{"id":821,"date":"2012-11-13T21:17:24","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T02:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/?p=821"},"modified":"2015-05-05T19:44:35","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T23:44:35","slug":"current-affairs-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/?p=821","title":{"rendered":"VAST Activities: Current Affairs Discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Current Events is all about exploring how society works and how we think of it. Both scholars and mentors contribute to discussions about American politics, social welfare, and media. The format of the activity allows scholars to actively participate in answering and asking questions while mentors help focus the conversation. The 2012 election might be over, but Current Events plans on finishing the semester with exciting discussion on the future and present of the national and global political landscape.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_822\" style=\"width: 593px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-822\" class=\"size-full wp-image-822\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2012\/11\/IMG_6759.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"583\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2012\/11\/IMG_6759.jpg 583w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2012\/11\/IMG_6759-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2012\/11\/IMG_6759-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mentor Nathan Tauger leading a discussion on the topic of social welfare<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-823\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2012\/11\/IMG_6782.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"583\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2012\/11\/IMG_6782.jpg 583w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2012\/11\/IMG_6782-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2012\/11\/IMG_6782-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_824\" style=\"width: 593px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-824\" class=\"size-full wp-image-824\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2012\/11\/IMG_6786.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"583\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2012\/11\/IMG_6786.jpg 583w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2012\/11\/IMG_6786-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2012\/11\/IMG_6786-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-824\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A scholar explaining how income tax brackets work<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current Events is all about exploring how society works and how we think of it. Both scholars and mentors contribute to discussions about American politics, social welfare, and media. The format of the activity allows scholars to actively participate in answering and asking questions while mentors help focus the conversation. The 2012 election might be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1351,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42341],"tags":[59717,6992],"class_list":["post-821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activities","tag-activities","tag-current-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=821"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1724,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions\/1724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}