Royal Purple

Issue date: 2/13/08 Section: News

Media Credit: Joy Kowald Actors Kerry Washington, left, and Tate Donovan, right, speak to students on the UW-Whitewater campus Saturday afternoon.

Actors Tate Donovan and Kerry Washington joined state Rep. Kim Hixson, D-Whitewater, and Governor Jim Doyle's sons Gus and Gabe Doyle, visiting the UW-Whitewater campus Saturday afternoon in support of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., for the Democratic nomination in Wisconsin's presidential primary Tuesday.

The group spoke to a crowd of Whitewater students and community members in the Hamilton Center.

Donovan, who is best-known as playing Jimmy Cooper on the Fox TV program "The O.C.," and Washington, who has appeared in such films as "Save the Last Dance" and "Ray," arrived in Whitewater after spending the first portion of their day at Marquette University and other Milwaukee locations.

The two Hollywood stars joined Gus and Gabe Doyle, offering students their personal experiences with Obama and why they see him as the better democratic candidate.

There will be further coverage of the event in the Feb. 20 issue of the Royal Purple.

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