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2004-2005 Events and Activities
One of the most important parts of the Social Science & Public Affairs Living-Learning Community at FSU is the series of events and activities that we hold every year. This page lists the events that were held in the 2004-2005 academic year.
Please note that all of the links on this page were valid at the end of the 2003-2004 academic year, when this page was current. Due to the nature of the Web, though, some of these links will eventually go dead, as their authors move or delete the pages in question. Because this page is only included on this web site for descriptive and historical value, it will not be updated to fix or delete broken links.
September 2004
Thursday, September 9, 7:00 - 7:30 PM: (1) Presentation by FSU World Affairs Program, Broward Hall first-floor lounge
- FSU's World Affairs Program (WAP) is a student organization that seeks "to promote an increased awareness of the global community, while at the same time encouraging personal, social, and political growth among those who participate in the program." One of their most visible activities involves participation in Model UN simulations and Crisis Body simulations around the country (and the world). FSU's teams have won both team and individual awards (regularly defeating teams from the Ivy League and other prestigious schools) in competitions at sites ranging from Harvard, Georgetown, Virginia, Chicago, and Berkeley, to Montreal, Canada, and Heidelberg, Germany. WAP representatives will be visiting Broward Hall to talk about their organization and their activities; Broward Hall program participants are invited to ask them questions and to consider joining their group.
- Students who are interested in the WAP are also welcome to go to their official informational meeting for the fall, which will be held immediately after the Broward presentation in the Bellamy Building. They will provide more details during their Broward talk.
Tuesday, September 14, 6:30 - 7:00 PM: (2) Presentation about "Garnet and Gold Goes Green!", Broward Hall first-floor lounge
- "Garnet and Gold Goes Green!" is part of the FSU Collection and Recycling Program, which is a student volunteer initiative focused on recycling around campus. This program is meant to involve volunteers from four different service learning courses at FSU as well as a variety of residence halls and student organizations, including the various living-learning communities. This particular program will involve FSU students handing out recycling bags to fans entering home football games, so that they can recycle things like plastic cups and bottles that they consume during the game; I encourage you all to stop by to hear about what you can do to participate (either in the gameday program or in the larger campus initiative). This presentation will be given by Dr. Marsha Turner, Director of Service Learning at FSU's Center for Civic Education and Service, right after the Broward Hall seminar ends.
Wednesday, September 22, 7:00 - 8:00 PM: (3) Presentation by Coalition for Active Voter Education (CAVE), Broward Hall first-floor lounge
- CAVE is a large nonpartisan organization that involves numerous campus groups who are interested in increasing voter registration and turnout, such as Rock the Vote, the Panhellenic Association, Black Student Union, Hispanic/Latino Student Union, Muslim Student Association, Women's Center, and many others. They will be talking about voter registration, the importance of voting, and various issues associated with the current election, and they will have voter registration forms for you to sign up if you aren't registered yet.
Thursday, September 30, 3:30 PM: (4) Broad International Lecture Series, Broad Auditorium (in the Claude Pepper Center on Call Street)
- Walter Zanger, Israeli scholar and television personality: "Terror and Why it Works: The Use of Terror as a Political Instrument."
October 2004
Monday, October 4: Election registration deadline! (The last day that you can register to vote in order to be eligible for the November presidential election)
Thursday, October 7, 7:00 PM: (5) Presentation by FSU International Programs, Broward Hall first-floor lounge
- International Programs is the FSU office in charge of our many study abroad programs in London, Italy, Spain, Panama, or elsewhere. All FSU students are encouraged to consider participating in these programs, but Broward Hall participants -- with their interest in public and international affairs -- would seem to be especially appropriate.
- This presentation offers a chance to find out more about these study abroad programs, as well as to learn how to apply for these programs (applications for the summer are due in December).
Wednesday, October 13, 8:45 PM: (6) Watch the final presidential debate, Broward Hall first-floor lounge
- The final presidential debate of the campaign will be held at 9:00. This debate will be held at Arizona State University in Tempe, and will focus on questions of domestic policy rather than international affairs.
- Dr. Hensel will be in the Broward lounge area to watch the debate and discuss political topics related to the debates or the election campaigns. Feel free to come by, watch the debate, and talk about the issues! I'm sure we'll have a lively discussion afterwards about who won/lost the debate and why.
Tuesday, October 26, 3:30 PM: (7) Presentation about the presidential election, Broward Hall first-floor lounge
- Dr. Bob Jackson of FSU's Political Science department will be making a presentation about the U.S. presidential election, just a week before the election. Dr. Jackson's research focuses on American politics, including voting behavior and political participation, so he has a lot of useful background in this area.
- Feel free to come by and ask lots of questions! Dr. Jackson will be glad to take any questions you might have after his presentation is over.
November 2004
Tuesday, November 2: Election Day! (Be sure to vote if you are eligible!)
Tuesday, November 9, 4:00 PM: (8) Broad International Lecture Series, Broad Auditorium (in the Claude Pepper Center on Call Street)
- Branko Milanovic, Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment, Washington, D.C.: "Worlds Apart: Measuring Global and International Inequality."
- Dr. Milanovic is an economist who specializes in international inequality and globalization, and he is currently on leave from the World Bank to work at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He received his M.S. in Economics from FSU, before getting his Ph.D. at Belgrade University.
Tuesday, November 30, 3:30 PM: (9) Presentation about the war in Iraq, Broward Hall first-floor lounge
- Dr. Hensel will be making a presentation about the war in Iraq, focusing on the ethnic divide within the country, the views and actions of Iraq's neighboring countries, the U.S., and other interested foreign powers. Students are welcome to ask any questions they might have about the situation in Iraq or what is likely to happen there in the future.
December 2004
Thursday, December 2, 7:30-8:30 PM: (10) Presentation by FSU's Muslim Student Association, Broward Hall first-floor lounge
- Events in recent years have generated a lot of discussion about the role of Islam, Muslims, or predominantly Muslim countries in world politics. Some Americans have blamed Islam or Muslim countries for the 9/11 attacks, and individuals like Osama bin Laden have portrayed the aftermath of 9/11 as a war between the West and Islam. As we've discussed in class this semester, scholars like Samuel Huntington have also offered theories about the "clash of civilizations" as the source of much future conflict, often with provocative article or chapter titles like "The West against the Rest" and "Islam's Bloody Borders."
- The Muslim Student Association will make a brief presentation about what Islam really stands for, in order to clarify the situation and dispel some of the misinformation that is floating around. They will also answer students' questions about anything from the similarities and differences between Muslim, Christian, and Jewish religious beliefs to the Muslim reaction to recent world events.
Spring 2005 Schedule
January 2005
Thursday, January 20, 3:30 PM: (1) Broad International Lecture Series, Broad Auditorium (in the Claude Pepper Center on Call Street)
- Speaker: Dr. Michael Ward, Department of Political Science, University of Washington: "The Difficult Diffusion of Democracy."
February 2005
Thursday, February 10, 3:30 PM: (2) Broad International Lecture Series, Broad Auditorium (in the Claude Pepper Center on Call Street)
- Speaker: Daniel Maier-Katkin, professor and former Dean of Criminology at FSU: "Hannah Arendt, Adolf Eichmann, Martin Heidegger, and the State (and state) of Israel."
Wednesday, February 16, 7:00 PM: (3) Presentation on "Democratization and Political Culture in the Former Soviet Union" by Dr. Jonathan Grant, Broward Hall first-floor lounge
- Dr. Grant is a professor in FSU's History department, and an expert in Russian and Soviet politics and history.
- Among other topics, Dr. Grant will speak about the recent slide away from democracy in Russia, and about the peaceful revolution that led to the election of Victor Yushchenko in the Ukraine. Afterward, he will be glad to take any questions about Russia or the rest of the former Soviet Union.
Wednesday, February 23, 4:00 PM: (4) Presentation on Business School, Broward Hall first-floor lounge
- At least one fourth of this year's Broward Hall participants list their major as business or something related, and other students are considering a career in business after graduation. This is a great time to find out what options are available for studying business, and to learn about how and when you need to apply for these various programs.
- The presentation will be made by two representatives of FSU's College of Business. Susan Garis will present on undergraduate business majors and other related programs avaiable to you over the next few years, and Scheri Martin will present on graduate opportunities that you can pursue after graduation with your B.A. or B.S. degree.
March 2005
Thursday, March 3, 3:30 PM: (5) Broad International Lecture Series, Broad Auditorium (in the Claude Pepper Center on Call Street)
- Speaker: Raymond Struyk, Senior Fellow, The Urban Institute: "Housing in Transition Economies: Problems, Prospects, and the U.S. Role in Russia and Eastern Europe"
Thursday, March 24, 3:30 PM: (6) Broad International Lecture Series, Broad Auditorium (in the Claude Pepper Center on Call Street)
- Speaker: Lord Timothy Clement-Jones, Member of the British House of Lords, former chairman of the Liberal party, and now health policy spokesman for the Liberal Democrat party: "What George Bush Could Learn from Albert Einstein: Are Our Politicians Buying Us a Future?"
Thursday, March 24, 3:30 PM: (7) Public lecture by Christophe Bouchard, French Consul General in Miami, in the Werkmeister Room in Dodd Hall
- This event will be hosted by FSU's Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies. Consul General Bouchard will give a public lecture (in English), tentatively entitled "Trans-Atlantic Relations Today: France, Europe and the United States," and will take audience questions afterward. The event will be followed by a reception with free refreshments.
April 2005
Monday, April 4, 5:30 PM: (8) Presentation on the Terri Schiavo case by FSU law professor Lois Shepherd, Broward Hall first-floor lounge
- With all of the recent media attention on the Terri Schiavo case, we are lucky to have a local expert like Lois Shepherd in town. A graduate of Yale Law School and a professor at FSU's College of Law, she is an expert on bioethics and has written a book on the subject, and she has been doing media interviews on the Schiavo case. She will make a presentation on the Schiavo case to Broward Hall residents this week, and will be glad to take student questions on this very prominent and very difficult situation.
Tuesday, April 5, 8:00 PM: (9) Presentation by FSU's Political Science Student Association, Broward Hall first-floor lounge
- Many Broward Hall residents are considering Political Science as an undergraduate major or minor, or at least have an interest in politics and related events. Representatives from FSU's Political Science Student Association will make a presentation about their organization and its activities this semester, in order to drum up interest for the fall semester.
Monday, April 11, 7:00 PM: (10) Presentation on Law School, Broward Hall first-floor lounge
- Many Broward Hall residents are considering going to law school after graduation. This is a great time to find out what is involved in studying law, how best to prepare yourself for law school over the next three years, and to learn about how and when you need to apply to law schools.
- The presentation will be made by two representatives of FSU's College of Law. Sharon Booker is the Director of Admissions and Records, and she is planning on bringing a current FSU law student with her to help with the presentation.
Wednesday, April 13, 7:00 PM: (11) Presentation by FSU International Programs, Broward Hall first-floor lounge
- Back by popular demand! International Programs will make another presentation in Broward for those who missed their presentation in the fall, or who have decided that they would like more information about possibly studying abroad during their time at FSU.
- International Programs is the FSU office in charge of our many study abroad programs in London, Italy, Spain, Panama, or elsewhere. All FSU students are encouraged to consider participating in these programs, but Broward Hall participants -- with their interest in public and international affairs -- would seem to be especially appropriate.
Sunday, April 17, 9:00 PM: (12) Presentation by Florida state Representative David Rivera, Broward Hall first-floor lounge
- Representative Rivera is going to take time out of his busy schedule (Florida's state legislature is currently in session) to speak to the members of the Broward Hall Program on Sunday evening. He is a Republican from Miami who represents district 112, which includes parts of Miami-Dade, Broward, and Collier counties. He will be speaking about politics and his experiences as a state representative, and he will be glad to take student questions afterward.
- This event was cancelled due to the demands of the legislative session, as a meeting that was scheduled earlier that day ended up running late and prevented Rep. Rivera from coming to Broward Hall to speak. Because he did not cancel his talk until 10 minutes after it had been scheduled to begin (and because we were unable to schedule a new meeting before exam week began, we ended up giving attendance credit to the students who were there when he was scheduled to talk.
Monday, April 25, 7:00 PM: (13?) Presentation by Florida state Senator Dave Aronberg, Broward Hall first-floor lounge
- Senator Aronberg is going to take time out of his busy schedule (Florida's state legislature is currently in session) to speak to the members of the Broward Hall Program. He is a Democrat from Greenacres who represents district 27, which includes parts of Charlotte, Glades, Hendry, Lee, and Palm Beach counties. He will be speaking about politics and his experiences as a state senator, and he will be glad to take student questions afterward.
- This event was cancelled due to the demands of the legislative session; Senator Aronberg had a committee meeting that was scheduled for this time at the last minute, as more work needed to be finished before the impending end of the session.
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