Monday, April 21st
4:30pm – Adamson Wing Auditorium, Baker Hall 136A
David D. Cole, Professor of Law, Georgetown University
LESS SAFE, LESS FREE: WHY AMERICA IS LOSING THE WAR ON TERRORISM
Co-sponsored by the Muslim Students Association
Tuesday, April 22nd
4:30pm – Rangos 1, University Center
Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., Senior Scientist, Nuclear Threat Initiative/Global Health and Security Initiative, Washington, DC
HEALTH AND SECURITY IN A CHANGING WORLD
Thursday, April 24th
4:30pm – Steinberg Auditorium, Baker Hall A53
MECHANIZATION: CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS – HUMANITIES LECTURE
Helen Nissenbaum, Professor, Media, Culture & Communication, New York University
VALUES IN DESIGN
Sponsored by the Humanties Center at Carnegie Mellon University
Film Starts Friday, April 25th
Harris Theater
BLINDSIGHT
Monday, April 21st
4:30pm – Adamson Wing Auditorium, Baker Hall 136A
David D. Cole, Professor of Law, Georgetown University
LESS SAFE, LESS FREE: WHY AMERICA IS LOSING THE WAR ON TERRORISM
Co-sponsored by the Muslim Students Association
In the name of preventing another terrorist attack, the U.S. government has adopted an aggressive "preventive paradigm" since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. It often cites the absence of a second attack as evidence that its strategy has worked. I argue that the preventive paradigm has not only caused the administration to sacrifice some of our most deeply held commitments, but has actually made us less safe -- limiting our options in dealing with dangerous people, undermining our standing in the world at large, fomenting Al Qaeda recruitment, and taking attention away from more effective preventive measures. In other words, we have not sacrificed liberty for security. We have sacrificed both liberty and equality. I conclude that a more sensible preventive strategy could have been employed, and must be employed in the future if we are to maintain our principles and our safety.
BIO: David Cole is a professor at Georgetown University Law Center, a volunteer staff attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights, the legal affairs correspondent for The Nation, a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books, and a commentator on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. He is the author of three award-winning books. His most recent book, Less Safe, Less Free: Why America Is Losing the War on Terror, won the Palmer Civil Liberties Prize in 2007 for best book on national security and civil liberties. He has litigated many significant constitutional cases, including Texas v. Johnson and United States v. Eichman. Since 9/11, he has been involved in many of the nation’s most important cases involving civil liberties and national security. David has received numerous awards for his human rights work. New York Times columnist Anthony Lewis has called David “one of the country’s great legal voices for civil liberties today”.
Tuesday, April 22nd
4:30pm – Rangos 1, University Center
Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., Senior Scientist, Nuclear Threat Initiative/Global Health and Security Initiative, Washington, DC
HEALTH AND SECURITY IN A CHANGING WORLD
For as far back as recorded history, health and security have intersected in important and far-reaching ways. The complex, rapidly transforming and often dangerous world we now live in demands that we think ever more seriously and creatively about these important issues. The nexus between global health, science and security reveals itself in many ways. There is a pressing need to implement strong and effective programs and policies, and the scientific, medical and public health communities must be at the forefront of these efforts. Moreover, we have a vital and unique opportunity to use our strengths in science and health as a tool of international diplomacy and a bridge to a safer world.
My talk will focus on three critical and related domains of activity: First: emerging infections and microbial threats to health; second, the intentional use of biological agents to do harm—particularly biological terrorism; and lastly the potential uses for science and health as a bridge to a safer world.
Thursday, April 24th
4:30pm – Steinberg Auditorium, Baker Hall A53
MECHANIZATION: CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS – HUMANITIES LECTURE
Helen Nissenbaum, Professor, Media, Culture & Communication, New York University
VALUES IN DESIGN
Sponsored by the Humanties Center at Carnegie Mellon University
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BLINDSIGHT
Coming to Theaters Nationwide in 2008!
Starts April 25 at the Harris Theater in Pittsburgh!
Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Himalayas, BLINDSIGHT follows the gripping adventure of six Tibetan teenagers who set out to climb the 23,000-foot Lhakpa Ri on the north side of Mount Everest. The dangerous journey soon becomes a seemingly impossible challenge -- made all the more remarkable by the fact that the teenagers are blind.
Believed by many Tibetans to be possessed by demons, the children are shunned by their parents, scorned by their villages and rejected by society. Rescued by Sabriye Tenberken, a blind educator and Nobel Peace Prize nominee from Germany who established the first school for the blind in Tibet, the students invite the famous blind American mountain climber Erik Weihenmayer to visit their school after learning about his conquest of Everest. Erik arrives in Lhasa and inspires Sabriye and her students Kyila, Sonam Bhumtso, Tashi, Gyenshen, Dachung and Tenzin to let him lead them higher than they have ever been before. The resulting 3-week journey is beyond anything any of them could have predicted.
Directed by Lucy Walker/Produced by Sybil Robson Orr
Released by Spark Entertainment/104 minutes/35mm/MPAA Rated PG
For the trailer and more information please visit: www.blindsightthemovie.com
“ASTONISHING … EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE DOING EXTRAORDINARY THINGS.” - NEW YORK TIMES
“INSPIRATIONAL.” - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
“RIVETING! SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE RIDE.” - NYLON
Starts Friday, April 25:
HARRIS THEATRE
809 Liberty Avenue, Downtown
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
412-682-4111
www.pghfilmmakers.org
For group sales and more information contact Karen O'Hara at karenoh@aol.com or 520-326-0813. Please share this email with everyone who might be interested. Thank you.
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