lately

where i've been lately:

Glaser on Foreign Policy
Obama and Post-Racial Politics?
Chicago South-Side and the UChicago
Media Ethics in an Online World
Fellowship Students on Summer Internships
Women's Choices and Population Growth
Journalist on Georgia-Russian Relations
Shirin Ebadi on Iran

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Mentors Advise Students to Communicate Policy Effectively

Traditional careers for writers used to be in print journalism and the television news media. But today's multinational corporations and "new media" outlets have broadened the space for both communications and marketing.

Jonathan Dedmon and Ann McCabe-Harris School mentors-shared their experiences in public and private sector communication roles. Dedmon opened with a central question in the field: "One of the key concepts in communications is the notion of an 'audience.' Companies have many audiences that will impact how you write: investors, the media, customer relations, franchisees, and governmental agencies. What you need to consider is who are the important audiences, and how do you reach them?"

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Glaser ‘Not Optimistic’ about Obama’s Foreign Policy Challenges

Charles Glaser, Emmett Dedmon Professor in Public Policy, met with members of the student group, the Committee on International Affairs in Public Policy (CIAPP), on January 15 to discuss the national security issues facing President Barack Obama. Given the international challenges that he is inheriting from the former president, Glaser said, “President-Elect Obama is in about as deep a hole as he could be.”

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when i'm gone

there's no place in this world where i'll belong when i'm gone.
and i won't know the right from the wrong when i'm gone.
and you won't find me singin' on this song when i'm gone,
so i guess i'll have to do it while i'm here.
and i won't feel the flowing of the tide when i'm gone.
all the pleasures of love will not be mine when i'm gone.
my pen won't pour out a lyric line when i'm gone,
so i guess i'll have to do it while i'm here.
and i won't breathe the brazen air when i'm gone.
and i can't even worry 'bout my cares when i'm gone.
won't be asked to do my share when i'm gone.
so i guess i'll have to do it while i'm here.
and i won't be running from the rain when i'm gone.
and i can't even suffer from the pain when i'm gone.
can't say who's to praise and who's to blame when i'm gone,
so i guess i'll have to do it while i'm here.
won't see the golden of the sun when i'm gone.
and the evenings and the mornings will be one when i'm gone.
can't be singing louder than the guns when i'm gone.
so i guess i'll have to do it while i'm here.
all my days won't be dances of delight when i'm gone.
and the sands will be shifting from my sight when i'm gone.
can't add my name into the fight while i'm gone,
so i guess i'll have to do it while i'm here.
and i won't be laughing at the lies when i'm gone.
and i can't question how or when or why when i'm gone.
can't live proud enough to die when i'm gone,
so i guess i'll have to do it while i'm here.

Race and the American Voter

...Said Taeku Lee, of the University of California at Berkeley, “Whenever I heard someone describing Obama as a post-racial candidate, I bristled. What is ‘post-racial’ being cast against?”

The panelists agreed that what people mean when they describe Obama as a “post-racial” candidate is that he appeals to large segments of white voters while being non-white. However, Cathy Cohen, of the University of Chicago, pointed out that initially black voters were hesitant to embrace Obama. “His legitimacy was brought about by white voters in Iowa and New Hampshire” who voted for him in the primaries.

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