{"id":600,"date":"2008-07-21T17:09:12","date_gmt":"2008-07-21T22:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.southernarkansasuniversity.info\/?p=600"},"modified":"2008-07-21T17:09:12","modified_gmt":"2008-07-21T22:09:12","slug":"carville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/2008\/carville\/","title":{"rendered":"James Carville to speak in Magnolia to benefit the Southern Arkansas University Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"James<\/a> James Carville, also known as \u201cRagin\u2019 Cajun,\u201d and perhaps best known for the role he played behind the scenes in Bill Clinton\u2019s successful bid for the White House in 1992, will speak at Southern Arkansas University on September 9.<\/p>\n

Carville\u2019s speech is being presented by Farmers Bank & Trust and proceeds will benefit the SAU Foundation.<\/p>\n

\u201cJames Carville is an internationally-recognized political consultant, known for his keen wit and astute political analysis,\u201d said Southern Arkansas University President Dr. David Rankin. \u201cIt will be a pleasure to have him at SAU as part of this outstanding lecture series.\u201d<\/p>\n

The event begins with a private reception from 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Farmers Bank & Trust. The dinner and presentation will follow at 7 p.m. in the Grand Hall of the Donald W. Reynolds Campus and Community Center at SAU. Tickets are $100 to attend the dinner and lecture and $200 to attend the dinner and lecture as well as the private reception where you can have a photo taken with Carville.
\nBob Burns, chairman and chief executive officer of Farmers Bank & Trust, said the goal of the lecture series is not to support any specific political interest, but to support students who want to attend the University but may have financial difficulties.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is really important is that the series helps us make a difference in the lives of a few students,\u201d Burns said. \u201cThe more funds we raise, the more students who get to go to college.\u201d<\/p>\n

Burns said there are four students who currently benefit from the lecture and the hope is to add two to three more this year.<\/p>\n

Those who want to help students this year by participating in the lecture are in for an interesting night.<\/p>\n

Carville, along with his wife Mary Matalin, wrote \u201cAll\u2019s Fair: Love, War, and Running for President,\u201d the best-selling political memoir in American history. His second book, \u201cWe\u2019re Right, They\u2019re Wrong,\u201d made it to number one on The New York Times Best Seller list and his third, \u201cAnd The Horse He Rode In On-the People v. Ken Starr.\u201d His latest release is \u201cTake It Back: Our Party, Our Country, Our Future,\u201d with Paul Begala.<\/p>\n

Perhaps a lesser-known fact about Carville is that he was a partner in a restaurant in San Francisco called Hawthorne Lane. Another interesting fact is that he was featured in a documentary called \u201cThe War Room\u201d about the 1992 Bill Clinton presidential campaign that was nominated for an Academy Award.<\/p>\n

For more information on the event, or to reserve tickets, call the SAU Foundation office at 877-235-7409 or 870-235-4078.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

James Carville, also known as \u201cRagin\u2019 Cajun,\u201d and perhaps best known for the role he played behind the scenes in Bill Clinton\u2019s successful bid for the White House in 1992, will speak at Southern Arkansas University on September 9.<\/p>\n

Carville\u2019s speech is being presented by Farmers Bank & Trust and proceeds will benefit the SAU Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":3626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[276,200,288,69],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-600","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community-corner","8":"category-foundation","9":"category-regional-news","10":"category-reynolds-center","11":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}