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Campus Theme 2005-06
Campus Theme 2005-06
Dissent In A Free Society
Key Events For The Academic Year
Please plan on participating in these special events relating to this year's campus theme, Dissent In A Free Society. Additional events will be announced later in the term.
Schedule Key:
- Indicates an event that is limited to the UC College community.
- Indicates an event that is open to the public.
Events Schedule:
Monday, August 29
Convocation Speaker: Cecelia Holloway-Smith '79
Cecelia Holloway-Smith '79, Vice President for Diversity at Paramount Pictures, will reflect on the issue of dissent in the media.
Monday, September 26 - Friday, September 30
Banned Books Week Banned Books Week is sponsored nationally by the American Library Association and at Utica College by the Department of Communications. This year's events will feature participation by nationally syndicated columnist Alexander Cockburn in classroom discussions, a banned book reading, and a public forum (see below).
Thursday, September 29
Banned Book Reading
10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
This event will take place in the Strebel Student Center and will feature participation by Alexander Cockburn.
Public Talk: Alexander Cockburn
7:30 to 9:00 p.m.
For information on the featured speaker for this event, click here.
Saturday, October 3 -- Thursday, October 27
Exhibit: "Faces of Liberty"
Frank E. Gannett Memorial Library
Faces of Liberty is a photo-journal display that puts human faces on complex civil liberties issues, documenting the challenges of ordinary men, women, and students who faced unpopularity and adversity when standing up for their beliefs.
For details on this event, click here.
Presented by the New York Civil Liberties Union.
Thursday, October 6
Film: The Democratic Promise: Saul Alinsky and His Legacy
7:30 p.m.
For details on this event, click here.
Tuesday, October 25
Public Talk: Barrie Gewanter
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
For information on the featured speaker for this event, click here.
Wednesday, October 26
All-College Discussion
1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
From 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. there will be an all-college period devoted to a discussion of the role of dissent on campus. Different sessions will focus on a range of issues, including student media, academic freedom in the classroom and in print, and legislation affecting academic freedom.
Wednesday, November 16
High School Press Day
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
7:30 to 9:00 p.m.
For information on the featured speaker for this event, click here.
Featured Speaker:
Bob Barr
Tues., March 28, 2006
7:30 to 9:00 p.m.
Former member of the House of Representatives from Georgia Bob Barr will be the featured Campus Theme speaker for the Spring 2006. A published author and syndicated columnist, Barr is a frequent contributor to CNN and has worked with a broad range of organizations, from the National Rifle Association to the ACLU.
Featured Speaker:
Alexander Cockburn
Photo by Tao Ruspoli
Thursday, September 29
7:30 to 9:00 p.m.
Noted columnist for The Nation Alexander Cockburn will be the featured speaker on campus during Banned Books Week. One of America's best-known political journalists, he writes a nationally syndicated column for the Los Angeles Times and co-edits the newsletter CounterPunch.
Featured Speaker:
Barrie Gewanter
Tues., Oct. 25, 2006
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Barrie Gewanter, Director of the Central New York chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union (the New York affiliate of the ACLU), will give an introductory talk at the opening of the "Faces of Liberty" exhibit. Gewanter is a long-time community activist who currently heads the Central New York Civil Rights Defense Campaign for the NYCLU.
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