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PRIDE VOTE: Your Vision, Your Voice, Your Vote!
Topic: Environment
September 30:- Springfield College Environmental Club Presents Professor Panel:
Dr. Charles Redington, Chemistry & Biology
Dr. Joseph Berger, Chemistry & Biology
Dr. Zenobia Lojewska, Math/Computer Science Includes a Fuel Cell Demonstration
7-8:00 p.m., Marsh Chapel
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Documentary: “Kilowatt Ours”
“Kilowatt Ours” follows filmmaker Jeff Barrie takes viewers from our light switches at home to the sources of our energy, examining social and environmental consequences such as global warming, mountain top removal, air pollution, childhood asthma and mercury contamination.
7-8:00 p.m., Hickory Hall 110
Topic: Iraq War
October 7:- Documentary: “Soldier Stories”
Directed by Robbie Leppzer
Five U.S. combat veterans who served in Iraq talk intimately about their first-hand experiences in war, followed by profiles of their activism both for and against the Iraq war on the streets of Washington, DC, after returning home.
7-9:00 p.m., Marsh Chapel
- Debate over the war in Iraq
- Al Sanchez, veteran against the war in Iraq Deployed to Iraq in early 2004 and came home and joined Iraq Veterans Against the War in 2007.
- Trip Bellard, veteran for the war in Iraq Served with the 1st Infantry Division.
7-8:00 p.m., Marsh Chapel
Topic: Economy
October 14- Jo Comerford, from the National Priorities Project
Jo will bring the economic cost of the Iraq war, as well as the military cost of oil “home” to Springfield.
7-8:00 p.m., Marsh Chapel
- Mark Teed Vice President, Wachovia Securities
- Frequent local expert who discusses issues on the economy on Channel 22 News.
- Dr. John J. Doyle. Springfield College Professor of Economics
7-8:00 p.m., Marsh Chapel
Topic: Health Care and Education
October 21:- Tim Collins President, Springfield Education Association
Tim will speak on the impact of this year’s election on local and state education.
7-8:00 p.m., Marsh Chapel
- Discussion on the perspectives of the US Health Care system
- Congressman Richard Neal
- Peter Straley, CEO of Health New England
7-8:00 p.m., Allied Health Science Center, Labs A & B
- Documentary: “I.O.U.S.A: One Nation.
Under Stress. In Debt.”
I.O.U.S.A. boldly examines the rapidly growing national debt and its consequences for the United States and its citizens.
7-8:30 p.m., Marsh Chapel
November 4: Live Election Coverage
8 p.m.-midnight., Cheney HallFREE FOOD
