On Wednesday, Sept. 18  2013 at 6 p.m. Stockton celebrated the 9th Annual Constitution Day by inviting Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center to Stockton to talk with the faculty, students, staff and members of local community. The event was organized in the Campus Center Event Room. The number of individuals who attended the event was outstanding. It was not only Stockton students but also the people from the surrounding neighborhood.

Jeffery Rosen was introduced by President Herman Saatkamp. Rosen mainly talked about the breaching of  privacy, security and other constitutional issues due to the increase in technological fields.  Adding to that he said these breechings are also demising the importance of  1st Amendment. He also openly and firmly stated how the naked body scanners that travelers had to pass through at airports were wrong.

Jeffery Rosen was concerned about the future. He said that with advancement in the technology terms like privacy would be irrelevant.  He said that once drones and camera surveillance would be prevalent in the society, the citizens would lose their personal freedom.  The way he expressed his thoughts was very impressive.

I wasn’t expecting to be so much interested in the speech. Being a Biochemistry Molecular Biology major, there were some political terms and definitions that I couldn’t grasp.  I attended the event just to fulfill the dialog session requirement of Honors, but I’m glad that I  had an opportunity to listen to the thoughts of a respectable and known citizen, Jeffery Rosen.