THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

PRESIDENT CLINTON HOLDS FORUM WITH COLLEGE NEWSPAPER REPORTERS

President Clinton today holds a forum with college newspaper reporters from across the country as part of the first White House "College Media Day." The day includes a series of briefings for student reporters by cabinet members and Administration officials on education, the economy, crime and other issues of importance to college age Americans.

During the forum with college reporters, the President will discuss his Administration's commitment to protecting student loans, national service and other issues benefitting working families. Those unable to participate in college media day at the White House may listen to and record the President's forum live by calling 202-833-0860 at 12:55 p.m. EST.

Attached is a list of student reporters from public, private and community colleges nationwide expected to attend today's event.

COLLEGES ATTENDING COLLEGE MEDIA DAY & THEIR EDITORS

Alaska:
University of Alaska-Anchorage, Rebecca Whitmer

Arkansas:
University of Arkansas-Little Rock, Kristal Adams

California:
Citrus College, Kathryn Dunn
East Los Angeles College, Diana Bennett Los Angeles Community College District, Anthony Ware Los Angeles Harbor College, Brenna Mae Deering Los Angeles Mission College, Gabriel Monge Los Angeles Pierce College, Pamela Austen Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, Shafeeq Qaasim Los Angeles Valley College, Sandra Salamone San Diego State University, William Beall, Eric Rife UCLA, James Snyder, Alisa Ulferts

Connecticut:
Manchester Community-Technical College, Kym Soper University of Connecticut, Eric Ferreri Yale University, Jeff Glasser

Delaware:
Delaware Technical & Community College, Sonja Jones University of Delaware, Brian Hickey

District of Columbia:
American University, Erik Diehn, Hans Cathcart Catholic University of America, Jason Morgan, Karen Danca Georgetown University, Francine Friedman George Washington University, Jared Sher Howard University, Editor TBA
Trinity College, Marissa Gandee

Florida:
Florida A & M University, Peter McKay
Florida State University, Andy Reid
University of Central Florida, David Bauer University of South Florida, Evan Perez, Dean Cox

Georgia:
Georgia State University, David Dyer
Morehouse College, David Rice
University of Georgia, Lori Wiechman

Idaho:
Boise State University, Katherine Bell, Jacob Christensen

Illinois:
College of DuPage, Daniel Peluso
Northwestern University, Jaimee Silverstein University of Illinois-Chicago, John Cline University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, Kelly McEvers

Indiana:
University of Notre Dame, John Lucas

Iowa:
University of Iowa, Molly Osendorf

Kansas:
Kansas State University, Kimberly Hefling

Kentucky:
University of Louisville, Amy Hoffman

Maine:
Bowdoin College, Emily Kasper

Massachusetts:
Northeastern University, Patrick McGee University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Jessica Taverna

Maryland:
Hood College, Melanie Rogers
Johns Hopkins University, Mark Binker
Morgan State University, Mark Walker
University of Maryland, Dilshad Husain

Michigan:
Central Michigan University, Marjory Raymer, Scott Anderson Michigan State University-Lansing, Jennette Smith, Laurie Kraus Western Michigan University, Christan Hanna University of Michigan, Benjamin Bolger

Mississippi:
Jackson State University, Shantella Sherman-Edwards

Minnesota:
Normandale Community College, Darian Dalsen, Susan Ferguson

Missouri:
St. Louis Community College, James Buchanan Washington University-St. Louis, Melissa Schwartzberg, Allen Mattison

Nevada:
University of Nevada-Reno, Heather Hammermeister, John Clark

New Hampshire:
Dartmouth College, Justin Steinman
New Jersey:
Kean College, Evan Koblentz
Rutgers University, Carrie Budoff, Kathryn Weck

New Mexico:
New Mexico State University, Stephen Reid University of New Mexico-Albuquerque, Kristen Davenport

New York:
Colgate University, Carrie Johnson
Cornell University, Andrew Morse
New York University, Brett Schneider, Robert Ratish Queens College, Jay Goldstein
State University at Buffalo, Hakeem Oseni

North Carolina:
Bennett College, LaTasha Gordon
Duke University, Alison Stuebe
North Carolina State University, Colin Boatwright University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Thanassis Cambanis, Jennifer Fleisher

Ohio:
Kent State University, Angelica Semler, Karen Lillis Oberlin College, Anneke Tryzelaar, David Berman Ohio State University, Chad Lerch
Ohio University, Joesph Shaulis
University of Akron, Donald Patterson
University of Toledo, Andrew Curliss

Oklahoma:
Oklahoma State University, Laura Gibson

Pennsylvania:
Carnegie Mellon University, Amit Kar
Cheyney University, Jonathan Flynn
Community College of Philadelphia, Michael Moffa, Mark Venneri Lincoln University, Elenora Chikaka
Temple University, Susan Levy
University of Pennsylvania, Joshua Fineman University of Pennsylvania-Wharton School, Gabriel Meyer University of Pittsburgh, Benjamin Jackson

South Carolina:
College of Charleston, Elizabeth Weinstein Furman University, Eric McCarty
South Carolina State University, Jade Howard University of South Carolina, Erin Galloway, Ryan Wilson

Tennessee:
Madison Area Technical College, Lelania Ottoboni Pellissippi State University, Hope Howerton Tennessee State University, Nadine Bewry University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Elizabeth Davis Texas:
Prarie View A & M University, Derald Powell University of Texas- El Paso, James Smash

Utah:
Brigham Young University, Margretta Sundelin

Vermont:
University of Vermont, Maria Handrinos

Virginia:
College of William and Mary, Lee Banville George Mason University, Tania Anderson, Kristen Zielaskiewicz

Washington:
Washington State University, Sean O'Neil, Michael McLaughlin

West Virginia:
West Virginia University, Jessica Cox

Wisconsin:
Milwaukee Technical College, Kristen Kingston University of Wisconsin-Madison, Justin Dini