Vice presidential candidates square off in their only debate
Sen. Joe Biden from Delaware and Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, the vice presidential nominees of the Democratic and Republican parties, respectively, debated each other Oct. 2 in the Washington University in St. Louis Athletic Complex.
Play ball
Chris Matthews brings Hardball to the WUSTL campus for a live broadcast.
Lucky students get debate tickets
Nearly 8,000 students registered for the student ticket lottery hoping to gain attendance to the Oct. 2 vice presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis. Those students actually receiving tickets were extremely excited when they received them several hours before the debate.
Howard Dean shows pre-debate support of the Democratic ticket
A predominantly Democratic crowd packed into the Edison Theater at Washington University in St. Louis to hear remarks from Howard Dean, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Dean was showing his pre-debate support for the Obama-Biden ticket.
Several members of the WUSTL community including Chancellor Wrighton welcome Biden and Palin to campus.
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton, his family, leaders of the Commission on Presidential Debates and student leaders gather to welcome Joe Biden and Sarah Palin to WUSTL’s campus.
Media mania: Reporters from around the globe gather to cover the vice presidential debate at WUSTL
More than 3,000 members of the worldwide media were issued credentials to cover the vice presidential debate Oct. 2 at Washington University in St. Louis. The cornucopia of cameras on campus adds to the color and excitement of debate day.
CBS’ The Early Show broadcasts from campus
CBS’ Maggie Rodriguez and special guests broadcast The Early Show live from WUSTL’s campus on Thursday morning.
Brookings Institution president to deliver Tyrrell Williams Lecture
Strobe Talbott, president of The Brookings Institution, will deliver the School of Law’s Tyrrell Williams Lecture on “The Great Experiment: The Old World Order, the New World Order, and the Next World Order” at 3 p.m. Oct. 13 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom at Anheuser-Busch Hall. This lecture is co-sponsored by the University’s Assembly […]
More than crunching numbers
Photo by David KilperBlock’s interests lead to an unexpected career in tax law
C-SPAN’s Campaign 2008 Bus at WUSTL
C-SPAN’s “Campaign 2008 Bus” is a traveling television production studio used for political coverage and educational purposes. View images of its stop at WUSTL during the vice presidential debate.
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