Calendar of Events

Singer Clint Jordan, a solo acoustic act, performs political activist songs from the 1960s to the present.

Sponsored by the Student Programming Board.

Dr. Dan Jones, president of the American Heart Association and vice chancellor for health affairs at the UM Medical Center, discusses health care in America in his lecture "Health Care Disparities in the American Health Care System."

Sponsored by the School of Pharmacy, UM Medical Center and the American Heart Association.

ThinkFast is an interactive trivia game show that tests students’ knowledge on politics, pop culture and Ole Miss history. A $$200 cash prize goes to the winner. Sponsored by the Student Programming Board.

Capitol Steps is a troupe of current and former Congressional staffers who satirize politics and politicians.

Student organizations (political organizations, student government, student programming, Greek organizations, etc.) align with the political team of their choice for a laser tag competition.

Sponsored by Microsoft.

Norman R. Augustine, who served as committee chair of the National Academies' "Rising Above the Gathering Storm," lectures on progress toward enhancing America's global competitiveness. The retired chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp., he serves on the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and has served as undersecretary of the Army. He is a recipient of the National Medal of Technology.

A question—and—answer session follows the lecture. Sponsored by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs.

In this 2006 comedy, Robin Williams plays a comedian who hosts a news satire program. He decides to run for president and a computerized voting machine malfunction gets him elected. Sponsored by the Student Programming Board.

Rated PG—13.

Rain location: Fulton Chapel

For this two—day event, students participate in the Youth Ballot Campaign (modeled after SNCC's Freedom Ballot Campaign in 1964) to identify the issues that matter most to college students in response to the common perception of apathy among young voters. Then, teams of four participants compete in a campus scavenger hunt with political clues about Ole Miss.

Includes Friday night dinner and Saturday lunch. Students also have an opportunity to register online to vote in November elections.

Winners receive tickets to the Sept. 26 presidential debate at the Ford Center. Sponsored by One Mississippi.

The School of Applied Sciences hosts a panel of experts on nutrition and physical activity to discuss the role of prevention in American health care.

The International Student Association presents a panel discussion of politics and the political process around the world, particularly how presidents are chosen.

Blues archivist Greg Johnson and "Highway 61" radio host Scott Barretta play blues audio clips as they discuss presidents and politics as represented in the blues. Bring your lunch and enjoy the music and discussion.

Sponsored by the Department of Archives and Special Collections.

James Baughman, professor and director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at University of Wisconsin—Madison, discusses the impact of the Kennedy—Nixon debate, the first to be nationally televised.

Sponsored by the Department of History.

Harry Belafonte, Emilio Estevez, Laurence Fishburne, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Hunt, David Krumholtz, Ashton Kutcher, Shia LaBeouf, Lindsay Lohan and William H. Macy star in the story of the assassination of U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, who was shot in the early morning hours of June 5, 1968 in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, and 22 people in the hotel whose lives were never the same. Rated R. Sponsored by the Student Programming Board. Rain location: Fulton Chapel

Ken Cyree, interim dean of the School of Business Administration and Frank R. Day/Mississippi Bankers Chair of Banking, lectures on the subprime mortgage lending situation and its effect on markets, the economy, future lending and Mississippi.

Sponsored by the School of Business Administration.

The Society of Professional Journalists presents "Summer Reading: The Autobiographies of the Candidates," featuring SPJ members of an online reading club discussing autobiographies of the presidential candidates.

Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and Religion.

Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman star in a drama based on Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long—reaching effects. Sponsored by the Student Programming Board.

Rated R.
Rain location: Fulton Chapel

The Lott Leadership Institute presents the final round of the Speech and Debate Competition, culminating a one—hour credit practicum preparing 50—75 Ole Miss students to research, write and argue the major domestic issues of the presidential campaign campaign. Winning team members receive a $$500 scholarship from the Dean of Students and tickets to the presidential debate.

The Croft Institute for International Studies hosts a panel of journalists from around the world to discuss their reporting on U.S. politics and elections, and the perceptions shared by their countrymen of the 2008 presidential election.

Actor and comedian Robert Wuhl assumes the position of a history professor and delivers an imaginative and comedic history lesson like no other.

The Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics and the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation sponsor a daylong series of discussions examining different facets of Mississippi's political climate. The schedule includes:

10 a.m. — Panel on the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party challenge of the 1964 Convention
2 p.m. — Shattering the Old Solid South
4 p.m. — Where Are We Now?

A panel of leading educators discusses high—stakes testing, accountability and college affordability. Sponsored by the School of Education.

The Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics hosts NBC News special correspondent Tom Brokaw, who is to give an overview of the debate and the election landscape.

The city of Oxford and Lafayette County host a community event for the presidential debate.