Coverage Details Related to Tuesday’s Bob Kerrey Lecture at UMaine
Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571
ORONO — Bob Kerrey, the former Nebraska governor and U.S. Senator who currently serves as president of New School University in New York City, will visit the University of Maine on Tuesday, Nov. 9. In an 11 a.m. appearance at the Maine Center for the Arts, Kerrey will deliver the second talk in the Governor’s Distinguished Lecture Series, a collaborative effort of Gov. John Baldacci’s office and the University of Maine. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson delivered the inaugural lecture in October 2003.
Kerrey, who will be introduced by Baldacci and UMaine Interim President Robert Kennedy, will discuss “Inside the 9/11 Commission: How Safe Were We? How Safe Are We? How Safe Can We Be?” Kerrey served as a member of the commission, which recently released a well-received report. Kerrey has autographed several copies of the report, which will be for sale at the lecture for $7 each.
Some details that may be of interest to news organizations covering the event:
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Seats will be reserved for reporters in the back row of the lower section of the Hutchins Concert Hall;
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The program is expected to take about one hour; it will be followed by a news conference with Kerrey and Baldacci in the Bodwell Lounge (upstairs in the Maine Center for the Arts building);
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Media parking spaces will be reserved in the parking lot opposite the front doors of the MCA;
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An audio and video mult box will be available at the back of the lower level, near the facility’s audio board; a UMaine video camera will be placed in the tenth row center; it will feed a signal into the mult box;
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Photographers will have the opportunity to use the balcony and concert hall side doors to shoot cutaways;
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A large crowd is expected; reporters are asked to arrive early if possible.