Feast on the First Amendment
Free food, music, drama, soap box debates and exhibits mark this annual event. Dione Somerville, ISU Dean of Students, will introduce the event, and Barbara Mack, associate professor in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, will kick off the soapbox debates. Part of the First Amendment Day Celebration.
[b]Feast on the First Amendment Schedule[/b]
11:00 – Lunch service begins
11:10-11:20 – Dione Somerville, Iowa State’s Dean of Students, opens with commentary about the importance of the five freedoms enshrined in the First Amendment.
11:20-11:45 – ISU Professor Ben Percy and creative writing students from the English Department read their compositions. Students are: Marissa Landrigan, Jimmy O'Brien,
Liz Clift and Scott Rickets.
11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. – Soapbox debates. Moderated by Barbara Mack, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication associate professor.
12:45 p.m.-1:10 – “Tinker, the Rock Opera,” by Davenport Central High School journalism students. Written by Sam Hayes.
1:10-1:15 – Presentation of First Amendment Day 2009 Essay Contest winners
1:15-2:00 – Hootenanny. Protest music through the decades. Moderator is Dylan Boyle, news reporter for Iowa State Daily.
[b]Schedule of Events - Thursday, April 16, 2009[/b]
[b]Freedom March[/b]
9:00 a.m., Ames City Hall, 515 Clark Ave.
Freedom March, begins at City Hall and ends at steps of Curtiss Hall
[b]Journalism Kids Do Better[/b]
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m., Pioneer Room, Memorial Union
High School Seminar with Jack Dvorak, journalism professor, Indiana University
[b]Discover Your Freedom at Iowa State University[/b]
11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., Pioneer Room, Memorial Union
Lindsay Gilbert, Greenlee School Student Services
[b]Feast on the First Amendment[/b]
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., Central Campus
Food, music, drama, chalk the campus, soap box debates & exhibits
[b]The Freedom to Know: Freedom of Information and Open Government in the 21st Century[/b]
2:30 p.m.-3:55 p.m., Carver 305
Panelists include Clark Kauffman, Perry Beeman, Lee Rood and Tom Barton of the [i]Des Moines Register[/i] as well as Lauris Olson of Ames365.com.
[b]Roundtable discussion with the Iowa State Daily[/b]
4:10 p.m.-5:00 p.m., Hamilton Hall 172.
[b]Keynote: Spreading the Gospel of the First Amendment - Polk County District Judge, Odell McGhee [/b]
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Sun Room, Memorial Union
Includes the presentation of the 2009 Champions of the First Amendment Awards
For more information: [url=http://fad.jlmc.iastate.edu/]http://fad.jlmc.iastate.edu/[/url]