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April 1, 2005
Take part in campus First Amendment events
The Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication will kick off a
celebration of its centennial with First Amendment Week activities April
11-15. Planners have set aside one day for each of the five freedoms in the
amendment -- speech, petition, press, assembly and religion. A list of
events follows.
Monday, April 11
freedom of speech
- 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Public debate, debate issues of the day on soap boxes,
includes exhibits and "You Be the Judge" contest, central campus.
- 7 p.m. Discussion, the First Amendment as the foundation of our
nation's freedom and how that freedom is endangered by a lack of education
about this founding principle, Gene Policinski, executive director of the
First Amendment Center, Vanderbilt University, and Michael Kent Curtis, law
professor at Wake Forest University, Campanile Room, Memorial
Union.
Tuesday, April 12
freedom to petition
- 7 p.m., Discussion, "Petition -- the Forgotten Freedom?" a review
of three recent instances in Iowa in which citizens successfully petitioned
for a redress of grievances: seven citizens in Cass County challenged and
unseated the county's sheriff and attorney for improper activities involving
plea bargains and handling of cash; two citizens challenged the ISU
Foundation to open its records; and ISU students petitioned the city of Ames
for a special election seeking shorter city council terms, Sun Room,
Memorial Union.
Wednesday, April 13
freedom of expression
- 7 p.m., Lecture, "Freedom of Expression in an Age of Fear,"
siblings Mary Beth and John Tinker, the Tinkers and a third student were
suspended from their Des Moines schools in 1965 for wearing black armbands
to protest the Vietnam War, four years later the Supreme Court ruled against
the school district, Great Hall, Memorial Union.
Thursday, April 14
freedom of assembly
- Noon, Large group reading, attempt to establish a Guinness book
record for the most people reading simultaneously (minimum of 1,111 people
are needed to read John Kennedy's inaugural address), central campus.
- 7 p.m., Lecture, "Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist," Dan
Barker, Freedom From Religion Foundation, Madison, Wis., former ordained
minister and author of Just Pretend: A Freethought Book for Children, Great
Hall, Memorial Union.
Friday, April 15
freedom of religion
- 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Public debate, debate religious tolerance, the Ten
Commandments in courthouses, gay marriages and other current topics on
soapboxes, includes exhibits and "You Be the Judge" contest, central
campus.
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Quote
"Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or
abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people
peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of
grievances."
-- first amendment to the U.S. Constitution
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