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Go inside the debate hall for what you didn’t see on television.

The eyes of the world were on Washington University Oct. 2 as it hosted the most anticipated vice presidential debate in U.S. history. Millions in the United States and around the world watched as Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska and Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware squared off on stage at the Field House in the University’s Athletic Complex.

Students and members of the media watched the vice presidential debate at various locations around the Danforth Campus.

View photographs of politicians and media members gearing up for the vice presidential 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.

Chris Matthews brings Hardball to the WUSTL campus for a live broadcast.

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.

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.

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.