Clarke Forum

MOB sponsores Porsha Olayiwola's workshop on cultural appropriation and identity. Clarke Forum hosts panel on Islamaphobia. Play "The Vagina Monologues" hosted at the Cubiculo. Beta Epsilon sorority hosts annual "What's Love Got to Do With It" self-care event. Dickinson Model UN chapter is founded.  Salon discussion "Respectability Politics in the 21st Century" cosponsored by Clarke Forum, Popel Shaw Center, and Phi Beta Kappa. Clarke Forum hosts immigrant activists Hugo Castro and Jose Luis Hernandez Cruz to discuss their work with undocumented and disabled immigrants. 

Students create a petition to reaffirm Dickinson's core values. Dickinsonians march in Harrisburg "Immigration Rights Rally." Clarke Forum website is hacked. Student Liberation Movement creates "Wall of Love" to promote free speech. Clarke Forum hosts Maly G. Jackson lecture "Ethiopia to Israel."

Neil Weissman offers support to international students in response to Donald Trump's bans on immigration. Dickinsonians participate in DC Women's Marches. Clarke Forum hosts Kathryn Ellis and David O'Connell lecture on reproductive rights, politics, and ethics and Thomas Palley lecture on financial crisis of 2008. Popel Shaw Center for Race and Ethnicity host panel discussion for Black History Month. 

Preachers Shawn Holes and Don Karns demonstrate on Britton Plaza and debate with students, faculty, and community members over evolution, sex, and sin. Screenwriter John Patrick Shanley visits Dickinson for a question and answer session in ATS about his writing, directing, and screenplays. Clarke Forum hosts Carolyn L. Karcher's lecture about anti-lynching campaign and Rev. Kristen Leslie's lecture about sexualized violence and faith. 

Students gather in ATS to watch second presidential debate between Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump. The beekeeping collective The Hive is approved and awaits arrival of bees. Competitive climbing club is announced. Clarke Forum hosts lectures on the conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia and on the role food plays in different cultures. 

Students perform demonstration in the HUB to protest exclusivity. Students gather in ATS to watch vice-presedential debate between Tim Kaine and Mike Pence. Professor Lothar Probst from University of Breman, Germany, presents Clarke Forum lecture on the rise of populism in Germany and the United States during the election season. The Popel Shaw Center holds its first Interracial Mixer at Landis House to discuss racism, ethnic stereotypes, and ethnic erasure. 

New drug testing policy for student atheletes is approved. Students gather in ATS to watch the first presidential debate between Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump. Exonerated inmates Sophia "Sunny" Jacobs and Peter Pringle present a Clarke Forum event in ATS on the importance of forgiveness. Acapella group Syrens updates their gender inclusivity critera from "all-female" to "all-female-identifying." Bhutanese flag is hung alongside other flags in the dining hall. 

Chelsea Clinton visits Carlile's Democratic Party Headquarters to speak about women's rights, gun control, and healthcare. Author Raj Patel presents a Clarke Forum lecture about the modern food system and the changes he believes it should undergo. Dickinson partners with SolarCity to install a new solar array that will provide electricity to the campus. 

Author Keith Boykin talks color and homosexuality, Dickinson's Sustainable Investments Task Force discusses Dickinson's sustainable initiatives, alumni Andrew Hyde '81 discusses government position and stabilization operations, Student Senate evaluates new D-Park shuttles, and Professor Crispin Sartwell discusses rethinking our political ideologies. 

The Clarke Forum tackles Syrian Civil War, MOB offers a meet and greet with Hoodie Allen, Rob Stone returns to work, Trans Advocacy Committee prepares proposals.

Lorrie Moore, the Stellfox Award winner, visits Dickinson, First-Years learn to adapt, the Clarke Forum hosts a panel discussion on the social impacts of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, a 2015 Fall Mosaic titled "Assessing American and South African Education Since Civil Rights and the End of the Apartheid" hosted by the Africana studies and Education departments is announced, and excitement grows for the Fall Concert featuring the Chainsmokers and 3lau. 

Dickinson prepares for flu season, Out on Britton kicks off LGBTQ Pride Month, the LGBTQ Office launches a new program called Queer Peers: the LGBTQ Mentoring Program, Trevor Aaronson presents the Clarke Forum lecture, and the service trip to Belize accepts applicants. 

The new Kline Center is unveiled, Matthew Wenz '17 presents as part of the TED Talk video series, Earth Science majors conduct summer research in Iceland, a solar panel is added to Britton Plaza, and the Clarke Forum honors the World War I centennial. 

Dickinson students and members of the Carlisle community host First Friday together on September 6. Clarke Forum hosts Gail Dines to speak about porn culture. Joyce Bylander takes the Vice President position. 30 Dickinson freshmen spend the weekend without their electronics.

A Clarke Forum event explores Penn State Scandal. Delta Sigma collects toys for the holidays. Delta Nu holds fundraiser for Uganda. Russian Department holds Talent Show.

Moroccan filmmaker Lotfi Lamrani visits Arabic 211 to discuss his documentary "Crossing Borders." The Clarke Forum brings James Mann. Homeless speak about issues. Faculty members perform at Senior Club.

MOB selects Janelle Monae as Fall Concert performer. Margaret Atwood to come to Dickinson November 29th to receive Stellfox Award. Matthews House opens as new special interest Wellness Living House. Career Center hosts first Internship Showcase. Philip Zelikow, former executive of 9/11 Commission, brought as Clarke Forum speaker.