CNN’s Paul Begala and Tucker Carlson (lower right corner) provide one of the most lighthearted moments during debate week when, having co-hosted an edition of Crossfire from Beaumont Pavilion in Brookings Quadrangle, they crowd-surf through a pack of jubilant students. Flags from the exhibit *The Flag & America’s Presidential Campaigns* adorn the walls of the media filing center. Janet Brown, executive director of the Commission on Presidential Debates, welcomes moderator Charles Gibson of ABC News to the floor of the debate hall. Kerry economic adviser Roger Altman (top) and Bush economic adviser Todd Buchholz (above) square off in a “debate before the debate” the morning of Oct. 8 in Lee Auditorium at the Missouri History Museum. The event was co-sponsored by the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy in Arts & Sciences. MSNBC’s Chris Matthews — who, days before, had been the keynote speaker at the University’s Founders Day event — interviews WUSTL students to get their reactions to the presidential debate. Steven S. Smith, Ph.D. (left), and William A. Peck, M.D., talk at the “Health-Care Challenges Facing the Nation” forum Oct. 7 at the Eric P. Newman Education Center. Peck, the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor of Medicine and director of the Center for Health Policy in the Olin School of Business, organized the conference. Smith is the Kate M. Gregg Professor of Social Sciences and director of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy in Arts & Sciences, which co-sponsored the event along with the Center for Health Policy and the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C.
