C-SPAN Campaign 2008 Bus to visit campus May 22

Lee Hamilton, 9/11 Commission vice chairman and director of The IU Center on Congress, is scheduled to appear at C-SPAN’s Campaign 2008 Bus campus tour stop May 22, said Jeremy Art, a C-SPAN marketing representative. The bus, which normally travels around to different cities and features talks with representatives from C-SPAN and presidential candidates, will offer a chance for students to see how the bus works, Art said.\nThe bus will be parked from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the circle drive of the Indiana Memorial Union. Thousands of students and teachers and four presidential candidates have stepped on the bus, which started its tour in January 2007, according to an IU press release. The bus has been to 71 universities and 95 schools around the country, according to the release.\nArt said the bus has two functions -- the first is a traveling production studio that features talks with candidates. When no candidates are available, Art said, students of all ages can step on the bus to see a presentation of the function it normally serves.