Several debate-related events on and off campus are open to media on Tuesday, Sept. 28, the day that UC Davis hosts the first debate between California gubernatorial candidates Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman.

Debate Watch Forum

12:10 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Kalmanovitz Appellate Courtroom, UC Davis School of Law (one block north of the Mondavi Center, where the debate will be held)

Dan Schnur, a veteran political strategist who helped prepare John McCain and Pete Wilson for debates, will join a panel discussion about why debates matter and what viewers should watch for. Other panelists: Carla Marinucci, San Francisco Chronicle political reporter; Vikram Amar, UC Davis professor of law; Larry Berman, UC Davis political science professor and founding director of the UC Washington Center; and Robert Huckfeldt, UC Davis political science professor and director of the UC Davis Institute of Governmental Affairs and UC Center Sacramento. A.G. Block, associate director of UC Center Sacramento and a seasoned observer of California politics, will moderate the discussion. The event is free and open to the public.

More information: http://debate.ucdavis.edu/get_involved/index.html

Contacts: Jim Sweeney, UC Davis News Service, (530) 752-6101,

Contact: Tim Akin, UC Davis Graduate School of Management,

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