The public is invited to attend a presentation on the social and political implications of America’s increasingly multiracial landscape by Dr.Lauren Davenport, assistant professor of political science at Stanford University.

Unlike many of her celluloid sisters at MGM, she came neither from grinding poverty, nor with a determined stage mother in the wings: instead, the well-bred and highly intelligent Lamarr came from a wealthy Austrian family.During a March 17, 2008 appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, judge Simon Cowell chose Castro as one of his four favorites in the competition, along with David Cook, David Archuleta, and Brooke White.On April 12, Ryan Seacrest and the three judges appeared in Larry King Live, Larry King revealed the results of his website poll which asked "Whom do you want to win American Idol? Castro played the guitar during the Top 24 performance night when he sang "(What A Day For A Daydream)".According to the March 22, 2008, issue of Billboard, this was the highest boost in digital sales a song had ever received after being performed by a contestant on American Idol. Jason Castro’s rendition of the song propelled Jeff Buckley’s version to be certified gold and platinum as a single on April 22, 2008.It was the first time Buckley's version of the song charted on a Billboard chart, as well as the first U. Castro's version of the song "Hallelujah" briefly appeared in the number-one spot on the i Tunes chart before it was removed due to the producers of American Idol not wanting any contestant to be favored.