Instead of flipping through the television channels to find the latest take on the presidential campaign, more than 400 people packed into New York City's Axa Equitable Center Monday night to hear election analysis firsthand from a panel featuring Colgate alumni in the journalism field.

Newsweek chief political correspondent and senior editor Howard Fineman '70, who has interviewed every major presidential candidate since 1984, told the audience of alumni and friends that "this has been an election of a lifetime to cover."

Next time you watch the presidential candidates speak, pay close attention to their unspoken language--signals such as facial expressions, posture, and hand gestures.

What the candidates don't say could actually speak volumes about them, according to psychology professor Carrie Keating, an expert in facial characteristics and gestures.

What does former President Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky have to do with the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign?

Plenty, according to political science professor Robert Kraynak.