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NAACP/MasonVotes Voter Registration Drive

George Mason’s NAACP teamed up with Mason Votes and other community partners to drive voter participation.

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Podcast with Prof. Mark Rozell

Prof. Mark Rozell
Prof. Mark Rozell, GMU School of Public Policy

Prof. Rodger Smith, GMU Dept. of Communications and WGMU Faculty Advisor, interviews Prof. Mark Rozell, GMU Public Policy.  This is a two part of interview with Mark Rozell, the author of nine books and editor of twenty books on various topics in U.S. government and politics including the presidency, religion and politics, media and politics, and interest groups in elections.

He has testified before Congress on several occasions on executive privilege issues and has lectured extensively in the U.S. and abroad.

Professor Rozell writes frequent op-ed columns in such publications as Roll Call and Politico. He is often asked to comment about his areas of expertise for television and in publications such as The Washington Post and Time Magazine.

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Podcast with Prof. Janette Muir

Dr. Janette Muir
Dr. Janette Muir, Assoc. Provost, GMU

Interview with Professor Dr. Janette Muir, Associate Provost at George Mason University by Professor Rodger Smith of the GMU Communications Department and WGMU Faculty Advisor:

Here are two parts of an interview with Dr. Janette Muir, who teaches courses in Political Communication and Rhetoric and has written several articles on presidential campaigns and political activism.

Her courses tend to be highly interactive — from taking students to New Hampshire to follow presidential candidate campaigns, to involving them in convention planning for major conferences. She also facilitated a course on Inter-generational Dialogues that paired undergrad GMU students with students from the Learning in Retirement Institute at GMU.

Dr. Muir has received a GMU Teaching Excellence Award, she is a C-SPAN Fellow, past president of the Eastern Communication Association, and she is actively involved in both the National Communication Association and the American Association of Higher Education.

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MasonVotes Presidential Debate Watch Liveblog

Stay tuned for a liveblog of tonight’s Oct. 3, 2012 Presidential Debate.

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Thank you for coming to tonight’s Mason Votes Debate Watch Party. Join us again Oct. 11 for the Vice Presidential Debate Watch Party here in the JC Atrium.

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Jim Lehrer thanks everyone and says, “Goodnight”

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Who do you think won tonight’s debate? Post your answers on the MasonVotes facebook page at facebook.com/masonvotes.

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Stay after the debate and be part of the live crowd for the NBC4 live broadcast from GMU JC Atrium during their 11:00pm news coverage.

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Candidates now at closing statements.

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20 minutes remaining in the first presidential debate.

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Candidates now speaking about the Affordable Health Care Act.

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Candidates now talking about Medicare.

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Good sized crowd tonight in the Johnson Center Atrium watching the debate.

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Candidates still talking about their differences on doing something about the deficit.

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Question to the candidates, “What are your differences in tackling the deficit?”

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Post your reactions to tonight’s debate on the MasonVotes.gmu.edu web site in the comments section of the Debate Watch liveblog post.

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Pizza has arrived. Pick up your FREE Slice at the Mason Votes Kiosk.

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The discussion has moved to the Affordable Care Act or also referred to as “Obamacare”.

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The debate will begin at 9pm EST.