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    Campaign 2000 Gathering
    to Salute Chaffee


     
     
    Steven Chaffee to be remembered.
    Top political science and communication scholars from across the nation will spend Saturday, June 2, discussing studies of the 2000 American presidential campaign and how new media, like the Internet, played a role in voter communication. "Campaign Studies 2000: Lessons Learned" will also recall the work and spirit of the late UCSB scholar Steven H. Chaffee.
    "Campaign Studies 2000" runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the UCen's Flying A Studio room. A reception will follow.
    Invited participants include Scott Althaus of the University of Illinois; Joseph Cappella, Kathleen Hall Jameison, and Vincent Price from the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication; Kenneth Goldstein of the University of Wisconsin; Shanto Iyengar of Stanford University; and W. Russell Neuman and Michael Traugott of the University of Michigan.
    About 50 scholars, many from UCSB, are expect to attend the public sessions. Some of the participants will also be in the audience on Sunday, June 3, for the discussion on "The Impact of the Media on American Life," which Jameison will moderate.
    Originally organized by Chaffee, the symposium will be dedicated to his memory, said Dale Kunkel, a fellow professor of communication. A memorial service on campus is planned for the beginning of the fall quarter, according to Kunkel, a friend of Chaffee for some 20 years.
    Chaffee was "a giant with few peers who could match his stature in the several disciplines in which he worked," said David Seibold, chair of the Communication Department. "As a friend and colleague, he was generous and sensitive, insightful and inspirational. We will miss him dearly."