In this issue.... Civitas Introduces New Web Site One or two Summer URBAN STUDIES Openings Still Available 2003-2004 Civitas Calendar Now Released New SEARCH capabilities in our intranet site! Civitas Cardinal night at the Ballpark New Poll

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Civitas Introduces New Web Site

Using a little more modern technology, Civitas has reformatted many of its web pages to make them easier to find and navigate. We now have drop-down menus from the top of the page as well as logical link buttons on the left side of many of our pages.

The internet has become more important to us through the years. We had more "hits" this year than ever before. With the growth of our site as well as this weekly e-newsletter, we have reduced our mailings to four or five a year and save several thousands of dollars in paper and postage.

We hope that you find the new site helpful and convenient. We know that there are some gaps in it now and "Murphy's Law" tells us that there are quite a few errors that we have not yet found. We ask that you E-Mail us at [email protected] to share your comments with us and most particularly to let us know what problems you might encounter. Also, if there are additional features that you would like, please let us know that as well.

If you go to our web site and still see our previous home page, just click on your "refresh" or "reload" button and the new one will appear. You may want to "re-bookmark" it.

• Civitas Home Page (Revised)

	One or two Summer URBAN STUDIES Openings Still Available
We remind all high school students that Civitas will have its second Urban Studies institute this summer. It will run from Monday, July 7 - Friday, July 18. We have information from last year's Urban Studies program available from one of our new web pages. The page can be accessed by clicking on the link at the bottom or this article. When you get to the page, you can browse around for information and also go to the Application Form. We will have more information on the calendar for this summer's events in next week's newsletter. The focus of this year's seminar will be on "urban sprawl." This is the phenomena whereby urban communities expand their geographic area at a much higher rate than their population. As a result, people are more spread out, metropolitan areas are further dotted with "box stores," more miles are driven, and "neighborliness" is reduced. St. Louis is unique in that the problem is exacerbated by the existence of over ninety separate municipalities in St. Louis County alone. In the seminar, we will explore the concept of government consolidation leading to possible better urban planning. The sessions will run for two weeks from 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM, with the possibility of Wednesdays off. Students will be paid a stipend for participating in the program. We want to line up all interested students shortly. Again, if you are interested, please go to the web site below. You can access the application form from there. • Urban Studies Home Web Page

	2003-2004 Civitas Calendar Now Released
Along with our new internet site, we have released the Civitas Calendar of Events for 2003-2004. We have several links to it on the new web page so that it is possible to get information just for our high school events, middle school events, or 6th grade events. We also have a new graphic web calendar that gives detailed information on each activity. You can access it by clicking on the link at the bottom of this story. We have more activities planned than ever before, including far more emphasis on Urban Studies and other domestic policy issues in the Spring. Included will be two major conferences and several other new special events. There will be NO high school activities scheduled for school days. This is a change. We ask that when teachers and students review the calendar they check it against their school calendars for next year. We want to take actions now to prevent conflicts with school events. We cannot avoid all such problems, but we certainly can change certain dates so that they do not conflict with obligations that students at a number of schools have. No events are scheduled to conflict with SAT or ACT college admissions tests. • Civitas Web-based Calendar

	New SEARCH capabilities in our intranet site!
Many of our readers have used our intranet site (www.civitasassociates.intranets.com) to participate in our polls, on-line discussions, and for announcement. We have some important material in the Documents section of the web site. We will be adding considerably more in coming months. In the meantime, we have now added an important search capability to the document section. When you go to the Documents section, simply click on the "advanced search" section and make sure to check the Search contents of file attachments box. You will then have access to the entire text of all of our documents. We will have more information about this feature as we approach the 2003-2004 school year. • Link to Intranet Web Site

	Civitas Cardinal night at the Ballpark
On Wednesday, June 25, Civitas is sponsoring a "night at the ballpark." The Cardinals will play the latest version of the "Big Red Machine" -- the Cincinnati Reds. Can Albert, Edgar, Jimmy, J.D., Scott & Co. outslug Mr. Griffey, Jr., Adam Dunn, Austin Kearns, Aaron Boone, and their cast of cohorts? Join us at the ballpark to find out. We will be leaving from the DeBaliviere MetroLink station at 6:00 PM and returning at 11:00 PM (or one- half hour after the conclusion of the game). You can access a map to the DeBalivere station by clicking on the event on our new interactive web-based calendar. The ticket cost will be $10.00 per person (Civitas will pick up the different in actual cost). We ask that students and friends who want to attend please sign- up for the game on our web site. You can access the sign-up page by clicking on the link at the bottom of this story. We hope to have a fine turnout and watch the Cardinals (who by the way are the "official team of the peace movement in the U.S.") engage in an exciting intra-division game. • Sign-Up Form for game

	New Poll
The majority of our respondents in the past week think that summer school is a good idea for students who have struggled during the regular academic year. Now back to a global issue. If it is true that the there is no evidence of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) in Iraq, and if the Bush Administration somewhat fabricated that argument (as suggested by Assistant Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz), was the war against Iraq worth it? a) Yes b) No c) Not Sure • Link to Poll

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