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Documentary Debuts On Montana PBS
"Jailed for Their Words," the much anticipated
documentary film about Montana's World War I
sedition convictions of war critics, makes its television
premiere at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, on Montana PBS.
The powerful, hour-long film, produced by West of Kin
productions and The UM School of Journalism, also
will air on Montana PBS at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25;
10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 26; and noon Thursday, Oct. 30.
Directed by filmmaker Gita Saedi Kiely and narrated by
actor J.K. Simmons, the documentary traces the
dramatic story of Montana's draconian World War I
sedition law, the harshest of its kind in the nation and
the model for a U.S. law passed shortly after.
Subtitled "When Free Speech Died in Wartime
America," the film is framed in the context of our First
Amendment guarantees. It is a cautionary tale that
demonstrates what can happen when Americans give
up their liberties in return for the promise of greater
security. The film includes footage of the May 2006
ceremony when 78 sedition convicts were pardoned
by Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer.
UM journalism Professor Clemens Work was
co-producer of the film, which is based in part on his
2005
book, "Darkest Before Dawn: Sedition and Free
Speech in the American West." UM Professor Nancy
Cooper was music supervisor for the film. For more
information, e-mail
clem.work@umontana.edu or
gita@saedi.com.
"Jailed for Their Words"
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Library Dedication Honors Umberto Benedetti
The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula will dedicate
the Umberto "Bert" Benedetti Italian Internee
Research Library at 2 p.m. today in the
museum's newly acquired Alien Detention Camp
Headquarters building.
The event honors former internee, Missoula icon and
UM alumnus Umberto "Bert" Benedetti for his long
career of service to the community, the University and
the museum. It is free and open to the public.
Benedetti was born in Vasto, Abruzzi, Italy, in
November 1911. In 1941 just prior to war being
declared between Italy and the United States, he was
working on an Italian vessel docked at a U.S. port. He
was detained by U.S. authorities and then sent to Fort
Missoula, where he and other Italian citizens, who
were then called "enemy aliens," spent the duration of
the war.
The celebration continues at 5:30 p.m. today with a
special
Italian heritage dinner at "Bella Vista Café" in Fort
Missoula's Heritage Hall. Tickets for the dinner, a
fundraiser for the museum's interpretation of the Fort
Missoula internment experience, cost $25. For
reservations or more information, call the museum at
728-3476.
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French Ambassador To Speak At UM
Jacques Andréani, ambassador of France to the U.S.
from 1989 to 1995, will give two presentations on
campus Monday, Oct. 20.
From 3 to 4 p.m., Andréani will discuss "Free Trade,
Market Economy and Globalization" in Turner Hall's
Dell Brown Room. At 7 p.m., he will present "The
French Presidency of the European Union and the
Unification of Europe" in the University Center
Ballroom.
The events, which are free and open to the public, are
sponsored by President George Dennison,
International Programs, Alliance Francaise de
Missoula, the World Affairs Council and the
Department of Modern and Classical Languages and
Literatures. For more information, e-mail Associate
Professor Michel Valentin at
valentinmr@mso.umt.edu.
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Faculty Asked To Participate In Survey
Provost Royce Engstrom encourages all tenured,
tenure-track and adjunct UM faculty members to
participate in the NASULGC-Benchmarking Faculty
Survey -- the largest cross-institutional examination of
faculty experiences, attitudes and beliefs toward
online learning ever conducted in the United States.
Faculty represent a major constituency that is critical
to building a high-quality online learning program,
Engstrom said. There is, however, a large vacuum of
reliable information on the exact nature of faculty
attitudes and their influences.
The survey, conducted by the Sloan Consortium, aims
to identify the appropriate mix of incentives, support
and quality assurance that will lead to the further
development of strategic, effective and credible online
programs nationwide. It should take no more than 10
minutes to complete.
To launch the survey, go to the NASULGC Faculty
Survey Web site.
NASULGC Faculty Survey
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Geosciences Professor George Stanley
delivered an
invited lecture on sea chemistry changes during the
Mesozoic era titled "Consequences of
Calcite/Aragonite Sea Dynamics" at the national
meeting of the Geological Society of America held Oct.
4-8 in Houston. At the meeting, Stanley also organized
and presided at a special Paleontological Society
symposium titled "Crises in Reefs? Anticipating the
Effects of Global Warming on Reefs."
Halvorson, Sarah J. 2008. "Critical Water Problems in
Tajikistan: Inventory and Prospect." Geographische
Rundschau International Edition, 4(4):12-18.
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