Happy Birthday,
Abe!
A
Bicentennial Celebration of Abraham Lincoln's
Birthday
Organized
by IU's new club ABE at IU
Sponsored by the Indiana Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
Commission
Co-sponsored by ABE at IU
The Center on American and Global Security
The Collins Board of Educational Programming
The Department of Communication and Culture
The Department of History
The Hutton Honors College
IUSA Aid
The Maurer School of Law
The Office of the Provost
The Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and
American Institutions
The Residence Hall Association (RHA)
The School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA)
Union Board
The Wells Scholars
Program
Intervarsity Lincoln-Douglas
Debate
Competition
Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009 * 1:30-4
p.m. * New HHC Building (811 E. Seventh St.)
Free and open to the
public!
 Come listen to the
semi-finals and finals of the competition on Sunday afternoon as debate
teams from universities in Indiana and Illinois orate in honor of the
much-celebrated Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858! The original debates,
long remembered for their eloquence, were part of
a campaign for an Illinois seat in the U.S. Senate that took place
between Stephen A. Douglas, the Democrat incumbent, and Abraham Lincoln,
the Republican candidate. Although Lincoln ultimately lost the
election, the highly publicized debates afforded him a national
reputation that made his 1860 candidacy for the presidency possible.
The original debates centered on the issue of slavery, the major issue
at the time. The question to be addressed in the IU competition is,
"The United States Government should significantly curtail the powers of
the president." The debates will be judged by Bloomington City
and Monroe County council members and
IU professors, administrators, and graduate students.
Discussion Panel:
The Expansion
of
Executive Power From Lincoln to Obama
With Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist Charlie Savage and
IU History and Law Professor Michael Grossberg
Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009 *
6:30-8 p.m.
* Whittenberger Auditorium, IMU
Free and open to the
public!
  Over
the years the roles of the President and the Executive Branch have
greatly expanded, both in domestic and in foreign policy. That
expansion, the consequences, and the current balance between the
executive and legislative branches will be addressed by Pulitzer
Prize-winning journalist Charlie Savage and historian Michael
Grossberg.
Savage, a Washington
correspondent for The New York Times, won the 2007
Pullitzer Prize for his reporting on presidential signing statements
while working for The Boston Globe. His writings include the
2007 book
Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of
American Democracy. A native Hoosier, Savage is well-respected for
his
national coverage of American government and politics. Grossberg
is the
Sally M. Reahard Professor of History and an adjunct professor of law at
IU, as well as the co-director of the IU Center for Law, Society, and
Culture. Grossberg's research centers on the relationship between law
and social change, and he has published widely on the subject. The
event will conclude with a question-and-answer period.
The Obama
Presidency and the Politics of Change:
Discussion Supper with Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist
Charlie
Savage of
The New York Times
Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009 *
8:30-10 p.m. * Harlos House (1331 E. Tenth St.) * PROGRAM HAS FILLED
Join Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie Savage of The
New York
Times for an informal discussion of politics and the Obama
presidency.
Is the new administration off to a good start? —setting the
agenda?
—living up to campaign promises? —achieving bipartisan
support? —facing
unexpected hurdles? What are its priorities and strategies? The
conversation can range as widely as your interests and questions. The
supper is co-sponsored by the Wells Scholars Program.
Happy Birthday, Abe!
Party
Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009 *
7:30-9 p.m. * New HHC Building (811 E. Seventh St.) * No sign-up
needed!
 Abraham
Lincoln is turning 200
this year, and ABE at IU invites you to
celebrate his life and achievements at a birthday party in the new
Hutton Honors College building. There will be top hats for guests,
games such as pin-the-beard-on-Abraham-Lincoln, trivia, and skits. Also
on the program: an Abraham Lincoln look-alike contest, a reading of the
Gettysburg Address, and a birthday cake in Lincoln's image. Join us for
the celebration! The party is co-sponsored by the Hutton Honors College
and the
Wells
Scholars Program in collaboration with ABE at IU.
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