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Media Relations

IU seeks '08 U.S. presidential debate

Indiana Daily Student
April 3, 2007

By Brian Spegele

The IU Student Association and the city of Bloomington submitted a proposal to the national Commission on Presidential Debates on Saturday in an ambitious attempt to land one of the 2008 U.S. presidential debates at IU sometime before the November 2008 election.

Although IUSA Vice President Andrew Lauck, one of the plan's key players, called the proposal "not typical," due to the city's size, he said Bloomington was in a "competitive" position to land the bid.

"This would probably be one of the largest, if not the largest, political event IU has ever hosted," Lauck said. A public decision about debate venues will be made in October, he said.

Read the entire story at: http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=42169

Learn more about IU Bloomington at: http://www.iub.edu

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