CAMPUS BRIEFS: Friday, October 2, 1998

MSNBC plans Clinton town meeting for Phila. The network scheduled the event for the day before the House Judiciary Committee will hold open hearings to discuss impeaching Clinton. The event will begin at 9 p.m. in Fairmount Park's Memorial Hall. Weekend Today anchors Jodi Applegate and Jack Ford will host the show, which will feature two members of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) and Rep. Ed Bryant (R-Tenn.) and other expert panelists, including some Penn professors. MSNBC is still looking for Penn professors to participate in the show, according to Jeanne Leong, a staff member at the Office of University Relations. Kathy Sciere, the show's executive producer, said a diverse group of 40 to 45 people would participate out of an audience of several hundred. "We try to get a good balance of views and a good demographic balance," she said. MSNBC is a joint venture of software giant Microsoft Corp. and the General Electric Co.-owned NBC broadcast network. The title of the show is "The Impeachment Debate." It follows previous town meetings held in Dallas, Boston, Cincinnati and San Diego. -- Catherine Lucey