Ticket Information and Broadcast Details Announced for Indiana 9th Congressional District Debate on Campus

Release date: October 6, 2012

FRANKLIN, Ind. - Franklin College and its student-powered news website and news service, TheStatehouseFile.com, will host a debate between the two candidates for the Indiana 9th Congressional District seat, U.S. Rep. Todd Young, a Republican, and Shelli Yoder, a Democrat, on Tuesday, Oct. 23 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Théâtre Margot in the Johnson Center for Fine Arts.

The debate will be open to the community, but seating will be very limited. Those interested in obtaining tickets for the debate should direct requests to one of the participating campaigns.

Remote viewing will be available on the Franklin College campus in Room 101 in the Johnson Center for Fine Arts, as well as online here. The campus radio station, WFCI 89.5 FM, will also broadcast the event live here.

For more information, contact the Franklin College Office of Marketing and Communications at (317) 738-8185.

Founded in 1834, Franklin College is a residential four-year undergraduate liberal arts institution with a scenic, wooded campus located 20 minutes south of downtown Indianapolis. The college prepares men and women for challenging careers and fulfilling lives through the liberal arts, offering its approximately 1,000 students 28 majors, 36 minors and eight pre-professional programs. In 1842, the college began admitting women, becoming the first coeducational institution in Indiana and the seventh in the nation. Franklin College maintains a voluntary association with the American Baptist Churches USA. For more information, visit www.franklincollege.edu.