Standing With Our Students (SOS) is a nonpartisan group of faculty, responding to student concerns and questions about our country's new political climate. Our goal is to inform and support members of the campus community. SOS is sponsoring a series of teach-ins on topics related to current events. (Teach-ins combine a faculty roundtable with a classroom atmosphere; they emphasize discussion and questions from the audience.)
Thurs, Mar 30, 7pm-8:30 pm: Immigration: History, Policy, Practice
(Hardman/Jacobs Hall rm 210)
Professors Jamie Bronstein, Sabine Hirschauer, and Spencer Herrera, along with Vicki Gaubeca, director of the ACLU-NM Regional Center for Border Rights, will discuss different aspects of immigration history and policy, as well as how recent changes have affected our border and its residents.
Wednesday, April 5, 12 noon-1:30 pm: Is Everything Fake News? The Internet, Critical Thinking, And Staying Informed
(Hardman/Jacobs rm 125)
Las Cruces Sun-News columnist and longtime local journalist Damien Willis will join Professors Andrea Orzoff and Mark Walker to discuss how to bring critical thought to bear on today's media and the Internet.
Wednesday, April 26, 12 noon -1:30 pm: Free Speech, Hate Speech, Protest
(Hardman/Jacobs rm 125)
Campus police chief Stephen Lopez, local lawyer Peter Goodman, NMSU and DACC faculty who helped craft NMSU's new free-speech policy, and Government professor emerita Nancy Baker will discuss the First Amendment, our campus free-speech policy, hate speech, and protest.