From: Oct 3 2012 - 8:30pm
To: Oct 3 2012 - 11:00pm
Location: Colony Ballroom | Stamp Student Union
Pizza and drinks will be served.
Hosted by Public Policy Dean Don Kettl, the debate watch will feature the announcement of a new Terrapin Electronic Registration System through our TerpsVote initiative. Last year's SGA was primarily responsible for the creation of this program with support from the State of Maryland, IT, Student Affairs and the Stamp Student Union. It will allow anyone with a university ID to electronically register to vote using a secure system. For students, this means they can securely register to vote either in-state or their hometown.
We will also provide the opportunity for participants to use a new kind of real-time polling (using a web-based tool for mobile devices) to get moment-by-moment reactions as the debate unfolds. The technology - from React Labs - was developed by UMD Professor Philip Resnik (ARHU/Linguistics). We'll have two screens available - one with the debate, one with the real-time polling results of Maryland and other participants around the nation. There will be a short discussion about the results and a Q and A afterwards.
The Schedule
7:30pm Colony Ballroom Doors Open
8:30pm Dean Kettl hosts pre-debate discussion with TerpsVote
and ReactLabs
9:00-10:30pm Watch the Presidential Debate
10:30-11:00pm Dean Kettl will host a Q and A and brief analysis session
11:00pm Program concludes
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