Every year since then, a team of two to three students chosen by the student council has arranged and managed all aspects of the free series. Usually about six prominent figures are booked to address a current national issue. Covering topics like the nuclear arms race, human sexuality, freedom of the press and foreign policy and race, the symposium has drawn speakers like Aaron Cropland, Kurt Vonnegut, Carl Bernstein, former senators George McGovern and Eugene McCarthy, Pat Robinson and Isaac Asimov. This year's symposium chairs are seniors Jeff Shalom and David Capece. Included are the dates and times of events scheduled so far.
All lectures are free and open to the public.
She will discuss how advertisers and television in general are trying to market their products to Americans between the ages of 16 and 36. Stewart has danced with Tony Bennett, partied with Michael Stipe and whisked cross-dresser RuPaul through a New Jersey shopping mall. She has interviewed rock stars from U2 lead singer Bono to Mick Jagger. A town hall meeting co-sponsored by the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. He will share his personal story about living with AIDS and his own message of hope for the future.