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Volume 16, Number 15 NoV. 3, 2014 Read the JouRnal online: www.calu.edu/news/the-journal
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Political Experts Discuss Election Outcomes
ust one week after American voters make their choice, a popular team of political experts will return to Cal U to examine the reasons behind the results and look ahead. Political commentator Jon Delano, of KDKA-TV, will serve as moderator for the 2014 Election Analysis Forum, a free event at 7 p.m. Nov. 11 in Eberly Hall, Room 110. Presented by the American Democracy Project at Cal U, the program is open to the public. Panelists are: • Alan Abramowitz, professor of political science at Emory University, Va. • William C. Binning, chair emeritus of the Department of Political Science at Youngstown State University, Ohio. • Louis Jacobson, deputy editor/senior writer for the Pulitzer Prize-winning PolitiFact.com website, a contributing writer/elections handicapper for PoliticsPA, a state politics columnist for Governing, and a former contributing editor at National Journal magazine. • Costas Panagopoulos, director of the Center for Electoral Politics and Democracy and the graduate program in Elections and Campaign Management at Fordham University, N.Y. Delano and several of the panelists visited Cal U shortly after the 2012 presidential election. “The 2014 midterm election promises to be an ‘all-nighter,’ as many key races are virtual dead heats and party control of the Senate hangs in the balance,” said Dr. Melanie Blumberg, campus director of the American Democracy Project. “The election gurus return to dissect the results and tell us what they mean for 2015 and beyond.” The American Democracy Project is
Wrestling Event Benefits Veterans
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Jon Delano, of KDKA-TV, will serve as moderator for the 2014 Election Analysis Forum, at 7 p.m. Nov. 11 in Eberly Hall, Room 110.
“Jon Delano’s insightful questions, combined with the panelists’ quick wit and broad-based expertise, always leave the audience feeling they’ve been both informed and entertained.” Dr. Melanie Blumberg, campus director, American Democracy Project a multi-campus initiative focused on higher education’s role in preparing the next generation of informed, engaged citizens. Co-sponsors of the Nov. 11 event are Cal U’s Office of the President, the Office of the Provost/Academic Affairs, the College of Liberal Arts, and the Department of History and Political Science, where Blumberg is a professor. “This is an excellent opportunity to hear national experts discuss the
election outcomes,” she said. “Jon Delano’s insightful questions, combined with the panelists’ quick wit and broadbased expertise, always leave the audience feeling they’ve been both informed and entertained.” Registration is not required for this popular event. Visitor parking is available in the Vulcan Garage, off Third Street near the campus entrance. To read more about the election forum panelists, visit www.calu.edu.
ervice members and military veterans will be admitted free when professional wrestling returns to the Cal U Convocation Center arena. Renegade Wrestling Alliance, in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard and the Cal U Office of Veterans Affairs, will present “Salute to the Troops II” at 5 p.m. Sunday. Doors to the Cal U Convocation Center will open at 3:45 p.m. Tickets will be available at the Convocation Center Box Office from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday. The box office opens at 11 a.m. on Sunday, and tickets will be sold until bell time. Ticket price is $20 for assigned floor seating, $15 for general admission, and $6 for children (ages 12 and younger) or students with school ID. Veterans and service members who show military identification will be admitted free. A portion of the net proceeds from the event will support the Post9/11 Scholarship Fund at the Foundation for California University. Members of the U.S. armed services will be recognized between matches. Based in West Newton, Pa., Renegade Wrestling Alliance is an independent, regional professional wrestling company that has been operating in southwestern Pennsylvania for more than five years. For details about the event visit www.calu.edu. For group sales, contact the Cal U Office of Veterans Affairs at 724-938-4076, or call the Convocation Center Box Office at 724-938-4600.
Tribal Elder Visits Campus Thursday
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r. Barbara Alice Mann, an associate professor in the honors college at the University of Toledo, will share her understanding of the vibrant Iroquois society at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Eberly Hall, Room 110. The free presentation, “Modern Iroquois Culture,” celebrates Native American Heritage Month. The public may attend. Mann is recognized as an elder of the Ohio Bear Clan, Seneca (Iroquois), a Native American group with ancestral ties to the southern shores of Lake Erie. She lives in her homeland and works to promote the rights and history of those “indigenous to and resident in the Land of the Three Miamis (Ohio).”
Mann has written a number of scholarly books in the field of Native American studies. Her newest work, Spirits of Place: Native North American Spirituality, is scheduled for publication next year. She has published nine other books, including The Tainted Gift, on settlers’ deliberate spread of disease to indigenous Americans. In addition, Mann is working with an international team of scholars to examine historical massacres around the world between 1780 and 1820. The free presentation is sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the LaDonna Harris Native American Studies Institute at Cal U. For more information, contact Dr. Clarissa Confer at confer_c@calu.edu.
Tribal Elder Dr. Barbara Alice Mann will speak at 6 p.m. Thursday in Eberly Hall, Room 110.