Washington University students are volunteering their time in a variety of ways, including leading tours of the debate site for local elementary schools.
Student activities
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Student Union, Washington University's undergraduate student government, is organizing "Our Concerns, Our Voices, Our Votes," a series of events focusing on social and political issues throughout the election season. For more information, please visit the Student Union Election 2000 web site. |
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October 17 events Student Union's Meet the Press Choose or Lose: The Official Student
Union Debate Watch |
WUTV promises day-long coverage
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The student-run Washington University Television (WUTV) station is planning special presidential debate coverage. Operating 24 hours a day, WUTV broadcasts a variety of student-oriented programming to the campus community, and can be viewed on cable on Channel 22. On the days leading up to and including Tuesday's presidential debate, WUTV will be putting information on the air as it becomes available. The station can be accessed via cable, and, on the day of the debate, at two remote sites on campus . The sites, which are open to members of the university community, are the Mallinckrodt Center lobby and Holmes Lounge. For more information, contact Daniel Beckmann at dpbeckma@artsci.wustl.edu or (314) 935-4964. |
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October 17 WUTV scedule 8 -9 a.m. Coverage of the debate between the candidates' key economics advisers 9-9:30 a.m. Discussion on the economics debate 9:30-10 a.m. Chancellor introduces WUTV coverage 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Marathon of interviews with campus debate and political experts, students, media and campaign officials 6-8 p.m. Presidential Debate "Pre Game" Show 8-9:30 p.m. Presidential Debate 9:30 p.m.- whenever Post Debate Report |
Student Life newspaper coverage
Student Life, Washington University's primary student newspaper, offers comprehensive coverage of debate activities and student sentiments at http://www.studlife.com/election/.
Student ticket lottery
The deadline to register for the lottery has passed. Those students selected by the lottery to receive available tickets were notified Oct. 13 by e-mail and/or phone and given additional instructions. If you have not received notification, you will not receive tickets. The number of tickets provided to the university by the CPD will not be known until the evening of the debate. Once tickets are distributed, they will be nontransferable.
Debate site tours
| Construction of the set and the conversion of the Athletic Complex to a national debate venue begins Oct. 9. Tours of the site will be organized for interested faculty, staff, students and the public. Tours will take approximately 20 minutes and will highlight the areas that will be used for the debate and the media, as well as the C-SPAN Presidential Portraits exhibit. Groups of 20 or more should contact Bill Woodward at (314) 935-6679 to schedule a time and for parking information. Individuals or groups of less than 20 will need to wait in line for tours at the front end of the Athletic Complex. | xx |
Tentative schedule for tours October 13 October 14-15 October 16
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Cancellation of classes
To avoid inconveniencing students and faculty who commute and to support efforts to secure the areas around the debate site, all classes that begin at 4 p.m. or later on Oct. 17 must be cancelled -- and may be rescheduled on a different day at the discretion of the instructor or academic department. (Afternoon classes that begin earlier but run until after 4 p.m. may be continued at the discretion of the instructor or the academic department.)
The reason for cancelling classes is the strong likelihood that such streets as Big Bend, Forsyth and Millbrook boulevards and some internal campus streets will need to be closed to all vehicle traffic during the afternoon and evening of Oct. 17. This will greatly limit any traffic in the entire Hilltop Campus vicinity.
We expect that traffic will return to normal before the beginning of the regular business day Oct. 18 and that classes will be scheduled as usual. We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause, and we appreciate your understanding.
Access and activities on campus
The university has issued a statement regarding access to the Hilltop Campus for faculty, staff, students and visitors for the period of Oct. 16-17, 2000. Click here to read the entire statement and for a list of speakers at the public demonstration area, click here.
Additional Information
Use of university facilities for political activities
Guidelines for candidates and other political speakers
Student Volunteers
600 Washington University students volunteered to help with debate preparations. Of those, 220 have secured opportunities.
Note:
Art students Rebecca Goldstein and Christy Miller helped design several
logos to be used for the debate, including the logo on this website, through
"Create Studio," an elective for senior graphic design majors.
