SMC in the News
March 27, 2009Hundreds Of News Outlets Cover 50th Anniversary of Phone Booth Cram At Saint Mary's College
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An event commemorating the 1959 LIFE magazine photo of 22 Saint Mary's College students crammed inside a telephone booth garnered national and international news. Good Morning America, the Associated Press, NPR and newspapers and broadcasters from every major market in the U.S. covered the golden anniversary celebration at Saint Mary's. At the event, alumni who participated in the original 1959 stunt and former LIFE magazine photographer Joe Munroe were cheered by hundreds. A group of current SMC students battled to best the alumni record but settled for a tie, matching the number of phone booth occupants set 50 years earlier.
In the two days following the event, Saint Mary’s received approximately 300 hits in media across the globe, including:
A sampling of news reports follows:
ABC TV News
Associated Press Video News
CBS5-KPIX-TV
National Public Radio Report
KCBS Radio
Associated Press
Bay Area News Group (Contra Costa Times, Oakland Tribune, San Jose Mercury News)
San Francisco Chronicle
Boston Globe
Chicago Sun-Times
The Times of India News
Calgary Sun News
