Entries drawn from the college history timeline
The Judaic Studies Department and the Clarke Center co-sponsored a round table discussion on the topic of "the Future of Judaism in America," which was held in Denny Hall on April 10, 1997. The participants included Carl Choper, Ron Muroff, Chaim Schertz, Daniel Weiner, Shmuel Birnham (class of...
Dr. Jorge Castaneda, a leading expert on Mexican Politics and Economics, delivered the keynote address of the Latin American Studies Symposium on April 10 in Memorial Hall. Dr. Castaneda's lecture, titled "Mexico: The Politics and Economy of Today and Tomorrow," was co-sponsored by the Clarke...
William Coulet delivered a lecture titled "Green vs. Green: The Development of Legal Protection of the Environment in France" in Memorial Hall on April 15.
The Clarke Center sponsored the event.
A round table discussion titled "The Future of the Environmental Movement" was held in the Weiss Center for the Arts as part of "Celebrate Earth Week!" This event was co-sponsored by Earth Now, Student Senate, ALLARM, Big Springs Recycling Group, Environmental Science Department, and the Clarke...
Environmentalist Dave Foreman gave a lecture, "In Defense of the Wild," in Rubendall Recital Hall as part of "Celebrate Earth Week," a week-long event highlighting environmental issues. This event was sponsored by Earth Now, Student Senate, ALLARM, Big Springs Recycling Group, the Environmental...
Dr. Martha Ayuk gave a lecture titled "Critical Issues in Improving Biodiversity Conservation in Cameroon" in Memorial Hall as part of the Bechtel Lecture Series and the Celebrate Earth Week! event. This event was sponsored by the Clarke Center.
Senior Stephanie Comastro delivered a lecture based on her research titled "Getting to Know Letort Spring Run: A Year Long Study of Diatoms as Biological Water Indicators" in a Holland Union Building side room as part of the "Celebrate Earth Week!" event. This was co-sponsored by Earth Now,...
Dr. Lawrence Korb, the Director of the Center for Public Policy Education at the Brookings Institute, gave a lecture during Common Hour in Rubendall Recital Hall titled "The Department of Defense: The First Half Century." The U.S. Army War College and the Clarke Center co-sponsored the event....
Professor Helena Michie delivered a lecture titled "Policing the Reproductive Body: What's Expected When You're Expecting" in Rubendall Recital Hall on April 29, 1997. This event was co-sponsored by the English Department, Women's Studies Program, and the Clarke Center.
Dr. Graydon A. Tunstall delivered the 1997 John C. Pflaum Lecture, titled "The Historian as Detective: How to Rewrite the History of the Origins of World War I," in Memorial Hall. The event was sponsored by the History Department and the Clarke Center.
Arbitrator and mediator Helen Mercer Witt (Class of 1955) addressed the College as part of its 1997 Commencement exercises. Ms. Witt also received an honorary degree from the College.
Dean of Educational Services Betsy Emerick, Professor John Ransom (Judicial Board), Dianne Catalano (student senate), and Chris Fahey (student senate) participated in a campus forum held in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium that featured the question "Dickinson College: Learning Community or...
Dr. Yaakov Garb, from the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, gave a lecture called "The Trans-Israel Highway: Implications for Israel's Future" in Memorial Hall, Old West. The Clarke Center sponsored the event.
Carole Burke (former U.S. Naval Academy Professor), Lt. Col. Sheila Baxter (U.S. Army War College), and Col. Ric Fiore Jr. (U.S. Army War College) participated in a debate regarding sex in the United States military during Common Hour on September 17, 1997. The event, which was held in Rubendall...
Kenneth Starr, Judge and Independent Council, delivered the Winfield C. Cook Constitution Address titled "Federalism and the Constitutional Republic" in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium on September 18, 1997. The Clarke Center organized the event.
Dr. Lawrence Krauss gave a lecture on "the Physics of Star Trek" for the Glover Memorial Lecture. This event, which was the first in a four part series on Science and Hollywood, was held in Memorial Hall and was sponsored by the Physics Department and the Clarke Center.
Dickinson School of Law and the Clarke Center sponsored Maria de los Angeles Moreno's lecture titled "Women's Rights & International Dialogue," which was held in Trickett Hall on the Law School campus.
Part of the Clarke Center's four-part series "Science in Hollywood," Dr. Robert DeSalle (Associate Curator at the American Museum of Natural History) discussed "The Science in Jurassic Park and Lost World" in a lecture held in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The event was co-sponsored by...
Dr. Charles L. Schultze, who served as Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers during the President Carter's Administration, delivered a lecture titled "International Trade and American Living Standards: Myths vs. Reality" in Old West on October 24, 1997. The event was sponsored by the...
Harry Wu, a human rights activist, delivered a lecture in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium titled "Labor Camps in China: The Chinese Gulag." The Clarke Center sponsored the event.
Colonels Nancy and Jerry Jaax, from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, discussed the film Outbreak! during an event held in Rubendall Recital Hall on November 4. The Clarke Center and the Carlisle Regional Performing Arts Center co-sponsored the event. ...
Dagmar Mcgill, from the Big Brothers by Sisters of America, Jennifer Burt ('89), a fundraiser for The Hunger Project, and Arizona State Senator Marc Spitzer ('79) discussed "The State of Volunteerism in America" during an event in Rubendall Recital Hall. This event, which was part of the Metzger...
Dr. Lawrence Levine, renowned author and historian, delivered a lecture titled "What is an American: The Search for Identity" in Rubendall Recital Hall on November 6. The Clarke Center sponsored the event.
The Freshman Seminar "AIDS & Society" and the Clarke Center co-sponsored a discussion titled "AIDS: Personal Perspectives," which was held in Rubendall Recital Hall on November 12, 1997.
Prasenjit Duara delivered the Flaherty Lecture on "Nations and National Empires: Ethnicity and Imperialism in East Asia." It was held in Memorial Hall and was sponsored by the East Asian Studies Department and the Clarke Center.
