The University of Mississippi will play host to the first Presidential Debate this Friday at 8:00 p.m. I am not the least bit into politics, but I will be tuning in to watch the debate, since it is being held in Oxford at Ole Miss, a place I called home for over four years.
The debate will be held at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts, a six story facility with floor space of 88,000 square feet. The building is being modified this week to fit the debate stage, which required workers to remove several rows of seats at the front of the auditorium.
The local news media has been talking about the event for the past few weeks, and rightfully so. This is an absolutely huge event for the university, a once-in-a-lifetime event that I am sure they have spent countless hours planning for. Security around the Ford Center has been tight from what I have heard, with Secret Service members already on campus.
Will any of you be watching the debate?
