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AlamedaFan	Senate debate from SMC	Lead	[-]
Posts: 2368 Aug 31 10 9:25 AM Bleeding Red and Blue Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None All you political junkies who are looking forward to tomorrow night's (Wednesday) televised debate between Barbara Boxer and Carly Fiorina might notice a familiar locale: it will be coming live from LeFevre Theatre on the SMC campus. All tickets have been allocated to select attendees, but you can catch it on Oakland's Channel 2 beginning at 7 p.m.

AlamedaFan		#1	[-]
Posts: 2368 Sep 1 10 7:25 PM Bleeding Red and Blue Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The debate wasn't much -- mostly political double-talk -- but SMC looked great on Channel 2 tonight. And the question from a Saint Mary's student about water policy in California's Central Valley was cracker-jack -- much better than any from the panelists.
rugbygael		#2	[-]
Posts: 817 Sep 1 10 7:41 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well, after wasting an hour of my time watching the usual political rhetoric, I was at least proud to see the visibility for my college as the host for these inept leaders.
worldwidewebfoot		#3	[-]
Posts: 972 Sep 2 10 6:23 AM Bleeding Red and Blue Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	It is a great American tradition for politicians to give their prepared speeches in response to whatever question is asked, but this is the first time I've seen the moderator ask them not to do it. Neither said anything that was unexpected nor that wasn't known yesterday. No minds were changed either way. As someone who objected to the embarassing speakers series sponsored by SMC last year (same argument as the Ground Zero Mosque--no one denying anyone's constitutional rights, just questioning the wisdom of offending a whole lot of people unnecessarily), I was relieved to see the College recover some of its dignity by hosting a two-sided, legitimate debate for an important office that got national coverage. .

mountjoy7		#4	[-]
Posts: 720 Sep 2 10 9:14 AM Bleeding Red and Blue Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Great PR, for the school not the candidates. Immediately prior to the debate there was a 60 second promo for St. Mary's coupled with the school name emblazoned on the screen for most of the hour long debate and all at no cost. Hats off to Tim Farley for being instrumental in bringing this event to Moraga.
moshegael	SoCal	#5	[-]
Posts: 708 Sep 2 10 11:05 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Fox covered it live in Southern California. We just got a brief shot of the chapel before they cameras went inside, but loved the red SMC logo on the podium and the huge blue logo on the wall. That and the trailer every now and then: Live from Saint Mary's College Moraga, California. But the announcers couldn't say Moraga -- they had to dumb down and say they were in the San Francisco East Bay, or near Oakland, or near San Francisco. This mornings LA Times carried the story with a big photo and started the story with the fact that it was at Saint Mary's. Thanks for the heads up Alameda. I would have been watching Jeopardy and Wheel otherwise.
AlamedaFan		#6	[-]
Posts: 2368 Sep 5 10 8:30 AM Bleeding Red and Blue Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Nice wrap-up to SMC's moment in the sun as host of the Boxer-Fiorina debate: in the Sunday Chron's "Good Week/Bad Week" feature, the following was said about SMC: "The clear winner of the Boxer-Fiorina debate was the host college, which provided a gorgeous backdrop and smooth logistics with an army of student volunteers." Congrats to all at the college who played a role in this very positive PR exercise.

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