he's joined by the executive director, janet brown. this event was hosted on friday by the washington center for internships and academic seminars. it's an hour. >> thank you very much for being here. we have janet brown from the debate commission. we have her file. we have mike mccurry, who's going to be involved with the debate commission, or is, and also served as a press secretary and other responsibilities. here's what we're trying to do with this seminar that the washington senator has put together. it's called "road to the white house." these are all professors in this room who teach about the presidency and about elections and other elections. we're trying to get as much inside information as students to get them interested in politics, studying it, and maybe even participating in it. so, mr. mccurry and ms. brown, before i come back to you, let me have the participants introduce themselves and the institutions you're from. >> michael rodriguez. i teach politics at richard stockton college in new jersey. >> i'm from the univers

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