GREAT CONVERSATIONS! Truman week 2007
Where
professors trade chalk for talk.
Wednesday,
August 22, 2007
5:30 pm, Activities Room, Student Union
Buffet Supper
Join friends, faculty, and staff for a stimulating
conversation of your choice, led by distinguished
Truman staff and faculty. Each conversation is
limited to 8 participants and requires a
reservation. If you have any questions, contact the
Residential College Program, Baldwin Hall 101,
extension 4409.
If you would like to make a reservation for a
conversation, click on the title of the conversation
you are interested in or click on reservations.
Feel free to attend even if you haven't made a
reservation. We'll find a spot for you!
Do Dogs Have
Souls?
Mike Ashcraft., Philosophy and Religion
What Can We
Do to Live Greener Lives?
Monica Barron, English and Linguistics
Can 8 of Us
Turn Our “Personal Stories of the Worst Summer Ever”
into Great Laughter or Precious Tears? Or Will We
Just Get Depressed by Dessert-Time?
Chett Breed, English and Linguistics
Why are
Americans Voting Less and What are the Consequences?
Richard Coughlin, Pickler Memorial Library
The US,
Islam, and the Middle East
Taner Edis, Physics
Why Are so
Many Movie Heroes (Superman, Batman, Spiderman, Luke
Skywalker, Frodo, Harry Potter, …) Orphans?
Marty Eisenberg, Associate Provost
Being
Christian at a Public University
David Gillette, Economics
Is College
Bad for Girls?
Melissa Holcomb, Nursing
Imagining
Our World 20 Years in the Future
Amber Johnson, Anthropology, Geography, and
Sociology
How Does
the Steroids Era Impact Being a Sports Fan?
Brian Krylowicz, University Counseling Services
Why Am I
Here?
Paul Parker, Political Science
What to
Read After Harry Potter?
Barbara Price, English and Linguistics
Contemporary Music and Civic Engagement, or Does
Anybody Care Anymore? In a World of War and American
Idol, Are There Any Musicians, or Musical Movements
That Inspire People to Become Engaged in Social
Causes? Or Are We Just Being Brainwashed by the
Machinery of Mass Marketing?
Marc Rice, Music
Paris
Hilton vs. World Hunger. Do Americans Care More
about Celebrities than Social Issues?
Janet Romine, Pickler Memorial Library
The Global
Economy: How does the Rise of China, European Union,
and South Korea Affect the US and Japan's Economies?
Mustafa Sawani, Economics
Bad
Language: the Uses and Joys of Swearing?
Mary Shapiro, English and Linguistics
Is the US
Ready for a Female President?
Beth Tuttle, Student Affairs
What Are We
Eating? Are Genetically Modified Foods Dangerous?
Tim Walton, Biology