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August 28 (Thursday)
NDVOTES’08 Tables & Voter Registration at Center for Social Concerns Welcome Back Picnic
5:00 – 7:00 PM, Rockne Memorial
September 2 (Tuesday)
NDVOTES’08 Tables & Voter Registration at Center’s Section of Activities Night
September 3 (Wednesday)
“Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship in the Catholic Social Tradition”
David O’Brien, Professor Emeritus of Ethics at College of the Holy Cross (Wooster, MA) with NDVOTES’08 Tables & Voter Registration
7:00 PM, 101 DeBartolo Hall
David O’Brien, a leading historian of American Catholicism, will speak on “Faithful Citizenship and the Catholic Tradition.” A Notre Dame graduate, O’Brien earned his Ph.D. in history from the University of Rochester in New York. Over the course of a celebrated academic career, O’Brien distinguished himself as a leading scholar on the history of Catholic social and political thought. Past president of the American Catholic Historical Association, O’Brien is the recipient of six honorary degrees and numerous awards, including the Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for distinguished service to Catholic higher education. Formerly the Loyola Professor of Roman Catholic Studies at the College of the Holy Cross, O’Brien taught at Holy Cross for over 35 years before recently retiring; he continues to educate through his lectures and writing.
September 8 (Monday)
NDVOTES’08 Pizza, Pop, and Politics “The Race to the White House” [Video]
Monday * September 8 * 5:00 p.m.
Coleman Morse Lounge
Speakers include:
Christina Wolbrecht (Political Science; Expertise in Gender and Politics)
Darren Davis (Political Science; Expertise in Political Polling)
Matt Storin (Gallivan Program in Journalism, Ethics and Democracy; Expertise in Journalism)
Jack Colwell (Gallivan Program in Journalism, Ethics and emocracy; Political Analyst for South Bend Tribune)
September 10 (Wednesday)
Interrace Forum on the Presidential Elections Panel Participants from College Republican, College Democrats, College Libertarians, NAACP, and NDVOTES’08 with NDVOTES’08 Table & Voter Registration
Sponsored by Multicultural Student Programs and Services
5:30 PM & Dinner, Coleman-Morse Lounge
September 17 (Wednesday)
"How Can Faith Impact the Public Square?"
Examining Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship
Wednesday * September 17 * 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Carey Auditorium, Hesburgh Library, Room 107
Speakers:
Professor Margie Pfeil, Department of Theology,
Member of the Catholic Worker
Professor Jerry Powers, Kroc Peace Institute,
Former Director of International Justice and Peace at the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops
How should Catholics think about their role in the upcoming elections? This panel will present and dialogue about the theological understandings of engaging in civic participation, especially in reaction to the U.S. Bishops’, Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship. What role does faith play in the public realm? Should a response of discipleship be one of anarchy or assimilation? The Catholic Social Tradition provides various models from the past that we can learn from for the future.
September 23 (Tuesday)
NDVOTES’08 Pizza, Pop, and Politics: The Economy
Tuesday * September 23 * 5:00-6:30 p.m.
Hospitality Room, Reckers
Speakers include:
Jennifer Warlick, Economics and Policy Studies; Expertise in Poverty
Rich Williams, Sociology; Expertise in Housing
David Ruccio, Economics and Policy Studies; Expertise in Economic Policy
“It’s the economy, stupid!” Are you confused by economics talk? What do they mean when they talk about the economy? Both campaigns claim to have solutions for the economy, for the housing crisis, for jobs loss. Come hear three experts on poverty, housing, and economic policy give you the lowdown on the spin. Share some spin of your own. And let’s really get down to what the candidates are saying, or not saying, on some of these issues.
September 26 (Friday)
"Debate Watch:
1st Presidential Debate Live from Ole Miss"
Friday * September 26 * 9:00-11:00 p.m.
(10:30 p.m. Post-debate analysis from ND Debate Team)
Coleman Morse Lounge
Come watch the much anticipated first of three presidential debates! McCain vs. Obama. Debate begins at 9:00 p.m. but come early to save your seat and start on snacks. Stay afterwards for analysis and riveting commentary from the Notre Dame Debate Team. Bring your parents and game weekend guests. Free snacks provided. Let the debates begin!
Sponsored by NDVotes’08 of the Center for Social Concerns, the Notre Dame Debate Program, and The William and Helen Kuhn Carey Chair in Modern Communication. Co-sponsored by the Washington Program.
September 29 (Monday)
NDVOTES’08 Pizza, Pop, and Politics: Energy [Video]
Monday * September 29 * 5:00-6:30 p.m.
Coleman Morse Lounge
Speakers include:
Richard Jensen, Economics and Econometrics
Mark McCready, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Lourdes Long, Class of ’09, GreeND
Colleen Kelly, Class of ’09, GreeND
Sponsored by NDVotes '08 of the Center for Social Concerns and GreeND. Co-sponsored by the Washington Program.
October 2 (Thursday)
Thursday * October 2
9:00-11:00 p.m.
10:30 p.m. Post-debate analysis ND Debate Team
Coleman Morse Lounge
View coverage of the post-debate analysis by Troy Kehoe with WSBT (click on the 
Watch The Video icon).
It’s the VP candidates turn to debate! Debate begins at 9:00 p.m. but come early to save your seat and start on snacks. Stay afterwards for analysis and riveting commentary from the Notre Dame Debate Team. Free snacks provided.
Sponsored by NDVotes’08 of the Center for Social Concerns, the Notre Dame Debate Program, and The William and Helen Kuhn Carey Chair in Modern Communication. Co-sponsored by the Washington Program.
October 5 (Sunday)
Popcorn & Politics: NDVotes’08 Film Series (updated 9/26/08)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
PAC Classic 100
Sunday, October 5, 2008, at 3:00 pm
Browning Cinema
Tickets: $6, $5 faculty/staff,
$4 seniors, and $3 all students
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
PG, 93 minutes
Visit performingarts.nd.edu for film details and ticket information.
Bring your NDVotes’08 popcorn bag for free popcorn!
Popcorn & Politics Film Series is sponsored NDVotes’08 of the Center for Social Concerns and the Browning Cinema of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.
October 7 (Tuesday)
Pizza, Pop, and Politics:
Foreign Policy and National Security [Video]
5:00 p.m., Pizza Served in Great Hall, Hesburgh Center
5:30 p.m., Panel & Discussion
Hesburgh Center Auditorium, Hesburgh Center for International Studies
Speakers:
Mary Ellen O’Connell; Law School
Michael Desch; Department of Political Science
Joseph Bock; Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Sponsored by NDVotes’08 of the Center for Social Concerns and the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. Co-sponsored by the Washington Program.
Mock Election: Tuesday * October 7
LaFortune Elevator Lobby 11:00 a.m – 2:00 p.m.
North Dining Hall 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. & 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
South Dining Hall 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. & 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
DeBartolo Hall 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. & 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sponsored by Student Government and NDVotes’08 of the Center for Social Concerns.
October 8 (Wednesday)
U.S. Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN)
On Energy Security and US Foreign Policy
Wednesday, October 8
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Washington Hall
Sponsored by:
ND Energy Center
Office of Sustainability
Center for Social Concerns
GreeND
ND Votes
October 10 (Friday)
Campus Crossfire 2.0: Campus Political Parties Debate [Video]
Friday * October 10 * 4:00 p.m.
LaFortune Ballroom
Free food provided.
Sponsored by NDVotes’08 of the Center for Social Concerns, the College Republicans, the College Libertarians, and the College Democrats. Co-sponsored by the Washington Program.
October 12 (Sunday)
Popcorn & Politics: NDVotes’08 Film Series
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
PAC Classic 100
Sunday, October 12, 2008, at 3:00 pm
Browning Cinema
This is a FREE but ticketed event.
Call 631-2800 to reserve tickets.
Directed by John Frankenheimer
Not Rated, 126 minutes
Visit performingarts.nd.edu for film details and ticket information.
Bring your NDVotes’08 popcorn bag for free popcorn!
Popcorn & Politics Film Series is sponsored NDVotes’08 of the Center for Social Concerns and the Browning Cinema of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.
October 13 (Monday)
Pizza, Pop, and Politics: Social and Moral Issues
Monday * October 13 * 5:00 p.m.
Coleman Morse Lounge
Speakers:
Paolo Carozza, Law School
Mary Keys, Political Science
Sponsored by NDVotes’08 of the Center for Social Concerns. Co-sponsored by the Washington Program.
October 18 (Saturday)
Popcorn & Politics: NDVotes’08 Film Series
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
PAC Classic 100
Saturday * October 18 * 3:00 p.m.
Browning Cinema
This is a FREE but ticketed event.
Call 631-2800 to reserve tickets.
Directed by Frank Capra
Rated NR, 129 minutes
Visit performingarts.nd.edu for film details and ticket information.
Bring your NDVotes’08 popcorn bag for free popcorn!
Popcorn & Politics Film Series is sponsored NDVotes’08 of the Center for Social Concerns and the Browning Cinema of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.
"Putting the 2008 Presidential Campaign in Historical Perspective”
Matthew Dallek, Former speechwriter for Rep. Richard A. Gephardt and columnist at Politico.com
Monday * October 27 * 7:30 p.m.
138 DeBartolo Hall
Matthew Dallek is an American historian who specializes on the intersection of history and current politics. He currently lives in Washington, DC, where he writes a monthly column for Politico.com and teaches in at the University of California and University of Notre Dame Washington Programs. He holds a Ph.D. in U.S. history from Columbia, and is the author of "The Right Moment: Ronald Reagan's First Victory and the Decisive Turning Point in American Politics" (Free Press, 2000). After receiving his doctorate, he worked as a speechwriter for Rep. Richard Gephardt, the former House Minority Leader, among others. His articles and reviews have appeared in academic publications and in national publications including The Washington Post, The Atlantic Monthly, and The New Republic, and he has been a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He is currently conducting research for a book-length study of "civic security" during the early Cold War and will be teaching for the Notre Dame Washington Program this spring (Liberalism and Conservatism in the US since 1945).
Sponsored by the Department of History. Co-sponsored by NDVotes’08 of the Center for Social Concerns and the Washington Program.
Tuesday * October 28 * 6:00 p.m.
McKenna Hall Auditorium [Video]
Get the answers you need to make an informed choice on November 4.
Campaign Advisors: Howard Lerner (Obama-Biden ’08), and Ike Brannon (McCain-Palin ’08) answer questions on Energy, the Economy, National Security, and Health Care.
Howard Lerner, Executive Director, Environmental Law and Policy Center advises the Obama campaign on environmental and renewable energy issues. He is an experienced attorney serving as the Executive Director of the Midwest's leading public interest environmental and sustainable development organization. He previously served as the General Counsel of Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, a public interest law center, specializing in complex civil litigation and policy development.
Ike Brannon, serves as Senior Policy Advisor for John McCain 2008. Prior to joining the campaign he was Senior Adviser for Tax Policy at the U.S. Treasury. Previously he served Congress as the Principal Economic Adviser for Senator Orrin Hatch on the Senate Finance Committee and Chief Economist for the Joint Economic Committee. Prior to that he was Senior Economist for Information and Regulatory Affairs at the OMB and associate professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Indiana University.
Moderating this event will be Rev. William M. Lies, C.S.C., Executive Director of the Center for Social Concerns, who also teaches in the Political Science department and is a Fellow of both the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies and the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.
Event is sponsored by the Center for Social Concerns NDVote’08 campaign and is free and open to the public.
Co-sponsors include the College Republicans, the College Libertarians, and the College Democrats, and the Washington Program.
October 29 (Wednesday)
Michael Gerson, Former White House Speechwriter & Washington Post Columnist
Wednesday * October 29 * 7:30 p.m.
McKenna Hall Auditorium
Center for Continuing Education
Washington Post columnist and former White House speechwriter Michael Gerson will deliver the inaugural McCullough Lecture in Responsible Journalism and Government on Wednesday, Oct. 29, at the University of Notre Dame.
Gerson, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, will speak on “2008 and Beyond: Looking at the New Political Landscape” at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of McKenna Hall, the Center for Continuing Education. The lecture is free and open to the public.
From 2000 to 2006, Gerson served as policy advisor and chief speechwriter for President George W. Bush. In 1999, he was a senior editor at U.S. News and World Report. He is the author of the book “Heroic Conservatism,” published in 2007, and a frequent contributor to Newsweek magazine.
The McCullough Lecture series seeks to promote greater understanding of journalistic and governmental work as a form of public service. Since 2007, Sandra and John McCullough Scholarships in Journalism or Government have supported Notre Dame students interested in careers in elected office, a government agency or public affairs journalism. John McCullough, a 1955 Notre Dame alumnus, is a retired broadcast journalist, who is a member of both the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame and the Milwaukee Press Club Hall of Fame. He began his career in television news at WNDU in South Bend.
Sponsored by the Gallivan Program in Journalism and Democracy. Supported by the Center for Social Concerns NDVotes’08 campaign.
October 30 (Thursday)
“Beyond Voting: The Right to Political Participation in the 21st Century"
Thursday * October 30 * 7:00 p.m.
Hesburgh Center Auditorium, Hesburgh Center for International Studies
Panelists:
Robert Dowd, CSC, Assistant Professor of Political Science & Faculty Fellow, Kellogg Institute for International Studies and Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Robert Fishman, Professor of Sociology & Faculty Fellow, Kellogg Institute for International Studies
Julia King, Citizen Activist, Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND)
Lisa A. Plencner, President, League of Women Voters, South Bend Area
Moderator: Jackie Smith, Associate Professor of Sociology and Peace Studies, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
This panel is part of a year-long celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on its 60th anniversary. To promote awareness of human rights and to urge members of our campus and community to consider how the declaration applies today, this event focuses on Article 21, the right to political participation.
Please join us for an evening of learning and discussion about the practice of democracy in our local community, nation, and our world.
Co-sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Center for the Study of Social Movements and Social Change, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Center for Social Concerns NDVotes’08, and the
Gender Studies Program
Don’t Miss the Final NDVotes’08 Popcorn & Politics Award Winning Film “Primary”
November 2 (Sunday)
Popcorn & Politics: NDVotes’08 Film Series
Primary (1960)
Sunday * November 2 * 3:00 p.m.
Browning Cinema
This is a FREE but ticketed event.
Call 631-2800 to reserve tickets.
Directed by Robert Drew
NR, 60 minutes
Visit performingarts.nd.edu for film details and ticket information.
Bring your NDVotes’08 popcorn bag for free popcorn!
Primary is a 1960 Direct Cinema documentary film about the 1960 primary election between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey for the United States Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States. Produced by Robert Drew, shot by Richard Leacock and Albert Maysles, and edited by D. A. Pennebaker, the film was a breakthrough in documentary film style.
Most importantly, through the use of mobile cameras and lighter sound equipment, the filmmakers were able to follow the candidates as they wound their way through cheering crowds, cram with them into crowded hotel rooms, and to hover around their faces as they awaited polling results. This resulted in a greater intimacy than was possible with the older, more classical techniques of documentary filmmaking; and it established what has since become the standard style of video reporting.
Primary has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
Popcorn & Politics Film Series is sponsored NDVotes’08 of the Center for Social Concerns and the Browning Cinema of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.
Don’t Miss the Final NDVotes’08 Pizza, Pop, and Politics:
November 5, (Wednesday)
Final Pizza, Pop, and Politics: Election Analysis
Wednesday * November 5 * 5:00 p.m.
Coleman Morse Lounge
Speakers: Darren Davis (Political Science; Expertise in Political Polling), Jack Colwell (Political Analyst for South Bend Tribune), and David Nickerson (Political Science; Expertise in Political Behavior)
