Feast on the First Amendment
Thursday, 16 Apr 2009 at 12:00 pm – Central Campus
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.Feast on the First Amendment Schedule
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.
Schedule of Events - Thursday, April 16, 2009
Freedom March
9:00 a.m., Ames City Hall, 515 Clark Ave.
Freedom March, begins at City Hall and ends at steps of Curtiss Hall
Journalism Kids Do Better
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m., Pioneer Room, Memorial Union
High School Seminar with Jack Dvorak, journalism professor, Indiana University
Discover Your Freedom at Iowa State University
11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., Pioneer Room, Memorial Union
Lindsay Gilbert, Greenlee School Student Services
Feast on the First Amendment
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., Central Campus
Food, music, drama, chalk the campus, soap box debates & exhibits
The Freedom to Know: Freedom of Information and Open Government in the 21st Century
2:30 p.m.-3:55 p.m., Carver 305
Panelists include Clark Kauffman, Perry Beeman, Lee Rood and Tom Barton of the Des Moines Register as well as Lauris Olson of Ames365.com.
Roundtable discussion with the Iowa State Daily
4:10 p.m.-5:00 p.m., Hamilton Hall 172.
Keynote: Spreading the Gospel of the First Amendment - Polk County District Judge, Odell McGhee
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: http://fad.jlmc.iastate.edu/
Cosponsored By:
- Greenlee School of Journalism
- Iowa State Daily
- Lee Enterprises
- Society of Professional Journalists - ISU Chapter
- VEISHEA
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
Stay for the entire event, including the brief question-and-answer session that follows the formal presentation. Most events run 75 minutes.
Sign-ins are after the event concludes. For lectures in the Memorial Union, go to the information desk in the Main Lounge. In other academic buildings, look for signage outside the auditorium.
Lecture Etiquette
- Stay for the entire lecture and the brief audience Q&A. If a student needs to leave early, he or she should sit near the back and exit discreetly.
- Do not bring food or uncovered drinks into the lecture.
- Check with Lectures staff before taking photographs or recording any portion of the event. There are often restrictions. Cell phones, tablets and laptops may be used to take notes or for class assignments.
- Keep questions or comments brief and concise to allow as many as possible.