Washington University Vice Presidential Street Report

So the Missouri Homefront headed out to Wash U with little hope of securing a press badge, but under strict orders to cover the event. After some finagling and fast talk, I got past the lockdown of Police that surrounded the campus.  I never did score that press badge, but I was able to cover the circus that came to the Wash U campus in the form of the Vice Presidential Debates.

The quad was a mess of activity.  Chris Matthews from CNN's Hardball had a sound stage set up with what felt like a live action circus. Students joined in on the carnival atmosphere by holding up real political signs of who they supported for President to more signs of what they really felt saying they wanted to take a nap.  While the VP debate was one of the most important events that will effect the youth's future, the reaction was an odd and humorous site.

Students were out in force, gobbling up the activities brought to them by the mainstream media outlets and lobbyists.  Surrounding the quad was rows of "information" tables staffed with public relations spokespersons for all sorts of corporate and public interest lobbies.   Promotional arcades of interactive games were brought in by CNN to engage the youth to teach them the value of CNN brand news.  It was an odd "rush" to inform students of what corporations felt they should know about what they do.

The Missouri Homefront will be posting up video as soon as we can on this scene.  The following are young people's reactions to the Vice Presidential Debate:

Rebecca Bolen