Archive | Campus Events
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Ron Paul emphasizes individual liberties in speech at Iowa State
Ron Paul emphasized the need to protect individual liberties to a crowd of 600-plus at Iowa State U. on Wednesday night. "If you haven't heard me speak before, my speech is a little different," Paul said. "I think of change being philosophic, not just changing a person here ...
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Brokaw talks future of U.S.
Legendary broadcast journalist and author Tom Brokaw presented a lecture titled “The Time of Our Lives” about the American dream and how the United States should focus on service.
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Baseball legend Hank Aaron focuses on charity
On the baseball field, Hank Aaron opened new doors for African-American players. After retiring in 1976, he continued to expand opportunities for others through entrepreneurship and humanitarianism.
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Google Chairman Eric Schmidt speaks
About 150 members of U. Minnesota’s tech community filled the Cowles Auditorium at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs Wednesday to see Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google. U. Minnesota was one of the first institutions to start using Google Apps in everyday instruction.
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Member of the Wu-Tang Clan visits Harvard
A packed auditorium erupted in applause on Thursday evening as the Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA delivered some original rhymes and reflected on his life and career in an event at Harvard U.
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Herman Cain talks morality, 2012 campaign
Herman Cain, who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, spoke about America's crises but did not mention the ones surrounding him and his campaign Wednesday afternoon at Ohio State U.
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Rev. Jesse Jackson compares Occupy movement to Civil Rights movement
Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. and has continued his own struggle for social and economic equality since, spoke Tuesday at U. Nebraska-Lincoln.
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Swiss official talks Iran
Guillaume Scheurer, Switzerland’s deputy chief of mission and head of political and legal affairs, addressed students and Charlottesville residents at U. Virginia last night to discuss the intermediary role Switzerland plays in foreign relations between the United States and Iran.
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Author and journalist Tom Brokaw talks economic justice, improving education during lecture
The Eugene Symphony welcomed esteemed broadcast journalist and author Tom Brokaw to U. Oregon last night for his lecture “The Voice of a Generation” and the narration of a performance of Aaron Copland’s “A Lincoln Portrait.