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SUMMARY:A Physicist Runs for Congress
DESCRIPTION:Featuring George Gollin\, University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champ
	aign\nHosted by: David Campbell\, Lawrence Sulak\nPoster: http://physics.bu
	.edu/posters/2013_Fall/1112_Gollin.pdf\n\nPart of the Physics Department Co
	lloquia Series.\n\nAbstract:\nIn the time before John Boehner and the Tea P
	arty\, members of Congress would put country before party and compromise\, 
	crafting solutions to the challenges we faced. There were problems--of pove
	rty\, prejudice\, and more--but it always seemed possible to make forward p
	rogress.\n\nAlas\, it is no longer this way: Congress appears to work only 
	for itself\, and does not listen to those of us outside the Beltway. Changi
	ng this will require us to engage with the political system and hold it acc
	ountable. We must restore our country’s ability to govern.\n\nOne way to 
	do this is to stand for election to the United States House of Representati
	ves\, as I am doing. At the moment 227 members of Congress were trained as 
	attorneys; if successful\, I will be the third member who is a physicist.\n
	\nI will describe why I have undertaken this daunting task\, and what the e
	xperience has been like so far.
LOCATION:SCI 109\, 590 Commonwealth Avenue\, 02215
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