March 12, 2009

Students' appearance on 'The Oprah Show' delayed

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -
Purdue complimenters
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Looking for a confidence boost or some friendly banter while walking around the Purdue University campus? It's easy to find a few kind words from the "Free Compliments" guys who set up shop every Wednesday afternoon outside the Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry.

Each week, Brett Westcott, a student in the College of Engineering from Plainfield, Ill., and Cameron Brown, a student in the Krannert School of Management from Toledo, Ohio, shout out compliments to everyone who walks by from 12:30-2 p.m. Westcott and Brown, both sophomores, say they do it just for fun and enjoy the positive reaction they get from passersby.

Word about the complementary complimenters has spread, and now Westcott and Brown have gained the attention of "The Oprah Show." The duo was to appear on the show Friday (March 13), but were bumped due to time constraints. 

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