Jon Meacham, Editor of Newsweek, came and spoke at length to 300 students in Little Bridges Auditorium on November 6th–just two days after the election itself–about outcome of the Presidential election and the behind the scenes strategies employed by both campaigns. He approached the topic as a look into the election in the months leading up to November 4th and how the outcome of the election was affected by race, socioeconomic status, the economy and the party primary elections. He answered questions from students for a full 45 minutes in addition to the one hour he spent in a small group discussion with politics majors earlier in the day.
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On the eve of the final weekend before the election, Professors Justin Crowe and David Menefee-Libey of the Pomona Politics Department, Professor Jo Hardin of the Math Department, and Professor Andrew Busch of the Claremont McKenna Government Department gave their final thoughts and predictions on the election.
On October 30th, 2008, a panel made up of Professor Blackwood, Professor James Morrison, UCLA head of Screenwriting Richard Walter, Sgt. Brad Colbert US Marines, and Evan Wright, author of the book Generation Kill, discussed the miniseries and book Generation Kill. The panel worked to explain the evolution of war cinema and how Generation Kill fits into that time line. Their ultimate goal was to try and explore the way Generation Kill works to affect people’s perception of the war it represents. Sgt. Colbert discussed the accuracy of the book and miniseries as it was based on reports about his unit of shock troops that spearheaded the Iraq Invasion. A Q & A session that lasted about an hour took place after the panel discussion.
Professors Seery and McWilliams discussed the political and media-related implications of Barack Obama’s historic 30-minute advertisement on three of the major networks in primetime on October 29th, just one week before the presidential election.
Professors Crowe and Gilbert spoke to a group of about 30 students in Wig Lounge on October 28th, 2008 about the role of Jewish identity in politics. Professor Crowe emphasized that a politician must not define him or herself in terms of a Jewish identity for him/her to be a viable candidate, given the decreasing religious political affiliation in the US. Professor Gilbert described the effect of the Jewish voting bloc – both the historic affiliation of the Jewish vote with a Democratic civil rights platform, and an appeal to Jewish voters who may prefer a stronger military and conservative approach to the issue of Israel.
Students turned out to watch the 3rd and final debate between the candidates for president on October 15, 2008 in Carnegie’s classrooms.
120 students packed Hahn 101 for the highly anticipated vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin on October 7th. Following the debate, there was a discussion with visiting IR Department guest and Pomona Alum, Jeff Anderson, the Graf Goltz Professor and Director of the BMW Center for German and European Studies at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, on his response to the debate and the view of the election from abroad.
More than 100 students crowded into Carnegie on October 2nd to watch the 2nd presidential debate between Democratic nominee Barack Obama and Republican nominee John McCain.
200 students showed up and filled every rom in Carnegie on Friday, September 26th to watch the first presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama.
On September 18th, 2008, in front of 65 people in Wig Lounge, Professors Chinarini and Kuehlwein discussed implications of the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the broader economic situation.
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