Presidential Debate Student Profile

Danielle Matilsky

URL: http://news-info.wustl.edu/student/page/normal/627.html


Sophomore in Anthropology and pre-med studies from Setauket, New York. Attended High School at Ward Melville High School in East Setauket, New York.

Speaker of the Congress of the South 40 (CS40)

Bio Snapshot: You might call Danielle Matilsky a "home girl," because she's taken a keen interest in the quality of life on the South 40, the residential village that most Washington University students call their home away from home. Among her many activities, she has served as vice president of her residential council and been a member of the Undergraduate Council Committee, the Undergraduate Committee on Alcohol, and the National Residence Hall Honorary. She was also a student interviewer for prospective residential college directors.

Danielle Matilsky

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This year, as speaker of the Congress of the South 40 (CS40), (http://www.cs40.com) the university's residential hall association, she's spearheading several events in conjunction with the debate and the presidential election. She says, "We delivered voter registration packets to all the freshmen dorm rooms prior to orientation. We have also been actively working with the Student Union to build awareness on campus and have extensively supported the efforts of "Rock the Vote," recently distributing voting pins and agreeing to financial support for the Rock the Vote concert."

But CS40's biggest activity this election season is to bring Mo Rocca — the sattirist who was, until recently, the senior political correspondent for Comedy Central's Daily Show with Jon Stewart — to campus for a live simulcast during the debate. It won't be politics as usual, thanks to Matilsky and others in her South 40 family.

Student Contact Information:

Cell: (631) 495-9610

E-mail: dkmatils@artsci.wustl.edu

For more information or help setting up an interview, contact:

Debra Schwartz - schwarde@charter.net, (314) 791-0647

Gerry Everding - gerry_everding@wustl.edu, (314) 935-6375