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2006-07 Academic Year:
Leslie Feinberg Jack Haught Lynn Singer Ken Miller
Sam Fulwood Lawrence Krauss Eric Foner
Don McGuire (University of Buffalo)
“Trashy Tabloids and Vegas Casinos:
The Ancient World in Modern Pop Culture”
FREE PUBLIC LECTURE
Friday, March 23, 2007; 12:30 p.m.
Clark Hall 309; 11130 Bellflower Road, Cleveland
Metered parking on the corner of Ford Road and Euclid Avenue
Call 216-368-2251 for more information
Everybody knows something about Rome. All roads lead to it, it wasn’t built in a day, Nero fiddled while it burned. When you’re there, do as they do. Rome elicits a strong fascination today, as evidenced by the success of HBO’s Rome. But why? Why did Jay Sarno build a casino named Caesars Palace in the Nevada desert in the mid-1960’s? Why did Ridley Scott film Gladiator in the year 2000? Why, in the modern Western world, do we keep looking back to Rome? Dr. Donald T. McGuire from University of Buffalo will explore aspects of modern popular culture, and the different ways we have recreated the world of ancient Rome in contemporary culture, in a free public lecture in Clark 309 on the campus of Case Western Reserve University.
The event, co-sponsored by the Department of Classics, the classics student honor society Eta Sigma Phi, and the College Scholars Program, will begin at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, March 23. McGuire, who holds a PhD from Cornell University, is the author of Acts of Silence: Civil War, Tyranny, and Suicide in the Flavian Epics (1998) and co-editor of a collection of essays entitled Imperial Projections: Ancient Rome in Modern Popular Culture (2001). He has taught at the University of Southern California and at the University at Buffalo, where he has also served as director of the College of Arts and Sciences Student Advisement & Services since 1999.
Watch for announcements for a public lecture by:
Lawrence M. Krauss, Case Western Reserve University 
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Call (216) 368-2632for more information.
Lawrence M. Krauss is an Ambrose Swasey
Professor of Physics, Professor of Astronomy,
Director of the Center for Education and Research
in Cosmology and Astrophysics at Case, and also
serves as Director of the Office of Science, Public Policy, and Biotechnology at Case’s School of Medicine. Krauss is author of the bestselling book The Physics of Star Trek, and the newly released Hiding in the Mirror: The Mysterious Allure of Extra Dimensions From Plato to String Theory and Beyond. Winner of various international awards in Physics, he also frequently appears on radio and television, and writes regularly for the New York Times.
Earlier this year:
Saturday, October 7, 2006
Jack Haught, Georgetown University
"God after Darwin"
Strosacker Auditorium
2125 Adelbert Road, Cleveland
2:00- 4:00 p.m.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Call (216) 368-8961 for more information.
Visitor Parking--on Adelbert Road:
Veal Center Garage
Rainbow Babies Hospital Garage
Surface Lot (near corner of Adelbert and Euclid Avenue)
Co-sponsored with the Hallinan Center
John Haught looks at our conception of God in the light of evolutionary theory, and in relation to the anti-evolution movement, especially "intelligent-design." A theologian by training, Haught sees the ongoing debate between Darwinian evolutionists and Christian apologists as fundamentally misdirected. Haught suggests that what is lacking in both camps is the notion of novelty — a necessary component of evolution and the essence of the unfolding of divine Mystery. He argues that Darwin's view of life, rather than being hostile to religion, actually provides a rich foundation for mature reflection on God, cosmic purpose, and the meaning of life. Solidly grounded in scholarship, Haught's explanations of the relationship between theology and evolution are accessible and engaging, and provide a positive path forward.
Jack Haught is Landegger Distinguished Professor of Theology at Georgetown University. His area of specialization is systematic theology, with a particular interest in issues pertaining to science, cosmology, ecology, and religion. He is the author of God After Darwin: A Theology of Evolution (Westview Press, 2000); Science and Religion: From Conflict to Conversation (Paulist Press, 1995); The Promise of Nature: Ecology and Cosmic Purpose (Mahwah, New Jersey: Paulist Press, 1993); Mystery and Promise: A Theology of Revelation (Liturgical Press, 1993); What Is Religion? (Paulist Press, 1990); The Revelation of God in History (Michael Glazier Press, 1988); What Is God? (Paulist Press, 1986); The Cosmic Adventure (Paulist Press, 1984); Nature and Purpose (University Press of America, 1980); Religion and Self-Acceptance (Paulist Press, 1976); and editor of Science and Religion in Search of Cosmic Purpose (Georgetown University Press, 2000) as well as numerous articles and reviews. He lectures often on topics related to science, theology and ecology. He has recently established the Georgetown Center for the Study of Science and Religion. He is married, has two sons, and lives in Arlington, Va.
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Ken Miller, University of Colorado
"Trick My Vote: Science, Intellectual
Courage, and the Battle for America's Soul"
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Ford Auditorium, Allen Memorial Medical Library
11000 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
11:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Call (216) 368-8961 for more information.
A free public lecture by Ken Miller, biologist at Brown University, expert witness at the Dover, PA "Panda Trial," and author of the book Finding Darwin's God will explain why every college student must vote.
Saturday, October 28, 2006
 Sam Fulwood III, The Plain Dealer columnist
"The Ohio Governor's Race: The critical role of black voters in 2006"
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Ford Auditorium, Allen Memorial Medical Library
11000 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
7:00-9:00 p.m.
Reception and book signing to follow
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Call (216) 368-8961 for more information.
Sam Fulwood III, is Metro columnist for The Plain Dealer and the author of two books: Full of It: Strong Words and Fresh Thinking for Cleveland (Gray & Co., 2004) and a memoir, Waking from the Dream: My Life in the Black Middle Class (Anchor, 1996). Before joining The Plain Dealer in 2000, Fulwood was a Washington correspondent and national race relations beat reporter for The Los Angeles Times. Other major newspapers where he has served as a reporter and editor include the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, the Baltimore Sun, and the Charlotte Observer.
Fulwood has been a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and an Institute of Politics Fellow at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He contributed to The Los Angeles Times' Pulitzer Prize-winning staff report on the 1992 Los Angeles riots, and his work has also been recognized by Unity Awards in Media, the National Association of Black Journalists, the Associated Press Society of Ohio, and the Black Media Association of Charlotte, N.C.
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Lynn T. Singer, Case Western Reserve University
"Children, Drugs, and Intelligence"
Ford Auditorium, Allen Memorial Medical Library
11000 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
4:30-6:00 p.m.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Call (216) 368-8961 for more information.
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Lynn T. Singer is Deputy Provost and Vice President for Academic Programs at Case Western Reserve University. She is a Professor of Pediatrics, Psychology and General Medical Sciences at the University, and Staff Psychologist at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital. Singer is director of “Project Newborn-Next Steps”, a longitudinal study investigating the developmental outcomes of prenatal cocaine/polydrug exposure in children. Other projects include the investigation of fetal exposure to Methylendioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, "ecstasy"), assessing developmental and preschool outcomes, and the environmental and maternal psychological correlates that may reduce or increase risk in MDMA-exposed children.
Lynn T. Singer holds a Ph.D in Clinical Psychology, M.A. in Psychology, and M.Ed in learning Disabilities and Behavior Disorders. She is the editor of “Biobehavioral Assessment of the Infant" (with P.S. Zeskind), “Handbook for Screening Adolescents at Psychosocial Risk" (with T. Anglin), and the author of numerous articles.
Friday, February 9, 2007
Leslie Feinberg, transgender activist
"From Cold War to 'War on Terror': Fighting for Liberation in an Era of War, Racism and Reaction"
5:00 p.m., Ford Auditorium, 11000 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
Leslie Feinberg, transgender activist and key speaker from the 25th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots, a rally that drew more than one million people, will speak at Case Western Reserve University on February 9th. Feinberg is the award-winning author of the novels, "Stone Butch Blues" and "Drag King Dreams. The event is being cosponsored by the Office of the Provost, College Scholars Program, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, the Department of History, the Center for Women, Share the Vision Committee, SAGES, Graduate Studies, and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Community Center of Greater Cleveland. A book signing will follow.
Feinberg has been honored with the American Library Association Award for Gay and Lesbian Literature and with the LAMBDA Literary Award for his 1993 novel "Stone Butch Blues." In the 2006-07 academic year, the University became one of 75 schools in the nation to include gender identity/expression in its nondiscrimination policy. In celebration of this milestone, Case invited Feinberg to speak on campus. The Advocate College Guide for Students that profiles the 100 best colleges and universities for LGBT students and includes students' perspectives on the climate at their respective campuses, has recognized Case’s efforts in this area. For further information, contact: michael.spivak@case.edu or call 216/548-6287.
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
 Eric Foner, Columbia University
"The Meaning of American Freedom"
Strosacker Auditorium
2125 Adelbert Road, Cleveland
7:00-p.m. Public Lecture
Book signing in SAGES Cafe (Crawford Hall, 1st floor) immediately following the lecture.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Call (216) 368-8961 for more information.
What did freedom mean to Americans in 1776? What did it mean in 1865 or 1945? What does it mean now?
Distinguished historian Eric Foner from Columbia University will examine the changing meanings of freedom in America means when he gives a free public talk in Strosacker Auditorium, 2125 Adelbert Road, on the campus of Case Western Reserve University. The eventco-sponsored by Case's Department of History, College Scholars Program, and American and Ethnic Studies Programs, with support from the Ohio Humanities Councilbegins at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 6. Foner, Columbia's DeWitt Clinton Professor of History, is one of the country's most prominent historians. He has made vital contributions to understanding the Civil War and the Reconstruction period in America, and many other critical historical issues, including race relations, politics, and democracy
Foner’s distinguished career began as a graduate student under the guidance of Richard Hofstadter in the Department of History at Columbia University. In addition to being a prominent scholar, Foner has been an important voice in enlightening the American public about our history, not only through his books, but also through on-camera and on-air appearances on PBS, the History Channel and radio and his writings for such publications as the New York Times, Washington Post and London Review of Books.
Among his latest books are Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction (2005), Give Me Liberty! An American History and a companion volume Voices of Freedom (2004), Who Owns History? Rethinking the Past in a Changing World (2002), and The Story of American Freedom (1998).
Foner is only the second person to have served as president of three major historical associationsthe Organization of American Historians, the American Historical Association and the Society of American Historians.
2005-2006 Academic Year
Friday, January 27, 2006
12 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Clark Hall, Room 206, 11130 Bellflower Road, Cleveland. Free and open to the public.
WORK-IN-PROGRESS PRESENTATIONS OF FINAL PROJECTS
by College Scholar Students
The College Scholars Program is an undergraduate community of learners. The program emphasizes interdisciplinary learning and the moral demands of leadership, both at Case and beyond. On January 27, 2006, the following student Senior Projects will be presented:
James Carlson (History and Economics major) will bring 2-3 local high school bands together to celebrate their musical achievements and the importance of music intheir communities.
Nathan Cross (Biomedical Engineering major with a minor in chemistry) is designing a guidebook on the Madagascar environment for the Clevleand Botanical Gardens.
Calvin Krishen (Systems and Controls Engineering major) is researching advances in neuropharmacological medications over the last 30 years and their effect on how we view emotions and behaviors.
Erica Lindholm (Biomedical Engineeering major) is creating an informational booklet about overseas volunteer opportunities for engineers.
Remy Olson (Biology & Economics major wiith a minor in Chemistry) is partnering with the Greater Cleveland Lead Advisory Council on a survey of health providers and implementation of a quicker blood level test.
Rachel Pope (Medical Anthropology major) is training to become a Doula (birth assistant) and organizing a public informational panel and film showing on the subject.
Jonathan Semivan (Psychology and History major with a minor in Spanish) is writing a collection of short stories, including "Isis" from Scholars House magazine.
Student Work-in-Progress Announcement
Spring 2006 Lecture Series
on Medicine and Ethics:
Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Susan M. Reverby
“Rethinking the Tuskegee Syphilis Study”
4:00 p.m., Clark Hall, Room 309,
11130 Bellflower Road, Cleveland
Susan M. Reverby is Professor of Women's Studies at Wellesley College and an historian of American women, medicine and nursing. Her current research focuses on the Tuskegee Syphilis Study (1932-72), the longest running non-therapeutic research study in U.S. history that involved the United States Public Health Service and nearly 600 African American men in the counties surrounding Tuskegee, Alabama. The men thought they were being "treated" not studied for what they thought of as "bad blood." The study has become a central metaphor for distrust of the health care system and as the key example of unethical research. She was a member of the Legacy Committee on the Tuskegee Syphilis Study that successfully lobbied President Bill Clinton to offer a public apology to the surviving men and their heirs in l997.
Dr. Reverby is the co-editor of America's Working Women: a Documentary History (1976); Health Care in America: Essays in Social History (1979); and Gendered Domains: Beyond the Public and Private in Women's History (1992). Her prize-winning book, Ordered to Care: The Dilemma of American Nursing (New York: Cambridge University Press, l987) is still considered one of the major overview histories of American nursing.
Eligible attendees can receive 4 CREC credits; a signup sheet will be posted at the event.
For information call 216/368-8961
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Peter Singer
“Our Changing Ethics of Life and Death”
4:00 p.m., Ford Auditorium, Allen Memorial Medical Library, 11000 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
Peter Singer was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1946, and educated at the University of Melbourne and the University of Oxford. He has taught at the University of Oxford, La Trobe University and Monash University, and has held several other visiting appointments. Since 1999 he has been Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. Peter Singer was the founding President of the International Association of Bioethics, and with Helga Kuhse, founding co-editor of the journal "Bioethics." Outside academic life, is the co-founder, and President, of The Great Ape Project, an international effort to obtain basic rights for chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans. He is also President of Animal Rights International.
Peter Singer first became well-known internationally after the publication of Animal Liberation. He is the author of numerous books including, Democracy and Disobedience; Practical Ethics; The Expanding Circle; Marx; Hegel; Animal Factories (with Jim Mason); The Reproduction Revolution (with Deane Wells), Should the Baby Live? (with Helga Kuhse), How Are We to Live?, Rethinking Life and Death, Ethics into Action: Henry Spira and the Animal Rights Movement, Darwinian Left, One World: Ethics and Globalization, Pushing Time Away and most recently, The President of Good and Evil: Ethics of George W. Bush.
Information: 216/368-8961
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Wendy Doniger
“Mythology and Medical Ethics: The Cases of Cloning and Transplants”
4:00 p.m., Ford Auditorium, Allen Memorial Medical Library, 11000 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
Though science has only recently learned how actually to produce transplants and clones, mythology has imagined these agendas for millennia, and has generally regarded both of them as a lousy idea. Just about a century ago, European mythology reacted to dramatic new medical advances by imagining various sorts of transplants and cloning, all depicted as evil for many of the reasons that still animate the Pontifical Academy of Life.
Inspired by the earlier, classic Victorian text about the use of body parts from cadavers to galvanize a human clone (Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, 1818), three other great Gothic novels on this theme were published in the last decades of the nineteenth century and remain, with Frankenstein, a part of our own contemporary mythology of transplants and cloning. These novels speak of our horror not of the ghosts of the past but of the ghosts of the future, of the medical science that is yet to come; they speak of the production of morally (and hence physically) flawed creatures transplanted and cloned through the use of psychotropic drugs (Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 1887), vivisection (H. G. Wells' The Island of Dr. Moreau, 1896), and blood transfusion and hypnosis (Bram Stoker's Dracula, 1897).
These novels were reacting to specific scientific advances which galvanized British society in ways similar to those in which the recent advances in cloning have affected our own society. To us, now, these texts are classics with many spin-offs, notably their many, many clones in film versions from Hammer and Hollywood, some of which Dr. Doniger will consider in her talk. But in their own day they themselves were just re-runs of much older ideas about splashing around in and mucking about with what we would now call the gene pool. Enhancing the power of the new terrors by analogizing them to the ancient terrors expressed in myths, these novels kept the old myths alive by giving them the transfusion, as it were, of new scientific terrors.
Myths, like vampires, are un-dead. Dr. Doniger will attempt to track the myth of transplantation and cloning back to its lair in the mythological roots of European civilization, in mythologies from ancient India, and forward to Hollywood, to excavate the soil to which, like Dracula with his Transylvanian coffin, the myth returns again and again to be revived.
Wendy Doniger [O'Flaherty] graduated from Radcliffe College and received her Ph. D. from Harvard University and her D. Phil. from Oxford University. She is the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago and the author of many books, including Other Peoples Myths: The Cave of Echoes, The Implied Spider: Politics and Theology in Myth, and, most recently, The Woman Who Pretended to Be Who She Was.
Information: 216/368.8961
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Monday, November 14, 2005
Diane Carson
“Compromised Male Performance in John Sayles’ Films”
12:00 noon, brown bag colloquium,
Dampeer Room, Kelvin Smith Library
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Professor Carson is editor of John Sayles: Interviews (UP of Mississippi, 1999) and the forthcoming Sayles Talk: New Perspectives on Independent Filmmaker John Sayles (Wayne State UP).
The films of independent director/writer John Sayles are noted for their unconventional topics and stylistic approaches. From “The Return of the Secaucus Seven” (1980) to his most recent film, “Silver City” (2004), the subjects of Sayles’ files have ranged from coal miners’ unionization (“Matewan,” 1987) to guerrilla and civil unrest in an unnamed South American country (“Men with Guns”, 1997); from an Irish folktale (‘The Secret of Roan Inish,” 1994) to policial corruption (“City of Hope, “ 1991). Dr. Carson will analyze the role of the non-traditional male protagonist in Sayles’ work, with particular emphasis on actor Chris Cooper’s performances in “Matewan” and in “Lone Star” (1966).
For additional information, contact: Professor Linda Ehrlich, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (linda.ehrlich@case.edu)
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2004-2005 Academic Year:
Harlan Ellison, Author and Screenwriter
Public Talk: "A Scattered Interlude with Harlan Ellison"
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
4:00 p.m.
Ford Auditorium
Free and Open to the Public
Lecture will include a sign language interpretation for the hearing impaired.
Cleveland native Harlan Ellison has written or edited 76 books and written more than 1,700 screenplays, teleplays, short stories, articles, essays, and other works. He is a four-time recipient of Writers Guild of America's TV award (including Best Written Drama for Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge Forever"), two-time winner of Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award, six-time winner of Horror Writers' Association Bram Stoker Award (including a Lifetime Achievement Award), and eight-time Hugo winner. Screenplays and teleplay credits include I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay, the revival of The Twilight Zone (including Danny Kaye's final performance), The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Outer Limits, and Burke's Law. In 1990, his article, In defense of the First Amendment, won the P.E.N. Silver Pen for Journalism.
Stephanie Coontz, Author and Educator on Family Diversity
Public Tale: "Courting Disaster: The Past and Future of Marriage and the Family"
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
4:00 p.m.
1914 Lounge, Thwing Center
Free and Open to the Public
Stephanie Coontz has published six books on family history, gender roles, and contemporary family issues. These include The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap, The Way We Really Are: Coming to Terms With America's Changing Families, American Families: A Multicultural Reader, and Better or Worse? Transformations in Marriage. She also has been published in Life, The Wall Street Journal, Harper's, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Modern Maturity, Vogue, and many other magazines. She has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, and CNN's Crossfire. She has received the Dale Richmond Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics for "outstanding contributions to the field of child development." In her presentation, Coontz will discuss the nature of marriage and the family today and will provide an historical context for current controversies.
Stephanie Coontz teaches history and family studies at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA, and is the national Co-Chair of the Council on Contemporary Families.
Sarah Vowell, Author
Public Talk: "In Ohio Your Vote Actually Counts, But I'll Try Not To Hold That Against You: Notes on Presidential Politics"
Thursday, October 14, 2004
4:00 pm
Reinberger Chamber Hall, Severance Hall
Free and Open to the Public
Author and social observer Sarah Vowell is best known for her monologues and documentaries for public radio's "This American Life." A contributing editor for the program since 1996, Vowell has written about everything from her father's homemade cannon and her obsession with the "Godfather" films, to the New Hampshire primary and her ancestors' forced march on the Trail of Tears. She has been a staple of "This American Life's" live shows around the country.
Thanks to her first book, Radio On: A Listener's Diary, Newsweek made her its "Rookie of the Year" for nonfiction in 1997, calling her "a cranky stylist with talent to burn." Vowell has also appeared on "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart on Comedy Central.
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2003-2004 Academic Year:
Kurt Vonnegut
Anthony Lewis, former New York Times reporter
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2002-2003 Academic Year:
Richard Rodriguez, author
Katha Pollitt, columnist with The Nation
Susan Sontag, author and playwright
Mary Catherine Bateson, writer and cultural anthropologist
Donald Johanson, Physical Anthropologist and discoverer of "Lucy"
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2001-2002 Academic Year:
Mark Norell - Curator of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History
Paul Farmer - Physician and healthcare advocate
Susan Falud - author
Bill Baker - CWRU alumnus; president & CEO, WNET television, New York City
Jeff Schmidt - author
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2000-2001 Academic Year:
Dr. Bob Richards - University of Chicago
Dr. James Loewen - Emeritus, University of Vermont
Dr. Paul Loeb - Associated Scholar at the Center for Ethical Leadership
Dr. Howard Zinn - Emeritus, Boston University
Justice Richard Goldstone- Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa
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1999-2000 Academic Year:
Edward Albee - playwright
Stephen Jay Gould - paleontologist and evolutionary biologist
Lawrence Levine - author of The Opening of the American Mind
Ralph Nader - consumer advocate and 2000 U.S. presidential candidate
The Hon. Albie Sachs - justice, South African Constitutional Court
Jody Williams - co-winner, 1997 Nobel Laureate for Peace, with International Campaign To Ban Landmines
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1998-1999:
Lech Walesa - former president of Poland
Tito Jackson
Emily Martin
Mo Lyons
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1997-1998:
Cornel West - professor of Religion and Afro-American Studies,
Harvard University
K. Anthony Appiah - professor of Philosophy, Princeton University
Thomas R. Pickering -former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Kathy Hudson - former Assistant Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute
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