Constitution Day Schedule
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
10 am to 4 pm: Johnston Commons (Student Center beside Box Office)
Voter Registration Drive
with voting machine demonstration
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12:40 to 1:30 pm: CC 250 (Recital Hall)
Presentation : "The First Amendment: what you're allowed to say, and what you're not allowed to say."
by Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and
Greenville, SC attorney Scarlet Moore
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1:30 to 2:30: Apple cobbler & ice cream
donated by Aramark for students who partipate in Constitution Day events
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Constitution Day Activities
Previous years
Monday, September 18, 2006
2:00 p.m.
Lander will join America in the simultaneous recitation of the Preamble to the Constitution lead by General Colin Powell.
Lander’s Aramark will provide apple cobbler and vanilla ice cream. Pocket Guides to the Constitution will be distributed after the recitation of the Preamble. (Student Center Cafeteria)
Tuesday, September 19
6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
The Constitution and Executive Authority: The legacy of the Bush Administration
Presented by Scarlet Moore, Greenville DSS Attorney and Lander adjunct Political Science faculty member. (Learning Center 300)
Wednesday, September 20
3 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Register to Vote: The American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ Electoral Voice Project, in conjunction with the Lander University American Democracy Project will host a Voter Registration Drive from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Voting Machine Demonstration: In room 210 of Lander’p p p p s Grier Student
Center, there will be a demonstration on using a voting machine. Students may also apply to
serve as poll workers and earn up to $250 and a T-shirt. Refreshments will be served.
Special Video Broadcast
Two videos featuring Supreme Court Justices will be broadcast (Learning Center 300 5:00 p.m – 6:15 pm):
Judicial Independence: A Hallmark of Liberty - Supreme
Court Justices Stephen Breyer, Anthony Kennedy, and Sandra
Day O'Connor, and high school students from California
and Pennsylvania discuss why we need an independent judiciary.
Our Constitution: A Conversation - with Supreme Court
Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Stephen Breyer.
Taped on June 5, 2005, this classroom-ready video
features the justices taking questions from
Philadelphia area high school students.
Special Constitutional edition of The Forum student newspaper will be circulated September 21.
