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Debate Insider Michelle Purdy: ‘The opportunity to be involved’

What was it like behind the scenes of the 2000 presidential debate? Michelle Purdy, assistant professor of education in Arts & Sciences, was Student Union president then, and recalls a few experiences from the day Vice President Al Gore and then-Gov. George W. Bush debated on the Washington University campus.

Video by Tom Malkowicz with Leslie McCarthy, producer.