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Written by Lee Eric Smith
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09/04/2008 |
James Baughman
OXFORD, Miss. - After the cameras shut down following the first 2008
presidential debate Sept. 26 at the University of Mississippi's Ford
Center, political pundits and campaign surrogates are sure to be
discussing more than how each candidate addressed the debate issues of
national security and foreign policy.
They'll also be considering such questions as: What did their "body
language" show? Were they too stiff or too relaxed? Which one seemed
more "presidential?" Who won?
In today's image-driven, instant-news society, presidential debates are
clearly produced for a television audience. But where did it all start?
And how did the historic face-offs evolve to this point?
As part of its slate of debate-related academic events, UM's Department
of History tackles these questions with a campus lecture Sept. 11 about
the very first televised presidential debate, which took place in 1960
between John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon.
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Written by Jennifer Farish
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09/02/2008 |
OXFORD, Miss. - They came from 52 different countries spanning the
globe. Their differences were vast - from native languages to long-held
customs - but each of the 198 people who took the oath of citizenship
Tuesday at the University of Mississippi left with the common bond of
being an American.
This year marked the first time the U.S. District Court of Northern
Mississippi has held the ceremony at a location besides the courthouse,
but the move was necessary due to the unusually large number of
applicants.
Generally, just 50 to 60 people participate in the ceremonies which are
held three or four times a year. However, Tuesday's event, held in UM's
Fulton Chapel, marked the most new citizens sworn in at one time in the
court's history, said Judge Michael P. Mills, chief judge for the U.S.
District Court in Oxford.
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