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Campus polling information, Voter Registration Drive, drag queen Zella Cullatore promotes civic participation, and more, this week.

Stop into the Tang from 4 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 8, to register to vote! Volunteers with the League of Women Voters of Saratoga County will be on hand to help register new voters in New York State, provide absentee ballots, and answer any questions. Students living on campus must include their mailbox number when they complete their voter registration form. Part of the "" exhibition.

Campus Polling Information

The Wyckoff Center (Case Center, second floor) will serve as the campus polling place from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Nov. 5. Students living in off-campus housing may find their poll site on the . Students voting in another state may find more information about where to vote via this . Please note: Only students who live on campus and are registered to vote in New York State may vote on campus.

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Beau Breslin, Joseph C. Palamountain Chair of Government, provides commentary on "Onward!", the adverb used at the closing of the Project 2025 handbook. "It is a curious choice. It suggests a certain progress, a 鈥渕oving forward,鈥� a distancing from the past," he writes, pointing to the statement's irony.

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鈥孴uesday, Oct. 8 

鈥�6 p.m. 

鈥屸�孴ang Teaching Museum

鈥孋reate capes inspired by the Wide Awakes, an extensive group of artists and activists who bring joy to politics, protest, and social justice. 

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鈥�'Left, Right, & Center: American Political Parties & the Electorate' 

鈥學ednesday, Oct. 9 

鈥�5 p.m. 

鈥孴ang Teaching Museum 

鈥孲kidmore faculty speak with authors Ruy Teixeira and Matthew Continetti about political parties' shifting composition, independent voters, and implications for the future of American politics. 

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鈥�'Entrepreneurship versus Democracy: American Business Culture and the Road to Trump'

鈥孴hursday, Oct. 10 

鈥�5:30 p.m. 

鈥孌avis Auditorium 

鈥孒arvard Lecturer Erik Baker argues that efforts to promote entrepreneurship have encouraged deference to charismatic leadership and suspicion of collective action, laying the groundwork for a crisis of democracy. 

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鈥孴hursday, Oct. 10 

鈥�7 p.m. 

鈥孴ang Teaching Museum

鈥孲tudents can sign up to wear Yvette Molina's volcano skirt sculpture and share what they want for themselves and their communities and what they hope to leave behind for future generations.

Campus Updates

Dragging Out the Vote

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Billy Winter 鈥�18 (aka Zella Cullatore) is working with Drag Out the Vote, nonpartisan organization dedicated to encouraging civic participation, to mobilize voters ahead of this fall鈥檚 election.

Did You Know...

At 9 p.m., tomorrow, Tuesday, Oct. 1, Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance will face off for 90 minutes in the Vice Presidential Debate. "Face the Nation" Moderator Margaret Brennan and "CBS Evening News" Anchor Norah O'Donnel will moderate the event. 

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鈥�Where to watch: CBS News will broadcast the debate. It will also be available for streaming by CBS News 24/7, Paramount+, and The New York Times. Various other television networks will carry simulcasts.

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