Ethics Center Events Spring 2000

January 13
Great Thinkers of the Twentieth Century Lecture Series
Bill Evenson, Professor of Physics, Brigham Young University
" Marie Curie and Radiation's Impact on Science"
7-8:30 PM, SC 213 

January 24
Sixth Annual Martin Luther King Commemoration
(Co-sponsored with numerous USVC organizations)
9 AM-4:30 PM, Ragan Theater, Ballroom, SC 213, and SC 117 
January Faculty Bookgroup:
Clay Carson and Peter Holloran (eds.), A Knock at Midnight (discussion led by Clay Carson)
3:30-5 PM, SC 117 

January 26
January Ethics Across the Curriculum:
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Panel Discussion with Steve Fordham, Dale Olson, Joe Wixom, and guests (Brown Bag lunches served)
12-1 PM, GT 612 

February 2
A Day with UVSC Writer-in-Residence Eugene England
Great Utah Writers: 11 AM-12:30 PM, SC 213
Eugene's Favorite Essays: 7-8:30 PM, SC 213 

February 7
Student Environmental Ethics Bookgroup:
Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac (discussion led by David Keller)
2-3 PM, AD 214 

February 9
Great Thinkers of the Twentieth Century Lecture Series
Leslie Norris, BYU Writer-in-Residence“'From Poles of Skull and Toe:' Dylan Thomas and the Revivification of Language"
7-8:30 PM, SC 117 

February 11
Academic Freedom Symposium:Utah Valley vs. State College? Academic Freedom and Community Values
(Co-sponsored with the Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence)
9 AM-4 PM, Ragan Theater
(February Ethics Across the Curriculum: Kerry Romesburg, "The Freedom to Teach, the Freedom to Learn: Academic Freedom," 1-2 PM)

February 16
“ The Debate on Same-Sex Marriage and the California Knight Initiative"
Lawyers Lynn Wardle (BYU) and Stephen Clark (ACLU)
(Co-sponsored with numerous USVC organizations)
12-1 PM, Ragan Theater

February Faculty Bookgroup:
Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire (discussion led by Jim Harris)
3-4 PM, SC 117 

March 8
Great Thinkers of the Twentieth Century Lecture Series
Bruce Landesman, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Utah
" How John Rawls' A Theory of Justice has Changed Political Philosophy"
7-8:30 PM, SC 117 

March 20
Student Environmental Ethics Bookgroup:
Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire (discussion led by David Keller)
2-3 PM, SC 117 

March 21
First Annual Mormon Cultural Studies Conference
9 AM-2 PM, Ragan Theater
(March Ethics Across the Curriculum: Panel discussion, 2-3 PM)

March 22
March Faculty Bookgroup:
Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique (discussion led by Lyn Bennett)
3-4 PM, SC 213a

March 27
Bud Welch, "Rage or Reconciliation? The Ethics of Capital Punishment"
9-10 AM, SC 213c

April 7
Eleventh Annual Environmental Ethics Conference
The Ethics of River Conservation
9 AM-4 PM, Ragan Theater
(April Ethics Across the Curriculum: Panel discussion, 3-4 PM)

April 8
Environmental Ethics Conference Field Trip
Proposed Bear River Dam Sites and Bear River Refuge
9 AM-4 PM

April 10
Student Environmental Ethics Bookgroup:
Rick Bass, The Book of  Yaak (discussion led by David Keller)
2-3 PM, SC 117

April 12
April Faculty Bookgroup:
Rick Bass, The Book of  Yaak (discussion led by David Keller)
3-4 PM, SC 213a 
Great Thinkers of the Twentieth Century Lecture Series
Michael Cohen, Professor of Language and Literature, Southern Utah University
" John Muir and the Values of American Wilderness"
7-8:30 PM, SC 117

May 15-19
Ethics Across the Curriculum Summer Seminar:
Featured Scholar: John Granrose, Director of Studies, Jung Institute, Zürich, Switzerland
(Co-sponsored with the Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence)
May 15, 16 & 17: "Basic Ethical Theory: An Overview"
May 18 & 19: "Ethics and the Sciences of Behavior"
Daily 2-5 PM, Room TBA