Panel to debate key presidential election issues Sept. 26

Immediately preceding the first presidential election debate Sept. 26, a Cornell event, - Educate the Vote: Presidential Election 2016 ,' at 7:30 p.m. in Bailey Hall will feature a live academic debate among prominent political scientists and policy experts on two key domestic policy issues, immigration and incarceration, followed by questions from the audience. The audience can then watch the presidential debate at 9 p.m. live on a big screen in Bailey. The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required and will be available starting Sept. 12 at Willard Straight Hall, Robert Purcell Community Center and the Ithaca Visitors Bureau. Doors to Bailey Hall will open at 6:30 p.m. The academic panel will be livestreamed on CornellCast. Gretchen Ritter '83, the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, will moderate panelists across the ideological spectrum to engage students and the Cornell community on major issues facing the candidates.
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