DATE / TOPIC	PANELISTS
October 8, 2008 BELIEVERS IN THE BOOTH: The Role of Religion in the 2008 Elections	Janice Rael - chapter president, Americans United for Separation of Church & State Kenneth Briggs - former Religion editor for The New York Times Larry Meo ('11) - president of the DSU Pro-Life Club Andrew Essig, PhD - political science faculty at DSU
February 12, 2008 DIGITAL INDISCRETION: Why do young people post private photos and other personal information on public domains?	Joseph Pochran - Upper Saucon Township Detective Renee James - Morning Call columnist Eddie Ohlson - DSU basketball, Parkland HS graduate
September 19, 2007 THE POPULARITY OF VIOLENCE at home, on our streets, and in our culture	James Martin - District Attorney, Lehigh County Pam Russell - Executive Director, Turning Point of Lehigh Valley James Reilly, MD - trauma surgeon, Lehigh Valley Hospital
April 26, 2007 DO WORDS REALLY MATTER? (the Don Imus controversy)	Jim DiSousa - WDIY radio Esther M. Lee - president, Bethlehem Chapter of the N.A.A.C.P. Marvin Satchell & Sedale Walton - student athletes, DSU basketball
November 29, 2006 BAD BUZZ? Cans Full of Energy for Campus Life	Dagny Danga-Storm, MNT - St. Luke's Hospital Fr. Doug Burns, OSFS - Director of Sport & Exercise Science, DSU Rachel Coleman ('08) and other DSU students
August 30, 2006 ONLINE GAMBLING: Financial Dream or Social Poison?	Charlie Dent - United States Congressman Rev. Greg Hogan, Sr. - Pastor, First Baptist Church of Barberton (OH) Amy Scott, Ph.D. - Asst. Prof. of Economics, DeSales University
March 14, 2006 MEDIA MOCKERY? Religion, Free Speech & the Power of the Press	Aaron Moore, Ph.D. - Asst. Prof. of Journalism, DeSales University Martin Till - CEO, President & Publisher, The Express-Times Matt Kerr - Director of Communication, Diocese of Allentown Shalahudin Kafrawi, Ph.D. - Muslim Association of the Lehigh Valley
November 30, 2005 LIFE ON THE DOCKET: The Role & Influence of the U.S. Courts	Hon. James Knoll Gardner - Judge, U.S. District Court for Eastern PA Hon. Emil Giordano - Judge, Northampton County Court of Common Pleas Hon. Joseph Barner - Magisterial District Justice Joseph Leeson, Esq. - Attorney and City Councilman
October 5, 2005 PAIN AT THE PUMP! America's Mismanagement of Natural Resources	Charles T. McIlhinney, Jr. - PA Congressman John Donaldson, Jr. - DSU business faculty Dave McGuire - Sierra Club Daniel J. Desmond - PA Dept. of Environmental Protection
April 7, 2005 A Toast to JOHN PAUL the Great	open forum
February 22, 2005 UNORIGINAL SINS: A Cheating Culture in America	Jonathan Schnatz (DSU '97) - IRS special agent Jim Booros - PGA professional Gregory Skutches - DSU communications faculty
November 9, 2004 AMERICA'S SHOUTING MATCH: Civility in Public Discourse	Patrick Toomey - U.S. Congressman Rob Vaughan - Channel 69 television news anchor Georgine Olexa, Esq. - lawyer John Mitchell, MD - psychiatrist
September 22, 2004 A PLAN FOR AMERICA? In-house (faculty) Perspectives on the Election Issues	John Donaldson - economics Carol Mest - healthcare Judith Simons - education Al Sproule - homeland security Mark Plaushin, OSFS - national security
March 3, 2004 PASSIONATE ABOUT THE PASSION! Reviewing Mel Gibson's New Film	Larry Chapp - DSU theology faculty Steven Dennis - DSU tv-film faculty Jonathan Gerard - rabbi Franklin Sherman - institute for Jewish-Christian understanding
November 12, 2003 PHENOMS OR FELONS? Athletes as Role Models in American Society	Mimi Griffin - MSG promotions Terry Larimer - The Morning Call sports editor Nolan Neiman - student athletic advisory council" Brian Turner - DSU sport management faculty
October 1, 2003 FROM CLOSET TO HONEYMOON SUITE: Same-Sex Marriage in the USA	Elizabeth Goudy - Lehigh Valley pastor Brian Kane - DSU theology faculty
May 6, 2003 TOWN HALL MEETING: Lehigh Valley Judicial Candidates	Jim Anthony Mary J.B. Eidelman Brian Johnson Paul Laughlin Jerry Snyder Kelly Waldron
March 20, 2003 A JUST WAR?	open campus debate
January 29, 2003 Roe v. Wade ... 30 Years Later	Jennifer Boulanger - Women's Health Center Larry Chapp - DSU theology faculty L. Wayne Hess, MD - Lehigh Valley Hospital Howard Lurie - Villanova Law School
December 9, 2002 The Catholic Bishop in the 21st Century	Bishop Joseph Kurtz - Knoxville, TN Bishop Michael Saltarelli - Wilmington, DE
November 7, 2002 WAR AGAINST IRAQ	G. Clarke Chapman - Moravian College Ali El-Agha - chemical engineer Joel Hoffman - DSU peace activist Brian Kane - DSU theology faculty Brennan Pursell - DSU history faculty Charles Snelling - Republican party activist
March 20, 2002 ENRON OR END RUN: What's Happened to Business Ethics?	John Biggar - PPL, Inc. executive vice-president Christopher Cocozza - DSU accounting faculty William Dwyer - DSU accounting faculty Malcolm Gross - attorney
November 7, 2001 TROUBLE ON TAP? Security, Alcohol, and Student Rights	Timothy Fitzgerald - DSU dean of students Jim Brooks - DSU student '03 Kelly Check - DSU junior class president Denise Di Nunzio - DSU student government VP Deron Powell - DSU student
October 3, 2002 TERROR IN AMERICA! Issues & Answers on Campus	Mohamed Bugaighis - Lehigh Valley Islamic Center John Conklin - Lehigh County Emergency Management Bernard Donahue - DSU politics faculty (retired) Taherah Hojjat - DSU business faculty Al Sproule - DSU criminal justice faculty
April 25, 2001 Ex Corde Ecclesiae and DeSales University: Toward an Answer to the Questions	Rev. Bernard O'Connor - DSU president Most Rev. Edward Cullen - bishop of Allentown
February 21, 2001 Ex Corde Ecclesiae and Institutional Governance: The Question of Autonomy	Rev. Daniel Gambet - DSU president emeritus Dr. Laurence Mazzeno - Alvernia College president
November 8, 2000 Ex Corde Ecclesiae and Public Relations: The Question of Image	Lina Barbieri - DSU public relations director Dave Erdman - managing editor of The Morning Call Matt Kerr - communications director, diocese of Allentown
October 18, 2000 Ex Corde Ecclesiae and Student Affairs: The Question of Responsibililty	Kate Lassiter - president of SGA at DSU Scott Coval - athletics director at DSU Christopher Janosik - Villanova University
September 20, 2000 Ex Corde Ecclesiae and Academic Affairs: The Question of Freedom	Rodger Berg - DSU faculty marshall Michael Raposa - Lehigh University

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