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DATE / TOPIC PANELISTS
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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