Monthly Updates

April 2008 Update

Hinckley Institute to Honor Dr. Dan E. Jones as Hinckley Fellow
Announcing the Dr. Dan E. Jones Future Leaders Scholarship
Ingrid Price Named 2008 Truman Scholar
April 2008 Hinckley Forums
Alumni Spotlight: Justin Brown
 2008 Presidential Caucus/Primary Schedule
 Voter Education Resources
Featured Hinckley Journal Article: Warming up to Credit Freeze Laws: The Case of Utah
Current Internship Opportunities
Hinckley Institute in the News

Dr. Dan E. Jones Named Spring 2008 Hinckley Fellow

The Hinckley Institute of Politics is pleased to announce that Dr. Dan E. Jones, longtime professor of American government and President and Founder of Dan Jones & Associates will be this semester’s Hinckley Fellow.  For more than 50 years, Dan Jones has played a prominent role in Utah politics as a teacher, pollster, mentor, and political guru.  Thousands of Utahns have been inspired while listening to his passionate lectures on U.S. Government.  Many of Utah's leaders - in business and politics - trace their careers back to a class and/or early mentoring by Dr. Jones.  As a Hinckley Fellow, Dr. Jones will speak at the Hinckley Forum “A Utah Political Perspective: Five Decades of History” on Friday, April 4th at 10:45 am in the Hinckley Caucus Room.  This forum is free and open to the public.  For more information about the Hinckley Fellows program, click here.

Dr. Dan E. Jones Future Leaders Scholarship Luncheon
The Hinckley Institute is thrilled to announce the establishment of the Dan Jones Future Leaders Scholarship, which honors the public service and wisdom of Dr. Dan E. Jones.  The scholarship will be awarded to state and local interns who are committed to public service and demonstrate outstanding academic accomplishment and leadership potential.  The fundraising luncheon will be held on Friday, April 4, 2008 at 12:00 (Noon) at the Rice-Eccles Stadium Tower.  Tickets are $200 per person, $1,500 a table, or $25 for students.  For more information about the scholarship, including a list of scholarship donors, click here.  To RSVP to the luncheon contact the Hinckley Institute of Politics at 801.581.8501. 

Donations
Donations to the Dan E. Jones Future Leaders Scholarship can be made online, over the phone to the University of Utah Development Office at 801-581-6825, or by mailing a check designated to the Dan Jones Future Leaders Scholarship to the Hinckley Institute of Politics, 260 S. Central Campus Dr. Rm. 253, Salt Lake City, UT 84112.

Media Coverage
Pignanelli & Webb: “Pollster Dan Jones deserving of honor” (Deseret Morning News)...On Friday, the Hinckley Institute of Politics will honor pollster and political scientist Dan Jones (who polls for the Deseret Morning News) for five decades of service and inspiration to the community. The public is invited to this event at noon, April 4 at Rice Eccles Stadium Tower. Proceeds will be dedicated to the Dan E. Jones Future Leaders Scholarship.

Ingrid Price named 2008 Truman Scholar
The Hinckley Institute of Politics is excited to announce the selection of Ingrid Price as a 2008 Harry S. Truman Scholar - one of only 65 students selected from 283 U.S. colleges and universities.  Price is the second straight Truman Scholar at the University of Utah, but one of only four Truman Scholars selected from a Utah university in the past ten years.  Working toward honors degrees in political science and international studies, she will graduate in May 2009.  She speaks Norwegian fluently and has studied Arabic, French and Latin. She completed a Hinckley Internship with the U.S. State Department at NATO in Brussels, Belgium, in the fall of 2007 where her work focused on the missile defense program in the Czech Republic and Poland.  Price also worked full time for Mayor Ralph Becker's 2007 Salt Lake City mayoral campaign and served as ASUU government relations director during the 2007 legislative session. Upon graduation she hopes to pursue a joint JD and Masters Degree focusing on international human rights and security studies.

Media Coverage
March 30, 2008: "U of U Student GetsTruman Scholarship" (KUTV Ch. 2 News)..."A University of Utah student has been selected to receive the prestigious Truman Scholarship. Ingrid Price is one of 65 students selected from 283 colleges and universities nationwide for the Truman Scholarship."
March 30, 2008: "University of Utah student wins national award" by Wendy Leonard (Deseret Morning News)..."Ingrid Price was named on Wednesday as one of 65 students selected as Truman Scholars from 283 colleges and universities nationwide. Price, 21, is a junior at the U. working on an honors degree in political science and international studies and will graduate in May 2009."
March 26, 2008: "U student receives a $30,000 Truman Scholarship" by Dustin Gardiner (Daily Utah Chronicle)..."With the help of the U's Hinckley Institute of Politics, she has since applied that early interest and served globally with the U.S. Mission to NATO in Belgium and locally with political campaigns and a refugee assistance group. On Tuesday, she gained national recognition for her efforts. Price, a junior in political science and international relations major, was named a 2008 Truman Scholar. She is one of 65 recipients of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, a $30,000 prize for undergraduate students interested in public service. Almost 600 candidates were nominated for the award.

April 2008 Hinckley Forums
The Hinckley Institute of Politics will host a wide variety of informative and intriguing Hinckley Forums this month.  All forums take place in the Hinckley Caucus Room (Orson Spencer Hall Room 255) unless otherwise noted and are free and open to the public.  For more information regarding upcoming Hinckley Forums, click here.  Also, check out the online audio, podcasts, video on demand, pictures, and media coverage of past Hinckley Forums.

Mexico's Perspective on NAFTA
Thurs. April 3, 10:00 a.m.  Jeffrey Jones, Mexico’s Agriculture Undersecretary.  

A Utah Political Perspective: Five Decades of History
Fri. April 4, 10:45 a.m.  Dan Jones, Professor Lecturer, Political Science Department, U of U; President, Dan Jones and Associates.  Hinckley Institute of Politics Fellow.

Turkey: A Force of Stability in a Challenging Region
Tues. April 8, 10:45 a.m.  Hakan Tekin, Turkish Consul General in Los Angeles.               

A Nonviolent Solution to Terrorism
Tues. April 8, 3:00 p.m.  Bart Gruzalski, Author, The Eradication of Terrorism: Why Nonviolent Policy Works and Military Action Fails, On the Buddha and On Gandhi; Professor Emeritus, Northeastern University
Co-sponsored by the Barbara and Norman Tanner Center for Human Rights, Peace and Conflict Studies Program, CSBS, IPIA, Philosophy, and Asian Studies.

The Primacy of Power: Realism & U.S. Grand Strategies, 1940-present
Thurs. April 10, 10:45 a.m.  Jeffery Taliaferro, Associate Professor, International Relations, Security Studies, Tufts University; author, Balancing Risks: Great Power Intervention in the Periphery. Co-sponsor - The John and Marcia Price Lecture Series in American Foreign Policy and the Foreign Policy Studies Club.

Congressional Update
Fri. April 11, 10:45 a.m.  Congressman Jim Matheson (D-UT)

Why Both Big and Small States Need an Effective UN
Tues. April 16, 3:00 p.m.  His Excellency Lars Faaborg-Andersen, Deputy Permanent Representative of Denmark to the United Nations, and during 2005-2006 to the Security Council.

The Rule of Law
Thurs. April 17, 10:45 a.m.  The Honorable Christine M. Durham, Chief Justice, Utah Supreme Court Dean Hiram Chodosh, J.S. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah.

Hierarchy in International Relations: Rebuilding America's Legitimacy after the Iraq War
Fri. April 18, 11:50 a.m.  David Lake, Professor, Political Science, University of California, San Diego.  Co-sponsor - The John and Marcia Price Lecture Series in American Foreign Policy and the Foreign Policy Studies Club.

Alumni Spotlight: Justin Brown
The Hinckley Institute of Politics is pleased to feature Justin Brown as the Hinckley Institute Alumni Spotlight for April 2008.  To visit the Hinckley Institute’s Alumni Spotlight webpage, click here.

2008 Presidential Caucus/Primary Schedule

Voter Education Resources
Official Candidate Websites: Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Ralph Nader, and Barack Obama.  
Candidate Profiles: Washington Post, New York Times, Fox News, and CNN.
Polls: Real Clear Politics and Polling Report.com.
Campaign Finance:  Federal Election Commission and Opensecrets.org.
Utah Election Information: Utah Lt. Governor, Salt Lake County, Davis County, Summit County, and Utah County.

Featured Hinckley Journal Article
Warming up to Credit Freeze Laws: The Case of Utah by W. Brett Barrus
Abstract:  The high-profile personal information data breaches of 2005 drew considerable public attention to the growing crime of identity theft. In order to equip consumers with tools for ID theft prevention, several states enacted credit freeze laws. Originating in California in 2001, these types of laws allow consumers to have more control over who can access their credit reports by placing a “freeze” on their records. There has been substantial debate regarding the merits of credit freezes. The credit reporting industry sees this process as unnecessary and “overkill,” touting their own fraud alerts services as sufficient to protect consumers. Consumer advocates, however, view these laws as one of the strongest protections consumers can have against abuse of their personal credit information. This study advances understanding of credit freeze laws by exploring the main arguments for and against them and detailing the history of Utah’s unique credit freeze law. This study identifies the key factors that aided the law’s passage in 2006 despite having failed in 2005. This is accomplished through interviews of individuals directly involved with the passage of the law in 2006 and relevant literature in periodicals and government reports. The discussion of Utah’s law emphasizes the differences between it and credit freeze laws passed in other states as well as proposed national legislation. Finally, this study speculates on the future of credit freeze laws in Utah and nationally. The passage of Utah’s law with its unique 15-minute freeze feature has created an intriguing situation for other states and the credit industry. It has in essence drawn a line in the sand — for other states, the credit bureaus, and the federal government — to cross over or retreat from in determining national policy regarding the future of credit freeze laws. Full Article

Internship Opportunities
The Hinckley Institute is currently accepting applications for summer 2008 Local internships and fall 2008 Washington, D.C, International, Utah State Legislature, and Local internships.  For more information, click here.

Hinckley Institute in the News
The Hinckley Institute of Politics is a central source of discussion and commentary surrounding many local, national, and international issues.  To read media coverage of Hinckley Forums, interns, and events, as well as articles featuring the insight and commentary of Hinckley Institute Director Kirk Jowers, click here.