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04.17.2009 11:26 am

Biden’s mini-gaffe: Wash U. as “University of Washington”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Thats Washington University, Mr. Vice President

That's Washington University, Mr. Vice President

BEL-NOR — Maybe it’s only because Vice President Joe Biden was tweaked so often on the campaign trail about his propensity for gaffes that his minor slip-up at today’s college affordability chat was noticed.

Biden, meeting with…

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10.17.2008 11:01 am

Rove to speak at Wash. U. on election eve

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The man who orchestrated George W. Bush’s ascension to the White House will be in St. Louis just before the nation chooses a new president.

After a heated debate, student leaders at Washington University this week approved spending $35,000 to bring master…

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10.14.2008 12:40 pm

Despite debate, political events not more popular at Wash U.

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Wash U. students got a window into the world of politics at the Oct. 2 veep debate

Wash U. students got a window into the world of politics at the Oct. 2 veep debate

Turns out the excitement surrounding the Oct. 2 vice-presidential debate at Washington University didn’t do much for the rest of the school’s political programming.

Student…

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10.02.2008 10:23 pm

What you didn’t see at home

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

About a half hour before the debate started, the audience that filled WashU’s athletic complex had to be in their seats. A number of speakers that you didn’t see at home addressed the crowd.

First, a Commission on Presidential Debates official…

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10.02.2008 5:07 pm

Battle bots face-off before debate

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Will Sarah Palin take her inspiration from this tin proxy duking it out with the Joe Biden bot? The metal pugilists are the invention of some Wash. U. engineering students, part of the carnival of events on campus…

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09.29.2008 12:56 pm

The 2,800: Wash. U. prepares for media crush

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Washington University has received more than 2,800 requests for media credentials to cover Thursday’s vice-presidential debate, according to the the school newspaper.

That’s twice as many as the school received in 2004, when it hosted the presidential debate.

Though not everyone who…

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09.26.2008 6:45 am

Early look: Debate prep at Wash. U.

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Though they won’t start building the stage until a day or so, staff at Washington University have shut down the athletic complex as they prepare the facility for the Oct. 2 vice-presidential debate. Above, workers construct the platform for network…

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09.25.2008 9:27 am

Latest on debate: Still pending

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The fate of tomorrow’s first presidential debate at the University of Mississippi — and, hence, next week’s vice presidential debate at Washington University — is still up in the air.

Nothing has changed yet since CNN…

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09.18.2008 9:22 am

Wash. U announces street closures for Oct. 2 veep debate

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Most of the streets surrounding Washington University will be shut off to traffic on Oct. 2, the day of the vice presidential debate there between Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and U.S. Sen. Joe Biden.

Wash. U has announced a”phased approach” to the…

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09.12.2008 1:49 pm

Biden asks Michigan gov. to play Palin for debate prep

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Democratic veep nominee Joe Biden has picked a sparring partner to help him train for next month’s showdown here with Republican counterpart Sarah Palin.

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm– that’s her on the right — will stand-in for Palin as Biden prepares for the Oct.…

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