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09/25/2008 |
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The Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics hosts "An
Evening with Tom Brokaw" featuring NBC News special correspondent Tom
Brokaw, who will give an overview of the presidential debate and the
election landscape. All free tickets have been claimed;
however, simulcasts of the program will be available in Farley Hall,
Room 202, and on two 14-by-18 foot HD television screens on either side
of the Grove Stage.
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09/25/2008 |
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A panel of leading educational researchers and policy experts discuss
high-stakes testing, institutional accessibility, school accountability
and college affordability. Hosted by the School of Education.
Download the MP4 video version of this panel discussion"
(To download these files right-click on the link and choose "Save Link As")
Part 1
Part 2
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09/15/2008 |
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Leaders of the College Republicans and College Democrats debate the
issues in the presidential campaign to provide an opportunity for
voters to gain insight into the positions of the respective candidates.
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09/10/2008 |
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Sponsored by Oxfam America and the Public Interest Law Society, the
panel includes John M. Barry, prize-winning and New York Times
best-selling author of "Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of
1927 and How It Changed America" (Simon & Schuster, 1997); Reilly
Morse, attorney with Mississippi Center for Justice Katrina Recovery
Office; Bill Quigley, human rights attorney, law professor and director
of the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center at Loyola University in New
Orleans; and Tracie L. Washington, president and CEO of the Louisiana
Justice Institute.
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08/28/2008 |
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Dr. Dan Jones, immediate past president of the American Heart
Association, vice chancellor for health affairs and dean of the medical
school at the UM Medical Center, discusses health care in America in
his lecture "Health Care Disparities in the American Health Care
System."
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