By: CARTER DEJONG Staff Writer cadejong@iu.edu The mayoral race in South Bend now has 10 candidates vying for the office. The first debate of the 2020 South Bend mayoral race will be hosted on campus, at the Louise E. Addicott and Yatish J. Joshi Performance Hall in Northside Hall on March 5. The event will
By: EVA MONHAUT Staff Writer emonhaut@iu.edu Current IU South Bend Political Science and Sociology student, Rodger Pinto, has received one of this year’s two Taylor L. Willingham Legacy Fund awards. According to the National Issues Forums Institute (NIFI), the grants are given to individuals to aid them in their research and to “develop an understanding
BY: ANTHONY AYALA Staff Writer @bman4ever92 The first IUSB Honors talk of the semester was hosted by Elizabeth Bennion titled, “Mobilizing College Students to Vote.” “You might as well live in an oligarchy, an aristocracy, perhaps even a dictatorship, if you are just going to sit at home and make decisions for you,” Bennion said
By: Carter DeJong Staff Writer cadejong@iu.edu The American Democracy Project (ADP) has many events planned for the coming months with the midterm elections. Elizabeth Bennion, a political science professor at IU South Bend has been running the project since 2004. The ADP encourages people from all areas of the political spectrum to take part in
By HENRY FREESE Staff writer hefreese@iu.edu The IU South Bend Political Science Club and the American Democracy Project will host the second annual Democracy Plaza! Constitution Day celebration on campus on Monday, September 17. The second annual Democracy Plaza! Constitution Day celebration will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
By: BRANDON GROVES Staff Writer Voting is a right for all citizens in the United States of America. But in Indiana, all citizens that want to vote are strictly required to show a valid photo identification card before casting a ballot. Students of IU South Bend had not been able to use their student IDs
By: NEIL KING Staff Writer The WNIT show “Politically Speaking” recently featured a one-on-one discussion with Jackie Walorski and host Elizabeth Bennion and for a feature titled “Legislators Tell All: The Importance of Public Policy.” Bennion, an IU South Bend professor and host of the show, interviewed the 2nd Congressional District representative for the episode
By MANDI STEFFEY Staff Writer The IU South Bend American Democracy Project’s weekly show on WNIT, “Politically Speaking,” invited ten students on air last Sunday, Feb. 10, to talk about local and national political issues. Elizabeth Bennion, an IUSB political science professor and host of “Politically Speaking,” asked students their opinions on topics ranging from
