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Check out the October issue of Research at Indiana University. This month highlights IU's archives and special collections showscase, "Politics and Presidents," as well as research from biology and psychological and brain sciences.
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2008 Physics and Astronomy Open House
Oct. 18, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Swain Hall West, 727 E. 3rd St., Bloomington -- The Physics and Astronomy Open House will feature exhibits similar to those found in San Francisco's cavernous Exploratorium, and in previous years has attracted anywhere from 800 to 2,500 attendees from across the state. Past visitors to Physics and Astronomy Open Houses have learned about complex things like electrostatic interactions -- and had fun doing it. In addition to experiments that teach basic principles of light, sound and motion, there are also exhibits that get into more complex realms of physics and astronomy, like quantum mechanics and gravity. Guided tours of the IU Cyclotron Facility will also be available.
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'Historic' election motivates students, engages Indiana
Come January, the nation will have either its first African-American president in Barack Obama or its first female vice president in Sarah Palin. A new leader will take over promising reform but will be forced to deal with an economic crisis as a first order of business. "It certainly is historic. I don't think there's any question about that," said Ted Carmines, the Warner O. Chapman Professor of political science at Indiana University Bloomington.
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Both Barack Obama and John McCain say they want to control health-care costs and provide access to coverage for many of the 47 million Americans who are uninsured. But their approaches are fundamentally different. Obama wants to expand employer-based health coverage and use the government to promote access. McCain wants to use tax credits and the power of the free market to enable more people to buy health-care coverage.
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Both John McCain and Barack Obama say they want to address the issue of climate change through a cap-and-trade program for controlling emissions of greenhouse gases. But doing so in a meaningful way will fundamentally change the U.S. economy -- a potential deal-breaker given current fiscal problems -- says Ken Richards, an energy and climate policy expert at the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs.
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Iraq represents one of the sharpest divides between U.S. Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, with Obama calling for a "responsible, phased withdrawal" of U.S. troops and McCain insisting it is "strategically and morally essential" for the U.S. to win in Iraq. Feisal Istrabadi, a visiting law professor at IU and former Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations, wishes the candidates could engage in a clear discussion of U.S. vital interests in Iraq.
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In January, either John McCain or Barack Obama will enter the presidency with an ambitious agenda to reform areas such as health care, foreign policy, energy policy and environmental regulation. But the federal government's struggles with the current financial and personnel management situation will pose a serious impediment to implementing new policies, according to James Perry, Chancellor's Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University.
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John McCain wants to improve American schools through choice and competition. Barack Obama says he'll end Republican "neglect and indifference" and fund effective school programs. Both candidates say they will "fix" the No Child Left Behind Act. But neither candidate has produced much in the way of specific and innovative ideas, says Jonathan Plucker, director of the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy at the IU School of Education.
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The previous issue of Perspectives on Policy, published in June 2008, featured a story on the 2008 primary elections and candidates for president campaigning on IU campuses. Also included were stories on a School of Public and Environmental Affairs course that took students to Korea to study globalization, an analysis of Indiana's method for calculating high-school graduation rates, a homeland security symposium at IUPUI, a study of the effectiveness of chronic disease management and the designation of IU Bloomington as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Research.
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