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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow"'>Please join us in participating in the event
scheduled next Wednesday, September 17. Special thanks to Dr. Ricky Dobbs and
Dr. JoAnn DiGeorgio-Lutz for organizing the event. Also, thank you to Dr. John
Smith, Dr. Chad Smith, Dr. Jeff Herndon, and April Pitts for their participation
on the panel. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow"'>The news release follows:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Consolas><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>CONSTITUTION
DAY TO BE MARKED AT A&M-C ON SEPT. 17<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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COMMERCE, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Texas</st1:State></st1:place>
- Constitution Day will be marked Wednesday, Sept. 17, on the Texas A&M
University-Commerce campus.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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This American observance that recognizes the ratification of the United States
Constitution will feature a panel discussion from 9 to 9:50 a.m. in the
Founders Lounge of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Sam</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Rayburn</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Student</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> and a film in the
evening.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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"Celebrating Constitution Day is significant because remembering our
historical past as a nation serves to remind us of our basic political
values," said Dr. JoAnn DiGeorgio-Lutz, A&M-Commerce Department of
Political Science head who will moderate the panel. "We pause to reflect
in order to remember what was, and still is, important as a country," she
said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Speaking on the panel will be Dr. John Smith of the Department of History and
April C. Pitts, J.D., Dr. Chad Smith, and Dr. Jeff Herndon, all of the
political science faculty.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Consolas><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>
Smith will speak on the "Religious Beliefs of the Framers of the
Constitution: Deism and the Separation of Powers" and Pitts' <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Consolas><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>topic
will be "Judicial Activism."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Consolas><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>
King's topic will be "The U.S. Constitution, the U.S. Supreme Court, and
the Death Penalty." Herndon will speak on "Reason, Representation,
and Reality in 'The Federalist.'"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Consolas><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>
Also at that event, students and local citizens can join the "Founding
Fathers" and put their own signatures to the Constitution.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Consolas><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>
At 6:30 p.m., a Constitution Day film and discussion will take place in the
A&M-Commerce Planetarium. "Twelve Angry Men" <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Consolas><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>starring
Henry Fonda will be presented.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Consolas><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>
A Constitution Day observance is required by the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Consolas><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Department
of Education for schools receiving federal funds.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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The public is invited to the observance.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Mary W. Hendrix, Ph.D.</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Interim Provost and Vice-President for
Academic & Student Affairs</span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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