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Journalist Paul Salopek discussed reporting from the developing world in his Lovejoy acceptance speech Oct. 18. "I honestly believe that the developing world is where our species' common future is being scripted, if only by sheer weight of numbers alone," he said. (duration: 58:31)

On April 1, 2009, at 7 p.m., in Ostrove Auditorium, Alex de Waal, an activist on African issues, spoke about the genocide in Sudan, about which he is frequently quoted in news outlets worldwide. A fellow of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, de Waal is also a program director at the Social Science Research Council and a co-director of Justice Africa.

Prior to the performance of JACK, an opera about the life of John F. Kennedy, at the Waterville Opera House on September 15, 2008, professors G. Calvin Mackenzie and Robert Weisbrot, authors of the recently released and highly acclaimed book The Liberal Hour, joined JACK co-lyricist, Tom Sawyer, for a discussion about JFK in Ostrove Auditorium.

On Thursday October 23rd at 7:30 p.m. in Ostrove Auditorium, Barclay's President Bob Diamond '73 and C.O.O. of Angelo, Gordon and Company Michael Gordon '66, joined interlocutor Professor Emeritus Hank Gemery for a panel discussion on the current worldwide financial crisis.

On Sunday, September 28th at 4 p.m. in Ostrove Auditorium a panel of esteemed local, national, and international journalists discussed the role they play in providing a voice to those who are neglected by society.