Stamp- Thurgood Marshall Room

This discussion will feature the graduate students in the Military Sociology Department. Among the topics discussed will be an analysis of the U.S. Air Force Academy's agenda for change with regard to gender, spousal employment that is impacted by regular moves necessitated by military involvement, lesbians passing in the military, and women's participation in the military in Israel.

University of Maryland School of Nursing, Room 130

Speaker: Barbara Ehrenreich, best-selling journalist, historian, and social commentator. Topic: Why are so many Americans chronically poor, even in times of overall prosperity? The self-comforting middle class myth has been that the poor have only themselves to blame, as if poverty were a bad lifestyle choice. Barbara Ehrenreich asserts that America's persistent poverty arises from the combination of low wages and high expenses. In her talk, Ehrenreich will highlight her recent work on the plight of the already-poor during our nation's current recession. One response to the recession has been that more and more Americans have had to give up on health care. This poses a real challenge for health care professionals: What is one's professional responsibility when there is so little governmental or social support? There will be a reception and book signing immediately following the lecture.