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Jack FitzGerald said he\u2019s going to remember Feb. 11 for the rest of his life.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou definitely pick up on things when you\u2019re there that you don\u2019t on TV,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re stomping their feet when they don\u2019t like what they hear; they\u2019re shaking their heads and they\u2019re taking notes.\u201d<\/p>\n

He had a rare opportunity, along with 24 other UWM students, to watch the Democratic primary debate in person in the Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts. A political science major, FitzGerald was excited for his own program, as well as to be an eyewitness to history.<\/p>\n

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While only a few students secured tickets through the lottery sponsored by the Student Association, hundreds more took advantage of opportunities in the UWM Student Union. Some joined in protests and rallies that lined Maryland Avenue and filled the Union concourse. Others poured into the Union Theater and the Wisconsin room to watch the debate on large screen with friends.<\/p>\n

With the debate starting at 8 p.m., Luke Spinelli arrived a couple of hours early. He described himself as very politically aware, but said his friend Tony Sturdevant was normally less concerned with politics.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe debate has got him into it, and it\u2019s really cool to see,\u201d Spinelli said.<\/p>\n

Sturdevant said as a UWM student he felt compelled to participate, adding that the debate was too important to miss.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow can someone not recognize that this is something quite large,\u201d Sturdevant said.<\/p>\n

Some students were working in the Media Room, where reporters filed their stories and heard campaign officials \u201cspin\u201d the debate. Reporters later interviewed several students from the debate audience.<\/p>\n

As crowd sounds echoed from the live viewing rooms on the second floor, junior Cassandra Rasch made new friends among those crowding the Union.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was definitely interesting to hear the students\u2019 feedback on the candidate\u2019s answers,\u201d Rasch said.<\/p>\n

Rasch\u2019s roommates did not join her for the viewing, but she went anyway, not wanting to miss being \u201cpart of history.\u201d As a recent transfer from UW-Fon du Lac, she saw the debate as another advantage of UWM.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe opportunities here are just endless,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Unique opportunities for students continued on Feb. 12. Gwen Ifill, who was a co-anchor the night before, taped a segment of PBS\u2019s Washington Week With Gwen Ifill at the site of the debate, the Helen Bader Concert Hall.<\/p>\n

Matt Campbell, a senior in Journalism Advertising, and Media Studies, was among those who received free tickets to the taping. The night of the debate, he had been in the Media Room doing social media for Media Milwaukee, a departmental news website.<\/p>\n

Campbell said he was excited to watch the live taping of Washington Week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is my senior year, and I\u2019m just trying to get as many opportunities as UWM has to offer \u2013 and I\u2019m learning that is a lot,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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