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iednesday, May 4, 1994 iibularmcm The Battalion Page 5 By Boomer Cardinale . Helped me To qu ■ tdiNKist.. j'v^ (iEcN Tactually... a dpimx zoowJ) V goo'd (L\Crir ncw... y. % larlholomcw by Kalvin Eisenhower By Alex F & TO T -THEf?0 ARE" ■BETreR WAVS -ft? R&UIEVE STRESS. _ i - (^OOP ON / Finals./ Contest honors best flush letters The Associated Press I CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Business student Scott Caudill received a rejection letter from a computer sanufacturer that really stung. It thanked him for an aterview he never even had. But it wasn’t a big enough gaffe to win the second Mual “Ugly Rejection Letter Contest.” That dubious honor went to a letter received by se ar Tom Maguire from a financial services firm. The ar said he wouldn’t be hired, but “We hope you a consider referring others to us as applicants for Jiployment or as clients.” The University of Virginia’s Mclntire School of Commerce’s contest helps ease the tension that is par ticular to this time of year. “The idea of the whole thing is to say, ‘You’re not alone,’ ” Maguire said. The contest, which ran throughout the spring, re ceived letters with grammatical errors, misspellings, gender confusion and nonsense. A panel of judges sorted through the “don’t call us” mail. In the spirit of the season and the job market, a university hangout offered a free drink for every five rejection letters presented by a student. Ron Morse, owner of the Greenskeeper, estimated more than 400 students packed the restaurant for the April 20 promotion. One student came armed with 80 rejection letters. Clinton hires help to polish tarnished image ^The Associated Press ; WASHINGTON — If Ronald Reagan was the Teflon president be cause nothing stuck to him, Bill Clinton is the Velcro president: Doubts from his past cling like iburrs. ‘ Clinton is adept at shaking them off, but they have a habit of return- h i Now he is hiring a personal jlawyer to deal with pre-presidential allegations — a step suggesting just low disruptive the character ques- Inhas become to his presidency. < Robert Bennett, one of Washing ton's best-known white collar crim inal lawyers, is being brought in. ; White House counsel Lloyd Cutler said he had spoken with Bennett about the possibility of him help ing” if Paula Jones, a former |Arkansas state employee, files suit against Clinton. ; Jones is said to be contemplating legal action; she asserted at a Feb. 11 news conference here that in 1991, when Clinton was governor, he summoned her to a hotel room and made sexual advances toward her. There was a time when election to the presidency granted political rebirth. New presidents were ab solved of past sins. For example, Herblock, the Washington Post cartoonist, always had portrayed Richard Nixon as a heavy-bearded habitue of the sew ers. But once Nixon was elected president in 1968, Flerblock gave him a shave. No one has given Clinton a clean shave. During his campaign he had to deal with a barrage of questions about his personal life and behavior. He carried an Arkansas sobriquet, “Slick Willie.” As a result, he came into office without having established the moral authority Americans tradi tionally give their presidents, says Suzanne Garment, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Insti- Get A Jump on Your Fall This Summer at Cedar Valley College! Summer Classes begin JUNE 6 As low as $63 for 3 College Credit Hours! (Yes...we offer Calculus I!) Call 372-8201 for more information. Cedar Valley College JO 3030 N. 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