The WPA, Public Art and Public Higher Education
Date: Wednesday September 27, 2006
Time: 1:00pm

Professor Colette Hyman will draw on her research on Works Progress Administration arts programs and the history of Winona to highlight some of the salient features of the John Martin Socha mural currently being restored in the foyer of WSU’s Somsen Hall, north entrance. She will also comment on the significance of the mural for understanding public policy in the first decade of the 21st century.

Terrorism, Crime, and the Constitution: A Panel Discussion

Thursday September 23, 2006 at 2:30pm on the second floor of the Library.

Matthew Bosworth - Professor, Political Science
Kurt Hohenstein Professor, Paralegal & History
Brad Colbert - Professor, William Mitchell Law School & Defense Attorney

This discussion is sponsored by the American Democracy Project. WSU professors Kurt Hohenstein and Matt Bosworth will discuss the balance between fighting terrorism and constitutional freedoms, both from historical and current perspectives. Professor Brad Colbert from William Mitchell Law School, also a practicing criminal defense attorney, will describe and analyze how the U.S. Constitution affects his work in defending the criminally accused. The panelists will also take questions from the audience, stemming either from their presentations or from the public reading of the Constitution beforehand.

Please see the Athenaeum website for more information.
http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/