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  • Pizza and Politics

    • Fall 2008 Events

    Reminder - Election Night at Clarke Nov 4, 7-10pm. Come join in the fun after you VOTE!!

    October 30, Immigration

    Pizza and Politics, with Profs. Konane Martinez and Arcela Nuņez-Alvarez (National Latino Resource Center) Thursday, October 30 from 12-1 in Commons 206. Free Pizza to the first 35 attendees. Click here for the participation guide.

    Article we will discuss, click here.

    (if having trouble loading page, paste this link into your browser) http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/issues/immigration.html?scp=3&sq=Presidential%20candidate%20immigration&st=cse

    Barack Obama on Immigration

    John McCain on Immigration

    Previous Events

    October 2, The Economy

    Pizza and Politics, with Prof. Ranjeeta Basu (Econ), Thursday, October 2 from 12-1 in Commons 206. Free Pizza to the first 35 attendees. Click here for the participation guide.

    We will be discussing these articles:

    http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/issues/economy.html

    Obama and McCain Issue Joint Statement on the Economy

    Links to Candidate positions - ECONOMY

    Barack Obama on Economy

    John McCain on Economy

     

    October 16, Foreign Policy

    Pizza and Politics, with Prof. Liz Matthews (PSCI) Thursday Oct 16 from 12-1 in Commons 206. Free Pizza to first 35 attendees. Click here for the participation guide.

    Click here for the article that will be discussed.

     

    John McCain on Foreign Policy

    Barack Obama on Foreign Policy

     

    Spring 2008 Events

    Environment

    Pizza and Politics, with Prof. Dick Bray (Biology), Tuesday, April 22 from 12-1 in Markstein 102. Free Pizza to the first 35 attendees. Click here for the participation guide.We will cover the issues raised in these articles.

    http://www.nybooks.com/articles/19131

    http://scrippsnews.ucsd.edu/Releases/?releaseID=891 or if you have trouble with this link, click here.

    Also watch the introduction of San Diego's Carbon Footprint on KPBS website. http://www.kpbs.org/carbonfootprint

    Finally, the Nature Geoscience website is an excellent resource. http://www.nature.com/climate/index.html

    John McCain on Climate Change

    Barack Obama on Climate Change

     

    John McCain on Energy Security

    Barack Obama on Energy Security

     

    Health Care

    Pizza and Politics, with Prof. Don Barrett, Thursday, March 13 from 12-1 in Markstein 102. Free Pizza to the first 35 attendees. Click here for the participation guide. We will cover the issues raised in the following two  articles, so please try to read at least one of these:

    http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0303/p16s02-wmgn.html

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/weekinreview/02sack.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2

    Obama on Health Care

    McCain on Health Care

     

    Civil Liberties, Surveillance and Interrogation

    Pizza and Politics, with Prof. Staci Beavers, Thursday, Feb 28 from 12-1 in Academic 102. FREE PIZZA to the first 35 attendees. Click here for the participation guide and click here for the  the New York Times opinion piece we will be discussing (pdf).

    War in Iraq

    Pizza and Politics, with Prof. Scott Greenwood, Tuesday, Feb 19 from 12-1 in Markstein 103. FREE PIZZA to the first 35 attendees. Click here for the participation guide and click here for the Los Angeles Times article (in pdf) we will be discussing.  (For even more information, see the ICG briefing paper, especially the executive summary( pgs 1-2). Note: This is a  long document that might take a while to load.)

    Obama on the War in Iraq

    McCain on the War in Iraq

     

    Post-Primary Analysis
     
    Pizza and Politics, with Dr. Shana Bass, Thursday, Feb 7 from 12-1 in ACD 102. Free Pizza to the first 35 attendees. Click here for participation guide and here for flyer.
    Primary Night
    Primary Night at the Clarke, Tuesday, Feb 5, from 6-10 pm. FREE DINNER and Open Microphone. Come share your thoughts on the 2008 Primary Election! Click here for flyer.
     
     

    Pizza and Politics is a series of events designed to enhance civic engagement within the university community. P&P events offer a "safe" space in which to have civil discussion about political events or campus issues. This academic year's series of Pizza and Politics will primarily be focused on the issues of the 2008 Presidential Election. In our first event, Dec. 4,  the university community was introduced to the series. Students, faculty, and staff  identified the issues that they saw  as the most important to them for this upcoming election. This spring, we will hold a series of discussions on newspaper articles focusing on a particular issue or  a candidate debate. (The source of those newspaper article will likely be the New York Times as it is a sponsor of the national ADP and available online free to students.) For some of these events, we will have a  faculty member serve as "expert" to take your questions about that event's issue.  If you would like to be involved in this project in another way, please contact ADP by emailing the director, Prof. Pamela Stricker, stricker@csusm.edu.
     
    To view the Pizza and Politics participation guide, you can download it here.
     
    Spring 2008 tentative event schedule - click here. But check web page for latest info.

     

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