Augsburg hosts Clinton event to promote civic engagement

Augsburg University — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:53:09 +0000

In line with Augsburg College’s mission to foster civic engagement among its students and community, the campus hosted U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton and more than 4,000 potential voters on Sunday, Feb. 3.

A capacity crowd at Si Melby Gymnasium listened to the senator from New York talk about her vision for the future. Two hours before the event started at 4 p.m., lines of interested attendees snaked around the Kennedy Center, past the Air Structure, and through Parking Lot L.

An overflow crowd of approximately 400 were seated in the Air Structure (better known as the dome), where they viewed a telecast of the event as it took place in Si Melby. After her speech, Clinton worked her way through the crowd in Si Melby and greeted the overflow crowd in the Air Structure.

Clinton’s visit brought with it a considerable amount of press coverage in both local and national media. Here is a list of links to a sample of that coverage:

New York Times –

USA Today –

New York Daily News –

Seattle Times –

Star Tribune – (includes video)

Minnesota Public Radio –

Pioneer Press –

KARE 11 News – (includes video)

WCCO News – (includes video)

FOX 9 News – (includes video)

A report of the Clinton campaign rally was published in a Norwegian

paper, as recounted by Augsburg Norwegian student Adel Homayouni.

He told the Romerike Blad that as a student studying economics, he

was very interested to hear Clinton’s plans to bolster the economy

with a more-just tax system. He also mentioned that he enjoyed

greeting Clinton and shaking her hand.

Read (in Norwegian) the report of Adel Homayouni’s observations of

the campaign rally and see his photos at .

This is not the first time Clinton has visited the Augsburg campus. When she was First Lady, she spoke in the Hoversten Chapel.

For more information on participating in your Minnesota party caucuses being held in February and March 2008, please visit this Feb. 1 Inside Augsburg article.

Slideshow of photographs taken by Stephen Geffre at the Clinton event.

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Clinton on campus Sunday, Feb. 3 at 4 p.m.

Augsburg University — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:01:18 +0000

U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton will visit Augsburg College’s Si Melby Gymnasium at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 3 as part of her presidential campaign. Those who wish to attend are being asked to RSVP at the web site of the Minnesota office of Clinton’s campaign, http://www.HillaryClintonMN.com. Doors to the event will open at 2 p.m. on Sunday.

For those off-campus, please visit Augsburg’s map and direction web pages for information on getting to this event. We will provide more details as they become available.

This is not the first time Clinton has visited the Augsburg campus. When she was First Lady, she spoke in the Hoversten Chapel.

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Augsburg hosts Clinton event to promote civic engagement

Clinton on campus Sunday, Feb. 3 at 4 p.m.