ms. beasley: people always ask me if i have been to egypt. probably the question i get the most, people mix up archaeology and paleontology. they ask if i dig up dinosaurs. that's a completely different field of study. people ask what is the most interesting thing you have ever found. it's difficult to distill it down to one object. at the end of the day, it's not about the objects themselves, it's about the story and interpretation of those objects. for me, it doesn't just come down to what is the most interesting thing i have found. i have had the opportunity to work on a number of interesting projects and certainly this story and the slave village site is the most important and interesting project that i have had the opportunity to be involved with in my career. >> if a young person out there wants to be an archaeologist, what advice would you give them? ms. beasley: i would advise them to stick with it. hang in there. you can get a job doing this. it's not the easiest thing. i would advise them to make sure they get to a good cause. they

beasley academic center in chicago. i commend it to anybody. it's as good as any private school in the country. ms. simpson: we have very little time left and it occurs to me that we have talked all this time and there has not been one question about some of the racial tensions and ethnic tensions in america. is there anyone in this audience that would like to pose a question to the candidates on this? >> yes. >> what i'd like to know, and this is to any of the three of you, is aside from the recent accomplishments of your party, aside from those accomplishments in racial representation, and without citing any of your current appointments or successful elections, when do you estimate your party will both nominate and elect an afro-american and female ticket to the presidency of the u.s.? ms. simpson: governor clinton, why don't you answer that first? gov. clinton: well, i don't have idea, but i hope it will happen some time in my lifetime. >> i do, too. gov. clinton: i believe that this country is electing more and more african americans and latinos and asian americans who are representing district