Speakers, Spring 2000

 

Thursday,
January 20
James Lawson, co-founder, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; "Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration" (12:00 p.m.)
 
Monday,
January 24
Les Murray, poet; author, Subhuman Redneck Poems (1998) and "Readings from Fredy Neptune: A Novel in Verse" (1998)
 
Tuesday,
January 25
Joseph Lowery, co-founder, Southern Christian Leadership Conference; "The Challenge of Equality in the 21st Century"
 
Wednesday,
January 26
Ernesto Cortes, Jr., southwest regional director, International Areas Foundation; author, Reweaving the Social Fabric (1996) and co-author, Organizing's Past, Present and Future: Reclaiming Our Birthright (1998); "The Importance of Politics in a Democratic Society"
 
Thursday,
January 27
Charles Plott, Edward S. Harkness professor of economics and political science, California Institute of Technology; author, Market Stability: Backward Bending Supply in a Laboratory Experimental Market (2000) and "Markets as Information-Gathering Tools" (2000)
 
Monday,
January 31
Sylvia Earle, marine biologist, president, Deep Ocean Exploration and Research; author, Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans (1996) and Dive (1999); "Swimming with Sharks: Women in the World of Business"
 
Tuesday,
February 1
Jared Diamond, professor of physiology, UCLA School of Medicine; author, The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (1992) and "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" (1999)
 
Wednesday,
February 2
Elaine Brown, former chairman, Black Panther Party; author, "A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story" (1992)
 
Thursday,
February 3
William Van Alstyne, William R. & Thomas S. Perkins chair of law, Duke University and visiting professor of law, UCLA; co-author, No State Shall Abridge: The 14th Amendment and the Bill of Rights (1986) and author, Interpretations of the First Amendment (1984); "Double Jeopardy and the Nationalization of Criminal Law"
 
Monday,
February 7
Robert Rosenthal, distinguished professor of psychology, U.C. Riverside; co-author, Contrasts and Effect Sizes in Behavioral Research: A Correlational Approach (1999) and People Studying People: Artifacts and Ethics in Behavioral Research (1997); "Covert Communications in Classrooms, Clinics, Courtrooms, and Corporations"
 
Tuesday,
February 8
Scott Sagan, associate professor of political science and co-director, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University; author, The Limits of Safety: Organizations, Accidents, and Nuclear Weapons (1993) and co-author, "The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate" (1995)
 
Wednesday,
February 9
Charles Calomiris, Paul M. Montrone professor of finance and economics, Columbia University; author, Is the Bank Merger Wave of the 1990s Efficient? Lessons from Nine Case Studies (1998) and High Loan-to-Value Mortgage Lending: Problem or Cure? (1999); "Rebuilding the IMF and World Bank"
 
Thursday,
February 10
Gregorio Luke, director, Museum of Latin American Art; "The Murals of Diego Rivera"
 
Monday,
February 14
Mark Masters, conductor, American Jazz Institute Band; Danny House, Med Flory, Pete Christlieb, Jerry Pinter, Bill Perkins, woodwinds; Carl Saunders, Scott Englebright, Ron Stout, Kye Palmer, trumpet; Andy Martin, Dave Woodley, trombone; Bob Enevoldsen, valve trombone; Milcho Leviev, piano; John Leitham, bass; Joe LaBarbera, drums; "American Jazz Institute Band: A Tribute to Duke Ellington"
 
Tuesday,
February 15
Amiri Baraka, poet; author, Transbluesency: The Selected Poetry of Amiri Baraka/Leroi Jones (1961-1995) (1995) and The Leroi Jones/Amiri Baraka Reader (1991); "Poetry Reading"
 
Wednesday,
February 16
Lunar New Year Celebration, "Year of the Dragon, Draco Arts Golden Dragon Team "
 
Thursday,
February 17
John Yoo, professor of law, Boalt Hall, U.C. Berkeley; author, Globalism and the Constitution: Treaties, Legislative Power, and the Original Understanding (1999) and The Judicial Safeguards of Federalism (1997); "Globalism, the Constitution, and American Democracy: Why Do We Bomb Kosovo But Not Kill Sea Turtles?"
 
Monday,
February 21
Steven Smith, professor of political science, Yale University; author, Hegel's Critique of Liberalism: Rights in Context (1989) and Spinoza: Liberalism, and the Question of Jewish Identity (1997); "Abraham Lincoln and the American Republic" (12:15 p.m.)
 
Monday,
February 21
Lisa Fernandez, Olympic softball medalist; co-author, Fastpitch Softball: The Windmill Pitcher (1997); "Never Be Satisfied"
 
Tuesday,
February 22
Chong-Wook Chung, professor of international relations, Anjou University, Korea; co-editor, Korean Options in a Changing International Order (1993) and author, Maoism and Development: The Politics of Industrial Management in China (1980); "China and Korea in the 21st Century: Regional and Global Perspectives"
 
Thursday,
February 24
Mac Bledsoe, father of NFL quarterback Drew Bledsoe; "The Role of Parents and Coaches in Developing Leadership in Athletics" (12:15 p.m.)
 
Saturday,
February 26
Reggie Jackson, Baseball Hall of Fame member; author, Inside Hitting (1975) and co-author, Reggie: The Autobiography (1984); Fran Pirozzolo, psychologist, New York Yankees; author, The Mental Game Pocket Companion for Golf (1996); "The Role of Parents and Coaches in Developing Leadership in Athletics" (12:30 p.m.)
 
Monday,
February 28
Yusef Komunyakaa, professor of humanities and creative writing, Princeton University; author, Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems (1993) and I Apologize for the Eyes in My Head (1986); "Poet Reads From His Work"
 
Tuesday,
February 29
Art Spiegelman, cartoonist and comics editor, The New Yorker; author, Maus I: A Survivors Tale: My Father Bleeds History (1986) and Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began (1992); "Comix 101"
 
Wednesday,
March 1
Adam del Monte, guitar; Laila del Monte, dancer; "An Evening of Flamenco Music and Dance"
 
Thursday,
March 2
Al From, founder and president, Democratic Leadership Council; "The Next Politics"
 
Monday,
March 6
Harris Wofford, CEO, Corporation for National Service; author, Of Kennedy and Kings: Making Sense of the Sixties (1992) and co-editor, Embers of the World: Conversations with Scott Buchanan (1970); "Motivating Our Youth Towards a Lifelong Commitment to Volunteerism and Service"
 
Tuesday,
March 7
John Lewis Gaddis, Robert A. Lovett professor of history, Yale University; author, Now We Know: Rethinking Cold War History (1997) and The United States and the Origins of the Cold War 1941-1947 (1972); "Order vs. Justice: An American Foreign Policy Dilemma"
 
Wednesday,
March 8
Keith Boykin, former executive director, National Black Lesbian and Gay Leadership Forum; author, Respecting the Soul: Daily Reflections for Black Lesbians and Gays (1999) and "One More River to Cross: Black and Gay in America" (1996)
 
Thursday,
March 9
Robert Fagles, professor of literature, Princeton University; translator, The Odyssey (1996) and author, I, Vincent: Poems from the Pictures of Van Gogh (1978); "Reading From His Work"
 
Monday,
March 20
Anne Klein, professor of religious studies, Rice University; author, Meeting the Great Bliss Queen: Buddhists, Feminists and the Art of Self (1995) and Path to the Middle: Oral Madhyamika Philosophy in Tibet (1994); "Tibetan Images of Enlightenment: Practice and Theory on the Plateau"
 
Tuesday,
March 21
Philip Klinkner, professor of political science, Hamilton College; author, The Losing Parties: Out-Party National Committees 1956-1993 (1995) and "The Unsteady March of Racial Equality in America" (1999) C-SPAN
 
Wednesday,
March 22
Ben Wattenberg, syndicated columnist; author, Values Matter Most (1996) and The Birth Dearth (1988); "Changing Family Demographics: Economic and Public Policy Implications"
 
Thursday,
March 23
Claremont Colleges Debate Union vs. Irish National Debate Team, "This House Will Heal the Wound" (12:15 p.m.)
 
Thursday,
March 23
Judith Merkle, professor of government, CMC; author, The Serpent Garden (1996) and The Master of All Desires (2000); "The Vanishing Arts: Reflections on Art and the Art of Teaching"
 
Friday,
March 24
William Kunkle, Jr., attorney, Cahill, Christian & Kunkle, Chicago; "Prosecuting the Police and Prosecuters: The Illinois Death-Row Case of Rolando Cruz" (12:15 p.m.)
 
Monday,
March 27
Robert Faggen, associate professor of literature, CMC; author, Robert Frost and the Challenge of Darwin (1997) and editor, Striving Towards Being: The Letters of Thomas Merton and Czeslaw Milosz (1997); "Rhetoric and Reality in Science"
 
Tuesday,
March 28
Michelle Cliff, author, No Telephone to Heaven (1989) and The Store of a Million Items: Stories (1998); "Reads from Her Work"
 
Wednesday,
March 29
Abe Oshereoff, Spanish Civil War veteran; director and producer, "Dreams and Nightmares: A Documentary" (1975)
 
Thursday,
March 30
Stanley Gold, president and CEO, Shamrock Holdings, Inc.; "On Leadership" (12:15 p.m.)
 
Thursday,
March 30
Jim Higdon, professor of physics, CMC; Donald McFarlane, professor of biology and ecology, CMC; co-author, Jamaica Underground: The Caves, Sink Holes and Underwater Rivers of the Island (1998); Gordon Bjork, Jonathan B. Lovelace professor of economics, CMC; author, The Way It Worked and Why It Won't: Structural Change and the Slow Down of the U.S. Economic Growth (1999) and Stagnation and Growth in the American Economy 1784-1792 (1985); Ward Elliott, Burnet C. Wohlford professor of American Political Institutions, CMC; author, The Rise of Guardian Democracy: The Supreme Court's Role in Voting Rights Disputes, 1845-1969 (1974); "Science and Public Policy: The Global Warming Debate"
 
Friday,
March 31
Allan Johnson, professor of sociology, University of Hartford; author, The Gender Knot: Unraveling Our Patriarchal Heritage (1997) and The Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology: A User's Guide to Sociological Language (2000); "Teaching for Inclusion: Facing Classroom Conflicts" (12:15 p.m.)
 
Monday,
April 3
Colin Wright, Norwood and Frances Berger professor of business and society, CMC; co-author, Linguistic Auditing: A Guide to Identifying Foreign Language Communication Needs in Corporations (1996) and co-editor, From Economics to Political Economy and Back (1990); "Ethics and the Economic Approach to Human Behavior"
 
Tuesday,
April 4
Serge Halimi, senior editor, Le Monde Diplomatique; author, A l'americaine: Faire un President (1986) and Les Nouveaux Chiens de garde (1997); "Market Journalism, or the Best News that Money Can Buy"
 
Wednesday,
April 5
Ellen Galinsky, president and co-founder, Families and Work Institute; author, National Study of the Changing Workforce (1998) and "Ask the Children: What America's Children Really Think About Working Parents" (1999)
 
Thursday,
April 6
Robert Mundell, Nobel laureate in economic sciences (1999); C. Lowell Harriss professor of economics, Columbia University; author, Man and Economics (1968) and Monetary Theory: Inflation, Interest and Growth in the World Economy (1971); "The International Monetary System After the Advent of the Euro"
 
Monday,
April 10
Stephanie Satie, performance artist; author, "Refugees" (1998)
 
Tuesday,
April 11
Brandi Page '00, violin; Wendy Kao '01, piano; "A Senior Recital"
 
Wednesday,
April 12
Claudia Martinez '00, author and producer; "The Immaculate Conception of Virginia Manchado" (2000)
 
Thursday,
April 13
Dinner Theater, "Lend Me A Tenor" by Ken Ludwig (1986) (6:00 p.m.)
 
Friday,
April 14
Dinner Theater, "Lend Me A Tenor" by Ken Ludwig (1986) (6:00 p.m.)
 
Saturday,
April 15
Dinner Theater, "Lend Me A Tenor" by Ken Ludwig (1986) (6:00 p.m.)
 
Monday,
April 17
Gary Smulyan, baritone saxophone; performer on albums Saxophone Mosaic (1995) and Gary Smulyan with Strings (1997); Mark Masters, conductor, American Jazz Institute orchestra; Cecilia Coleman, piano; Putter Smith, bass; Joe LaBarbera, drums; Kristen Autry, Ludvig Girdland, J'anna Jacoby, Pam Jacobson, Nicole Garcia, violin; Tom Vos, viola; John Krovoza, Sharon Rizzo, cello; "American Jazz Institute Orchestra: Jazz and Strings"
 
Tuesday,
April 18
Chaozhu Ji, former Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Under Secretary-General to the United Nations; "Chinese Foreign Policy and Sino-U.S. Relations" (12:15 p.m.)
 
Tuesday,
April 18
Kenneth Starr, attorney; author, The Starr Report: The Findings of Independent Council Kenneth W. Starr on President Clinton and the Lewinsky Affair (1998) and The Star Report: The Official Report of the Independent Council's Investigation of the President (1998); "Reflections on the Independent Counsel Statute: The Ignored Wisdom of the Framers"
 
Wednesday,
April 19
Darryl Wold '63, chairman, federal election commission; "Campaign Finance Reform Is Not About Campaign Finance Reform" (12:15 p.m.)
 
Wednesday,
April 19
Francis Fukuyama, Omer L. and Nancy Hirst professor of public policy, George Mason University; author, The End of History and the Last Man (1992) and "The Great Disruption: Human Nature and the Reconstruction of Social Order" (2000) C-SPAN
 
Wednesday,
April 26
Damu Smith, director, Greenpeace's toxic campaign; "Environmental Racism and Environmental Justice" (12:15 p.m.)
 
Wednesday,
April 26
Matthew Rosenblum, associate professor of composition, University of Pittsburgh; California E.A.R. Unit: Arthur Jarvinen, percussion; Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick, cello; Robin Lorentz, violin; Dorothy Stone, flute; Marty Walker, clarinets; Vicki Ray, piano; Amy Knoles, percussion; "California E.A.R. Unit: New Music for a New Millennium"
 

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