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Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum

A distinctive
feature of social and
cultural life at CMC

 

Current Semester Schedule

Athenaeum events are posted here as detailed information becomes available.

Tue, September 28, 2004
Tom Hayden, former California state senator (D-23rd district); adjunct professor of politics, Occidental College; author, Street Wars: Gangs and the Future of Violence (2004) and Rebel: A Personal History of the 1960s (2003); "Reforming California's Prison System"
 
Mon, September 27, 2004
Ann Schmitt, Kevin Corbett, Mike Carruthers, Mike Telford, Bari Sedar, Jon Simler, former Congressional staffers-turned comedians; Marc Irwin, piano; "Capitol Steps: There's Something Funny Going on in Washington" (7:00 p.m. McKenna Auditorium)
 
Thu, September 23, 2004
Patrick Guerriero, former Massachusetts House of Representatives (R-35th district); executive director, Log Cabin Republicans; "Speaking Out: A Gay Republican's Personal Journey" C-SPAN
 
Wed, September 22, 2004
Catherine Conaghan, professor of political studies, director, Centre for the Study of Democracy, Queens University, Canada; co-author, To Be A Worker: Identity and Politics in Peru (2000) and Unsettling Statecraft: Democracy and Neoliberalism in the Central Andes (1995); "Failing States or Failing Politics? Interpreting the Andean Crisis"
 
Tue, September 21, 2004
Kathleen Norris, author, Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith (1999) and The Virgin of Bennington (2001); "Spiritual Practice and Social Justice"
 
Mon, September 20, 2004
Robert Lanza, vice president of medical and scientific development, Advance Cell Technology; adjunct professor of surgical sciences, Wake Forest University; co-author, Handbook of Stem Cells (2004) and Principles of Cloning (2002); "The Past, Present, and Future of Stem Cell Research"
 
Thu, September 16, 2004
Cornel West, Class of 1943 University professor of religion and African American studies, Princeton University; author, Race Matters (1993) and "Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism" (2004) C-SPAN
 
Wed, September 15, 2004
Joe Massoud '89, managing partner, The Compass Group; "What It Means to be a McKenna Scholar: Making an Impact"
 
Tue, September 14, 2004
Phil Gramm, former United States senator, (R-Texas); author, The Role of Government in a Free Society (1982) and co-editor, Establishing an Effective Modern Framework for Export Controls (2003); "A Conversation with Senator Gramm"
 
Mon, September 13, 2004
Carrie Chorba, assistant professor of Spanish, CMC; author, forthcoming Mexico from Mestizoto to Multicultural: National Identity and Recent Representations of the Conquest and Exploring Mexican National Identity in Salvador Carrasco's Film, La otra conquista (2004); "Oh! The Places You'll Go: The Study of Cultures and National Identity"
 
Thu, April 29, 2004
Peggy Noonan, contributing editor, The Wall Street Journal; author, A Heart, a Cross, and a Flag (2003) and When Character was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan (2001); "Conversation with Peggy Noonan" (12:15 p.m.)
 
Sat, April 24, 2004
Dinner Theater, Betty's Summer Vacation by Christopher Durang (1999) (6:00 p.m.)
 
Fri, April 23, 2004
Dinner Theater, Betty's Summer Vacation by Christopher Durang (1999) (6:00 p.m.)
 
Thu, April 22, 2004
Dinner Theater, Betty's Summer Vacation by Christopher Durang (1999) (6:00 p.m.)
 
Wed, April 21, 2004
Ira Glass, radio host and producer of NPR's This American Life; co-author, Radio- An Illustrated Guide (1999); "Lies, Sissies, & Fiascoes: Notes on Making A New Kind of Radio"
 

Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum

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385 E. Eighth Street
Claremont, CA 91711

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