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, February 1, 1993
Kwame Ture, founder, All African People's Revolutionary Party; co-author, Black Power: The Politics in Liberation in America (1967) and Stokely Speaks: Black Power Back to Pan-Africanism (1971); "Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration"
 
Thu, January 28, 1993
Lunar New Year Celebration, Dahan Tiensen Chinese Culture Club; "Year of the Rooster, Scenes from Chinese Opera" (McKenna Auditorium)
 
Tue, January 26, 1993
P. Edward Haley, professor of government, CMC; author, Congress and the Fall of South Vietnam and Cambodia (1982) and Qaddafi and the United States Since 1969 (1984); "Old Politics or New? Race and International Relations in the 1990s" (12:15 p.m.)
 
Mon, January 25, 1993
Terry Moe, professor of political science, Stanford University; co-author, A Lesson in School Reform from Great Britain (1992) and "Politics, Markets, and America's Schools" (1990)
 
Thu, January 21, 1993
Franklin Chang-Diaz, astronaut, NASA; "United States and Russian Cooperation: The Next Phase in Space Research"
 
Wed, January 20, 1993
Sissela Bok, professor of philosophy, Brandeis University; author, Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life (1978) and Secrets: On the Ethics of Concealment and Revelation (1984); "Lying, Truth, and Truthfulness"
 
Wed, November 18, 1992
Bill Purdy '93, piano; Scott Rudmann '93, saxophone; "Musical Tea: The Fabs" (3:15 p.m.)
 
Tue, November 17, 1992
Alfred Stern, University distinguished service professor of philosophy, Wayne State University; "Ethics and Government"
 
Mon, November 16, 1992
Carl Oglesby, author, The Yankee Cowboy War: Conspiracies from Dallas to Watergate (1976) and Who Killed JFK? (1991); "29 Years Ago and the Questions Remain"
 
Thu, November 12, 1992
Richard Rodriguez, author, Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez (1983) and "Days of Obligation: An Argument with My Mexican Father" (1992)
 
Wed, November 11, 1992
John Ellis, professor of German, U.C. Santa Cruz; author, Against Deconstruction (1989) and One Fairy Story Too Many: The Brothers Grimm and Their Tales (1983); "Social Agenda and the Diversity of Literature"
 
Tue, November 10, 1992
Stephen Saunders, Magellan project scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; "Magellan Mission Summary: Mapping the Planet Venus"
 
Mon, November 9, 1992
Angela Oh, criminal defense attorney; "Seeking Common Ground"
 
Thu, November 5, 1992
Lyndon Taylor, violin; Gloria Lum, cello, Los Angeles Philharmonic; "Musical Tea: Music of Zoltan Kodaly" (3:15 p.m.)
 
Wed, November 4, 1992
John Slaughter, president, Occidental College; co-editor, The Rules of the Game: Ethics in College Sports (1989) and author, A Mind for Money: Financial Survival (1991); "Ethics and Athletics: An Oxymoron?"
 

Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum

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