FILM TO ANSWER THE ‘KANSAS PROBLEM’
Filmmaker Joe Winston will answer what has been on Emporia’s mind since William Allen White asked the question in 1896: “What’s the Matter with Kansas?”
In the film documentary that Roger Ebert calls “One of the 10 best documentaries of 2009,” Winston works to uncover how Kansas grew from a Democratic state to, as said in his film, “a stronghold for Republicans.”
The screening of “What’s the Matter with Kansas” will be at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 22 at the Granada Theater and is free to the public. A Q&A session hosted by Winston will follow.
Audience members are encouraged to prepare for the session by attending the Emporia Public Library’s discussion over Thomas Frank’s book, “What’s the Matter with Kansas?”
The discussion will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 2 at the Emporia Public Library.
UAC to show Hughes Double Feature
The Union Activities Council will host a Hughes movie marathon showing of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” and “Breakfast Club” from 2-6 p.m. on Feb. 9 in Visser Hall Room 330.
This movie marathon comes with drinks and games, as well as an ‘80s costume contest.
chesapeake schools set rules on registering voters Chesapeake schools alter rules for voter drives education news.(Local)
The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) March 6, 2012 By Hattie Brown Garrow The Virginian-Pilot CHESAPEAKE Organizations looking to register new voters at the city’s high schools will have to get approval from central office administrators, a change made after a group distributed paperwork with the phrase “Obama for America” at Western Branch High.
High school voter registration drives are fairly routine, especially in presidential election years, but they’re supposed to be nonpartisan, school division spokesman Tom Cupitt said. Previously, individual schools could decide whether to allow a particular group to sign up students to vote.
The approval process came under scrutiny last month after volunteers from Organizing for America, an arm of the Democratic National Committee, held a voter registration drive at Western Branch. Some staff and students expressed concern about the drive and the group’s intent. site organizing for america
Senior Chase Williams was among those who said he felt deceived. The 17-year-old said he was given a receipt with “Obama for America” on it after filling out a registration form. A friend who had registered earlier that day received a receipt that said “Organizing for America.” Williams said he was concerned because he’d thought the group conducting the drive was nonpartisan.
General Registrar Al Spradlin launched an investigation after hearing that volunteers presented themselves as affiliates of his office.
“We got a number of complaints from parents, concerned citizens and students that they were hoodwinked – and we agree with them,” Spradlin said Monday.
A Democratic Party of Virginia spokesman last month denied that volunteers pretended to be employees of the registrar’s office. He said the group was invited to Western Branch by a teacher and that volunteers mistakenly gave students partisan paperwork. They intended only to engage more voters, he said.
The school division confirmed that a teacher approved the group’s visit. Calling it a “personnel matter,” Cupitt declined to provide further details, including whether the teacher was misled by the group. go to site organizing for america
Organizing for America also registered students at Indian River High, but school and division-level administrators received no complaints about that drive, Cupitt said.
Spradlin said he’s not pursuing criminal charges against members of the group. However, he’s confident of the conclusion to his investigation, which he forwarded to the Virginia State Board of Elections.
“They got in the schools a very simple way,” Spradlin said. “They told them I sent them. … I think what they’ve done is some pretty serious damage to the Democratic Party.” Hattie Brown Garrow, 757-222-5562, hattie.brown@pilotonline.com
Leave a Reply
Wow…a film claiming that everything republican is bad being shown in a college town…how fresh and progressive!