The Institute of Politics and Harvard student political organizations will celebrate the first presidential debate with a slew of events, including an appearance by Ralph Nader.

The Green Party presidential candidate will appear at the Ames Courtroom in Austin Hall at 5:30 p.m.

Organizers say the location may change depending upon student interest.

The details of Nader's visit, which has been in the works for several weeks, were still being finalized as of yesterday.

At 7 p.m. in the ARCO Forum, author and journalism professor Alan Schroeder will lead a discussion about the top 10 moments in presidential debate history.

"We will see the top 10 debate moments and talk about the context of the 10 clips," said Bill White, the IOP Forum Director.

Jason T. Sauer '02, the student chair of the Forum, said the program is intended "to see what to look for" in the debate.

A pre-debate reception with food follows, where the large projection screen will show CNN's coverage of the pre-debate preparations downtown.