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Seismic Detection in the Cascades
01/26/2014
Elizabeth Van Boskirk

Elizabeth Van Boskirk discusses episodic tremor and slip events in Cascadia as observed by a network of Plate Boundary Observatories. Earthscope's Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO) tensor borehole strainmeter (BSM) network has 75 sites along the Western Coast of the United States of America and southern Canada. Elizabeth Van Boskirk
holds an M.S. from the University of Arkansas.
She currently works with an NSF & NASA funded Plate Boundary Observatory, which is part of the larger Earthscope project.

Shape of Humanist Thinking Today
01/19/2014
Steve Goldman

Steve Goldman discusses the history of humanism with a look to its future. He looks at Greek and Roman models of humanism and what was kept alive by the Arabs. He then discusses the Renaissance and the Enlightenment and how humanism prepares the way for a scientific frame of mind and a standard of value grounded in serving human life and the betterment of society. Goldman is a graduate of the 'Great Books' program. His degrees are in philosophy. He teaches at Portland State University.

Alternative News
12/22/2013
Panel

Marsha Abelman, Ted Kozlowski, and Laurent Beauregard lead a discussion of mainstream and alternative coverage of news of current events. We consider questions of bias and of filtering.

Ethiopian Adventure
12/15/2013
Dave Collamer

Dave Collamer presents a program based on his experience in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia. First, he plays some traditional music and show some dancing. Next, he performs a short skit in the Ethiopian language of Amharic. Finally, he shows slides of his three-year stay there, living in a small town and teaching high school.  

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