millennium are both professors, students and faculty are hoping to hold a debate wean the nominees. students are still coming to grips with their college suddenly the talk of the nation, and their economics professor staging the biggest political upset of the year. >> i was amazed, shocked, excited. >> reporter: with strong feelings for both professors. >> he is not hypocritical. he believes in what he believes in. >> dr. trammel is probably the reason i'm here. >> reporter: and more than a little amusement about the celebrity this has brought to brat, including the rating he got on the ratemyprofessors.com website with a chili pepper for being hot. >> i think his rating was a 3.4. i saw that last night on the news. and personally, i think that's a little low. >> reporter: randolph macon college will soon see whether campus collegiality can overcome big money and negative political influences in a high profile congressional race. joe johns, cnn, ashland, virginia. still to come, violence raging in iraq tonight. a group too extreme for al qaeda seizing major cities.