Monday, October 22nd, 2012
GLSW Event: Laker Breakfast |
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8:00 AM until 10:00 AM |
Cappuccino Corner Special of the Day |
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11:00 AM until 1:00 PM |
Spaghetti Dinner for United Way with Laker Hockey |
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4:00 PM until 7:00 PM |
The Laker Hockey Show |
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6:00 PM until 7:00 PM |
Detroit Lions Prime Time Football Specials |
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7:00 PM until 10:00 PM |
Ballot Proposals Forum at LSSU |
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7:00 PM until 10:00 PM |
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| Academics |
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| On November 6, Michigan citizens will vote on six state-wide ballot proposals—more proposals than in any election in the last thirty years. Five of these proposals would amend the Michigan constitution. The other (Proposal 1) is a referendum on a state law.
A forum to provide factual, unbiased, nonpartisan information on the ballot proposals will be held on Monday, Oct. 22, 7 p.m., in Room 203 of the Kenneth J. Shouldice Library at Lake Superior State University (Room 203 is just outside the entrance to the library itself). The forum is being hosted by the Michigan State University Extension, in partnership with the Lake Superior State University Political Science Club.
At the outset of the forum, participants will receive a fact sheet regarding all six proposals. Videos featuring MSU policy experts will also be shown regarding Proposals 1, 2, 3, and 5.
Based on their interests, forum participants will then break into groups, each of which will focus on one of the six ballot proposals. With help from a facilitator, these groups will develop questions about the group's specific proposal. The same process will be occurring at three other locations around the state.
Group questions will be transmitted to a moderator for the state, who will in turn ask questions of the MSU policy experts. The experts will then answer the questions through an on-line audio connection.
The forum is free, but registration is required at http://www.events.anr.msu.edu. Those who are unable to attend the forum on-site at LSSU may participate on-line by logging onto https://connect.msu.edu/ballotforums. There will be some on-line dead time between 7:00 and 7:20, before the videos begin, and again when the groups are meeting. However, those logged on will be able to watch the videos, ask on-line questions, and hear the answers of the policy experts.
Nonpartisan analyses of the ballot proposals are also available from the Citizen's Research Council of Michigan. The CRC has a 100-word summary of each of the proposals at its web site: http://www.crcmich.org/election/index.html.
For more information about the ballot proposal forum, or for assistance in registering, contact Brad Neumann, MSU Extension, at 906-475-5731, neuman36@msu.edu, or Dr. Gary Johnson, LSSU Political Science Department, at 906-635-2763, gjohnson@lssu.edu. |
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| Room 203 of the Kenneth J. Shouldice Library |
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Gary Johnson gjohnson@lssu.edu
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Event URL |
LSSU Kuk Sool Won Martial Art Club |
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7:30 PM until 8:30 PM |
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