Speakers, Fall 1992

 

Monday,
September 14
Bob Hall, rape prevention instructor; "Dating, Relating, But Not Yet Mating"
 
Tuesday,
September 15
Fred Barnes, senior editor, The New Republic; editor, A Cartoon History of the Reagan Years: A Case of Obstruction of Justice in Massachusetts (1988) and author, The Democrats: The Majority Party and What Ails It (1984); Bob Beckel, political consultant; "The Political State of Affairs"
 
Wednesday,
September 16
Susan Estrich, professor of law and political science, USC; author, Real Rape (1987) and Dangerous Offenders: The Elusive Target of Justice (1988); "The Feminist Challenge: Abortion, Rape, and Sexual Harassment" (McKenna Auditorium)
 
Thursday,
September 17
Ray Remy '59, president, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce; "Los Angeles: April 1992 and Beyond"
 
Monday,
September 21
Frank Zimring, William G. Simon professor of law, director, Earl Warren Legal Institute, U.C. Berkeley; co-author, The Scale of Imprisonment (1991) and author, The Search for Rational Drug Control (1992); "Firearms, Violence, and the Paradox of Civil Disorder"
 
Tuesday,
September 22
Peter Vidmar, Olympic gymnastic medalist; "Risk, Originality, and Virtuosity"
 
Wednesday,
September 23
Sanford Strong, self protection instructor; "You Can Protect Yourself"
 
Thursday,
September 24
Sucheng Chan, professor of history, U.C. Santa Barbara; author, This Bittersweet Soil: The Chinese in California Agriculture 1860-1910 (1986) and Asian Californians (1991); "Learning from Asian American History"
 
Monday,
September 28
Richard Kimball, director/co-founder, The Center for National Independence in Politics; "Project Vote Smart"
 
Tuesday,
September 29
Cecil Murray, pastor, First African Methodist Episcopal Church; "The Gospel of Action"
 
Wednesday,
September 30
Judith Selby, professor of art, College of Marin; "Face to Face: The Artist and Social Issues"
 
Thursday,
October 1
Erika Batdorf, performance artist; Brandeis University; "The Watcher and the Watched"
 
Monday,
October 5
Jack Katz, professor of sociology, UCLA; author, Poor People's Lawyers in Transition (1984) and Seductions of Crime (1990); "Crime and Social Protest: Notes on Disturbing Events in L.A."
 
Tuesday,
October 6
San Jose Taiko, percussion; "A Musical Tea" (3:00 p.m.)
 
Tuesday,
October 6
Patrick Caddell, political consultant; "A Pollster's View"
 
Wednesday,
October 7
Harry Kitano, professor of social welfare and Japanese-American studies, UCLA; author, Asians in America: A Selected Bibliography for Use in Social Work Education (1971) and Japanese Americans: The Evolution of a Subculture (1976); "Asian-American Culture"
 
Thursday,
October 8
Peter Drucker, Marie Rankin Clarke professor of social science and management, Claremont Graduate School; author, The New Society: The Anatomy of the Industrial Order (1982) and The Age of Discontinuity: Guidelines to Our Changing Society (1992); "Transnationalism, Regionalism, Tribalism: Transcending National State, National Economy, and Individual Business"
 
Friday,
October 9
Manuel Lujian, secretary of the interior, United States; "Making Environmental Policy" (8:00 a.m.)
 
Monday,
October 12
Patrick Giantonio, African explorer; "Footsteps Into Change: A Humbling African Odyssey"
 
Tuesday,
October 13
Michael Deane Lamkin, professor of music, Scripps College; "Antonin Dvorak: The Rise of Czech Nationalism"
 
Wednesday,
October 14
Renee Tajima, executive producer, Film News Now Foundation; "Confessions of an Asian American Filmmaker and Other Tales of Woe"
 
Thursday,
October 15
Jan Hall, California deputy secretary for commerce and housing; "Improving the California Business Climate in Election Year 1992"
 
Wednesday,
October 21
Jeffrey Biegel, piano; "Russian Nights"
 
Monday,
October 26
Tong Suhr, transnational attorney; "Video, Lies, and Riots: An Examination of the Relationship Between the Media and Korean-Americans"
 
Tuesday,
October 27
Stewart Kwoh, executive director, Asian Pacific American Legal Center; "Legal Aspects of Immigration"
 
Wednesday,
October 28
David Grimes, professor of obstetrics, gynecology and preventative medicine, USC; "RU486: The Collision Between Science and Politics"
 
Thursday,
October 29
Roger Strangeland, chairman, CEO, Vons Companies; "The Economics and Politics of Corporate Investment in South Central Los Angeles" (12:15 p.m.)
 
Thursday,
October 29
Ronald Hays, U.S. Navy admiral, retired; "The Pacific Rim and the United States"
 
Monday,
November 2
Michael Medved, film critic; author, Hollywood vs. America (1992) and co-author, The Golden Turkey Awards (1981); "Hollywood's Three Big Lies About Media and Society"
 
Tuesday,
November 3
John J. Pitney, Jr., professor of government, CMC; "Election Night Commentary"
 
Wednesday,
November 4
John Slaughter, president, Occidental College; co-editor, The Rules of the Game: Ethics in College Sports (1989) and author, A Mind for Money: Financial Survival (1991); "Ethics and Athletics: An Oxymoron?"
 
Thursday,
November 5
Lyndon Taylor, violin; Gloria Lum, cello, Los Angeles Philharmonic; "Musical Tea: Music of Zoltan Kodaly" (3:15 p.m.)
 
Thursday,
November 5
Catherine Stimpson, dean of the graduate school, Rutgers University; author, Class Notes (1979) and co-editor of Women- Sex and Sexuality (1980); "What's Correct About Being Politically Correct: A Vision of Cultural Democracy"
 
Monday,
November 9
Angela Oh, criminal defense attorney; "Seeking Common Ground"
 
Tuesday,
November 10
Stephen Saunders, Magellan project scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; "Magellan Mission Summary: Mapping the Planet Venus"
 
Wednesday,
November 11
John Ellis, professor of German, U.C. Santa Cruz; author, Against Deconstruction (1989) and One Fairy Story Too Many: The Brothers Grimm and Their Tales (1983); "Social Agenda and the Diversity of Literature"
 
Thursday,
November 12
Richard Rodriguez, author, Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez (1983) and "Days of Obligation: An Argument with My Mexican Father" (1992)
 
Monday,
November 16
Carl Oglesby, author, The Yankee Cowboy War: Conspiracies from Dallas to Watergate (1976) and Who Killed JFK? (1991); "29 Years Ago and the Questions Remain"
 
Tuesday,
November 17
Alfred Stern, University distinguished service professor of philosophy, Wayne State University; "Ethics and Government"
 
Wednesday,
November 18
Bill Purdy '93, piano; Scott Rudmann '93, saxophone; "Musical Tea: The Fabs" (3:15 p.m.)
 
Wednesday,
November 18
Antonia Hernandez, president and general council, Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund (MALDEF); "Challenge of Living in a Multi-Cultural Society"
 
Thursday,
November 19
Reuben Greenberg, chief of police, Charleston, North Carolina; author, Let's Take Back Our Streets! (1991); "Ethics and Law Enforcement"
 

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