‘Pivotal Tuesdays’ seen as important resource for presidential debate watchers at Wright State

A book that looks back at four U.S. presidential elections that changed the course of the last century will be in the hands of thousands of first-year Wright State students as the university prepares to host the first general election debate.

“Pivotal Tuesdays: Four Elections that Shaped the 20th Century” by Margaret O’Mara is this year’s Common Text, which will be distributed to students this summer during Orientation. The goal of the Common Text is to give students, as they arrive at college, a shared academic topic or discussion point so they all have something in common they can discuss