Rick Shenkman // Election 2008: How Will You Decide?
Thursday, September 25 // 8pm
Neumiller Lecture Hall // FREE
By the end of the presidential election you will know whether the candidates wear boxers or briefs, who they've slept with and the name of their dog or cat. You'll know if they ever smoked dope, dodged the draft or were stupid enough - like Gary Hart in 1988 - to allow their picture to be taken while sitting on the lap of a half-naked woman aboard a boat called the 'Monkey Business.' But how do you know what to believe? How do you figure out when you're being manipulated, lied to or misled by either the media, the candidates or both?
Separating the wheat from the chaff of political news takes an expert. Join TV pundit Rick Shenkman on a romp through American politics and you'll never be a victim of political bull again.
Richard Shenkman is the editor and founder of George Mason University's History News Network, a website that features articles by historians on current events. An associate professor of history at George Mason University, he can regularly be seen on Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC. He also appeared on the Daily Show and wrote the book "Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth About the American Voter". He is a New York Times best-selling author who was educated at Vassar and Harvard, Mr. Shenkman is an award-winning investigative reporter and the former managing editor of KIRO-TV, the CBS affiliate in Seattle. In 1997 he was the host, writer and producer of a prime time series for The Learning Channel inspired by his books on myths. He gives lectures at colleges around the country on several topics, including American myths and presidential politics.
The Art of Kissing
Wednesday, November 12 // 7pm
Student Center Ballroom // FREE
THE ART OF KISSING uses an entertaining mix of discussion, demonstrations by students, music, and slides to show how to make yourself more kissable, how to get over first kiss jitters, how to avoid kissing mistakes, tips for more intimate kisses, and new romantic kissing techniques. Anyone who knows college students can tell you that this show will attract their attention, entertain them, and make them laugh. Featured on over a hundred radio and television programs, from the View to Today to CBS This Morning.
William Cane is the pen name of Michael Christian, who taught English at Boston College for fifteen years, and who has been researching this topic "since a very early age." Author of The Book of Kisses and The Art of Hugging, he lives in New York City. Mr. Cane was educated at Boston College Law School and practiced law briefly in 1986. He also received a Master of Arts degree in English at Boston University, and he has written for Woman's Day, Seventeen, and other national and local newspapers and magazines. He has also written The Art of Hugging (St. Martin's Press, 1996), and The Art of Kissing Book of Questions and Answers (St. Martin's press, 1999) and is the producer of the popular instructional videos and DVDs HOW TO FRENCH KISS and HOW TO KISS, in both of which he makes a cameo appearance. He currently lectures on kissing at leading colleges and universities.