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Think Tank Topics 2007-2008



Fall 2007 Think Tank topics:
October 5 - Marianne Janack, Philosophy: "Everyone Knows that C is the Average Grade"   
October 19 - Natalia Connolly, Physics: "Dark Matter -What Is It?"
October 26 - Donald Carter, Africana Studies: "Jena 6"
November 2 - Robin Kinnel, Chemistry: "The Financial Times Crossword"
November 9 - Alan Kim, Philosophy: "Phenomenology"
November 16 - Robert Simon, Philosophy: "The Ethics of Sport and Perfomance Enhancing Drugs"
November 30 - Al Kelly, History: "The Joys of Collecting Quotations"
December 7 - Dan Chambliss, Sociology: "Is College Worth this Price?  Accountability and What It Might Do"

Spring 2008 Think Tank topics:
February 1 - Russell Marcus, Philosophy:  "Why Do Pigs Eat ...Poop?"
February 8 - Steve Yao, Asian American studies: "'Ethnic Studies' at Hamilton"
February 15 - Jenny Irons: "Can Whiteness be Dismantled?"
February 22- Susan Mason: "Who Should Decide What Gets Taught in America's Public Schools?"
February 29 - Katheryn Doran: "Trolleyology:  What Is It and Why Does It Matter?"
March 7 - Gordon Jones: "The Bed of Nails and Other Freaky Things about Pressure"
April 4 - Sally Cockburn: "Is Mathematics Only In Our Heads, or Does It Exist 'Out There' in the Real World, Independently of Us?"
April 11 - Katharine Kuharic: visit to her studio to discuss how her paintings, watercolors, and drawings are made
April 18 - Franklin Sciacca and David Gapp: "The 1812 Garden:  Recreating a Kitchen Garden in Celebration of Hamilton College's Bicentennial"
April 25 - Peter Rabinowitz: "Why Read Marcel Proust?"
May 2 - Stu Hirshfield: "The Changing Face of Interface"