The 65th annual Conference of World Affairs starts April 8. With tens of panels and hundreds of speakers every day, it might be hard to decide just which panels to go to. Let the CU Independent help you decide which panels to attend through the week. Check back to the CUI for updates on CWA coverage. The full schedule is on CWA’s website.
A map of where this year’s speakers are from. View in a larger map. (Kai Casey/CU Independent)
MONDAY
Looking for God in the Particles
1:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.
Where: Old Main Chapel
Panelists: Michael Chorost, Elaine Miller-Karas, Jo Muse
Moderator: Andrew Franklin
Legal Pot: Hemp, Hemp, Hooray!
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Radio broadcast: KGNU 88.5 FM/1390 AM
Panelists: Sanho Tree
Moderator: Hannah Leigh Myers
North Korea: A Severe Case of the Kims
4:30 p.m. – 5:50 p.m.
Where: Muenzinger Auditorium
Panelists: Joe Cirincione, Tom Gold, Heather Hurlburt, Jim Walsh
Moderator: Kim Savit
TUESDAY
Addy, Oxy and Molly: College Drug Use
11:00 a.m. -12:20 p.m.
Where: UMC 235
Panelists: Ross Haenfler, Howard Schultz, Sanho Tree
Moderator: David Elm
Civil Liberties: When Left Meets Right
2:00 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Where: UMC 235
Panelists: Guy Benson, Chip Berlet, Andrew Goddard, Michael Stoff
Moderator: Mary Jo White
Opiate of the Masses: Pop Culture’s Obsession With Stupidity
3:30 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.
Where: Eaton Humanities 1B50
Panelists: Jim Borgman, Robert A. George, Ross Haenfler, Howard Schultz
Moderator: Ryan Van Duzer
WEDNESDAY
Fashion, Tattoos and Piercings: Body as Billboard
10:30 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
Where: UMC Gallery
Panelists: Jeff Lieberman, Clare Muireann Murphy, Jenni Schaefer
Moderator: Lisa Radelet
What the Frack!
11:30 a.m. – 12:50 p.m.
Where: UMC 235
Panelists: Michael Franc, Francesca T. Grifo, Charles Love, David Orr
Moderator: Richard Polk
Veganism: We Have to Stop Meating Like This
3:00 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.
UMC Gallery
Panelists: Robert Egger, Gooding, Alicia Robb, Keith Harmon Snow
Moderator: Rose Pierro
THURSDAY
Obama’s Foreign Policy: Audacity or Hope
9:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.
Macky Auditorium
Panelists: Gordon Adams, Guy Benson, Phillip James Walker, Valerie Plame Wilson
Moderator: Kaye Howe
Getting America Back to Work
11:00 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.
Where: UMC East Ballroom
Panelists: Robert Egger, Reza Ramazani, Howard Schultz
Moderator: Bruce Dierking
The Right to Bear Arms
1:20 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.
Where: Boulder High School
Panelists: Margot Adler, Guy Benson, Lou Dubose,Colin Goddard
FRIDAY
NCAA: National Cartels of Amateur Athletics
9:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.
Where: UMC West Ballroom
Panelists: Guy Benson, Robert A. George, Jurek Martin, William Nack
Moderator: Jefferson Dodge
Food: Waste, Want and Culture
11:00 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.
Where: Muenzinger Auditorium
Panelists: Zulfiqar Ahmad, Robert Egger, Tom Gold, Phillip James Walker
Moderator: Dave Newport
Gay Today
1:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.
Where: Old Main Chapel
Panelists: Joel Gallant, Peter Lighte, Tammy S. Schultz, Sanho Tree
Moderator: Charles Steinberg
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