ATTENTION: Because of Stephanie Coontz forum (below), our first meeting of the semester will be from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. in Rm. 301 Campus Center (above the cafeteria) instead of the usual 12:30-1:30 p.m. time.
******Tuesday, 9-6-05 12:30-1:30 CCPlaza
Stephanie Coontz, director of research and public education for the Council on Contemporary Families, will speak on "Courting Disaster? The Past and Future of Marriage," on Tuesday, September 6, 12:30-1:30 p.m., at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. The talk will be held at the new Campus Center Plaza and is free and open to the public.Coontz's discussions on the history of marriage frequently place her at the center of the family values debate. She has conducted extensive research in the areas of American family history and comparative family history and has testified before Congress on her findings. Coontz is well known for her op-ed contributions in major national news publications across the country as well as appearances on national television and cable news programs. She contributes to The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and the Chicago Tribune. Her writings have also been published in Life, Harper's, Modern Maturity, Vogue, and many other magazines. Her television appearances include Oprah, Crossfire, CBS This Morning, CNN, MSNBC, Fox, ABC Nightly News, NBC Nightly News, and Walter Cronkite and Barbara Walters specials.
more at http://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/news/press/view.php?release=432
****Wednesday, 9-7-05 UCB 111 7:30-10, Free
Global HOPE movie night presents TEAM AMERICA
In TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE, a group of marionette puppets form Team America, an international police force dedicated to maintaining global stability. Discovering that a power hungry dictator, Kim Jong II, plans to destroy the world and is brokering weapons of mass destruction to terrorists, the team enlists the undercover help of Broadway star Gary Johnston and embarks on a harrowing mission to save the world. Opposed to this, is the Film Actors' Guild, or F.A.G., whose members include puppets representing actors Alec Baldwin, Tim Robbins, Matt Damon, Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. In spite of the lack of support they receive, the team sticks to their plan of saving the world and putting an end to terrorism.
Hang out afterwards for the discussion
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******Tuesday, 9-6-05 12:30-1:30 CCPlaza
Stephanie Coontz, director of research and public education for the Council on Contemporary Families, will speak on "Courting Disaster? The Past and Future of Marriage," on Tuesday, September 6, 12:30-1:30 p.m., at the University of Hawaii at Hilo
more at http://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/news/press/view.php?release=432
****Wednesday, 9-7-05 UCB 111 7:30-10, Free
Global HOPE movie night presents TEAM AMERICA
In TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE, a group of marionette puppets form Team America, an international police force dedicated to maintaining global stability. Discovering that a power hungry dictator, Kim Jong II, plans to destroy the world and is brokering weapons of mass destruction to terrorists, the team enlists the undercover help of Broadway star Gary Johnston and embarks on a harrowing mission to save the world. Opposed to this, is the Film Actors' Guild, or F.A.G., whose members include puppets representing actors Alec Baldwin, Tim Robbins, Matt Damon, Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. In spite of the lack of support they receive, the team sticks to their plan of saving the world and putting an end to terrorism.
Hang out afterwards for the discussion
