The New York Times & The American Democracy Project at TU
Fall 2008 "Times Talk" Lunch
Schedule- "Don't Hate, Debate 2008!"
Monday, September 15 , 2008
12:00 - 1:00 PM, University Union, Rooms 314-315
"Immigration in the United States"
Hosts: Santiago Solis, Center
for Student Diversity and Dr. Elizabeth Clifford, Department of
Sociology, Anthropology
and Criminal Justice
Articles: "Hundreds
of Workers Held in Immigration Raid" and "On
the Issues- Immigration"
Monday, October 6, 2008
12:00 - 1:30 PM, University Union, Chesapeake Rooms
"The Economy & Current Financial Crisis"
Hosts:
Professors Alan Leberknight, Babu Baradwaj, & Bharat Jain,
Department of Finance
Article:
"
Economic Crisis Timeline"
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
12:30- 1:30 PM, University Union, 314- 315
Topic: Current Issues in Education
Host: Professor Allan Starkey, Department of Secondary Education
Articles:
"The
Next Kind of Integration"
"Education:
Boys Will Be Boys? Then Teach Them Separately, Perhaps"
"Teaching
Boys and Girls Separately"
"A
Plan to Pay for Top Scores on Some Tests Gains Ground"
"Mixed
Results on Paying City Students to Pass Tests"
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
12:00- 1:00 PM, University Union, 314- 315
Topic: Presidential Transition
Host:
Professor Martha Kumar,
Department of Political Science
Articles:
"Behind
the Scenes, Teams for Both Candidates Plan for a Presidential
Transition"
"Obama’s
Pick of Daschle May Test Conflict-of-Interest Pledge"
Back Story Pod Cast- Link to
Peter Baker Interview about the Daschle piece
(You
may need to
save the file in order to
listen to the interview)
|
