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U.S. Constitution is focus of public educational forum

The Political Science department at New Paltz is providing a free, public educational forum for the first national Constitution Day beginning at noon on Friday, Sept. 16, in Lecture Center 100.

The program starts with a half-hour video broadcast via satellite with U.S. Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Stephen Breyer, who will answer questions about the Constitution in a video special with Caroline Kennedy. She will be joined by New York City students in a discussion at The New York Times headquarters.

A second video broadcast that afternoon will feature an interactive debate with National Public Radio's (NPR) Margot Adler, who will host a "Justice Talking" special video-cast on "Free Speech in the Digital Age" with First Amendment attorney Floyd Abrams, Motion Picture Association past president and CEO Jack Valenti, and Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig. The debate will be broadcast online and via satellite from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. For more information, contact Nancy Kassop (Political Science) x3544 or at kassopn@ newpaltz.edu. Registration, curricula, other learning resources and technical information about the broadcasts can be found at www.justicelearning.org. More resources are also available www.archives.gov.

International students welcomed

The Institute for International Business (IIB) recently welcomed 21 students (pictured above with professors Donna Flayhan (Public Relations), Robert Miraldi (Journalism) and Bruce Sillner (Dean, International Programs)) for the fall semester at a reception at Professor Miraldi's home. The IIB offers students a unique program of study and work in business, marketing and public relations. Students study business for eight weeks alongside American and other international students at New Paltz, then move to New York City for eight weeks to perform internships with leading companies.