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This sampling of past Society of Skeptics speakers gives visitors an idea of the wide range of industries and perspectives represented by the weekly lecturers who have visited campus in recent years. This program is funded in part by The Class of 1968 Society of Skeptics Endowment Fund.
Sociologist and author Anthony (Tony) Jack will join the Society of Skeptics on April 13 to discuss his debut novel, The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students. The event, moderated by history department chair and Society of Skeptics director Jason Beck, will begin at 7 p.m.
The Blair community was excited to welcome foreign policy and civil liberties expert Doug Bandow to the Society of Skeptics on April 6. His talk focused on foreign policy challenges facing President Joe Biden and his administration.
Gillian Sciaretta ’03 has traveled extensively to wine regions throughout the world as Wine Spectator’s lead taster for France’s Beaujolais, southwest France, Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence regions, Spain, Portugal’s table wines, and Israel. On March 30 at 7 p.m., she (virtually) returned home to Blair to discuss her career, the wine industry, and the current state of restaurants and the hospitality sector at the Society of Skeptics.
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