35th Annual Popcorn Forum

DATES: March 21-25, 2005

1 CREDIT: SOC 404: ST: 35th Annual Popcorn Forum

COURSE SCHEDULE LISTING: SOC 404: ST: 35th Annual Popcorn Forum

CRN: 58256

The theme for the 35th annual Popcorn Forum is “Hot Talk: Passionate Debate for a New Age.”  Tony Stewart, the lead organizer of the event, said, “it will be a week filled with ‘all major issues that divide people and their opinions’” (Tom Greene, CDAPress.Com, 2/1/05).  The Popcorn Forum presents several days of keynote addresses, workshops and panels concerning the central theme and provides students an opportunity this spring to earn 1 directed studies credit toward the Certificate in Diversity and Stratification.  All Popcorn Forum events will take place on the North Idaho College campus and are free and open to the public (except for 8^th Annual Human Rights Banquet which costs $25 and must be purchased by March 18.  Check the Popcorn Forum page for details ).  To earn one credit towards the certificate, students must register for the directed studies credit PRIOR to attending the Popcorn Forum and email John Mihelich informing him of the student’s participation.  Students must then attend 15 hours of activities from the list below.  After attending, students are required to write a brief synopsis of each event attended AND a two-page (single-spaced) summary essay explaining what they learned and how the experience contributed to their diversity education. The credit is graded based on attendance and the quality of the written submissions. 

Written materials must be submitted by APRIL 6, 2005 to:

John Mihelich, Phinney Hall 401

                OR

John Mihelich
        Department of Sociology/Anthropology/Justice Studies
        101 Phinney Hall
        P.O. Box 441110
        Moscow, ID  83844-1110

For the schedule and more information on the Popcorn Forum, visit the 35th Annual Popcorn Forum website at: http://www.nic.edu/events/popcornforum/

For a brief review of what to expect from the 35^th Annual Popcorn Forum from CDAPress.Com, click the link below:

http://www.cdapress.com/articles/2005/02/01/news/news04.txt

For other information, contact John Mihelich (jmihelic@uidaho.edu).