The Commission on Presidential Debates anounced the moderators for the three presidential debates this fall. Tom Brokaw, the longtime NBC anchor, will moderate the Oct. 7 debate at Belmont University.

Prior to the Nashville event, Barack Obama and John McCain will debate in Oxford, Miss. at the University of Mississippi, which Jim Lehrer, anchor to PBS's "News Hour" will moderate. Bob Schieffer, host of CBS's "Face the Nation" will host the third and final debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y.

Unlike the other two debates, the Nashville debate will take place in a townhall setting. Questions will be provided by undecided voters of the Nashville area, provided by Gallup. Additional questions may be selected from email submissions.

Chancellor Nick Zeppos is an honorary member of the host committee for the debate.

Katherine Miller is a junior in the College of Arts & Science. She can be reached at katherine.m.miller@vanderbilt.edu.