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, October 24, 1995
Sanford Ungar, dean, School of Communication, American University, Washington, D.C.; author, Fresh Blood: The New American Immigrants (1995) and The Papers and the Papers: An Account of the Legal and Political Battle Over the Pentagon Papers (1972); Peter Brimelow, senior editor, Forbes and National Review; author, Alien Nation: Common Sense About America's Immigration Disaster (1995) and The Patriot Game: National Dreams and Political Realities (1986); "American Policy in Review: A Debate on Immigration"
 
Mon, October 23, 1995
Howard Rheingold, author, Virtual Reality (1991) and "The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electric Frontier" (1993)
 
Thu, October 19, 1995
Michael Hudson, Seif Ghobash professor of Arab Studies, Georgetown University; author, Arab Politics: The Search for Legitimacy (1977) and editor, The Palestinians: New Directions (1990); "Good News, Bad News: Washington Confronts a Changing Middle East"
 
Wed, October 18, 1995
Maria Hinojosa, journalist and news correspondent, National Public Radio (NPR); author, Crews: Gang Members Talk to Maria Hinojosa (1995); "The U.S. Mambo: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back"
 
Thu, October 12, 1995
Kenton Youngstrom, guitar; Putter Smith, bass; "Bach, Barrios, Bebop, and Beyond"
 
Wed, October 11, 1995
Steve Kowit, professor of English language and humanities, Southwestern College; author, Lurid Confessions (1983) and In the Palm of Your Hand: A Poet's Portable Workshop (1995); "Poet Reads From His Work"
 
Tue, October 10, 1995
William Kennedy, author, Riding the Yellow Trolley Car (1993) and Ironweed (1983); "Readings from The Flaming Corsage " forthcoming (1996) (12:15 p.m.)
 
Mon, October 9, 1995
David Pawson, senior research scientist, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History; co-author, Sea Slugs, Sea Urchins, and Allies: Echinoderms of Florida and the Caribbean (1995) and author, Molpadiid Sea Cucumbers of the Southern Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans (1977); "Deep-sea Animals: What Do We Know About Them, and What Do They Mean To Us?"
 
Wed, October 4, 1995
Harry Wu, research fellow, Hoover Institution; co-author, Bitter Winds: A Memoir of My Years in China's Gulag (1993) and Laogai: The Chinese Gulag (1991); "The Myths and Realities of Human Rights"
 
Tue, October 3, 1995
Jeffrey Madrick, financial journalist; author, Taking America: How We Got from the First Hostile Takeover to Megamergers, Corporate Raiding, and Scandal (1987) and "The End of Affluence: The Causes and Consequences of America's Economic Dilemma" (1995)
 
Mon, October 2, 1995
Shelby Steele P'96, professor of English, San Jose State University; author, Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race in America (1990); "Black Writers in America: James Baldwin"
 
Thu, September 28, 1995
Roberto Cani, violin; Anita Swearengin, piano; "Beethoven, Sibelius, and Paganini"
 
Wed, September 27, 1995
Sandra McBrayer, 1994 National Teacher of the Year, California Teacher of the Year; "Educating America's Homeless Youth"
 
Tue, September 26, 1995
Charles Johnson, professor of English, University of Washington; author, Middle Passage (1990) and The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Tales and Conjurations (1986); "Black Writers in America: Ralph Ellison"
 
Mon, September 25, 1995
Susan Faludi, reporter, Wall Street Journal; author, Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women (1991); "Whose Backlash Is It Anyway?: The Women's Movement and Angry White Men"
 

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