[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 192 (Tuesday, December 5, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S17964-S17965]
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          CONGRATULATING THE NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY WILDCATS

  Mr. SIMON. Mr. President, I send a resolution on behalf of Senator 
Moseley-Braun and myself congratulating Northwestern University's 
football team. It has been cleared on both sides.
  Let me just say, after 24 losing seasons, they are going to go to the 
Rose Bowl. They now rank No. 3 in the Nation. Even more interesting, of 
all the division 1A schools in the Nation, they are No. 2 in scholastic 
aptitude tests.
  I offer this resolution, and I ask unanimous consent for its 
immediate consideration. It has been cleared on both sides.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 197) to congratulate the Northwestern 
     University Wildcats on winning the 1995 Big Ten Conference 
     football championship and on receiving an invitation to 
     compete in the 1996 Rose Bowl, and to commend Northwestern 
     University for its pursuit of athletic and academic 
     excellence.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the resolution?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the resolution.
  Without objection, the resolution is agreed to.
  So the resolution (S. Res. 197) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, is as follows:

                              S. Res. 197

       Whereas the Northwestern University Wildcats are the 1995 
     Big Ten Conference 

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     football champions and have been invited to participate in the Rose 
     Bowl on January 1, 1996, in Pasadena, California;
       Whereas the winning of the 1995 Big Ten Conference football 
     championship by the Wildcats completes an unprecedented 1-
     year turnaround of the Northwestern University football 
     program; and
       Whereas Northwestern University is committed to athletic 
     competitiveness without diminution of scholastic standards: 
     Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) congratulates Northwestern University and its athletes, 
     coaches, faculty, students, administration, and alumni on the 
     winning of the 1995 Big Ten Conference football championship 
     by the Wildcats and on the receipt by the Wildcats of an 
     invitation to compete in the 1996 Rose Bowl; and
       (2) recognizes and commends Northwestern University for its 
     pursuit of athletic as well as academic excellence.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Utah.

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