[Mitworld] New: Casey and Wolfe on Religion and the Election, Panel on Saving Whales

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 8, Number 17 | December 23, 2008

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Religion and the Election: What Do We Think We Know?
October 20, 2008

The 2008 U.S. Presidential election was in many ways a watershed event, including the impact of religion on candidates and voters. This discussion provides a historical look at the role of religion in modern presidential elections.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/624

Speakers:
Shaun Casey
Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, Wesley Theological Seminary
National Evangelical Coordinator for the Barack Obama Campaign

Alan Wolfe SM '56
Professor of Political Science and Director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, Boston College

Event Host:
The Office of the Chaplain of the Institute

"Between Karl Rove and George Bush, they elevated religious outreach to an art form not seen in American politics."
-Shaun Casey

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20-Ton Canaries: The Great Whales of the North Atlantic (Panel)
October 15, 2008

These legal, environmental and policy experts don’t converge on a dominant strategy for saving whales, but make the case in their own ways that we are fast approaching a moment of no return for the great cetaceans, and quite possibly the oceans we all rely on.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/621

Moderator:
Douglas Fraser
Reporter, Cape Cod Times

Event Host:
MIT Sea Grant College Program

"I think whaling has to stop absolutely. It doesn’t work on any level. There’s a time to end things. It’s time to end the killing of them, since it serves no purpose whatsoever, and especially since it symbolizes the destruction of the entire ocean."
-Max Strahan

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In The Pipeline:
A Few Things Learned from Craigslist

Presented By
MIT Center for Collective Intelligence

Speaker:
Craig Newmark
Founder, Craigslist

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