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UF Students Participate in Political Event on Campus
Friday, February 29, 2008
Former President Bill Clinton spoke to a group of approximately 1,200 people at The University of Findlay Friday, Feb. 29, in Croy Gymnasium on behalf of his wife, N.Y. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination.  |  | One enthusiastic attendee’s sign got a few laughs: “Yo Bill, What Up?”
| Croy Gymnasium is standing-room-only during Clinton’s address.
|  |  | Staff member Brian Treece shakes Clinton’s hand while student Tim Warner waits his turn.
| Three UF students show off Clinton’s signature on the sign they created.
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UF students had the opportunity to participate in the event and were stellar representatives of the University.  | Kara Wilkinson, a sophomore musical theater major from Loveland, Ohio,
and Tim Moon, a junior business management and public relations major
from Dayton, Ohio, sang the national anthem. Photo credit: Levi Perkins
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 | Student Government Association president Danielle Matson,
a senior
biology major, welcomed the audience to campus
and encouraged students
to vote. To read Matson's remarks,
click here. Photo credit: Levi Perkins |
 | Sophomore political science major Erik Cranmer, president
of the UF
College Democrats, walked to the podium with the
former president and
introduced him to the audience. Clinton
shook Cranmer’s hand and
thanked him personally for the
introduction while the crowd erupted
into cheers. Photo credit:
Levi Perkins
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Even the University’s student media had an opportunity to be involved in the event. Student reporters, photographers and videographers were asked to arrive at the designated media entrance to Croy to be checked and screened with other media representatives from CNN, the Associated Press and many area television and radio stations. WLFC 88.3, the campus radio station, carried the event as a live broadcast. Student media representatives were given the same access to press areas as other representatives from major media outlets.  |  | Students Robin Bennington and Katia Kontar take a break during the commotion. Bennington videotaped for UF-TV, and Kontar photographed the event for Web and Media Technology Services. Photo credit: Mike Blinn
| Students Robin Bennington and Paige Aten join local, regional and national news media to capture images of Clinton during his address. Photo credit: Mike Blinn
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