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Epstein asked candidates about job security for college graduates.

Adelphi student and exercise science major Jeremy Epstein has become a well-recognized face around the country after asking the first question in the second presidential debate between President Barrack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney on October 16, 2012. Since the debate, Jeremy has been mentioned or interviewed by reporters for a variety of news media stations, including:

  • Associated Press
  • New York Magazine
  • Piers Morgan tonight
  • CNBC Squawk Box
  • MSNBC Daily Rundown
  • NBC
  • News 12
  • Newsday
  • CBS
  • ABC
  • ABC World News Tonight with Diane Sawyer
  • FOX radio
  • CNN International
  • KABC news radio (in LA)
  • German TV ARD

To learn more about Jeremy’s thoughts and reactions to Tuesday’s debate, please see the following articles and videos:

Debate Questioners Still Mulling Whom to Support (via Associated Press)

Jeremy Shares What Went Through His Mind Before Asking First Q of Debate: ‘Don’t Embarrass The Family’ (via Mediaite; Interview with MSNBC’s Chuck Todd)

Student, Worried About Jobs, Decided After Town Hall (MSNBC The Daily Rundown)

How Jeremy the College Kid Got on the Stage With Obama and Romney (via ABC News)

America’s Newest Sweetheart and Undeniable Debate-Winner Jeremy Epstein (via Gawker)


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Adelphi is a world-class, modern university with excellent and highly relevant programs where students prepare for lives of active citizenship and professional careers. Through its schools and programs—The College of Arts and Sciences, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Honors College, Robert B. Willumstad School of Business, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, University College, and the Schools of Nursing and Social Work—the coeducational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional and educational programs for adults. Adelphi University currently enrolls nearly 8,000 students from 43 states and 45 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and its centers in Manhattan, Hauppauge, and Poughkeepsie, the University, chartered in 1896, maintains a commitment to liberal studies, in tandem with rigorous professional preparation and active citizenship.


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