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.

Mon, October 9, 2000
Marshall Acuff, Jr., chief portfolio strategist, Salomon Smith Barney; "Investing: Past, Present, and Future"
 
Thu, October 5, 2000
Lou Cannon, journalist; author, President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime (1991) and Official Negligence: How Rodney King and the Riots Changed Los Angeles and the LAPD (1998); "The Reagan Legacy"
 
Wed, October 4, 2000
Elaine Thornburgh, harpsichord; Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin; "Music by Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750"
 
Tue, October 3, 2000
Ariel Dorfman, distinguished research professor of literature and Latin American Studies, Duke University; author, Last Waltz in Santiago and Other Poems of Exile and Disappearance (1988) and Death and the Maiden (1992); "To Be Completely, Absolutely, and Irreversibly Bilingual"
 
Mon, October 2, 2000
Mark Blitz, Fletcher Jones professor of political philosophy, CMC; author, Heidegger's Being and Time and the Possibility of Political Philosophy (1981) and co-editor, Educating the Prince (2000); Ryan Nayar '01; Rhonda Carter '02; Ben Hoyt, director of business development, Horizon.com; Debate Union alumnus; Dan Pawson '03, moderator; "This House Supports Negative Political Advertising"
 
Thu, September 28, 2000
Susan Ehrlich, judge, Arizona Court of Appeals; co-author, Doing Justice, Doing Gender: Women in Criminal Justice and Legal Occupations (1996) and author, On the Move: The Status of Women in Policing (1990); "The Federalization of the Law"
 
Wed, September 27, 2000
Tashi Namgyal, former chief security officer for the Dalai Lama; "Tibet and Tibetans Since the Chinese Invasion"
 
Tue, September 26, 2000
Mike Thornton; Mike Loomis; Andy Clemence; Tracey Stephens; Ann Schmitt; former Congressional staffers-turned-comedians; Marc Irwin, piano; "Capitol Steps: There's Something Funny Going On in Washington" (McKenna Auditorium)
 
Mon, September 25, 2000
David Sadava, Pritzker Family Foundation professor of biology, CMC; author, Cell Biology: Organelle Structure and Function (1993) and co-author, Life: The Science of Biology (1997); "Cancer Myths and Realities"
 
Thu, September 21, 2000
Richard Leo, professor of criminology, law and society, U.C. Irvine; editor, The Miranda Debate: Law, Justice, and Policing (1998) and co-author, Adapting to Miranda: Modern Interrogator's Strategies for Dealing with the Obstacles Posed by Miranda (1999); "Miscarriages of Justice in the 21st Century: Coercion, False Confessions, and the Wrongful Conviction of the Innocent"
 
Wed, September 20, 2000
Gish Jen, author, Typical American (1991) and Who's Irish?: Stories (1999); "Cultural Identity in a Hyphenated America"
 
Tue, September 19, 2000
Mark Masters, director, American Jazz Institute ensemble; John Nagourney, vibraphone; Kye Palmer, trumpet; Danny House, alto saxophone; Bill Perkins, tenor saxophone; Brian Williams, baritone saxophone; Bill Roper, tuba; Cecilia Coleman, piano; Putter Smith, bass; Sherman Ferguson, drums; Tom Hynes, guitar; Dave Woodley, trombone; Paul Klintworth, french horn; "American Jazz Institute Chamber Orchestra: The Teddy Charles Tentet"
 
Mon, September 18, 2000
Daniel Schorr, senior news analyst, National Public Radio (NPR); author, Clearing the Air (1977) and "Forgive Us Our Press Passes" (1998)
 
Wed, September 13, 2000
Howard Figler, author, The Complete Job-Search Handbook: Everything You Need to Know to Get the Job You Really Want (1979) and Liberal Education and Careers Today (1999); "Liberal Arts: What Are You Going To Do With It?"
 
Mon, September 11, 2000
John J. Pitney, Jr., professor of government, CMC; author, The Art of Political Warfare (2000) and co-author, Congress' Permanent Minority?: Republicans in the U. S. House (1994); "Bush, Gore, and the Art of Political Warfare"
 

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