Jay Goldberg '98 isn't sure whether
David Letterman ever saw his sign: “Make Schenectady
the Home Office.”
But he gave it his best shot from the
third row of the Ed Sullivan Theater on Sept. 22 when he
asked a page to take the sign to the host just seconds
before the taping of the CBS show began.
Ultimately, it was George Clooney and
Bill Cosby who made the national airwaves, not Goldberg
or the eighty-nine other members of the Union contingent
who were bused to New York by producers of “Late
Night with David Letterman.” But the Union students
had fun trying to get on air. Dozens sported “Top
Ten Lists” and signs, and Jon Zandman '99 brought a
bagful of garnet “U's” and liberally
distributed them to members of the crew, who dutifully
pasted them to their shirts.
“Late Night,” a favorite on
American campuses, invited Union students as part of a
promotion to bring to the studio students from a dozen
colleges and universities over twelve weeks in the fall.
Rohit Sang, a producer, said he decided to invite Union
because he recalled it from his college search as having
an exceptional seven-year medical education program.
The students traveled by bus and were
treated to a reception, all compliments of “Late
Night,” and got back to campus in time to see the
broadcast.