Get involved! DebateWatch invites voters' active participation in election

Washington University, as host of the Oct. 17 presidential debate, is serving as the regional coordinator for DebateWatch 2000, a nationwide program designed to encourage citizen involvement in the debate process.

The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) sponsors DebateWatch, with the goal of gathering people throughout the country in small groups to discuss the debates, report what they learn and measure the debates' effect on their choice in the November election. On campus, members of the University community will have the opportunity to be part of DebateWatch either by forming their own informal groups or through DebateWatches organized through Residential Life and Student Union.

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Calling all debate volunteers

Volunteers are needed to answer telephone calls during the KSDK-TV Volunteer 5 hotline featuring information on DebateWatch, from 3:30 to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, Oct. 2-6. The hotline will be at KSDK's downtown studio, 1000 Market St.

All volunteers will receive official debate T-shirts. Refreshments will be provided during the telethon, and volunteers will be reimbursed for mileage and parking.

University faculty and staff interested in volunteering should leave a message with contact information on the DebateWatch information line, 935-7959.

Students interested in volunteering to help with the KSDK hotline or any other opportunities during the debate must complete a debate volunteer application. Applications are available at the Career Center, Room 157 Karl Umrath Hall, or they can be downloaded from the center's Web site (http://careers.wustl.edu/). The deadline for student application forms is Friday, Sept. 15.

Social work exhibit marks 75 years; Editorial cartoons give unique historical view

By Ann Nicholson

IThe provocative power of editorial cartoons to crystallize debate surrounding some of the most controversial social issues of the times is the crux of an exhibit at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work titled "Advocates for Change: 75 Years of Journalism and Social Work."

"Sharp, succinct and satirical, the cartoonist is often able to deliver a message more swiftly and with more biting effectiveness than many an inch of finely crafted editorial copy," said Lucinda Cobb, a journalist by training who is the administrative coordinator of the school's doctoral program and one of the exhibit's organizers.

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Gitlin: Expert on copper metabolism

Two pediatrics chairs established

Two new professorships, supported by $3 million of dedicated endowment, have been established as part of the St. Louis Children's Hospital/Washington University School of Medicine Joint Program in Pediatric Chairs.

These are the fifth and sixth chairs of the program. Its goal is to solidify an already strong relationship between the medical school and hospital and, through a combined effort, establish 12 new pediatric professorships at the medical center by the year 2008.

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Jaffe: Specialist in emergency pediatrics