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...Senate race, a four-way contest in which the winner will not need 50% of the vote, they have helped give Oliver North a real shot at the seat held by Democrat Charles Robb. "North is constructing a coalition of the pious and the poff," says political scientist Robert Holsworth of Virginia Commonwealth University. "He's much more effective at it than anyone thought he would...
Democrats fear there could be more revelations to come. "Their concern," says Professor Robert Holsworth of Virginia Commonwealth University, "is that the guy's a ticking bomb." Still, Robb faces weak opposition from three little-known challengers in his party's June primary. And the Clinton White House has signaled its preference for him. But even if none of his obscure challengers gathers steam, Robb is not assured of a clean shot in the general election. His longtime foe, former Governor Douglas Wilder, would like nothing better than to send Robb back to lawyering. Wilder has been grumbling that Virginians...
...Meinrad, a small Roman Catholic seminary in Indiana, is having trouble attracting students. Holsworth says in the past it has annually matriculated between 100 and 125 students--mostly from surrounding dioceses--but enrollment is now declining and the institution is having some difficulty convincing young men to entertain the priesthood...
...Right now, there is some question of whether college seminaries are worth it," says Holsworth. "We've never had to recruit before. We are starting to change our admission procedures and need some direction...
That's exactly why Holsworth is at Harvard this week. Along with 127 other college admissions officers and high school guidance counselors. Holsworth is attending Harvard's Summer Institute on College Admissions. Their goal getting a crash course on the ins and outs of the college admissions process Boston, Hartford, New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh--have committed themselves to showing the Ivy League Game of the Week, but Frank said he was confident all of the stations would sign on by the fall...