Monday, September 29, 2008

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The Hispanic Vote

According to the Pew Hispanic Center, Hispanics are the nation's largest and fastest growing minority group; at 46 million strong, they make up about 15% of the U.S. population. Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama are both courting Hispanic voters. Tonight we'll discuss the role Hispanics will play in the November election here in Maryland and across the country.

Luis Borunda

Chairman,
Hispanic Republicans of Maryland

Delegate Victor Ramirez

(D) District 47,
Prince George's County,
Co-Chair, Maryland Democratic Hispanic Caucus
 Del. Victor Ramirez

Space Week

Former Astronaut Dr. Don Thomas talks about his career as an astronaut and how he is using his experience to help excite kids about science and math. Dr. Thomas joined NASA in 1988 as a materials engineer for the Space Shuttle Program. In 1990 he was selected to be a mission specialist astronaut in NASA’s 13th group of astronauts. He is a veteran of four space shuttle mission and has logged over 1,000 hours in space, completing nearly 700 orbits of the Earth and traveling nearly 20 million miles in the process. He served as a NASA International Space Station program scientist at the Johnson Space Center in Houston where he planned and coordinated numerous science experiments being performed from 2003 to 2006.

Donald Thomas, Ph.D.

Former NASA Astronaut,
Director of Towson University's
Hackerman Academy of Mathmatics and Science
 Dr. Thomas' NASA Bio
 Towson University's Hackerman Academy