Ourselves as Others See Us: International Journalists on Obama’s America

Saturday, November 6, 2010 @ 9:30am
@ UIC Forum
Nov. 1, 2010
A collapsing economy, two wars, rising health-care costs, a ballooning budget deficit, and a major ecological disaster . . . no US president in decades has encountered the breadth of difficulties confronting Barack Obama.

History of the Condom

Saturday, November 6, 2010 @ 8:00am
@ UIC Forum
Nov. 1, 2010
We’re betting that you don’t spend much of your time pondering the history of the condom. But University of Illinois cultural historian Paula Treichler does, and her ongoing research has led her in fascinating directions.

Laura Kipnis: The Public Scandal

Saturday, November 6, 2010 @ 3:30am
@ UIC Forum
Nov. 1, 2010
This politician’s tawdry affair, that executive’s brazen embezzlement—armchair quarterbacking the public scandal has long been an unofficial national pastime.

Global Activism Expo 2011

Saturday, April 30, 2011 @ 7:00am – 1:00pm
@ UIC Forum
Oct. 26, 2010
Derived from the “Global Activism Series” hosted by Worldview’s Jerome McDonnell, the Global Activism Expo has become WBEZ's largest event of the year and we are thrilled to again present this remarkable celebration – complete with music & food – gathering of literally hundreds of Chica

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