Stories about "War"
Matt Lauer from NBC goes sky high with Lt. Cmdr. J.J. Cummings ’89
Friday, May 3, 2002 3:28 pm
U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. J.J. Cummings and his wife, Sara Hagan Cummings, both Bates '89, were interviewed March 26 and 27, 2002, when Cummings' aircraft carrier, the USS Theodore Roosevelt, returned to Norfolk, Va., after an extended deployment off Afghanistan.
Expert in psychology of terrorism to speak on the issue
Tuesday, February 5, 2002 3:40 pm
Martha Crenshaw, a nationally recognized expert in the psychology of terrorism, will discuss the issue at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, in Room 204 of Carnegie Science Hall, 44 Campus Ave.
Robert Drinan to discuss U.S. war on terrorism
Thursday, January 24, 2002 3:29 pm
Robert Drinan, an ordained Jesuit priest, professor of law at Georgetown University and internationally recognized human rights advocate, will discuss the ethical and legal challenges facing the United States as it pursues national domestic security in a talk titled "America's War on Terrorism: Human Rights, Civil Rights and Homeland Security" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, in Chase Hall Lounge, Campus Avenue, at Bates College.
Former national security adviser warns of future terrorist attacks
Friday, December 7, 2001 1:09 pm
"There are no ethical limits to the weapons that will be used against us," former national security adviser Leon Fuerth said during his presentation titled "Attacks on America" at a president’s breakfast seminar in Muskie Archives Dec. 7.
Democratic House candidate to speak
Thursday, November 8, 2001 2:01 pm
Democratic Congressional candidate David Costello presents a lecture titled "Afghanistan After the Taliban: Lessons Learned from International Interventions in Cambodia, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo" Tuesday, Nov. 13, in Hirasawa Lounge, Chase Hall, 56 Campus Ave.
Photographer of Navajo code talkers launches Native American Heritage Month
Thursday, October 25, 2001 1:40 pm
Bates College will celebrate Native American Heritage Month with a series of events sponsored by the Multicultural Center, beginning with a talk by photographer Kenji Kawano, author of the book "Warriors: Navajo Code Talkers" (Northland Publishing Company, 1990), Thursday, Nov. 1, in Chase Hall Lounge.
Renowned peace activist to speak
Monday, October 1, 2001 8:41 am
Nobel Peace Prize nominee Elise Bjorn-Hansen Boulding will discuss how the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks might affect prospects for world peace in a lecture at Bates College Thursday, Oct. 11, in Chase Hall at Bates.
Holocaust survivors to speak at Bates
Tuesday, August 7, 2001 4:16 pm
Several Holocaust survivors will discuss their experiences at the 11th annual Holocaust Human Rights Center of Maine’s summer seminar, Teaching the Holocaust: Implications for the 21st Century, at Bates College Aug. 5-10.
Bates professors to discuss Balkan crisis
Monday, March 29, 1999 10:05 am
Two Bates College faculty members, Dennis Browne, associate professor of Russian, and Loring Danforth, professor of anthropology, will discuss the crisis in the Balkans in a question and answer session, today at 4 p.m. in Skelton Lounge in Chase Hall, 56 Campus Avenue. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
William Blum to speak on U.S. foreign policy
Wednesday, September 23, 1998 2:01 pm
William Blum, author of "The CIA: A Forgotten History" and "Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II," will discuss "U.S. Foreign Policy: A Study in Hypocrisy" Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives. The public is invited to attend the Muskie Series lecture free of charge.