September 4, 2008

Convention Notebook: Students Cover Proceedings and Meet Politicians

By Karin Fischer

St. Paul

At last week's Democratic convention, Jed Layton, a student journalist from the University of Utah, and his counterpart from Shantou University, in China, were watching Joseph R. Biden Jr., the party's vice-presidential nominee, deliver a blistering attack on John McCain, the presumed Republican candidate for the presidency.

The Chinese student, Mr. Layton recalled, was aghast. "How can he say all these things and not get in trouble?" she asked Mr. Layton, a sophomore studying

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