternity. The alarm was activated and the house at 1530 Washtenaw Ave. was evacuated. Fire Inspector Robert Crout said the fire was approximately 3 feet by 3 feet in area. The fire was in a room off of the furnace room on the southeast side of the house. Crout said Chi Phi President Michael Montri reported that a wooden tee-pee type structure had hurned Montri also told investiza- MARY KOUKHAB/Daily Communications Prof. Laura Moseley had a lot to smiles as she lectures. Students say they find trouble staying in their beds at night By LARA TAYLOR DAILY STAFF REPORTER "I was woken up by the phone at 8 a.m., and I had tn ont dnwn frnm my nft tn ort it " T ISA Many students seek out a loft to free up floor snace. to $250 for two lofts. The University does not regulate nrices because it has no official con-