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Scholars Day: April 7, 2010

Session I: 9 - 10:30 am

History, 127 Hartwell
Chair: Alison Parker
9 am	Liberty of Contract vs. Popular Will: The Long Struggle for the 40-Hour Workweek Matthew Wood
9:20 am	U.S. Government Infringement on Freedom of Speech in WWII Derek Romig
9:40 am	From Tinker to Morse: Students Do Leave Their First Amendment Rights at the Schoolhouse Gates Emily Thompson
9:55 am	A Contextual Examination of Boy Scouts of America v. Dale Stephen Bergonzi
10:10 am	The Changing Contours of Campaign Finance Reform Josh Keaton

Session II: 10:45 - 11:45 am

History, 12 Hartwell
Chair: Kathleen Reynolds Shaw
10:45 am	Islamphobia: A Creation of American Society Cierra Wallis
History, 127 Hartwell
Chair: Paul Moyer
10:45 am	New England Puritan Rhetoric Before and After King Philip’s War; 1620 to 1700 Matthew Ballard
11:05 am	Where Saints Persecuted Friends: The Quaker Invasion of Puritan Massachusetts Bay Matthew Wood

Session III: 1:15 - 2:15 pm

History, 127 Hartwell
Chair: Katherine Clark
1:15 pm	Women, the Devil, and the Church Nicole Raterman
1:30 pm	The Expansion of the American Presidency Kurt Stoeber
1:45 pm	The Forgotten Spanish Influenza of 1918 and Why It Should Be Remembered Kaitlyn Lasal

Session IV: 2:30 - 3:30 pm

History, 12 Hartwell
Chair: Anne Macpherson
2:30 pm	The Downfall of General Rafael Trujillo James Johnston
2:45 pm	Resistance to Panamanian General Omar Torrijos: Who Resisted, Why and How Their Stories Got Lost Nicole Raterman
3 pm	Through A Bi-Polar Lens: The US Press and the Guatemalan Coup of 1954 Conrad Hilsdorf
3:15 pm	Media Silences: U.S. Coverage of Massacres in Central America Katherine Christopher
History, 208 Holmes
Chair: Jennifer Ramsey
2:30 pm	Rochester Cemeteries Sandor Vegh
3 pm	White Bronze Sandor Vegh

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Events

Mon, Sep 16

Zotero (Education focus)
5 pm - 6:15 pm

Tue, Sep 17

Naturalization Ceremony
11 am - noon

Fri, Sep 20

Leadership Program Kick-off
3:30 pm - 5 pm

Wed, Oct 2

ADP Distinguished Speaker Series "The Audacity to Heal: Our Rape Culture"
7 pm - 9 pm

Thu, Oct 3

Faculty/Staff Campaign Kickoff
noon - 1:30 pm