Senior Mary-Caitlin Harding asked the pair which candidate in recent history was the best debater. She’d like to work on a campaign in the future. McCurry said Clinton was the most relatable and wellversed on policy. Fahrenkopf said, “Reagan and Clinton go through a camera lens like butter, but great leaders like Bill Bradley, a former GOP candidate, hit the lens and bounce off.” He noted it’s the same for Al Gore, John Kerry and George H.W. Bush. “They don’t get through the net to the voter.” Andrew Landolfi, a freshman journalism major who hails from Storm Sandyaffected New Jersey, listened intently to a
panel of journalists discuss the ongoing gridlock in Congress. He asked them why Congress was taking so long to pass a storm aid bill, given the devastation. “Politics is the answer,” said Janet Hook, Wall Street Journal political reporter. “That, and the fiscal cliff, and Speaker John Boehner.” C-SPAN’s Lamb chose gun control as the topic of his session, running about the room with a microphone to let students’ remarks fuel the forum. The vast majority thrust their arms in the air when the C-SPAN chief asked whether their parents owned a gun or they had ever shot a gun. Looking at the sea of hands, Lamb said,
Clockwise from top: Greg Clary ’08 leads Professor Scott McLean and students on a tour of CNN, where they saw “The Situation Room” set. Matthew Bowser asks a question during a Q&A. Phillip Nobile primps for a photo with one of the speakers.
“That may be the most interesting thing you learn today.” Contributing to the discussion, sophomore political science major Matthew Bowser told Lamb that he had no problem with registered gun owners having weapons for hunting, but added, “There is no reason to have an assault rifle like the police possess,” countering the comments of another student who suggested that citizens need the most advanced weaponry made.
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