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Constitution Day 2008
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This year marks the 221st anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. It stands as the oldest written constitution of any nation in the world. Thus, it is of great importance to this campus that we celebrate the document and its ideals in a manner that reflects its significance as the basis upon which the nation was founded.
On September 17, 2008, we will hold our fourth annual Constitution Day Program which will continue our focus on “voters rights” and tensions within the constitution. This year, we will host a variety of activities in the Norman Samuels Plaza and the Paul Robeson Campus Center, including voter registration drive, a panel discussion, and a film screening.
Light Refreshments will be provided. The first 100 attendees will receive a free copy of the Constitution.
CONSTITUTION DAY ACTIVITIES at RUTGERS-NEWARK
VOTER REGISTRATION
WHERE: Norman Samuels Plaza
WHEN: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
PANEL DISCUSSION ON VOTING RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTION
Keynote Speaker: Frank Askin, distinguished professor of law, former ACLU general counsel and author of Defending Rights. Professor Askin will use his writings to develop a mock appellate argument on voting issues before a panel of student judges and a moderator. There will also be an audience Q&A.
Moderator: Jonathan Lurie, Professor of American Legal History and late 19th Century Political History, and author of Law and the Nation and Military Justice in America, co-author of the Slaughterhouse Cases – Regulation, Reconstruction, and the 14th Amendment.
WHERE: Paul Robeson Campus Center, Multipurpose Room (view map)
WHEN: 2:30 PM (free period)
FILM SCREENING: "1776"
WHERE: Paul Robeson Campus Center, Essex Room E (view map)
WHEN: 12 noon and 4 pm
For more information please call the Office of Student and Residence Life at (973) 353-5300.
Members of the media please contact: Helen Paxton, Director of Communications at (973) 353-5262
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