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Decision '16: Decoding the Iowa Caucus & New Hampshire Primary
These first-in-the-nation contests predict the next phase in the 2016 race for the presidency. Join political experts to understand what they mean for election day in November!
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/decision-16-decoding-iowa-caucus-new-hampshire-primaryBeautiful Evil: Pandora and the Problem of Female Beauty
In Greek myth it is Pandora, the first woman, who brings evil into the previously carefree world of mortal men. Greek concepts of good and evil, however, are far from simplistic and absolute. Professor Blondell will arg…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/beautiful-evil-pandora-and-problem-of-female-beautyClass of 2018 / Sophomore Class Dinner: Expanding Your Story
As you return to campus, no longer a new student, but perhaps not completely decided about your next three years at CMC, what new things will you try this year? What will you focus your energies on? Join us for a dinner…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/class-2018-sophomore-class-dinner-expanding-your-storyVoices from the Past (OK, the Not-So-Distant Past): Advice from Former Freshmen
Jennifer Taw teaches International Relations, U.S. Foreign Policy, and Security Studies at CMC. Previously, she taught at Occidental College, UCLA, and USC. She began her career at RAND, where she spent a decade studyin…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/voices-past-ok-not-so-distant-past-advice-former-freshmenFrom Tragedy to Triumph: How I Stepped Out of Victimization and Into Success
Toshia Shaw is the founder of Purple W.I.N.G.S. (Women Inspiring Noble Girls Successfully), which seeks to demystify misconceptions about who is at risk for sexual violence. Having personally overcome domestic violence…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/tragedy-triumph-how-i-stepped-out-victimization-and-successIs Crisis the New Normal in the European Union?
Tim Haughton is an associate professor of European Politics at the University of Birmingham and a former director of Birmingham’s Centre for Russian, European, and Eurasian Studies. He has held visiting positions at Har…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/crisis-new-normal-european-unionIslamophobia and the Media
Wajahat Ali, a journalist at Al Jazeera America, is a lawyer, an award-winning playwright, a television host, and a consultant for the U.S. State Department. Ali helped launch the Al Jazeera America network as co-host o…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/islamophobia-and-mediaAn Evening with David Sedaris
David Sedaris is a humorist, comedian, author, and radio contributor. A regular on NPR and in the New Yorker, he is the best-selling author of, among many other books, Me Talk Pretty One Day and When You Are Engulfed in…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/evening-david-sedarisMaya Women as Targets: Gender Violence and the Guatemalan Genocide
Victoria Sanford is professor and chair of anthropology and founding director of the Center for Human Rights and Peace Studies at Lehman College. She holds a doctorate in Anthropology from Stanford University, where she…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/maya-women-targets-gender-violence-and-guatemalan-genocideReporting From China
David Barboza is the Shanghai Bureau Chief of The New York Times, where he has been posted since 2004. In 2013, Barboza was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting “for his striking exposure of corruption…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/reporting-china