As students protested outside, Israeli ambassador Michael Oren discussed the threat of Iran’s nuclear program, settlements in the West Bank, and his country’s standing abroad.
Alexandra Garfinkle, Chicago Maroon
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Israel envoy warns of Iran amid student protests
Studying rape as a weapon of war
Yale professor Elisabeth Wood traced the utilization of sexual violence in the world’s most war-torn regions.
Law prof assesses civil liberties rulings from Supreme Court
Professor David Strauss of the Law School reviews the past year’s civil liberties cases.
Feminist legal scholar argues against prostitution
Legal scholar and feminist Catharine MacKinnon discussed misconceptions surrounding female prostitution and delivered a public lecture at the Law School on Monday afternoon.
Logan Arts Center robbed during construction
750 feet of copper wire were stolen from the construction site of the David and Reva Logan Center for the Arts last week.
Humanities Day 2011: Preserving the Spell: Fairy Tales and the Future of Storytelling
Professor of Italian Literature Armando Maggi gave a lecture on fairytales and our dissatisfaction with them in the modern era, calling for a “new mythologization of reality.”
Humanities Day 2011: Metaphor and Ambiguity: Two for the Price of One
Professor Ted Cohen discussed the relationship between metaphor and ambiguity, emphasizing the capacity of each to breach rules of language.
Modernist poet discusses contemporaries
Poet Allen Fisher discussed the work of his English contemporaries and examined the role of the self in poetry in a Friday night lecture in the Social Sciences Tea Room.