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The recent vote in Congress on health care reform – with only one Republican lawmaker voting yes – provides more evidence of the growing polarization between the parties and the fundamentally different understandings of right and wrong that continue to pull the two major political parties further apart, according to Vanderbilt University political scientist Marc Hetherington.
Vanderbilt University Professor of Political Science Bruce Oppenheimer spoke about the continued increase in presidential power at the expense of Congress during the university's annual Constitution Day program on Sept. 23. The event took place in Flynn Auditorium of Vanderbilt Law School.
Watch video of New York Times best-selling author Stephen Mansfield and Vanderbilt Divinity School Dean James Hudnut-Beumler discussing "Race, Religion and Politics: Evangelicals, Conservatives and Liberals Look for Common Ground" at Vanderbilt University.
Opportunity for old-fashioned politicking draws hugh crowd
More than 800 Vanderbilt employees and friends of the university enjoyed old-fashioned politicking under beautiful blue skies and sunshine during the Sept. 25 Meet the Candidates picnic on Olin Lawn.
Watch video of Gary Gerstle, the first James G. Stahlman Professor of American History at Vanderbilt University, delivering his inaugural lecture Sept. 25 on “Minorities, Multiculturalism and the Presidency of George W. Bush.”
Listen to a talk by JohnStyll,President/CEO of the Gospel Music Association, Christian Trade Music Association and founder of Contemporary Christian Music Magazine.
Vanderbilt law professor Mike Newton played a pivotal role in the creation of the Iraqi Special Tribunal that tried Saddam Hussein. In a new book titled “Enemy of the State,”Newton and his co-author Michael Scharf give a historic recounting of the Saddam trial with a behind-the-scenes look inside the drama and tragedy surrounding it.
Distinguished Professor of Political Science John Geer speaks on the dynamic relationship of teaching and learning at Vanderbilt, through the lens of his perspective on Election 2008.
John McCain and Barack Obama, the likely presidential nominees for the GOP and Democrats, will need to run negative ads as they seek to define each other in the general election campaign, says Vanderbilt political scientist John Geer. He and colleague Bruce Oppenheimer are preparing to teach a course on the 2008 elections in the fall.
What are the most important issues facing Africa today? What are the historical and current causes? Join Kanayo Odoe, native-born African from Nigeria, as he discusses the relationship between scarcity, inequality, and conflict in Africa today.
Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box presents Kelly Oliver, W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, discussing "Is the military using women as weapons of war?"
John Geer, professor of political science, and Roy Neel, visiting professor of political science, discuss the intricacies of the 2008 presidential election.
Four Gray Line buses idle noisily at the curb by Branscomb Quadrangle as the sun slowly rises over a sleeping Greek Row. A group has quietly gathered on the steps out front -- a mix of students, faculty and staff -- shouldering overnight bags and sipping cups of coffee while members of the media prepare to capture their departure.
