First general DUG meeting!

Now that everyone is finally settling into their class schedules and other activities, hopefully your semesters are shaping up to be great ones. There are a couple very special events coming up and a lot of fascinating political events unfolding. It's a fun time to be a PS concentrator!

Below you'll find some of those events, but first you should be aware that THIS Thursday at 8 pm in Wilson 105 we will hold the first general DUG meeting. We will plan the semester, get to know new members, and prioritize how to spend our generous budget of $1000. There will be food!

Events for the upcoming week:

• Monday, 1 pm @ CDC: US Dep't of State Internship/Fellowship Information Session
• Monday, September 21, 7 pm @ List 120: Sexuality & Socialism
• Tuesday, 12 pm @ Taubman: Encountering American Faultlines: Race, Class, and Immigrant Incorporation (brown bag lunch)
• Tuesday, 7 pm @ Salomon 101: Pervez Musharraf (ticket required)
• Thursday, 11 am @ Watson's Joukowsky Forum: The Obama Age and Progressive New Policy for a Post Crisis World with Ricardo Lagos and Alfred Gusenbauer
• Thursday, 4 pm @ An Afternoon with Cory Booker
  

Some interesting news items:

• A Primer on the Max Baucus Health-Care Bill's Contents, TIME Magazine: a pretty thorough summary of the new Baucus bill written for a popular audience.

• Campaign Money and the Chief Justice, National Journal: A preview of the Supreme Court case regarding campaign finance, particularly corporate spending on federal elections.

• The Twists and Turns of Missile Defense, The New York Times: A summary of past, present, and future American policies on missile defense.