2008 Woodie Awards
Democratic Convention inspires new teaching tools for professor
Donny Cheatham
Issue date: 8/26/08 Section: News
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The convention runs from Aug. 25-27 at the Pepsi Center. On Aug. 28 it will be held at Mile High Stadium in Denver, Colorado.
This March, he was elected as one of three delegates from the eighth congressional district to support U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton at the caucus.
Althaus says he will take his responsibilities seriously in supporting the Democratic Party.
"I feel pretty strongly an obligation to the Democrats who chose me to, on that first round, vote for Senator Clinton," said Althaus.
A Cape Girardeau area lawyer, John Heisserer, was elected as the delegate to support U.S. Sen. Barack Obama.
Althaus says after the convention is over, he's going to work very hard to encourage former Clinton supporters to get behind the national ticket, and work as hard as possible to elect Obama.
The convention is expected to nominate Obama for President and U.S. Sen. Joe Biden for Vice President.
Many issues will be discussed at the convention including women in leadership, energy and climate change, healthcare, international relations, technology, retirement security and much more.
Contributors include public figures from across the country and around the world.
"There are a lot of groups seeking to network with Democratic activists, and that's who most of the delegates are," said Althaus. He says he was intrigued by a session on healthcare policy.
"Not only is that an area of interest to me, but I teach an American public policy class in which one of the policies we cover is healthcare policy," he said.
He plans on attending the session to learn more about the policy options and issues being discussed these days.
A typical day at the convention will include an 8 a.m. breakfast meeting at the delegation hotel where delegates will receive their credentials for the day and discuss a schedule of events.
According to Althaus, the actual convention sessions will run from about 3 p.m. to 9 p.m., Mountain Time.
The convention began on Monday and resolved questions involving the seating of delegates and the report of the Rules Committee.
On Tuesday, the convention will feature debate and discussion on the party's proposed national platform.
The presidential nominating process begins today, and on Thursday, the vice presidential candidate is nominated, followed by a speech from the presidential nominee.
Althaus is working hard to keep students updated about the ongoing convention.
He has created a website that discusses the process of becoming a delegate and includes updates on each day of the convention.
You can visit his site at http://cstlcla.semo.edu/althaus/DelegateProcess/indexmain.htm.
For other information concerning the convention go to
www.demconvention2008.com.
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Kay
posted 9/02/08 @ 12:26 PM CST
The Obama girls are Malia and Sasha, not Natasha.
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