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\_\XX\ e H6lp6r Tracy White - class of ‘91, pushes 10 month old son, Brandon, to the tee of the
hole on the frisbee golf course at Research Park Sunday afternoon.
FOX angry at Emmy decision
NEWYORK (AP) — Fox News Channel is furious over
a decision that leaves the fledgling network ineligible
for the news Emmy awards, while allowing its archrival
MSNBC to participate.
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
said the flap over the prestigious awards is unfortunate,
but it’s too late to be fixed.
Nominations will be announced late next month
and awards will be presented Sept. 10.
Fox said it asked a few months ago whether any of
its programming would be eligible. It was rejected since
it did not meet an eligibility requirement that it be
broadcast to at least 51 percent of the U.S. television au
dience, Fox spokeswoman Lori Dolginoff said.
MSNBC was similarly rejected. But it then argued suc
cessfully that it should be eligible because it is available by
satellite dish to anyone in the country who wants it.
Fox also is available by satellite.
“We were unaware that the criteria to enter the
Emmy awards was changed,” Dolginoff said. “If we
knew that, we obviously would have entered.”
Fox started its news channel last October, three
months after MSNBC.
According to Nielsen Media Research, both are now
available in about one-third or fewer of the nation’s es
timated 97 million television homes.
Richard Thrall, the academy’s awards chairman,
conceded that the eligibility determination process is
“a fairly complex thing and it’s a little subjective.” He
wasn’t sure whether Fox or the academy had made a
mistake in this case.
“It’s one of those things where you can’t affix blame,”
Thrall said. “It was either our failure to communicate
clearly or their failure to understand clearly.”
He said it’s too late to include Fox. Judges have al
ready combed through all the entries to make nomina
tions, and repeating the process would be too time-
consuming and expensive.
Fox is still fuming.
“We just want a fair opportunity to participate in the
news Emmys,” Dolginoff said. “We are talking about
next steps.”
Government provides disaster relief funds
Jurors reflect on sentence
McVeigh
DENVER (AP) — For 2 1/ 2 months, they sat side by
side, listening to the story of the worst act of terrorism
on U.S. soil unfold.
They heard former friends Timothy McVeigh’s tell of
his preparations for the Oklahoma City bombing, his
plan to avenge the deaths of about
80 people in a government raid near
Waco, Texas.
Many cried as people talked of
loved ones who perished and res
cuers talked of nightmares that
never vanish.
They struggled for days before
convicting, then condemning
McVeigh to death — two one-vote,
unanimous judgments that
changed their lives.
At the end, the jurors — who ad
dressed reporters Saturday, one day after sentencing
McVeigh to death in the April 19,1995, bombing—were
left with one question for McVeigh: “Why?”
Christopher Tritico, one of McVeigh’s defense attor
neys, said Sunday that the jurors’ comments helped
him realize they made the right decision to keep
McVeigh from testifying.
“They wanted Tim to get up there in the punishment
phase... (but) then you waive every issue on appeal so
what’s the point?” he said. “I think they all clearly said
it wouldn’t have mattered, that it wouldn’t have
changed their minds.”
McVeigh, 29, was being held Sunday in the Federal
Correctional Institution in suburban Jefferson County.
Tritico said he and the other members of the defense
team are contemplating which issues would be the best
to use for an appeal.
Among those they are examining are the judge’s rul
ings, including his ban on the introduction of a defense
theory that foreign terrorists were involved in the
bombing, and his restriction of evidence about alleged
FBI crime lab contamination.
McVeigh’s jurors — who had a wide range of life
and career experiences — spent four days cha
lenging “every single facet of this case,” saidforef
man James Osgood, a product marketing manager,!
In the end, it was more difficult to reach the
guilty verdict than it was for the death sentence,hQ\
the jurors said.
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knowing that the system does work.”
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James Osgood
Jury foreman
Campus Calendar
Monday, June 16
MSC Visual Arts Committee: Sign up
today for the Campus Art Walking Tour
on June 18 from 5-7 p.m. For informa
tion call Lalaine Little at 845-9251.
The Writing Center (Dept, of English,
Texas A&M): The Writing Center in
249 Blocker will consult with anyTAMU
student who needs help with his or her
writing projects for Summer I. Hours
are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Come by or call 862-
4181 for more information.
Tuesday, June 17
TAMU Waterski Team: There will be
a general meeting at 8:30 p.m. at
Fitzwilly’s. For more information call
Mike Coyle at 268-2076.
The Writing Center (Dept, of English,
Texas A&M): The Writing Center in
249 Blocker will consult with anyTAMU
student who needs help with his or her
writing projects for Summer I. Hours
are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Come by or call 862-
4181 for more information.
Wednesday, June 18
Study Abroad Programs Office: There
will be an informational meeting for stu
dents who wish to study abroad at the
A&M Santa Chiara Center in Italy
Spring ’97 from 5-5:45 p.m. in 358
Bizzell Hall West. For more information
call 845-0544.
MSC Visual Arts Committee: Join
the Campus Art Walking Tour from 5-
7 p.m. See campus art as you’ve nev
er seen it before. Cold refreshments
will be served along the way. Sign up
at the MSC Forsyth Center Galleries.
Friday, June 20
Study Abroad Programs Office:
There will be an informational meet
ing for students who wish to study
abroad at the A&M Santa Chiara Cen
ter in Italy Spring ’97 from 3:45-4:30
p.m. in 358 Bizzell Hall West. For de
tails call 845-0544.
Monday, June 23
The Writing Center (Dept, of English,
Texas A&M): The Writing Center in
249 Blocker will consult with anyTAMU
student who needs help with his or her
writing projects for Summer I. Hours
are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Come by or call 862-
4181 for more information.
Tuesday, June 24
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There will be an informational meet-«ota|
ing for students who wish to study
abroad at the A&M Santa Chiara Cen-kv
ter in Italy Spring ’97 from 5-5:45 :
p.m. in 358 Bizzell Hall West. For de
tails call 845-0544.
TAMU Waterski Team: There will be
a general meeting at 8:30 p.m, at
Fitzwilly’s. For more information
Mike Coyle at 268-2076. '■
The Writing Center (Dept, of English
Texas A&M): The Writing Center ir
249 Blocker will consult with anyTAMU
student who needs help with his or her
writing projects for Summer I. Hours
are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Come by or call 862-
4181 for more information.
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By Quatro
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Clin
ton administration released $ 110 mil
lion in grants Sunday to rebuild Grand
Forks, N.D., and other flood-damaged
cities in Minnesota and the Dakotas.
Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo
called it a “first installment” of the $500
million in grants authorized by the
disaster-aid bill that President Clinton
signed into law Thursday.
“I’m just absolutely thrilled. We
have so many people who are hurt
ing and felt they had no hope,”
Grand Forks Mayor Pat Owens said,
promising the $50 million awarded
her city would not be wasted.
An additional $50 million will go
to communities in Minnesota.
South Dakota cities will get $5 mil
lion and North Dakota cities other
than Grand Forks will divide the re
maining $5 million.
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Grand Forks is the only city large
enough to qualify for direct funding
from HUD. The remaining $60 million
will be allocated through the states,
said HUD spokesman Alex Sachs.
The money can be used for a
wide variety of purposes, includ
ing relocation of homes and busi
nesses, down payments for home-
owners, repair of public facilities,
and job development.
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