Ken Paulson will be speaking in the South Ballroom, not the Pioneer Room as earlier schedules announced. Follow the link above to the most up to date schedule of all FAD events.
Did you know our Keynote speaker was on the team that founded USA Today? Learn that, and a lot more about our honored guest in this article from Iowa State’s news service.
And, of course, be sure to come out to the SOUTH BALLROOM (NOT the pioneer room as earlier schedules announced) tonight at 7 to hear Paulson’s speech on news for a new generation.
As proposed by the Obama administration, the United States Congress should allow the Bush tax cuts to expire for individuals making over $200,000 and couples making over $250,000, in December 2012.That’s the topic of tonight’s debate — come to the South Ballroom tonight at 7 to hear the ISU Democrats square off against last year’s champions, the ISU Republicans, on this taxing (ha, ha) issue.
It’s dorky, yet principled. It’s the SPJ Code of Ethics, in song.
(PS, ONE WEEK to FAD 2012! Pumped?)
The star of The Godfather declined to accept the coveted best actor statuette because he was protesting the portrayal of Native Americans in film.
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire! This upbeat 1957 song came under scrutiny in 2001, landing on Clear Channel’s controversial list of “lyrically questionable” songs.
(PS, for more on censorship of music, mark your calendar for Freedom Sings.)
No family is obliged to acquiesce when publishers use the vehicle of fundamental free-expression principles to try to bulldoze coarseness or misery into their children’s lives.
Meghan Cox Gurdon on The Hunger Games
Do you think the series is too dark for kids?