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We started Saturday with a short addres from President Nancy Dye. As we came in, this trio was playing... |
| The seminar on "Civil Discourse: Responsibilities of
Citizenship," was moderated by the new Dean of Students, Peter Goldsmith. The speakers included Professor of Politics and Law Ronald Kahn, Bill Robinson ('63), former NAACP lawyer and visitng professor of law at the University of Maryland, and Joan Tronto ('74), Professor of Political Science at Hunter College. |
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We also heard a marvellous concert and discussion by Eighth
Blackbird, the well-known contemporary chamber group founded whie they were all students
at Oberlin, and now all graduate students at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. The
musicians were Matthew Albert ('96) violin, Molly Barth('97) flute, Matthew Duvall ('95)
percussion, Lisa Kaplan ('96) piano, Michael Maccaferri('95) clarinets, and Nicholas
Photinos ('96) cello. The speakers were John Luther Adams, Assoc Prof of Composition, and Tim Weiss, Associate Professor of Conducting, who founded the group. Next |