Thursday, September 14: Journalist Murray Seeger, "Czars to Comissars and Back." Broad International Lecture given at Broad Auditorium, 3:30. For more information, click here.

Thursday, September 14: Defense of Marriage Amendment Debate, sponsored by FSU Democrats and FSU Republicans, Moore Auditorium (Oglesby Union), 7:30.

Thursday, September 21: Undergraduate Advisors Dr. Thomas McCaleb of the Economics Department and Dr. Dan Klooster of the Geography Department talk about what their disciplines cover, what you can do with a major in their discipline, and what courses you need to take to complete a major in their discipline. Cawthon 101, 6:15 PM.

Monday, September 25: Monday, September 25: First speaker in the Middle East Center's "Anatomy of a Conflict: Hot Summer in Israel and Lebanon" lecture series: Akram Khater of North Carolina State University talks about the July War in the context of Lebanese history, focusing on issues of sectarianism and interferences from outside powers (France, Syria, etc.). Broad Auditorium, 5:00.

Tuesday, October 3: Congressional Quarterly Editor-in-Chief Robert Merry, "American Exceptionalism: Pride and Pitfall." Broad International Lecture given at Starry Conference Room, Rovetta Business Building B, room. 214, 3:30. For more information, click here.

Monday, October 9: Second speaker in the Middle East Center's "Anatomy of a Conflict: Hot Summer in Israel and Lebanon" lecture series: Avi Burstein (Lt. Col. in the Israel Defence Force and author of Operation of the Northern Command During the 1982 Lebanon War) speaks on the 2006 war in light of the 1982 Israel-Lebanon conflict. Broad Auditorium, 5:30.

Wednesday, October 18: Undergraduate Advisors Dr. Graham Kinloch of the Sociology Department and Dr. Bill Claggett of the Political Science Department talk about what their disciplines cover, what you can do with a major in their discipline, and what courses you need to take to complete a major in their discipline. Cawthon 101, 6:00 PM.

Monday, October 23: Alexis Spire from the Universite de Lille in France speaks on "The Weight of France's Colonial Past on Immigration Policy." Click here for more information. Diffenbaugh 009, 4:00.

Thursday, October 26: ABC News Correspondent and 20/20 Co-anchor John Stossel speaks on his new book, "Myths, Lies, and Stupidity." Moore Auditorium, 5:00.

Wednesday, November 1: Kathy Scheuch from FSU's University Honors Office will discuss the honors-in-the-major program. Cawthon 101, 6:00.

Thursday, November 2: Lord Timothy Clement-Jones delivers the Broad Lecture, "Fueling for the Future? How Can We Secure Our Energy Supply?" Lord Clement-Jones was one of the founders of the United Kingdom's centrist Liberal Democratic Party and is the co-chair of Global Government Relations for DLA Piper, the world's second largest legal organization. For more information, click here. Broad Auditorium (Pepper Center), 3:30.

Thursday, November 9: William Bicknell, Professor at Boston University's School of Public Health, speaks on "Public Health, Public Policy, HIV/AIDS, and Africa: Who Should Die." For more information, click here. Broad Auditorium (Pepper Center), 3:30.

Wednesday, November 15: Jamie Purcell from FSU's Office of National Fellowships will discuss fellowship opportunities available to you while you are enrolled at FSU and after you graduate. The ONF assists FSU students in applying for over 60 prestigious national fellowships which can provide funds for tuition, research projects, travel, study abroad, etc. during and immediately after your time at FSU. Cawthon 101, 6:00.

Thursday, November 16: Nick Kotz, a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter formerly with the Des Moines Register and the Washington Post and the author of Judgement Days: Lyndon Baynes Johnson, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Laws that Changed America speaks on "The News Media and Civil Rights From 1960-2006: Promise and Reality." For more information, click here. Broad Auditorium (Pepper Center), 3:30.

Tuesday, November 21: Dr. Marcia Turner from FSU's Center for Civic Education and Service and representatives of Garnet and Gold Go Green -- FSU's recycling organization -- discuss the environment, recycling, and community, in the context of GGGG's efforts to promote recycling on FSU's campus and in FSU's culture. Cawthon 101, 6:00.

Thursday, November 30: The final installment in the Middle East Center's Israel-Lebanon series. Businessman Alan Sawaya speaks on "Israel and Lebanon: What Does the Future Hold?" 5:00, Broad Auditorium.

Wednesday, January 24: Florida Supreme Court Justice R. Fred Lewis speaks about education and the U.S. Courts. This talk is sponsored by the Cawthon Hall Education LLC, but it will also count for credit for Social Science & Public Affairs LLC members. Cawthon Hall Lobby, 4:30.

Thursday, January 25: Peter Romero, former U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador, former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemispheres, and CEO of the international consulting firm Experior Advisory speaks on "Nationbuilding: Like it or Not." Broad Auditorium (Pepper Center), 3:30.

Wednesday, January 31: The Sustainable Campus and Community Community is sponsoring a showing of the Al Gore documentary An Inconveneint Truth on the causes and impacts of global climate change. The film will be followed by a Q&A session. University Center Ballrooms, 7:00.

Wednesday, February 14: Danielle Branciforte of FSU's Office of International Programs discusses FSU's many study-abroad program options. Cawthon 101, 6:00.

Tuesday, February 20: Political scientist and popular author Michael Parenti will speak on "Lies, Wars, and Empire." Dr. Parenti is the author of twenty books (mostly on U.S. culture and politics) and hundreds of articles. For more information, see his website . Sponsored by Center for Participant Education. Moore Auditorium, 8:00.

Wednesday, February 21: Information session on four summer study-abroad opportunities specifically for students interested in international affairs and human rights: Human Rights Tribunals (June 2-16 in Strasburg and The Hague), Human Rights (June 21-August 2 in London), Policy Studies (June 18-July 1 in Dubrovnik, Croatia), and Diplomacy (Fall 2007 semester in London). Bellamy 150E [The Devoe Moore Auditorium, which is NOT the same as the Moore Auditorium], 5:15.

Thursday, February 22: Reginald Jones will be speaking on "Betrayal: How Black America Has Been Sold Out by the Civil Rights Movement," sponsored by the Institute for Conservative Studies, Student Services Building Room 203 [Note: The Student Services Building is not the same as the Student Life Building; it's the building that has the diner on the ground floor], 8:00.

Wednesday, February 28: Suzanne Byke, Undergraduate Program Librarian with FSU's University Libraries talks about library resources available for students researching topics in the social sciences. Cawthon 101, 6:00.

Thursday, March 1: Walter B.Slocombe, who served as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from 1993-2001 and who served during 2003 as Director for Security Affairs with the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad, will be delivering a Broad Lecture titled "The Middle East and the United States: Five U.S. Theories in Search of a U.S. Reality." Broad Auditorium (Pepper Center), 3:30.

Thursday, March 15 & Friday, March 16: Middle East Center-sponsored conference on "Iran: Beyond the Islamic Republic," 009 Diffenbaugh. You can receive credit for attending any one of the three panel sessions. You are welcome to attend more than one panel session, however you will not receive more than one event credit for attending multiple components of this conference.

Wednesday, March 21: Carl Nelson, director of FSU's World Affairs Program (and a Social Sciences & Public Affairs LLC alumnus), discusses opportunities for FSU students to participate in Model U.N. and other World Affairs Program-sponsored events. Cawthon 101, 6:00.

Thursday, March 22: Joseph Galloway, former military correspondent for Knight Ridder and United Press International and co-author of We Were Soldiers Once and Young, delivers the Broad Lecture, "War and Peace, Updated," Broad Auditorium, 3:30.

Wednesday, March 28: Forum on Florida children's welfare and health care issues. First, Children's Defense Fund political consultant and FSU graduate Karen Woodall, a long-time policy advocate and lobbyist in the state capitol, will discuss the current crisis in children's welfare and health care, as well as the politics involved in bringing these issues to the attention of state government. Then, Ari Porth (D - Coral Springs), the ranking Democrat on the Florida House of Representatives' Committee on Health Innovation will discuss health care initiatives that are currently before the State Legislature. Cawthon Lounge. Refreshments will be provided, 6:30.

Thursday, April 5: Dominique Dubois, director general of France's Agency for Social Cohesion and Equal Opportunities, will outline the challenges faced by French policy-makers in a multi-ethnic society and new initiatives currently underway in response to them. Broad Auditorium, sponosored by the Department of Modern Language's Winthrop-King Institute, 3:30.

Thursday, April 12: Journalist John Siegenthaler delivers the College of Social Science's Anderson Ashby lecture. Siegenthaler was the former publisher of The Tennessean (where he was Al Gore's boss) and the first editor-in-chief of USA Today, as well as a noted journalist and official in the Kennedy administration. He has been active in first-amendment issues and will be speaking about these in the context of his experience being defamed in a Wikipedia entry. Broad Auditorium, 3:30.