Senator Bob Dole, R-Kansas, the current front-runner for the Republican nomination for the presidency in 1996, will visit Alpha Delta fraternity this Saturday to kick off Music Television's "Choose or Lose" effort, according to an electronic-mail message widely circulated last week by the Conservative Union at Dartmouth.
But representatives in the Dole for President New Hampshire office declined to confirm the report.
According to the e-mail message, Dole will attend a private reception hosted by AD at approximately 9:45 a.m., and will then give a "speech to the public on AD's front lawn" at approximately 10:30 or 11:00 a.m.
Following the speech, Dole will kick off a "Neighbor to Neighbor" statewide campaign in Hanover, according to the e-mail message.
The "Choose or Lose" campaign is an effort by MTV to mobilize young citizens to register and vote in the 1996 presidential primaries and general election.
But AD President Andrew Bernasconi '97 said, "As far as I know, [Dole's visit] is scheduled, but it's subject to change at any time."
Reports that Dole will visit the College on Saturday have been circulating across campus since early last week, and the visit has been advertised by organizations such as CUAD and the Rockefeller Center for the Social Sciences.
Rockefeller Center Director Linda Fowler said Senator Dole was invited to the College mostly through the efforts of Students for Dole, an organization formed and led by Porter Montgomery '96.
Montgomery is also a brother in AD.
Fowler said the Rockefeller Center has offered to publicize the event and to help plan something more structured, should members of AD or Students for Dole ask for help.
Tina Exarhos, the vice president of communications for MTV, would not confirm the report, but said, "We are definitely in discussions with Senator Dole" regarding MTV's "Choose or Lose" campaign.
