Vanderbilt students offer unique perspective from debate floor at Case Western Reserve University
The nationally televised debate between Dick Cheney
and John Edwards will be the only opportunity voters have to see the
vice presidential candidates go head to head before the election, and a
trio of Vanderbilt University students will experience the action live
from the debate floor. Erin Brown, Susan Mader and Alex Kwak will be on
hand at Case Western Reserve University to see how Cheney and Edwards
use this moment in the spotlight to reinforce the messages of the men
atop their respective tickets. Brown, Mader and Kwak will be available
to discuss their impressions of the candidates and the debate process
via cell phone immediately following the debate. The students’ viewing
of the vice presidential debate caps off a unique four-day experience
known as "The Race at Case"; some 60 students from 14 universities
converged on Case’s Cleveland, Ohio, campus to conduct mock political
conventions and a student debate culminating in the main event.
Vanderbilt’s Brown was one of the few students elevated to a leadership
position within his designated political party at the event, being
named national student Republican press secretary.
Media contact: Kara Furlong, (615) 322-2706
kara.c.furlong@vanderbilt.edu