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The McKelvy House Scholars invite the campus to join a dinner discussion about the drug war, poverty, and drug trade Wednesday evening.
Jamaican food will be served at dinner, which will begin 6 p.m. at McKelvy House, 200 High Street; no reservations are required. Led by McKelvy Scholar Nana Opoku ’05 (Easton, Pa.), an English major, the discussion will start at 6:30 p.m.
About ten minutes of a Brazilian documentary will be shown to spark discussion. Opoku also recommends that participants read an on-line essay critical of the war on drugs.
“One question to start: Should any of this concern you? Why or why not?” asks Opoku.
Later that evening from 9-10 p.m., the “Two Blocks Past Wawa” radio show on WJRH 104.9 FM, which is hosted by McKelvy House members, will examine Lafayette College’s marketing efforts with guest Dave Block ’93, news editor and Alumni News editor in the Office of Public Information. Audience call-ins at x5316 are encouraged on the weekly show.
Since 1962, the McKelvy House Scholars program has brought together Lafayette students with a wide range of majors and interests to reside in a historic off-campus house and share in intellectual and social activities. Sunday dinner discussions that engage the students in debate and exchange of ideas are the hallmark of the program; several Wednesday discussions have been added this school year. Most members also contribute to the annual McKelvy Papers, written on a topic of each person’s choice. McKelvy Scholars participate in activities together such as field trips to plays, concerts, and exhibits, and sponsor events for the campus as well.
Previous discussions:
March 6 – Nationalism and Patriotism
Feb. 27 – Human emotion
Feb. 13 – Rationale Behind Military Duty
Feb. 9 – Ghosts
Feb. 2 – Death
Dec. 4 – Mind and brain
Nov. 21 – State of music industry
Nov. 14 – Consistent moral arguments
Nov. 7 – Privilege
Oct. 24 – Modern religion
Oct. 17 – Capital punishment
Oct. 3 – Revenge
Sept. 26 – Suicide
Sept. 22 – Sexual lust
Sept. 15 – Envy
Sept. 12 – Themes from A Clockwork Orange
Sept. 8 – Materialism, satisfaction, and poverty
Sept. 5 – Obesity in America
2003-04:
April 25 — Anti-foundationalist critique of philosophy
April 18 – Dark humor
April 11 — Cults
April 4 — Link between ethical behavior and intelligence
March 28 — Five Images of Man
March 7 — Idealized body forms
Feb. 22 — Countercultures
Feb. 15 — Eternity
Feb. 8 — Bisexuality
Dec. 7 — Anger toward computers and technology
Nov. 9 — “Unnecessary” crimes
Nov. 2 — Genetic alteration
Oct. 26 — Social construction of gender
Oct. 19 — Greed as an economic force
Sept. 28 — Value