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Purdue President Martin
C. Jischke looks skyward for signs of the legendary Fish Fry
eagle. Photo by Tom Campbell
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A sellout crowd of 1,500 and Ag Alumni Executive Secretary Donya Lester
agree.
"This is a building just made for this type of program. It's the
little things we don't have to worry about," Lester says, "like
having food warmers in the kitchen that allow us to feed 1,500 people
in eight minutes. When you can feed that many people in such a short
period of time, you've solved a lot of problems."
Lester admits there was concern that the switch from Friday to Saturday
and the move off campus would alienate many long-time supporters of
the event. But bringing in a speaker of national prominence like Dole
made the Fish Fry the hottest ticket in town.
"If we had another 400 seats," says Ward, "we could
have sold them all before the show."
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