The American Constitution Society’s Houston Lawyer Chapter presents "Avoidable Losses: High-Stakes Accountability and the Dropout Crisis," featuring Dr. Linda McSpadden McNeil, professor of education and co-director of the Center for Education, Rice University; and Dr. Eileen Coppola, research scientist and associate director for research, Center for Education, Rice University. At Maggiano’s Little Italy, 2019 Post Oak Blvd. The cost of lunch will be $30. RSVP

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Forty years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that students do not shed their right to freedom of speech "at the schoolhouse gate," and that the administrators therefore cannot prohibit them from wearing black armbands in silent protest of the Vietnam War. Over the next three decades, the Court chipped away at the black armband case with decisions allowing administrators to punish students for sexual innuendo and to censor student newspaper articles. Last year, the Supreme Court ruled that administrators may punish a student for displaying the message "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" because it can be interpreted as encouraging drug use. This program will investigate what's left of student free speech. Joan Bertin, Moderator, executive director of the National Coalition Against Censorship; Marjorie Heins, founder of Free Expression Policy Project; and Frank LoMonte, executive director of Student Press Law Center. Sponsored by The Wolfson Center for National Affairs. Admission $8; free to students with ID. Wollman Hall, 66 West 12th Street.

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Greg Mitchell comes to MIT to talk about his latest book, "So Wrong for So Long, published February 2008, which has received a tremendous response. The book chronicles the failings of the corporate media coverage of the war in Iraq. He is the author of eight books and the editor of Editor & Publisher, where he writes the column "Pressing Issues." "Greg Mitchell has given us a razor-sharp critique of how the media and the government connived in one of the great blunders of American foreign policy."--Bill Moyers. MIT Bldg 32-141, Stata Center, 32 Vassar Street.

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