{"id":447,"date":"2008-09-12T07:05:23","date_gmt":"2008-09-12T12:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=447"},"modified":"2008-09-11T20:28:26","modified_gmt":"2008-09-12T01:28:26","slug":"elections-2008-lecture-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/447","title":{"rendered":"Elections 2008 lecture series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/images\/library\/blog\/USflag.jpeg\" alt=\"U.S. Flag\" align=\"right\" \/>The fall 2008 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/conteduc\/fairhaven\/\">Fairhaven Lecture Series<\/a> theme is &#8220;<strong>Election 2008: Political Processes, Presidents, and Prognostications<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lectures are open to the public and free. All take place on <strong>Mondays at 3 p.m. <\/strong>at <strong>Fairhaven Retirement Community&#8217;s Fellowship Hall <\/strong>(435 West Starin Road, Whitewater, WI).<\/p>\n<p>If you can&#8217;t attend, podcasts of the lectures will be posted at the series web site.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sept. 15<\/strong> &#8220;North-South Divide: Regional Partisan Divisions in Presidential Elections&#8221; by Larry Anderson (Political Science Dept.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sept. 22<\/strong> &#8220;The Role of New Media on National Elections&#8221; by James Kates (Communication Dept.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sept. 29<\/strong> &#8220;Action on the Front Line: Managing a Local Political Campaign&#8221; by Carol Scovotti (Marketing Dept.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oct. 6<\/strong> &#8220;Direct Democracy: Initiatives\/Referendums in the General Election&#8221; by Jolly Emrey (Political Science Dept.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oct. 13<\/strong> &#8220;Comparing the 1968 and 2008 Elections: War, Race, and the Politics of Change&#8221; by Richard Haven (Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Communication)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oct. 20<\/strong> &#8220;Politics, Personality, and Hypocrisy: Using Psychology to Understand Political Perceptions, Behavior, and Party Differences&#8221; by Dan Stalder (Psychology Dept.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oct. 27<\/strong> &#8220;Presidential Libraries: Dust Bunnies from the White House Attic&#8221; by Richard Haney (Emeritus Professor, History Dept.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nov. 3<\/strong> &#8220;The Operation and Strategies of the Electoral College&#8221; by John Kozlowicz (Emeritus Professor, Political Science Dept.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nov. 10<\/strong> &#8220;Where Will This Election Lead Us?&#8221; by a panel of Faculty from the Political Science Dept.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nov. 17<\/strong> &#8220;How the New Administration Will Treat and Affect the Economy&#8221; by Jeffery Heinrich (Economics Dept.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nov. 24<\/strong> &#8220;International Affairs and the New Administration&#8221; by Anne Hamilton (Political Science Dept.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The University Library has resources for those of you who want to know more.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=pjB9AAAACAAJ&amp;dq=generation+digital\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/images\/library\/blog\/gendig.jpg\" alt=\"Generation Digital book cover\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFor example, if the Sept. 22nd topic interests you, search the <a href=\"http:\/\/wtwlib.wisconsin.edu\/\">Library Catalog<\/a> for books, and you will find titles such as &#8220;<em>Generation digital: Politics, commerce, and childhood in the age of the Internet<\/em>&#8221; and &#8220;<em>Blog! How the newest media revolution is changing politics, business, and culture<\/em>.&#8221; Search article databases such as <a href=\"https:\/\/libproxy.uww.edu:9443\/login?url=http:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.asp?profile=web&amp;defaultdb=aph\">Academic Search Premier<\/a> and find articles such as &#8220;Flickring here, twittering there&#8221; in <em>Economist<\/em> (8\/16\/2008 issue on pp. 30-31), which, according to the abstract, &#8220;reports on the significant impact the Internet has had on American politics&#8221; and examines &#8220;[t]he use of the Internet by 2008 presidential candidates Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain.&#8221; Materials related to other lecture topics are also available. For assistance please <a href=\"http:\/\/library.uww.edu\/askwi\/askwi.html\">contact a Reference librarian<\/a> (call 262-472-1032 or email refdesk@uww.edu).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fall 2008 Fairhaven Lecture Series theme is &#8220;Election 2008: Political Processes, Presidents, and Prognostications.&#8221; Lectures are open to the public and free. 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