So much attention...
The St. Paul Campus is all a-flutter this morning with the pending arrival of Laura Bush for a regional conference sponsored by the First Lady's project, Helping America's Youth. The conference happens to coincide with our recent local tragedy, so Mrs. Bush has scheduled in time to view the bridge collapse site and the Prez is planning to show up tomorrow. According to employees at the student union, where I now sit, Mrs. Bush will be showing up anytime between 11:30am and 2:00pm. I'll be here on the early end of that timeframe, so I may lurk around and see if I can catch a glimpse. She's no Bill, but she is the First Lady...
In other news, we seem to be THE news lately. I watched CNN for three hours on Wednesday night and it was all about our bridge tragedy. Many, many major news figures are here, as well as political leaders. I'm afraid I'm not accustomed to having so much national attention focused on my humble place of origin. We drove past the bridge site on University Ave this morning, finally giving in to the temptation to gawk a bit. It's quite something. Of course, it was hard to catch a good glimpse over all the massive satellite dishes set up to beam the news to all of you out there...