Published: January 9, 2003
preview / download BIDEN AND MSNBCS CHRIS MATTHEWS DISCUSS THE CURRENT CRITICAL ISSUES FACING THE U.S.
SECAUCUS, N.J. — January 9, 2003 — MSNBCs Hardball College Tour rolls on next week and spends a full hour talking to Sen. Joe Biden (D-Delaware) on Wednesday, Jan. 15 (9-10 p.m., ET) at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware. The outgoing Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, Sen. Biden will play hardball with host Chris Matthews on the nations most pressing political stories – from the threat of war in Iraq, to the economy and President Bushs tax plan, to the roster of Democratic candidates for President in 2004. Biden will also face tough questions from students at the University of Delaware during the telecast.
Following the telecast, a UD student selected by the college will sit in the Hardball Hotseat for a one-on-one rapid-fire question and answer session with Hardballs Chris Matthews. At the end of the academic year, Hardball will telecast a final tournament with the top 10 students from the dozens who have competed on the tour, to determine a Hardball Hotseat winner. The final Hardball Hotseat winner will receive a $10,000 scholarship award plus a $5,000 grant for their college.
Hardball with Chris Matthews, MSNBCs highly rated Washington, D.C.-based series, hits the road every Wednesday this school year, bringing the nations top political and culture figures to college campuses around the country. Previous stops on the Hardball College Tour include the University of Chicago with former General Electric CEO Jack Welch, Fordham University in the Bronx with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the University of Pennsylvania with former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, Chapman University (Orange County, CA) with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis, with former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura.
Now in its fifth year, Hardball with Chris Matthews premiered on MSNBC on November 8, 1999, following a successful launch on CNBC in 1997; this past July, it became an exclusive series on MSNBC. One of the highlights of Matthews coverage of the 2000 election was the Hardball College Tour, which featured monthly town hall meetings at Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, Clemson, University of Southern California, Michigan State, St. Anselm and Winona State University.
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