The WashU basketball signed by Willow and Piper Palin
Finally, the pictures you’ve all been waiting for. (OK, maybe not, but humor me.) Yesterday, I posted an item about the WashU tradition of having presidential candidates sign basketballs before the debates. At…
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin used Nancy Fahey’s office on Thursday before the vice presidential debate at WashU.
WashU women's basketball coach Nancy Fahey
Fahey, the women’s basketball coach, reports that when she returned to her office this morning — the first time…
The streak is over — sort of.
As I detailed in a story last week, Washington U. has a collection of basketballs with autographs from every presidential candidate who has debated in the school’s athletic complex. As has become a tradition,…
I bumped into WashU Police Chief Don Strom last night as I was leaving the athletic complex where the VP debate was held. It was sometime after 11 p.m. and he was standing near the MSNBC stage set up in…
WashU administrator Steve Givens has seen and done it all around these debates. After all, this is the 3rd debate he’s had a major hand in planning.
Steve Givens is a WashU associate vice chancellor
But even he had an unexpected surprise…
What a coup! A WashU official tells me that 432 students were in the audience tonight.
The university wasn’t sure originally how many students would be able to make it in. But nearly 8,000 students entered a lottery to get tickets.…
A couple of WashU students are gushing right now after meeting U.S. Sen. Joe Biden during a sound check.
Biden even asked one of them for advice on which tie to wear — a light blue one or a dark blue…
At least 150 WashU students are expected to get highly-coveted tickets to get into the debate tonight, a university official just told me. But the university won’t know a final number for a couple more hours.
In the meantime, about 300…
Two WashU football players waiting backstage in suits will have a somewhat impromptu role in tonight’s debate: they will help carry or assist moderator Gwen Ifill to her seat.
Smith and Taylor
Ifill broke her ankle earlier this week. So the university…
Washington University is not wasting this opportunity to get its name out. Signs with the university’s name on it have been plastered all over campus, with the hopes that they will make it in the background of any television shots…
