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Times Talk Presentations

Fall 2007 and Spring 2008

• Dr. Norman Caulfield presents " Cinco de Mayo"
• Rindi Zimmerman and Kelsey Colglazier present " The Chronicles of Greensburg"
• Matthew Musgrove, Chelsey Gillogly, & Tyler Hughes present " Risky Business: The Dangers of Online Social Networking"
• Kate McGonigal and Darrel Hamlin, " Our Heroes Campaign"
• Kate McGonigal, "Women's History Month"
• Dr. Ruksana Kibria, Fulbright Scholar in Residence, " U.S. Interests in South Asia"
• Dr. Ruksana Kibria, Fulbright Scholar in Residence, " The Significance of Bangladesh as a Moderate Muslim Country"
• Dr. Todd Leahy & Dr. Steven Kite, " A Mirthful Romp through our Presidential Past"
• Dr. Chapman Rackaway, " Super Tuesday"
• Alan Zellner, Martin Luther King
• Glen Staab, " The Kansas Caucuses"
• Eric Leuschner, English, " Me Tarzan, You Jane!"
• Dr. Lynn Maska, Health and Human performance, " Myths and Diet & Exercise"
• Dr. Chapman Rackaway, " Free Speech is Expensive," Power Point presentation
• Dr. Bill Shanahan, " The end of education: disciplin-ing the youth"
• Jacob Glover, " Are Teachers Scholars, Too?" PowerPoint presentation
• Dr. Tony Andenoro, "Gender Roles in Popular Society and their Effect on our Perspectives of Leadership" PowerPoint presentation
• Chris Mooney, " War on Science"
• Barb Wasinger, " Got Water"
• Brett Whitaker and Curt Brungardt, " Seven Revolutions"

Spring 2007

• Students from Dr. Kim Perez's Eisenhower & D-Day Course
• Hon. Joe Pierron, Judge, Kansas Court of Appeals, presents " You Be the Judge!"
• Mike Ferguson, Cameron Perry & Jeff Jordan present " Before the Music Dies"
• Dr. Avi Kempinski's IDS 333CA Class The Life and Films of Billy Wilder present "The Wilder Touch Revisited"
• Bill Smriga, Director, Memorial Union, presents " Extreme Makeover: What the Memorial Union Means for FHSU"
• Kate McGonigal, Director, Women's and Gender Studies, "Voices from a Full Moon: Evaluating the Valuation of Female"
• Michael Tweed, Political Science, "Two Years after the Indian Ocean Tsunami: Damage and Prospects for Recovery in Indonesia"
• Micah Mertes, Co-Editor of The Stir, Pop Culture Junkie, " For Your Consideration: A Review of the 2007 Academy Awards Nominees"
• Paul Faber, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, presents " The 7 Revolutions and Democracy"
• Dr. John Jaeger, " Strategies to Reduce Feedlot Odor"

Fall 2006

• Chandra Daffer, Assistant Director of Student Activities, presents " Face the Facts! Do We Really Know Everything about Internet Communities?" | PowerPoint presentation
• Larry Gould presents " Jihad vs. McWorld: The Implications of Fundamentalism and Globalism for Constitutional Democracy" | PowerPoint presentation
• Dr. Todd Leahy, Chair, Department of History, presents " The Founders of Freedom: The U.S. Constitution and the Men Who Made it" | PowerPoint presentation
• Dr. Bill Shanahan presents " Secret Prisons, Infinite Detention, and Biopolitics"
• Dr. Paul Faber, Dr. Larry Gould, Dr. John Heinrichs, Dr. Curt Brungardt, and Mark Colwell present " The Seven Revolutions Facing the World"
• Dr. Ron Schott presents " Be a Citizen Scientist"
• Katie Stucky & Kiley Eisenhour, Tigers In Service, present on volunteerism, community engagement, etc. | PowerPoint presentation
• Jake Glover, Graduate Assistant, Educational Administration & Counseling, presents " The Long Tail: Implications for Education and Everything Else"
• Students from Dr. Bovee's American Diplomatic History Class present " Hugo Chavez and Venezuelan Foreign Policies" | PowerPoint presentation
• Allen Zellner, Coordinator of Diversity Affairs, " Race Matters"
• Dr. Norman Caulfield, History, " The War Against Wages" | PowerPoint presentation
• Dr. Jean Gleichsner's Class, Discussion of Kansas Water Grant Research | PowerPoint presentation
• Glenn Staab, Ellis County Democratic Party Chair, presents " A Recap of the 2006 General Election"
• Student Showcase, Julie Downing, Julie Masden, Mandy Jaeger (students in Wolf Kozel's class) present " Violence in Schools: Are Boys Being Feminized by the Educational System?" | PowerPoint presentation
• Wolf Kozel's SPED 601 class presents "Is English Vanishing? What the Hispanic Influx Means for Schools & Society?

Spring 2006

• Students from Dr. Harriet Caplan's Business class, " Borrowed and Broke: The New Bankruptcy Law" | Quicktime Version | PowerPoint
• Students from Dr. Harriet Caplan's Business class, " This Land Is my Land; The State of Eminent Domain in America" | Quicktime Version | PowerPoint
• Edward Bouker, Judge; Tom Drees, Ellis County Attorney; Glenn Braun, Attorney; and Drew Riedel, Former Jurist, " The Role of the American Jurist " | Quicktime Version
• Christie Brungardt and Matt Musgrove, " Madame President? Women in Leadership and Politics" | Quicktime Version | PowerPoint
  Web sites: The White House Project, American Women President, Dole Instititue Video index, Gender Gap Study
• Dr. Larry Gould and Dr. Paul Faber, " Limits to Friedman's Flat-World Thesis: Security, Protectionism, Globalization and the Dubai Port Controversy" | Quicktime Version | PowerPoint
• Dr. John Heinrichs, Geosciences, " Turning up the Heat on the Future: Global Warming and its Consequences" | Quicktime Version | PowerPoint
• Dr. Evelyn Toft, “ When English Isn ’t Enough: The Power of Foreign Language” | Quicktime Version | PowerPoints
• Dr. Gene Rice, Philosophy, " Freedom of Speech in China: Universal Human Right or Contingent Asian Value?" | Quicktime Version
• Dr. Paul Adams, Professor of Physics, " New Horizons: A Visit to the Last Planet or Not? " | Quicktime Version | New York Times Article
• Dr. Richard Heil, Political Science, and Mark Colwell, ADP, " The Lame Duck Presidency" | PowerPoint presentation | Real Player version
• Dr. Ron Schott, Geosciences, " The Revolution Will Be (Neutrally) Networked: Blogs, Podcasting, and the Democratization of the Media" | Quicktime Version
• John Doll, Democratic Candidate for U.S. Congress, 1st District of KS, " Election 2006: A Discussion with U.S. Congressional Candidate John Doll” | Quicktime Version
• Carol Hackerott, Residential Life, " Food as an Aphrodisiac" | PowerPoint | Quicktime Version
• Dr. Chapman Rackaway, Political Science and Justice Studies, " You Don't Know Jack: the Abramoff Scandal" | PowerPoint | Quicktime Version
• Drs. Chris Crawford, Art Morin and Ed Hammond, "Implications of Biotechnology" | Links relating to biotechnology | PowerPoint | Quicktime Version
• Dr. Jean Gleichsner, Agriculture - " Vermiculture: Let the Worms Eat Your Garbage" | Power Point | Worm Drive Song | Good Night Song

Fall 2005

• Brandi Douglas, Multicultural Affairs & Agnew Hall, " Diversity on College Campuses: Is it Needed?" | Quicktime Version
• Dr. Bill Shanahan, Communication Studies, " Truth, Torture, and the American Way" |
  Quicktime Version
• Amy Young, Modern Languages, " Same Sex Marriage: A Biased Look at the Details " | Quicktime
• Dr. Michael Kearns, Leadership Studies, presents " War...what is it good for?" | Quicktime Version
• Dr. Leland Coxe American Government Class, " Social Security Reform: Options for Reform" | Quicktime version
• Dr. Karyn Thomas, colorBLIND Director, and Kelley Kuhlmann, Asst. Director, Center for Civic Leadership, " Hurricane Katrina: A Divided Nation" | Quicktime Version
• Dr. Norman Caulfield, Professor of History, " The Politics of Recent Immigration in the United States" | Real Player version
• Dr. Matt Means, Interim Chair, Music, “The Psychology of the Professional Performing Musician: Competition, Credentials, and Drugs” | Quicktime version
• Dr. Garry Brower, Professor of Agriculture, “ BSE: Mad Cow Disease in the United States”
• Elisa Weselis's Constitutional Law Class, “ Changes on the Bench: the Nomination of John Roberts”
• Jill Stafford and Christie Brungardt, Leadership Studies, " Civic Engagement: Poodle Skirts or Little Black Dress - How Does Service-Learning Fit?" Quicktime version | PowerPoint presentation
• Dr. Richard Heil, Chair, Political Science and Justice Studies, and Dr. Paul Faber, Dean, Arts and Sciences, " The Increasing AntiWar Sentiment in the United States" | Quicktime Version
• Glen McNeil, Interim Chair, Health & Human Performance, " My Pyramid and the New Dietary Guidelines "

2004-2005

• Dr. Paul Faber, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, " The Ethics of Misunderstanding"
• Dr. Mary Martin, Management & Marketing, " Consuming, Collecting & Online Auction Addiction: The Effects of E-bay, E-mail & the Internet on Consumers"
• Bill Smriga, Memorial Union, " Bringing Controversial Programs to Campus: The Hamilton College Dilemma"
• Dr. Curt Brungardt, Leadership Studies, & Dr. Chris Crawford, Vice Provost for Quality Managment, " Challenging Rumsfeld: Risk Leadership"
• Dr. Art Morin, Director of the Master of Liberal Studies Program, " What Is Democracy?" Power Point
• Dr. Bill Shanahan, Communication Studies, "All the News that Fits the Print"
• Dr. Mark Bannister, Information Networking and Telecommunications, " Chestnut Street District: A Community Redevelopment Dream or Reality?"
• Dr. Ray Wilson and Dr. Robert Rook, History, " Ward Churchill"
• Susan Lobmeyer, Anna Debes and Megan Schmidtberger, " Figures Lie and Liars Figure: Will Rules Make a Difference in Corporate Accounting Fraud?"
• Jill Kruse, Brandon Elder, and Andrea Thomson, " Is it Worth it? International Business: Choices and Issues"
• Charity Lakeman and Erin Herrmann, " Where Did My Job Go? Outsourcing American Jobs"
  
  Other presentations (not videotaped)
• Dr. Ron Schott, Geosciences, "Living on the Edge (of the North American Plate)"
• Patrick Lowry, Hays Daily News editor, "Size Does Matter: The Roles of the New York Times and The Hays Daily News"
• Dr. Robert Rook, History, "America and the Middle East: After the Election, Arafat and Fallujah"
• Bob Duffy, Kelly Center, "Preventing Alcohol Related Deaths: What's Being Done?"
• Kelley Kuhlmann, Leadership Studies, "You Can't Shut Us Up: Why Youth Can Decide the 2004 Election" and Dr. Brent Goertzen: "Ethical Considerations and Leadership"
• Alejandro Sanchez-Aizcorbe, Modern Languages, "Banalization of Evil: A Latin American Perspective on Iraq"
• Dr. Chapman Rackaway, Political Science, "Swift Boats and Forged Memos: 527s and the Election" and Dr. Richard Heil, Dr. David Weiden, Michael Suchoparek; "A Look Back at Election 2004"
• Robb Scott, Special Education, "Critical Thinking and Multicultural Education"