Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center
2007-08 Think Tank Topics
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Marianne Janack, Philosophy: "Everyone Knows that C is the Average Grade"
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Natalia Connolly, Physics: "Dark Matter -What Is It?"
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Donald Carter, Africana Studies: "Jena 6"
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Robin Kinnel, Chemistry: "The Financial Times Crossword"
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Alan Kim, Philosophy: "Phenomenology"
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Robert Simon, Philosophy: "The Ethics of Sport and Performance Enhancing Drugs"
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Al Kelly, History: "The Joys of Collecting Quotations"
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Dan Chambliss, Sociology: "Is College Worth this Price? Accountability and What It Might Do"
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Russell Marcus, Philosophy: "Why Do Pigs Eat ...Poop?"
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Steve Yao, Asian American studies: "'Ethnic Studies' at Hamilton"
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Jenny Irons: "Can Whiteness be Dismantled?"
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Susan Mason: "Who Should Decide What Gets Taught in America's Public Schools?"
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Katheryn Doran: "Trolleyology: What Is It and Why Does It Matter?"
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Gordon Jones: "The Bed of Nails and Other Freaky Things about Pressure"
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Sally Cockburn: "Is Mathematics Only In Our Heads, or Does It Exist 'Out There' in the Real World, Independently of Us?"
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Katharine Kuharic: visit to her studio to discuss how her paintings, watercolors, and drawings are made
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Franklin Sciacca and David Gapp: "The 1812 Garden: Recreating a Kitchen Garden in Celebration of Hamilton College's Bicentennial"
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Peter Rabinowitz: "Why Read Marcel Proust?"
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Stu Hirshfield: "The Changing Face of Interface"
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