Friday, October 28, 2005

That's not the Great Pumpkin... It's Dick Cheney!
Yikes! How did I miss this one? Thanks to Michael Silence for pointing out a press release generated by the office across the hall from mine! The strange thing is that I've also been pointing news writing students to the UT PR office's website all week as they search for story ideas... but this week they're mostly looking for pumpkin carvings, haunted houses and Halloween parties. Maybe the vice president just wasn't scary enough. (He's visiting after the deadline for the Halloween stories anyway... but should be a great "extra credit" project for the early risers in the class.)

Vice President Dick Cheney will be among Senator Howard Baker's special guests at the groundbreaking for the University of Tennessee's Howard Baker Center for Public Policy building, set for 11 a.m. November 15 at Thompson Boling Assembly Center and Arena.

Press release here. [No Silence Here]

Wait a minute... How do you have a "groundbreaking" indoors? It sure could be rough on the basketball floor! Must be a security thing, along with the recommended "before 9 a.m." arrival time for the 11 a.m. event.

The actual Baker Center building "ground" for the two-year construction project is at the corner of Cumberland Avenue and Melrose Place, a couple of hilltops away from Thompson Boling Arena.


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