NATION/WORLD tlinton retreats to The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 4, 1996 --7 49 Pa54& AR b ... _U prepare e Wshington Post - CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. - President Clinton and a host of high-level aides descended on this historic lakeside retreat yesterday afternoon to begin a three-day cram session for the first presidential debate, with Clinton said to be filled with "apprehension" because his preparations are behind schedule. White House aides only partly suc- ceeded at keeping straight faces as ey carried out the ritual of trying to wer pre-debate' expectations for their candidate. Clinton has been so busy searching for peace in the Middle East, they said, that he has scarcely had time to study for Sunday night's nationally televised encounter with Republican Bob Dole. Clinton-Gore campaign spokesman Joe Lockhart said Clinton s worried because Dole, who gturned to Florida yesterday to resume debate preparations after campaigning in Tennessee and criti- cizing Clinton's conduct of foreign policy, has been "working at this for about nine days." White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta told reporters on Air Force One "it would be silly for us to underestimate" Dole's forensic talents. While some of the low-balling is ne with tongue in cheek, Clinton's e is genuinely worried. Dole's rep- utation for clipped speech and some- times hard-to-follow sentences, com- bined with Clinton's reputation as a politician with a gift for gab, has skewed the expectations of how each side will perform, aides said. With Clinton far ahead in the polls, so the for first debate BRAND NEW LOCATION and upen, of the flu AP PHOTO President Clinton is embraced by Connie Eve at the Greater Buffalo International University of Michigan CLOTPHING STORE (14,000 sq. feet) Airport in Cheektowga, N.Y., yesterday logic goes, he has little to gain from the occasion. White House political director DouI Sosnik said earlier this week that in most recent presidential elections, the candi- date who was behind in the polls prior to the debate narrowed the margin after it. White House senior adviser George Stephanopoulos, arguing that Dole is better in debate than most people real- ize, offered a revisionist version of his- tory about the first time Dole took a national stage to debate when running for vice president in 1976. The common story is that Dole lost badly to Democrat Walter Mondale with an impolitic remark about this century's military conflicts being "Democrat wars' But Stephanopoulos said he was recently reviewing video tapes and found Dole performing very well until that one off-key comment. 5E ontnued from Page 1 MSA Vice President Probir Mehta said a student fee increase enlarging MSA's budget would ultimately come back to the students. "A fee increase will directly benefit students themselves," Mehta said. "We want to add to our funds, which will then go back to students and recycle intothe campus." ehta said the amount of money in thi assembly's budget has been declin- ing steadily. "In the past, we were get- tin more money in real terms," he said. Tis year's $2.69 is down from last year's $2.94 student fee. Around the Big Ten, students at Michigan State University, the University of Wisconsin and Northwestern University pay more than - dents at the University of Michigan. At Michigan State, students automati- catty pay $10 per term to the student gov- eriment, but that money is refundable. 'An interesting facet of our fee is that it -is refundable," said Frank Aiello, chair of Associated Students of Michigan State. "If students don't like what we are doing, they can get their money back." Only student governments at Pennsylvania State University and rdue University do not collect any sort student fee. Both governments raise their own internal funds and receive some indirect university funding. But at a time when MSA would like to see its fee increased, student govern- ment fees at other conference schools have gone down. At the University of Illinois, the stu- dent government receives S] per term from all students on campus. said Student Body President Michael Siska. That fee is down from the S2 fee the government collected until this year. "Some people think the student gov- ernment doesn't have enough money to operate properly now that our fee has been decreased," Siska said. "But I think we're fine." Rose said MSA deserved a larger student fee regardless of what other Big Ten schools pay. "I'm not into comparing apples and oranges,' she said. "The fact is, we have a lot of needs on campus and our cur- rent budget is not providing adequate funds for those needs." Some students said funding increas- es to support both MSA and Project Serve and the Black Volunteer Network is a good idea. "I think they both need the money," said Jen Trudell, an LSA first-year stu- dent. "I would support any increase as long as it's not an inordinate amount." Others said $2.69 was just not a big deal. "$2.69 doesn't sound like too high a fee," said Tara Koster, an LSA first-year student. "An increase sounds like it would be OK." Rose acknowledged that asking stu- dents to increase their own fee by $1.50 this year will make it tougher to ask for another fee increase on behalf of the assembly's budget. "We are talking about two fee increases which may seem like a lot of money, but we are talking about two distinctly different causes." Rose said. "I hope students will not just see these as fee increases, but see these as two worthy causes. Even if students do pass fee increas- es this November, the extra charges will have to be approved by the University's Board of Regents. "I have no idea whether I would sup- port such a resolution or not," said Regent Philip Power (D-Ann Arbor). "I would have to know all of the facts involved before I could make a decision." Last March, students voted to create a separate student fee of $1.84 for Student Legal Services, and in past years they have voted to increase the student fee to increase funding for the Ann Arbor Tenants' Union and other groups. 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