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2001 - 2002 ARCHIVES
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| Tuesday, December 17, 2002 |
Symptom and pain management for terminally-ill patients
Joining Dr. Spanier to discuss relief for those with advanced end-stage disease will be Dennis Johnson, M.D., Director of the Center for Palliative Medicine at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, and Susan Spencer, RN, Nurse Coordinator for the Center.
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| Tuesday, November 19, 2002 |
Obesity
Joining Dr. Spanier to discuss how best to get America's weight problem under control will be Charles Billington, M.D., a member of the National Institutes of Health's National Taskforce on the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity, and Kristine Clark, coordinator of sports nutrition programs at Penn State.
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| Monday, October 28, 2002 |
White Collar Crime
Joining President Spanier by phone from Washington will be William McLucas, former Director of Enforcement for the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. McLucas, a partner in the Washington law firm of Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering, was recently retained by both Enron and WorldCom to conduct internal investigations of their financial irregularities. In 1997, he was named one of the National Law Journal's One-Hundred Most Influential Attorneys in America. He is a 1972 graduate of Penn State.
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| Monday, September 23, 2002 |
Financing a College Education
Joining Dr. Spanier will be Donald Heller, Associate Professor of Education at Penn State, and Ed Elmendorf, Senior Vice President of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.
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| Tuesday, July 23, 2002 |
Dispute Resolution
Joining Dr. Spanier will be Robert Ackerman, Director of the Center for Dispute Resolution and Professor of Law at The Dickinson School of Law, and Barbara Gray, Professor of Organizational Behavior at Penn State and author of Collaborating: Finding Common Ground for Multiparty Problems.
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| Tuesday, June 18, 2002 |
Designer Humans
Joining Dr. Spanier to discuss the science and ethics of altering an embryo's genetic blueprint to make a baby smarter or healthier will be Professors Philip Wilson and Michael Green of the Department of Humanities at Penn State's College of Medicine.
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| Tuesday, May 21, 2002 |
The outlook for theater in America
Two veterans of the stage will join Dr. Spanier to discuss Broadway's graying crowds, costly tickets and preference for revivals as well as the way these trends play out regionally and locally. Dan Carter is an actor, director, fight choreographer, stage manager, and producer in addition to being Director of the School of Theatre at Penn State and Producing Artistic Director of Pennsylvania Center Stage. Spence Ford, currently Dance Instructor for the Musical Theatre program at Penn State, has performed on Broadway in Peter Pan, Copperfield, La Cage Aux Folles and many other productions, has toured the USA in Cats and was featured in Dancin' in London.
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| Tuesday, April 23, 2002 |
The quality of America's mass-marketed popular music
Joining Dr. Spanier to discuss the current state of the pop music scene will be Bill Kelly, head of the department of Integrative Arts at Penn State, and Anthony DeCurtis, formerly senior critic at "Rolling Stone" magazine, pop music critic for NPR's "All Things Considered," and host of the weekly critic's show "4 On The Floor" and "VH1-to-One." Mr. DeCurtis currently hosts "The A List With Anthony DeCurtis" on getmusic.com.
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| Tuesday, March 19, 2002 |
Corporate Collapse
Joining Dr. Spanier to discuss the reasons corporations collapse will be John Bagby, Professor of Business Law, and Edward Ketz, Associate Professor of Accounting, in Penn State's Smeal College of Business Administration.
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| Monday, February 18, 2002 |
Eating Disorders
Joining Dr. Spanier to discuss the current understanding of anorexia, bulimia and binge eating will be Richard Levine, M.D., a specialist in adolescent eating disorders at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, and Jill Morgan, a psychologist with Counseling and Psychological Services at the University Park campus of Penn State.
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| January 22, 2002 |
Identity theft
Joining Dr. Spanier to discuss the fastest growing yet least-prosecuted crime in America will be Cathy Bowen, a consumer issues specialist at Penn State, and Kathleen Kimball, director of computer and network security for the university. Participating by phone from California will be attorney Mari Frank, author of Victim to Victor and developer of The Identity-Theft Survival Kit.
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| December 11, 2001 |
Diets and dieting
Joining Dr. Spanier to discuss weight management and healthy eating year-round - but particularly during the holidays - will be Kristine Clark, coordinator of sports nutrition programs at Penn State, and registered dietitian Star Campbell.
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| November 20, 2001 |
Factors contributing to juvenile delinquency
Joining Dr. Spanier to discuss the causes of juvenile delinquency and means of preventing it will be Wayne Osgood, Penn State Professor of Crime, Law and Justice, and Karen Bierman, Director of the Children, Youth and Families Consortium at Penn State.
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| October 23, 2001 |
Pennsylvania's war on illegal drugs
Joining Dr. Spanier to discuss efforts to stop illegal drug use in Pennsylvania will be the state's chief law enforcement officer, Attorney General Mike Fisher.
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| September 26, 2001 |
The aftermath of terrorism
Joining Dr. Spanier to discuss appropriate responses to these attacks as well as the ways in which life in this country will change as a result of them will be faculty members from Penn State's departments of history and political science.
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| August 21, 2001 |
Tobacco addiction and the effectiveness of tobacco control programs
The estimated 430,000 deaths attributed to tobacco use annually in the United States are far more than those caused by illegal drugs, homicides, suicides, AIDS, motor vehicle accidents, and alcohol combined. Joining Dr. Spanier to discuss compulsive smoking and the use of tobacco settlement monies to curb it will be Alan Snider, President of the Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Pennsylvania, and Eugene Lengerich, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the Penn State College of Medicine.
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| July 24, 2001 |
Ethical responsibilities of corporations
Joining Dr. Spanier to discuss ethical leadership and moral awareness in the business world will be Linda Trevino, Professor of Organizational Behavior at Penn State, and Peter M. Wolf, a consultant in values development with Business Ethics Balance in Altoona.
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| June 19 , 2001 |
Coping with Alzheimer's disease
Joining Dr. Spanier to discuss strategies for coping with Alzheimer's as well as our current understanding of the cause of the disease will be Steven Zarit, Professor of Human Development at Penn State, and Creighton Phelps, Director of the Alzheimer's Disease Centers Program at the National Institutes of Health.
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| May 15, 2001 |
America's Obsession with Sports
Joining Dr. Spanier to discuss society's emotional investment in its high school, collegiate, and professional teams will be L. Budd Thalman, Associate Athletic Director for Communications at Penn State and Steve Jones, the voice of Nittany Lion football and basketball.
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| April 11, 2001 |
The Ingredients of a Healthy Marriage
Joining Dr. Spanier to discuss what keeps marriages strong will be Pepper Schwartz, Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington in Seattle. Dr. Schwartz is the author of 14 books, including American Couples, Love Between Equals: How Peer Marriage Really Works,and Everything You Know About Love and Sex is Wrong.
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| Mar. 13, 2001 |
Clinical Depression
Joining Dr. Spanier to discuss causes and cures for severe depression will be Dr. Paul Kettl, chair of the Department of Psychiatry at The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, and J. Gowen Roper, assistant director of The Psychological Clinic and assistant professor of psychology at Penn State.
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| Feb. 13, 2001 |
Patients' Rights
Joining Dr. Spanier to discuss such issues as patient privacy and patients' rights when dealing with insurers will be Steven Baron, Executive Director of the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, and Dennis Scanlon, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration at Penn State.
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| Jan. 16, 2001 |
Domestic Violence
Joining Dr. Spanier will be Anne Ard, Director of the Centre County Women's Resource Center and Michael Johnson, Penn State Associate Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies. This call-in will look at causes of spouse abuse, including low self-esteem, misplaced anger, abuse of phsyical power, lack of self-control, aggressive personality, drugs, alcohol, and general frustration. Drs. Ard and Johnson will also suggest remedies for victims of spouse abuse.
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