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A discusipn of different cults and their activities on college campuses featuring Ronald Loomis, co-author of Cults on Campus and former guest on NBC's Today Show "f WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25,1995 7 P.M. RUDDER 601 i sponsored by: msc great issui cvitA. d&uiiitM&l fUctvie c<Ul £45-1515 to- no cfowi oficoitU ncetlo. tOc teyueot noti^ioatio*- ttloeo (3) utonJ&cHy eUufO fnion. to tAc event to cneMe no to aootot you to t6e (eot onn. aiititieo. MONDAY NIGHT fooivau. Each Monday, come watch your favorite football teams and enjoy 99 < £ pints of our handcrafted beer. Happy Hour: 2-7 EM. & 9-11 EM. Daily Hours: 201 Dominik (Just off Texas) Sun.-Ilnirs. 11 AM. - 11 EM. fii. - Sat. College Station, Texas 11 AM. - Midnight 693-4148 Polls used to understand public opinu □ The third annual Presidential Roundtable was held Friday. By Heather Pace The Battauon Experts on presidential polls said that by making public opinion known to the president, polls provide the means to end ing government isolation, the key to successful presidential agendas and a road to the White House. The third annual Presidential Roundtable was held Friday, Oct. 20 at Texas A&M and was taped for broadcast on PBS. The discussion was led by Dr. George C. Edwards III, di rector of A&M’s Center for Presidential Studies, and in cluded Stanley Greenberg, President Clinton’s pollster; Robert Teeter, pollster for Nixon, Bush and PYrd; and Dr. Robert Shapiro, a public opin ion polling expert from Colum bia University. Edwards began the discus sion by focusing on the common criticism that presidents are isolated from the public. This isolation makes polls imperative for understanding public opinion, Shapiro said. “The president should both respond and lead. It is impor tant to see where the public stands on the issues,” he said. Greenberg explained the histo ry of polling, which was first used extensively by President Kennedy in the form of state-level polls to gain strategic information. “President Johnson took polling to a more formalized level,” he said. “He wanted in formation for purposes of gov erning, not just for elections.” With the advent of new tech nology, Nixon used more pre cise polling and tracking stud ies, and Reagan’s staff conduct ed polling nightly during criti cal periods of his presidency. Today, focus groups are used extensively for determining public opinion. The groups con sist of about 10 people who are brought together for several hours in an open conversation. Greenberg said focus groups provide policy makers with an opportunity to listen to what the citizens want. “Washington D.C. is very re moved,” he said. “Focus groups al low ordinary people to be heard.” A main topic of conversation during the roundtable was the difficulty presidents have in meeting the expectations of the people. “The great changes in the so cial fabric of the country and telecommunications are making it harder for presidents to meet expectations,” Teeter said. Focusing on how presidents attempt to manipulate public opinion, Greenberg emphasized that presidents gain more sup port when they go directly to the public. Roosevelt began this trend with his fireside chats; today, presidents often use State of the Union addresses to garner public support. mehteke $10. Mm Discount Mufflers All Parts EXHAUST • BRAKES • SHOCKS • STRUTS SPRINGS • C.V. JOINTS • TRAILER HITCHES Does not apply to labor. One Coupon Per Vehicle Bryan 408 S. 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Test 8-10 pm ACCT 230 Parti ACCT 230 Part II ACCT 230 Part III ACCT 230 Pract. Test 8-11 pm BANA 303 Part I BANA 303 Part II BANA 303 Part III for professors Cote & Shetty 10 pm - 12 am ACCT 328 Parti ACCT 328 Part II ACCT 328 Part III | ACCT 328 Pract. Test Sunday thru Thursday tickets go on sale at 3:30. For any Questions call 846-TUTOR (846-8886) Located on the Centerpole Bus Route. Look for our schedules in the Battalion on Mondays and Thursdays. Stanley Greenberg, Robert Shapiro, and Robert Teeter discuss(k difficulty presidents have in meeting the expectations ofthepeopl: a Presidential Roundtable in tfie KAMU-TV studios on Friday!): Presidents must use polls to determine precisely what the public thinks of issues to deter mine the best method for achieving their agendas. Greenberg said North Ameri can Free Trade Agreement is an example of this process be cause, according to initial polls, it should never have passed. By polling, the president learned that many did not sup port NAFTA because the public did not know if it was an eco nomic or foreign issue. Pollsters then determined that if the president portrayed NAFTA as more of a foreign issue than an economic one, the public would be willing to support NAFTA. Greenberg said the NAFTA polls taught him that it is you make the case, morei: whether you make the cast' ^ , In the 1996 presidential; tions, polls will be usedtot light important groupso! ers, the experts said. Teeter cited one polh :nowr ay oi vere e Bli: Ihe fas found 33 percent of Afrit: v j iere nHoc ,his cr American voters havefm mental Christian views,il will play an important fa® tin' upcoming elections ki they will swing to the right The election will bede; mined by the candidate; the events occurringinl^ am ’s world at that time, he said winner will be the candid is hes Hoi ;ather who uses polling to bestfe amily the issues. 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