2005-2006:

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Doug Gansler

Montgomery County State's Attorney

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Martin O'Malley

Democratic Candidate for Governor

Friday, April 14, 2006 

Wayne Gilchrest

Republican Congressman from Maryland's Eastern Shore

(photo at right: Congressman Wayne Gilchrest inspects a St. Mary's River Project monitoring station)

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Doug Duncan

Democratic candidate for Governor

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

"Stalin and Lafayette as Conquering Heroes: National History and  Cultural Identity in the 20th Century," A St. Mary's Project Presentation

by Valentina Syrkin and Jeremy Young

Wednesday, April 5, 2006

"Why Hamas Won -- Understanding the New Face of Palestinian Democracy,"

Christopher Neu (SMCM class 2005)

Monday, March 27, 2006

Kevin Zeese

Independent candidate for U.S. Senate

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Joshua Rales

Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate

(at left: Joshua Rales at St. Mary's College)

Monday, February 27, 2006

"Affirmative Action and Its Mythology: An Economist's Perspective," with Dr. Glenn Loury, The Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences at Brown University

(co-sponsored with Economics and Political Science Departments, AADS, African American Heritage Committee and the Provost's Office)

Thursday, February 23, 2006

Lise Van Susteren

Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate

Monday, February 13, 2006

"A Secret Life: The Polish Officer, His Covert Mission and the Price He Paid to Save His Country," with New York Times reporter Benjamin Weiser and former CIA officer David Forden

Friday, February 3, 2006

"Celebrating Maryland's African-American Legacy,"

with U.S. District Court Judge Alexander Williams Jr.

(at left: Judge Alexander Williams)

Thursday, January 24, 2006

Allan Lichtman

Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate

Thursday, November 17, 2005

A Former GAP Sweatshop Worker and Fighter for Fair Working Conditions

with Carmencita "Chie" Abad

(co-sponsored with SEAC, STARS, FUSE, College Democrats, Economics Club, Global Justice League, The Nitze Scholars Program, The Center for the Study of Democracy and The Departments of Political Science, WGSX, and Economics.)ss

Friday, November 11, 2005

The Reader's Proxy: Four Decades of Writing, Reporting and Opining at the Washington Post

with Post columnist Richard Cohen

(The Fourth Annual Benjamin C. Bradlee Lecture in Journalism)

Thursday, November 10, 2005

The Effects of the Iraq War on Recruiting and the Reserves

and on Women in Combat and Military Families

with Professors David and Mady Wechsler Segal of the

University of Maryland.

(Co-sponsored with the Department of Anthropology and Sociology and the Patuxent Partnership)

Thursday, November 3, 2005

U.S. Campuses Up for Grabs: What's at Stake as Progressive and Conservative Groups Intensify Campus Organizing

with David Halperin, Director of Campus Progress at the Center for American Progress

(at left: David Halperin addresses SMCM students in the Blackistone Room)

Thursday, October 20, 2005

Maryland Politics: The Upcoming General Assembly and Elections

with Maryland State Senator Brian Frosh (D-Bethesda)

(Co-sponsored with the St. Mary's College Democrats)

Friday, October 14, 2005

Seeds of Discord and the Prospect of Peace in Israel: The Experience of Three SMCM Students in Israel,

with Veronica Berruz, Chris Vorhis, and Kate Wersan

Thursday, October 6, 2005

Book Reading The Genius Factory: The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank

with David Plotz, Deputy Editor of Slate Magazine

Thursday, September 29, 2005

Crisis or Crossroads? The State of the Chesapeake Bay 2005,

with the Honorable C. Ronald Franks, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, SMCM Professor of Biology Robert Paul, and Captain Jackie Russell, Director of the Chesapeake Bay Field Lab 

(Co-sponsored with the SlackWater Center)

(at left: from l to r: Jack Russell, C. Ronald Franks and Robert Paul)

September 23, 2005

Drawing Controversy: The Life and Times of an Editorial Cartoonist

with Kevin Kal Kallaugher the editorial cartoonist for the Baltimore Sun, The Economist (London)

(at right: Kal at St. Mary's College of Maryland)

September 8, 2005

My Year in Iraq:

A First-Hand Report on Conditions after Saddam

with Dr. Fuad K. Suleiman, former Chief of Party for USAID's education projects in Iraq

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