WKU
Constitution Week Schedule
To honor the signing of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787
WKU celebrates Constitution Week!
Monday, September 12
12:30 pm Grise Auditorium
The Ten Commandments vs. The Constitution: The Case of Kentucky Court Houses
Roundtable discussion with participants from Supreme Court case, McCreary County, KY v. ACLU of Kentucky. Activity was coordinated by Sigma Nu Fraternity and GAPS (Government and Political Science club).
Eminent Domain: Public Use or Public Purpose?
Panel discussion with Dr. Brian Strow, Bowling Green City Commissioner; Jim Waters, Bluegrass Institute; Elaine Walker, Mayor of Bowling Green; and Bill Thielen, General Counsel, KY League of Cities. Moderator: Dr. Bill Davis. Sponsored by: Gordon Ford College of Business.
Tuesday, September 13
11a-12:00 pm Java City
Speakers Corner: Gay/Lesbian Rights
7:30 pm TCNW 224
It's Not Easy to Make a Constitution: A Case Study in Kenya
Discussion led by Dr. Charles Kimwele, Dept. of Animal
Physiology, Univ. of Nairobi and Matthew Ransdell, Sr., Dept. of Political
Science.
7:30 pm DUC Theater
Gay Rights and the Constitution
Ernesto Scorsone, KY Senator, will speak about recent legislation on same sex marriages and partner rights.
. Sponsored by African American Studies
Wednesday, September 14
11a-12:45 pm Java City
Speakers Corner: Affirmative Action
Minority Rights, "Community Centered Leadership: Leading from the Heart,"
Guest speaker, Wilma Mankiller, the First Woman Chief of the Cherokee Nation sponsored by Women's Studies, The Rodes-Helm Lecture series, Leadership Studies, Dept. of History, and Potter College
Book signing will follow
Thursday, September 15
4-6:00 pm DUC 305 Constitution Jeopardy™
Student organizations will battle each other for the coveted title "Champions of the Constitution." Activities coordinated by GAPS, SGA, and Student Affairs. The Hip Pocket Guide, "Our Constitution: What it Says, What it Means," will be distributed in preparation for the games.
7:30pm MMTH, Film, "The Equal Rights Amendment: Unfinished Business for the Constitution"
Presented by Linda Lumsden, Dept. of Journalism, Sponsored by Women's Studies
Discussion will follow film
Friday, September 16
11:00 am DUC South Lawn
High School Video-Conference: Conversations with Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Stephen Breyer
Bowling Green and Warren County junior and senior high
school students will attend this satellite broadcast and discussion. Sponsored
by the Department of Political Science and the Department of Curriculum and
Instruction. Learning objectives
available.
12:30-2:30 pm MMTH Auditorium
Free Speech in the Digital Age Satellite broadcastand discussion
A special hour-long Justice Talking live satellite broadcast
from the National Archives on will look at censorship in libraries, of textbooks
and on the Internet. The broadcast will be followed by a discussion led by
journalism faculty, professional journalist and political science faculty.
All Week Activities
The Hip Pocket Guide, Our Constitution: What it Says, What it Means, will be distributed at all events.
Banned Books Week , Helm-Cravens Library and Educational Resources Center, sponsored by University Libraries celebrating free speech and intellectual freedom. Constitution Week website is at http://www.wku.edu/Library/dlps/constitution.htm
Political Memorabilia and the Whitey Sanders Collection , Kentucky Museum, sponsored by University Libraries
The Dept. of Modern Languages will have a display of constitutions from other countries around the world, FAC 2nd floor
Sponsored by:
