Cokie Roberts with R. Dan Boulware, in whose honor the Convocation on Critical Issues is held annually.

The 23rd R. Dan Boulware Convocation on Critical Issues featuring political commentator Cokie Roberts can now be viewed online at www.missouriwestern.edu/convocation/. It is also being broadcast on MWtv, channel 12 on Suddenlink in St. Joseph.

The Sept. 13 presentation by Roberts, a commentator for ABC News and NPR, was titled “Insider’s View of the 2016 Presidential Election

“It was always going to be a close race, because the country is deeply divided,” Roberts told an audience of more than 3,000 people. “There are very few people ‘in the middle’ or undecided enough to be swayed.”

The Convocation will be broadcast on MWtv at noon on Tuesday and Thursday, Sept. 20, 22, 27 and 29, and at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25.

A DVD copy is also available for viewing in the Missouri Western Library.

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