Film: Consuming Kids
Wednesday, April 1 at 12:30pm Katy Cyber Lounge
On Wednesday, April 1, Pandora’s Box Continuing education class will view the film Consuming Kids. This film is an eye-opener. Marketers have used advances in psychology, anthropology, and neuroscience to transform American children into consumers. One result: an impact on their health and well-being. Anyone who has children or was once a child (does that leave anyone out?), should see this. Kimber Gross will lead discussions on this.
Trailer
For more information:
Click here for a link to websites with information on the commercialization of childhood.
Speaker: Robert Stein
Podcast:
Tuesday March 31, 2009 12:30pm Katy Cyber Lounge
Dr. Robert M. Stein to speak on “2008 Elections, 50 Days of the Obama Administration, and Voter IDs in Texas”
Who voted and why? What promises will and won’t Obama be able to keep? Why Voter IDs? On Tuesday, March 31, Pandora’s Box presents the Faculty Director of Rice University’s Center for Civic Engagement, political science professor Robert M. Stein.
Often appearing on local television as a political analyst, Dr. Stein has published numerous articles and books including Perpetuating the Pork Barrel: Policy Subsystems and American Democracy, Cambridge University Press, 1995, with Kenneth N. Bickers. Government professor Mark Hartray will introduce the speaker.
HCC students, faculty, staff, and the public are invited. The event begins at 12:30 p.m. in the Katy Cyber Lounge at 1550 Foxlake Drive, 77084. For more information on the event, please call 713-718-5750, contact michael.ronan@hccs.edu.
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Film: End of America
Wednesday March 25 at 12:30pm Katy CyberLounge
What keeps a democracy on track? What can derail it? On Wednesday, March 25, Pandora’s Box Continuing Education class looks at End of America. In an indictment of policy changes during the Bush administration, author Naomi Wolf (The Beauty Myth) makes a chilling case that American democracy is under threat. Investigating the rise of dictators in once-free societies, Wolf uncovers a number of unsettling similarities—from the use of paramilitary groups and secret prisons to the targeted suspension of the rule of law. Government professor Gary LeBlanc will introduce the film and lead discussions afterward.
Trailer
Speaker: Andrew Bacevich
Podcast:
Tuesday, March 24, 12:30pm Katy Campus Cyber Lounge
Andrew Bacevich, Boston University, historian and former army colonel.
Andrew Bacevich will speak on his book “The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism.” Bacevich, a conservative historian, claims a triple crisis faces America: the economy, in remarkable disarray; the government, transformed by an imperial presidency; U.S. involvement in endless wars, a catastrophe for the body politic.
