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Primary system discussed in Conversation
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
The pros and cons of the nation’s presidential primary system will be discussed during a Jan. 30 Valparaiso University Conversations Project event.
“Super Tuesday Spin Doctors: Lessons of the Presidential Primaries,” will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Christopher Center Community Room and is free and open to the public. In advance of voters heading to the polls for the Feb. 5 Super Tuesday primaries, panelists will start a conversation examining the history and purpose of the current primary system, as well as its benefits and disadvantages.
Panelists are Lorri Cornett, a community and political activist who co-founded Citizens for Peace and Justice; Dr. Bonita Neff, an associate professor of communication who has done extensive research in public relations; and Dr. James Old, associate director of the University’s Community Research and Service Center and adjunct assistant professor of political science. The discussion will be moderated by Dr. Alan Bloom, assistant professor of history.
The goals of the Conversations Project are to promote mutual education, understanding and political reconciliation through dialog, and to forge connections between the University and Northwest Indiana community. The program is supported by the Valparaiso Project on Civic Reflection, School of Law, VU Law Democrats, VU Law Republicans and VU Federalist Society.
For more information about the Conversations Project, contact Dr. Jeremy Telman, associate professor of law, at (219) 465-7811 or visit the Conversations Project Web site.
The final Conversations Project discussion of the academic year is “Forty Years Gone: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Many Guises of Prejudice” on April 3.
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