Focus

With Marilyn W. Thompson (formerly Vice President and Editor of The Lexington Herald-Leader and now the National Investigations Editor of The Los Angeles Times based in Washington, D.C.)

WHY GENDER MATTERS: WHAT PARENTS AND TEACHERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE EMERGING SCIENCE OF SEX DIFFERENCES

With Leonard Sax, M.D., Ph.D. (Board Certified Family Physician, Psychologist, and The Founder of the National Association for Single Sex Public Education)

Tournees French Film Festival 2006 sponsored by the University of Illinois and Parkland College with Boardman's Theatre October 13-19

With Maggie Flinn (Assistant Professor of French and European Film at the University of Illinois)

With Kevin W. Brooks (Farm Business Management Educator for the University of Illinois Extension, Peoria), and Michelle Norris (Visiting Extension Educator in Community and Economic Development at the Champaign Extension Center), and George Czapar (Extension Education in Integrated Pest Management, BMP Water Quality Coordinator at the University of Illinois Extension)

ENOUGH: THE PHONY LEADERS, DEAD-END MOVEMENTS, AND CULTURE OF FAILURE THAT ARE UNDERMINING BLACK AMERICA - AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT

With Juan Williams (Journalist, a Senior Correspondent for NPR and a Political Analyst for the Fox News Channel and a panelist on Fox News Sunday)

With Paul Street (Urban Social Policy Researcher)

The December 26, 2004 Sumatra Earthquake And The Indian Ocean Tsunami: Field Perspectives On The Impacts To The Peoples, Cultures, Politics, And Economies Of One Of The World's Vibrant Regions

With Tom Casadevall (Director of the Central Region U.S. Geological Survey in Denver)

With Suzanne Trupin, M.D. (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine)

With Irwin Redlener, M.D. (Director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and President of the Children's Health Fund)

With Chris Anderson (editor of Wired magazine)