2009-2010 - Eagleton Institute of Politics - Rutgers, The State ...

Eagleton Institute of PoliticsEAGLETON EVENTS 2009-20109/15 and 9/21 - Conversations with CandidatesNews12 NJ brought the three New Jersey gubernatorial candidates (Democrat Jon Corzine, Republican ChrisChristie, and independent Chris Daggett) to Eagleton, where students posed questions in conversations recordedfor broadcast. (Photos, page 13.)9/24 - The Meadowlands and the Sports Complex: Looking Back and AheadUnder the auspices of the Rutgers Program on the Governor, a group of current and former New Jersey public andprivate leaders, including former Governor Brendan T. Byrne and Senator Raymond H. Bateman, participated ina forum on the history and current status of the Meadowlands and the New Jersey Sports Complex.10/1 - RU Voting Debate WatchThe RU Voting program invited students to watch the first2009 New Jersey gubernatorial candidate debate, talk aboutthe upcoming election, and register to vote. RU Votingintern Shaina Trudge (l.) assisted with voter registration.10/28 - Holland Lecture: Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?Harvard Professor Michael Sandel drew an overflow audience of 800+ forhis interactive talk under the auspices of the Arthur J. Holland Programon Ethics in Government. Institute director Ruth B. Mandel (l.) andassociate director John Weingart (back r.) are pictured with Sandel (r.)and members of the Holland family, including Betty Holland (center),Eagleton Fellow ’58 and widow of the late Arthur Holland, and herhusband Daniel George.All the debates that animateour politics rely on questions ofrights, justice, and the commongood. We should listen moreclosely and argue more explicitlyabout these matters; while wewon’t all agree, we will havea morally more robust debateabout revitalizing democraticcitizenship.Michael Sandel11/4 - The Morning AfterThe November 2009 edition of Eagleton’s traditional post-election conversation, moderated by Instituteassociate director John Weingart, featured Kathleen Donovan, Bergen County clerk and former assemblywomanand Republican state committee chair; Gordon MacInnes, a fellow at The Century Foundation, consultant toThe Foundation for Child Development, former state senator and assemblyman; Tom Moran, then politicalcolumnist and now editorial page editor for The Star-Ledger; and Angela Delli Santi, statehouse reporter for TheAssociated Press.- 2 -