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Chelsea Clinton to make speech on Swarthmore’s Parrish Beach this morning on behalf of her mother’s candidacy

BY HANNAH PURKEY

In print | April 17, 2008

Swarthmore Students for Hillary Clinton will be hosting speaker Chelsea Clinton Thursday at 11:15 a.m. on Parish Beach West. Clinton will be giving a talk entitled “Your Future, it’s Bright,” which will address Hillary Clinton’s policies, focusing on areas such as health care and foreign policy, according to Michael May ’11, a leader of Swarthmore Students for Hillary Clinton and an organizer of the event.

“She wants to hear about Swarthmore students and answer their questions about why her mother will make the best president,” May said.

The Hillary campaign contacted May on Tuesday night, and immediately May and other Hillary Supporters began working with members of the Swarthmore administration, including Maurice Eldridge ’61, to work out the logistics.

“I think it will be great for the college community,” May said. “We stress ethical intelligence, and I think it’s good to have all sides represented and be educated about politics and I think this event can contribute to that.”

The call from the Hillary campaign was unexpected, according to May. They had originally tried to get Hillary herself to come, but as with Senator Barack Obama, security and concerns about space made fulfilling that request impossible.

“I think that it is important to note that it’s not like they’re [the administration] being selective,” May said. “This event is just a lot smaller and so it’s a lot easier to have Chelsea come.”

Although the event was not announced until Wednesday, students on campus are excited for the opportunity to hear Chelsea speak.

“I think it’s a wonderful opportunity for Swarthmore college and the community at large to have her speak on campus,” Leigh Elko ’10, a Democrat who has not chosen to support either candidate, said. “We are a small school, so it is great that we can host events with impacts as great as this one has.”

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