First IQ2 Debate tonight!

Tonight will be the first of the fall Intelligence Squared Debate Series. The title of the event is: Treat Terrorists Like Enemy Combatants, Not Criminals.

Check out the Intelligence Squared website here.

Additionally, if you are unable to attend tonights event (it did fill up fast!), you can watch it on Bloomberg TV or listen to it on NPR.

This is sure to be an exciting event!

Finally, if you didn't sign up fast enough, be sure to get on the list for the next event fast!!

FALL into politics with us!

Below are the definite Power of Politics stream events for the fall semester. We I look forward to adding to these based on your suggestions. The list doesn't include Convocation of course (Sept 11), and we are still putting some finishing touches on events around the mid-term elections including for Election Night (Nov 2).

A couple of additional notes.
1. For questions and comments, please write to me atjohn.gershman@nyu.edu or to Becca Lewis at lewisre3@gmail.com.

2. Becca will be your person on the ground for most logistics and other questions.
We look forward to this year with you all!!

POWER of POLITICS Stream Events Fall 2010:
For all programs, we will meet in Goddard lobby area, unless otherwise notified. Sign up for all events and programs will be at Becca's door. There will be a limited number of spaces for each event. If you sign up for an event and cannot make it, you MUST find a replacement and notify Becca and Professor Gershman of the change, otherwise you will be responsible for the cost of your ticket.

Coffee/lunch dates (COME SIGN UP NOW!!!)
Wed 9/8 Lunch, noon, Location: Patsy's (67 University Pl)
Mon 9/13 Coffee, 2pm, Location TBA
Tues 9/14 Coffee, 3pm, Location TBA
Mon 9/20 Lunch, noon, Location: Patsy's (67 University Pl)
Wed 9/22, Lunch, noon, Location Patsy's (67 University Pl)
Mon 9/27, Coffee, 3pm, Location TBA


1. Intelligence Squared Debate: Treat Terrorists Like Enemy Combatants, Not Criminals
Tuesday, September 14th 6:45- 8:30 pm
Details: http://skirballcenter.nyu.edu/calendar/iq2_terrorists

*There are very limited spots for this event. Sign up will be posted on Monday, Sept 6th at 9pm at Becca's door.


2. Tour of the United Nations
Wednesday, September 15th, 1-3:30 pm
Details: There are 19 spots available for this tour. Sign-up will be posted on Monday, September 6th at 9pm. The tour begins at 2pm at the UN, but we must be there early! We will be leaving Goddard at 1pm sharp!


3. Monumental Remnants: Dealing with the Memory of Atrocity in Post-Conflict Societies
Louis Bickford, Adjunct Professor, NYU Wagner
Thursday, Sep. 30, 2010, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Robert F Wagner Grad School for Public Service, Puck Building, 295 Lafayette Street, Rudin Forum (2nd Floor)
Details: Free, Meet at Goddard at Noon, Bring a lunch if you wish and we'll walk to the Puck building.


4. Intelligence Squared Debate: Islam is a Religion of Peace
Wednesday, October 6th, 6:45-8:30 pm
Details: http://skirballcenter.nyu.edu/calendar/iq2_islam


5. The Politics of Food (Co-program with the Foodie Stream at Broome)
Wednesday, October 13th 6:45pm-8pm
Details: TBA


6. Violence and Democracy in Contemporary Latin America
Deborah Yashar, Professor of Politics, Princeton University
Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Robert F Wagner Grad School for Public Service, Puck Building, 295 Lafayette Street, Rudin Forum (2nd Floor)
Details: Free, Meet at Goddard at Noon, Bring a lunch if you wish and we'll walk to the Puck building.


7. Intelligence Squared Debate: Big Government is Stifling the American Spirit
Tuesday, October 26th, 6:45- 8:30 pm
Details: http://skirballcenter.nyu.edu/calendar/iq2_big_government


8. Intelligence Squared Debate: Afghanistan is a Lost Cause
Wednesday, November 10th, 6:45- 8:30 pm
Details: http://skirballcenter.nyu.edu/calendar/iq2_afghanistan


9. Intelligence Squared Debate: US Airports Should Use Racial and Religious Profiling
Monday, November 22, 6:45 - 8:30pm
Details: http://skirballcenter.nyu.edu/calendar/iq2_profiling


10. The Great Game- Afghanistan (Co-program with All the World's a Stage & Global NY)
Thursday, December 2nd
Details: A co-production with the Public Theater, 12 contemporary American and British playwrights tackle the most complicated history/region/culture in the world: Afghanistan. A great way to get introduced to both an important geopolitical topic and some of the most important contemporary playwrights.


11. Community Service Project
Details: TBA (and decided, with your help!)


12. End of Semester Celebration
Details: TBA (and decided, with your help!)

POP Party!

GET EXCITED, YOU'RE INVITED!

The end of Year Power of Politics Pizza Party will be Tuesday May 5th, 9pm!!
Join us in the Goddard Classroom!!

The Good Negro

Join POP on Friday, April17th at 8pm at the Public Theater for:
The Good Negro

*Written by TRACEY SCOTT WILSON, Directed by LIESL TOMMY*
*With Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Francois Battiste, J. Bernard Calloway, Quincy
Dunn-Baker, Erik Jensen, LeRoy McClain, Curtis McClarin, Rachel Nicks, BrianWallace*

*Before there was change, there was Birmingham.*

Straight from a sold-out run during our inaugural season of Public LAB, this
gripping new play rips through the pages of history to uncover the human
story at the heart of the 1960's American Civil Rights Movement. In
the increasingly hostile South, tensions build as a trio of emerging black
leaders attempts to conquer their individual demons amidst death threats
from the Klan and wire taps by the FBI. Through personal and intimate stories inspired by political upheavals of thethe era, *The Good Negro*examines the human frailties behind the historic headlines. A co-production with Dallas Theater Center.

http://www.publictheater.org/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,141/id,960

*Note: There are ONLY 2 FREE TICKETS AVAILABLE AS OF NOW FOR EACH PLAY. If you are no longer able to attend, you MUST find a replacement or pay the full price of the ticket. The cost per ticket of each play is $60.*

*RSVP to me ASAP!!*

The Good Negro

Join POP on Friday, April17th at 8pm at the Public Theater for:
The Good Negro

*Written by TRACEY SCOTT WILSON, Directed by LIESL TOMMY*
*With Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Francois Battiste, J. Bernard Calloway, Quincy
Dunn-Baker, Erik Jensen, LeRoy McClain, Curtis McClarin, Rachel Nicks, BrianWallace*

*Before there was change, there was Birmingham.*

Straight from a sold-out run during our inaugural season of Public LAB, this
gripping new play rips through the pages of history to uncover the human
story at the heart of the 1960's American Civil Rights Movement. In
the increasingly hostile South, tensions build as a trio of emerging black
leaders attempts to conquer their individual demons amidst death threats
from the Klan and wire taps by the FBI. Through personal and intimate stories inspired by political upheavals of thethe era, *The Good Negro*examines the human frailties behind the historic headlines. A co-production with Dallas Theater Center.

http://www.publictheater.org/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,141/id,960

*Note: There are ONLY 2 FREE TICKETS AVAILABLE AS OF NOW FOR EACH PLAY. If you are no longer able to attend, you MUST find a replacement or pay the full price of the ticket. The cost per ticket of each play is $60.*

*RSVP to me ASAP!!*

Lunch With Michael Doran

A special invite for POP streamers & Goddardites: Lunch with Michael Doran after the event below :) 6 spots open! RSVP ASAP!

The Appeal of al Qaeda: Ideology and Identity in the "War of Ideas" with Michael Doran, Ph.D.

Thursday, April 2, 2009, 12:30pm -- 1:30 pm
The Puck Building, 295 Lafayette Street, 2nd Floor, Rudin Family Forum

The conflict with al-Qaeda is often described as a war of ideas, but what exactly does this mean? Visiting Professor Michael Doran will analyze the global appeal of al-Qaeda's ideology; discuss what the United States is currently doing to counteract it; and present suggestions for a more effective strategy in the fight against terrorism.

Michael Doran is an expert on US foreign policy and the Middle East. Prior to joining NYU, he served in the State Department, as Senior Adviser to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.

Why Torture Is Wrong, And The People Who Love Them

Join POP for:

Why Torture Is Wrong, And The People Who Love Them

Written by CHRISTOPHER DURANG
Directed by NICHOLAS MARTIN

With Amir Arison, David Aaron Baker, Laura Benanti, Audrie Neenan, Kristine Nielsen, John Pankow, Richard Poe

Back at The Public for another world premiere of a new play, Christopher Durang turns political humor upside down with this raucous and provocative satire about America’s growing homeland “insecurity.” Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them tells the story of a young woman suddenly in crisis: Is her new husband, whom she married when drunk, a terrorist? Or just crazy? Or both? Is her father’s hobby of butterfly collecting really a cover for his involvement in a shadow government? Why does her mother enjoy going to the theater so much? Does she seek mental escape, or is she insane? Honing in on our private terrors both at home and abroad, Durang oddly relieves our fears in this black comedy for an era of yellow, orange, and red alerts.

Only a couple of free tickets left. RSVP to Suhaly at suhaly.bautista@gmail.com!!