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Faculty, Students, Administrators Fill Candidates' Coffers

Records Show Donations by University Affiliates Lower Than Those in 1994's Contest Between Kennedy and Romney

According to financial figures released last week, the two Senate candidates, though dead even in the polls, have disparate financial situations.

While Kerry is outspending Weld, the governor is continually having more success fundraising.

As of Oct. 16, The Kerry Committee had raised $3,618,659 and spent $6,531,659 over the course of the entire campaign.

As of the same date, Weld For Senate Inc. had raised $5,933,310 and spent $5,794,090.

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FEC reports also revealed that Pellegrino University Professor Edward O. Wilson contributed $200 to the unsuccessful Congressional campaign of Ian A. Bowles '87.

Bowles, an environmentalist and former Capitol Hill staffer, lost to Norfolk County District Attorney William Delahunt in the Democratic primary to for the tenth district being vacated by retiring Rep. Gerry Studds (D-Cohasset).

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