"The Battle of Algiers"
Prof. Stephen Van Evera
Thu Jan 15, 02-04:30pm, 2-105
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
"The Battle of Algiers" is possibly the best film ever made on insurgency and counterinsurgency. It is now being screened in the Pentagon for clues on how to defeat the current insurgency against the US forces in Iraq.
Come and watch the film and then stay for a discussion of the tactics and ethics of counter-insurgency.
Contact: Prof. Stephen Van Evera, E38-610, vanevera@mit.edu
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From Here to the Presidency
Charles Stewart, Sarah Song, Adam Berinsky
Tue Jan 20, 11am-12:30pm, 4-159
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Roundtable discussion and predictions. Who will be the Democratic Party's candidate? Who will be our next President? Come to this session, share your opinions and hear what the experts have to say!
Contact: Tobie Weiner, E53-484, x3-3649, iguanatw@mit.edu
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How Baseball Teaches Us The Best Way to Elect the President
Alan Natapoff
Wed Jan 14, 04-05:30pm, 37-212, NOTE ROOM CHANGE
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
We discuss the way raw popular voting destroys individual voting power and would destroy the two-party system in large elections; the present Electoral College system has sustained both for 170 years. Simply changing our present system to a popular-vote basis while maintaining state-districting and Senatorial Electoral votes would empower millions of presently impotent voters, and maintain the protections the system now provides for the others. The electoral anomalies of 1888 and 2000, the failed history of raw voting in the large, and analogies to anti-trust laws and to baseball illuminate the large-statistics paradoxes of majority-rule and provide some delicious oddities.
Contact: Alan Natapoff, 37-219, x3-7757, natapoff@space.mit.edu
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Living the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Exploring the Past and Changing the Future
Tobie Weiner
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Planning Committee presents three evenings of dinner, video and discussion. Join us for dinner and a presentation and discussion of three of the "Eyes on the Prize" video series which chronicles the US Civil Rights Movement. We'll examine the accomplishments and struggles of some of the individuals who worked for positive change in their communities. You'll have a chance to connect with members of the MIT community and find out what you can do today to make the world a better place. This activity is co-sponsored by the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Planning Committee
Contact: Tobie Weiner, E53-484, x3-3649, iguanatw@mit.edu
Origins of the US Civil Rights Movement
Tobie Weiner
We'll watch one of the early videos in the "Eyes on the Prize" video series and discuss the origins of the civil rights movement and the rise of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Tue Jan 20, 05-07:00pm, 14E-310
Economic and Social Inequality: Then and Now
Tobie Weiner
Wed Jan 21, 05-07:00pm, 14E-310
Discussing Race in Comparative Perspective
Tobie Weiner
Thu Jan 22, 05-07:00pm, 14E-310
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MIT Washington Summer Internship Program Information Sessions
Charles Stewart, Tobie Weiner
Mon Jan 12, 03-04:00pm, 2-132
Wed Jan 21, 10-11:00am, 2-131
Tue Jan 27, 03-04:00pm, 2-131
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Come to an information session and find out about the MIT Washington Summer Internship Program. The program was founded in 1995 to give selected MIT undergraduates the opportunity to explore science and engineering policymaking at the national level, through study and practical experience. The interns have worked in the offices of government agencies, the private sector, and advocacy groups. Complementing the summer internships are a trip to Washington, DC, during spring break and a 12-unit HASS subject designed to give students an introduction to policymaking. All sessions are the same; come to any one.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/summerwash/www
Contact: Tobie Weiner, E53-484, x3-3649, iguanatw@mit.edu
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Understanding the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Richard Kraus
Thu Jan 22, 02-05:00pm, 4-163
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
How did the Arab-Israeli conflict begin? Why is it still going on? Will it ever end? Why has the United States been involved in it, and what has the effect of that involvement been?
Contact: Richard Kraus, richardk@MIT.EDU
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War, Peace and Poetry
Roger Petersen
Schedule: TBD
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
In "Retreat from Doomsday: The Obsolescence of Modern War," John Mueller argues that the richest and most developed nations have developed a sub-rational aversion to war. He points out that there has been no war among the forty-four richest nations since the end of the Second World War. How can such an argument be evaluated? This session examines Mueller's argument by tracing the evolution of war poetry over the last century. Do these poems suggest the development of an understanding of the futility of war in economically advanced states?
Contact: Roger Petersen, E53-487, x3-6781, rpeters@mit.edu
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