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To paraphrase Friedrich Nietzsche, madness is rare in individuals—but in political parties it is the rule. From the very founding of our American political system, we have been less than sane when it comes to our politi…

Starting in 1895 with the Turkish destruction of more than one million Armenian men, women, and children, the twentieth century has been named the century of genocide. The Armenian memoirist, John Minassian (1895-1991),…

The U.S. has recently witnessed a growing number of violent acts and hate crimes perpetuated against Asian-American communities across the country. While racism and discrimination against Asian-Americans has tragically…

Candace Valenzuela ’06 began her political career when she ran for office in 2017 and was elected to the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District board in Texas as an at-large representative, defeating an 1…

Luis Valdez, playwright; author, Zoot Suit (1977) and La Bamba (1987); "Hemispheric American" (McKenna Auditorium)  

Horace Clarence Boyer, professor of music, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; co-author, We'll Understand It Better By and By (1993) and New Grove Dictionary of American Music (1986); "The Old Ship of Zion: African A…

Stacey Kabat, director, Battered Women Fighting Back!; co-producer of documentary "Defending Our Lives" (1993)  

Kenton Youngstrom, guitar; "Classical and Jazz Guitar: A Musical Journey Through Three Centuries of Guitar Music"  

Cornel West, professor of Afro-American studies, Harvard University; author, Prophesy Deliverance: An Afro-American Revolutionary Christianity (1982) and "Race Matters" (1993) (McKenna Auditorium)  

Suzi Landolphi, AIDS activist; author, "Hot, Sexy, and Safer" (1994)