The Kentucky Political Science Association is meeting March 2-3 at Northern Kentucky University. The theme of this year’s meeting is The 2000 Elections and Beyond.  We will have panels on the 2000 election and several other topics of interest.

This year, we have a special Friday morning half-day symposium entitled "Voting in the 21st Century: What are the
essential changes and challenges?" The symposium is co-sponsored by the Eastern Kentucky University Center for Kentucky History and Politics, and the Kentucky Political Science Association. It will take place between 9:30 AM and 12:30 PM. Former KY Sen. Wendell Ford and KY Secretary of State John Y. Brown III have been invited to address this conference. Sen. Ford was the primary author of the "motor voter bill" and is a nationally recognized expert on the voting process. Secretary Brown is chair of the Elections Committee of the National Association of Secretaries of State and has recently issued a 10-point plan for improvingelections in Kentucky.

The KPSA will kick off Friday afternoon at 1:00 pm with panels, a business meeting, social hour and a dinner. This year, the dinner featured speaker will be Dr. Jim Heizer. Jim has been to Russia 15 times, plans to return this May. He has taught, and in fact, is still teaching students in Russia via Internet / email. His talk is titled "Dead Souls Refuse to Die - Russia's Struggle with Post Modernism."

The dinner is an option cost ($20) from the registration fee $5.  Annual dues remain at $4.00.  The KPSA will continue Saturday morning with panels and close at noon.

Dinner Speaker: Our speaker for the KPSA dinner will be Jim Heizer. Jim has been to Russia 15 times, plans to return this May. He has taught, and in fact, is still teaching students in Russia via Internet / email. His talk is titled "Dead Souls Refuse to Die - Russia's Struggle with Post Modernism."

Hotels: There are many hotels right off Interstate I-75 about 10 miles before getting to NKU in Florence and Erlanger. Closer to NKU is the Comfort Suites in Newport (5 miles north of campus on I-471).
 

Hotel	Exit	City	Phone
Best Western	Florence - 18 (I-75; Exit 181)	Florence	(859)525-0090
Motel 6	Florence - 18 (I-75; Exit 181)	Florence	(859)283-0909
Fairfield Inn	Turfway (I-75; Exit 182)	Florence	(859)371-4800
Commonwealth Hilton	Turfway (I-75; Exit 182)	Florence	(859)371-4400
Courtyard by Marriott	Turfway (I-75; Exit 182)	Florence	(859)371-6464
Hampton Inn	Turfway (I-75; Exit 182)	Florence	(859)283-1600
Signature Inn	Turfway (I-75; Exit 182)	Florence	(859)371-0081
Howard Johnson's	Erlanger (I-75; Exit 184)	Erlanger	(859)342-6200
Econolodge	Erlanger (I-75; Exit 184)	Erlanger	(859)342-5500
Comfort Suites	Newport (I-471; Exit1)	Newport	(859)291-6700

Directions: The conference will be on campus at the BSU (registration / social / dinner) and Landrum Academic Center (breakout sessions). You can find a campus map and directions to NKU at http://www.nku.edu/~admitnku/visit.html. On the campus map at http://www.nku.edu/~library/nkumap.html, you will park in Lot E and go to the BSU (building 32) and Landrum (building 19). They are only a few steps away from each other.

Parking: We will have spaces in the parking lot next to the BSU (Lot E) reserved for KPSA for the two days. parking is very tight at NKU, especially on a Friday morning.

Abdul H. Rifai Award judges: Each year, the KPSA awards the Abdul H. Rifai Award for the best paper presented by an undergraduate student at its annual meeting. The papers are due to President Thomson by February 15.

Consider Cincinnati: Cincinnati has a lot to do and see. Consider staying over for the weekend and checking out the town. The best web sites for general Cincinnati information are: http://www.cincyusa.com (general tourist site) http://www.cincinnati.com (locals site)

Weather: Check out the weather before the trip at http://www.cincinnati.com/weather/

Newport Aquarium: Is fairly new, widely regarded and next to the Newport peace Bell. On the Web at http://www.newportaquarium.com/

Cincinnati Museum Center: On the web at http://www.cincymuseum.org/, the center’s current exhibit (and IMAX Theatre movie) is the Titanic exhibition. Also, the center has an excellent Cincinnati Museum (with a full-scale model of downtown) and good children’s exhibits.

Cincinnati Art Museum at http://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/intro.html is free on Saturdays, and is currently featuring the art of Gordon Parks in the special exhibit area.

Aronoff Center for the Arts will be playing the romantic comedy Somewhere in Between.

Cincinnati Convention Center will hosting the annual Home and Garden Show.

Advance Registration: Registration for the entire conference is $5, KPSA Dues are $4.00, and the optional Friday evening dinner is $20.  Students need not pay dues.  The form is below. Please send to:

Make checks payable to: KENTUCKY POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION
You may, of course, pay at registration, but we do need to know in advance how many people will attend the evening dinner, so if you do NOT pre-register, please contact Michael Thomson, telling him how many will be attending the dinner.

Your Name ____________________________________________  email: ____________________________________

Names and email addresses of others registered with this form: