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Society of Skeptics
The weekly Society of Skeptics series,
which has been in continuous existence since 1977, is one of
the premier high school lecture series in the country. The
program was an outgrowth of the Blair International Society,
begun in 1962, and has served as a forum for the discussion
and debate of important national and international issues.
Over the past 30-plus years, under the tutelage of Dr. Martin
Miller, the weekly lecture series has featured a wide variety
of speakers who are engaging, accomplished in their respective
fields and often controversial.
All lectures are at 7:00 p.m.
in Cowan Auditorium unless otherwise noted.
Fall 2010 Society of Skeptics
September 14
Dr. Sam Hazen ’90
Professor, University of Massachusetts/Amherst,
Biology Dept.
“Plants and Bioenergy”
September 21
Faculty member “Q” Clarke ’87
and students
Discussion of the group’s
Summer 2010 trip to Kenya (building a classroom, etc.)
September 28
Ishmael Beah
Author of A Long Way Gone and former child soldier
of Sierra Leone
October 5
Peter Amerman
Past Blair chaplain
“The Arizona Immigration
Law”
October 12
John Skvarla (past Blair parent) & Bob
Neff ’49
“Electoral Reform: The Case
for Bonded Term Limits”
October 19
Patrick Fitzgerald
Irish Repertory Theater
“An Evening with James Joyce”
October 26
Dr. Nancy Hendrie, M.D.
Founder and president of the Sharing
Foundation, Cambodia
“Growing Up Poor in Cambodia”
November 2
Dr. Peter Mandaville ’90
Professor, George Mason University
“A Profile of the
Muslim Hip-Hop Movement”
November 9
Dr. Buddy Powell
Sea-to-Shore Foundation
“The Gulf
Oil Spill”
November 16
Alex Gallo ’96
Instructor, U.S. Military Academy
“A
Survey of Domestic Terrorism Plots in the United States”
December
7
New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Helen E. Hoens
Searching for Justice in an Unjust World, A Look Inside the
New Jersey Supreme Court.
January 11
Young Alumni Forum
Young alumni panelists return to campus to
discuss their lives and experiences after Blair, lending
career and college advice to current Blair students
For more info on Society
of Skeptics speakers, please contact Marty Miller at 908-362-8828 or millem@blair.edu.
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