UC Berkeley holds public events leading up to Nov. 2

0 Comments | Oakland Tribune, Sep 29, 2004 | by STAFF REPORTS

Former Vice President Al Gore and syndicated columnist Molly Ivins are among the big names who will appear at University of California, Berkeley in coming weeks as the campus holds a series of public lectures and panel discussions leading up to the Nov. 2 presidential election.

Campus officials have announced two different slates of events, one called "Decision 2004" and sponsored by the Institute of Governmental Studies and another sponsored by the Graduate School of Journalism.

The events are intended to help voters make sense of the issues. Most of the discussions are free, although others require tickets.

A complete listing of the "Decision 2004" events is available at http://politics.berkeley.edu/ , while the programs sponsored by the journalism school are listed at http:// journalism.berkeley.edu/events/

Highlights include:

"Pollsters Handicap the Horserace," a panel discussion of experts analyzing the latest polling trends, from 3 to 5 p.m. today at the IGS library, 109 Moses Hall. Free.

Student Democrats and Republicans will view and analyze the presidential debate during an event that begins at 5 p.m. Thursday, also in 109 Moses Hall. Similar viewings and analyses by students and faculty are planned after additional presidential and vice presidential debates Tuesday and Oct. 8 and 13. All events begin at 5 p.m. at 109 Moses Hall. Free.

Debate titled "Does America Need a New President?" featuring The Weekly Standard Editor and co-author of "The War Over Iraq" William Kristol, and Mark Danner, UC Berkeley journalism professor who has reported on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Monday in Zellerbach Auditorium. Tickets: $10, available through Cal Performances, 642-9988.

Ivins delivers the eighth annual Mario Savio Memorial Lecture from

7 to 8:30 p.m. next Wednesday in Zellerbach Auditorium. Free tickets on a first-come, first-serve basis beginning at 5 p.m. in front of the auditorium.

Field Poll Director Mark DiCamillo provides a roundup of the latest California election data and updates state-by-state presidential numbers in key battleground states during a brown bag luncheon from noon to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 14 in the Harris Room, 119 Moses Hall. Free.

Gore speaks on "Global Climate Change: What Are the Facts?" then sits down for a conversation with journalism school dean Orville Schell from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Oct. 26 in Wheeler Auditorium. An overflow room will be set up in Pimentel Hall for simulcast, and the lecture also will be broadcast on the Internet. Tickets: $10, go on sale Saturday through Cal Performances.

Other lectures and events include discussions on campaign strategy, evaluations of President Bush's science policy and media coverage of the Iraq war, and a discussion with Seymour Hersh, among the first to report on the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison.

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