2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 6, 1997 MSA Continued from Page 1A if it needs to be done as often." Thompson said following up ABTS activities with other joint government efforts is one way to address Bollinger's concerns about the limited publicity that Big 10 schools receive nationwide. "Instead of just exchanging informa- tion, I would like to go to Washington and lobby as the Big 10 schools," Thompson said. "We could form a con- sensus as a whole." Michigan Student Assembly Vice President Olga Savic said the confer- ence does not do enough to bridge the gap between the Big 10 student govern- ments. "If we did act together on these ideas we could create a strong association between the schools," Savic said. "We could bring (ABTS) to new levels." Other government representatives vis- iting Ann Arbor for the weekend said the conference was a positive experience. "It helps us to exchange dialogue and share information," said Indiana student government Rep. Nancy Shinn. "I am impressed with the turnout by other schools." In his discussion of some of the University's critical issues, Bollinger said that when he first began his term as University president, he was fore- warned that affirmative action policies would come under attack. "I was told the University would be the next university challenged," Bollinger said. "That did not happen. Instead, the University of Washington was the next university to be challenged." MSA representatives said they were surprised to hear Bollinger speak frankly about the status of affirmative action at the University. "I was actually surprised the way he bought in the issue of affirmative action and that he thought student gov- ernments have a role," said LSA Rep. Jennifer Gennovese. MSA President Mike Nagrant said affirmative action is an issue that could no longer be ignored by campus lead- ers and the student body alike. "I like the idea that we need to raise consciousness,' Nagrant said. "The piece on affirmative action is very important - MSA is taking a lot of action." AROUND THE NATI N Donation probe looks at 'soft-money' WASHINGTON -They gathered every Wednesday night during the politically turbulent months of late 1995 and early 1996, closeting themselves in a comfort- able room in the residential part of the White House to talk campaign strategy. More often than not on those evenings, the discussion among President Clinton and his political inner circle focused on an unprecedented early television blitz th had launched. It was a blitz many observers believe played a crucial rol Clinton's re-election by letting him seize control of the campaign's agenda at its genesis. This early air war was the brainchild of Clinton's personal political guru, Dick Morris. The spots were written and prepared by the Clinton campaign's media team, Bob Squier and Bill Knapp, often after extensive review and revision by the president himself at the Wednesday meetings or follow-up sessions in the Oval Office, according to some of those present. But while the ads were Clinton campaign commercials in everything but name, they were bought not by the president's re-election committee but by the Democratic National Committee and its state affiliates. And they were largely financed not by tightly regulated "hard-money" contributions but by "soft mone donations of unlimited size and virtually unrestricted origin that flowed to bo parties in unprecedented amounts during the 1996 campaign. Race initiative may be at a standstill WASHINGTON - The schedule called for President Clinton to meet with his advisory board on race for an hour. But as they sat around a table in the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel last week, no one seemed sure what to say or do. 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