Good evening. Im not sure the microphone is on, can you hear me . You can . Great. My name is Vanessa Beasley and im the dean of them at Vanderbilt University. Tonight its my Great Fortune to welcome you to this panel, the wonderful discussion that will have about the presidency of Richard Nixon. Im also happy to invite you to a conversation which will have on that same theme and question. Before we get started, in earnest though, it is fitting that we take a moment to remember the space that were in and who founded it. Tonight we are gathered in the First Amendment center in Vanderbilt University which was founded by. [inaudible] you may not remember him or be aware ofs legacy but he served as 43 years as an awardwinning journalist for the tennessean. As retirement he was editor, publisher and ceo. In 1982, he became the founding editorial director of usa today. He served in that position for a decade. He left journalism in the early 60s to serve in the Us Justice Department as Admini
Good evening. Im not sure the microphone is on, can you hear me . You can . Great. My name is Vanessa Beasley and im the dean of them at Vanderbilt University. Tonight its my Great Fortune to welcome you to this panel, the wonderful discussion that will have about the presidency of Richard Nixon. Im also happy to invite you to a conversation which will have on that same theme and question. Before we get started, in earnest though, it is fitting that we take a moment to remember the space that were in and who founded it. Tonight we are gathered in the First Amendment center in Vanderbilt University which was founded by. [inaudible] you may not remember him or be aware ofs legacy but he served as 43 years as an awardwinning journalist for the tennessean. As retirement he was editor, publisher and ceo. In 1982, he became the founding editorial director of usa today. He served in that position for a decade. He left journalism in the early 60s to serve in the Us Justice Department as Admini
My name is Vanessa Beasley and im the dean of the university. We will have a wonderful discussion about the presidency of Richard Nixon and the lessons therein. Im happy to invite you to a conversation we will have on the same theme. Before we get darted in earnest, its fitting we take a moment to remember the space we are in and who founded it. Tonight we are gathered in the First Amendment center at Vanderbilt University which was founded by john segan dollar. For those of you who may not know him he served for 43 years as an awardwinning journalist for the tennessean. He retired as editor, publisher and ceo. In 1982, he became the founding editorial director of usa today and served in that position for a decade. He left journalism in the early 60s to serve in the u. S. Justice department as Administrative Assistant to attorney general Robert F Kennedy. His work in the field of civil rights led to a service as chief negotiator with the governor of alabama during the freedom ride. Dur
And as the environmental policy director for citizen action. Her previous book, the battle over the future of food and farming in america, was originally published in 2012 and has now been released in paperback, unveiled the corporate control of food in the united states. Her latest book, frackopoly, reports on the history of hydraulic fracturing, arguing that the rush to fracking is dangerous to the environment and human health. Environmentalist and author bill mckibbon praises frackopoly as a truly powerful manifesto about one of the greatest environmental fights on our planet today. And the Huffington Post calls it a comprehensive history of fracking in america. Its well written, timely and very important. Were very pleased to bring the conversation to Harvard Bookstore tonight. Please join me in welcoming wenonah hauter. [applause] and thank you to Harvard Bookstore and all of you for coming this evening. So in the mid 1990s, i worked on a Renewable Energy project called powering t
Fishing. Bill mckibben praises frackopoly as a truly powerful man manifesto about one of the greatest environmental fights on our planet today from one of its greatest champions. And the Huffington Post calls it a comprehensive history of fracking in america, adding its well written, timely and very important. Were very pleased to bring the conversation to Harvard Bookstore tonight. Please join me in welcoming winona hatter. [applause] and thank you to Harvard Bookstore and all of you for coming this evening. So in the mid 1990s, i worked on a Renewable Energy project called powering the midwest. We knew in the 90s that renewables were ready, that Energy Efficiency was ready, and we really needed to make a transition. So a couple of years ago we had been working on fracking at food and water watch for several years as the First National group to call for a ban on fracking, and i started looking at some of the statistics about how far we had come with Renewables Since the mid 1990s when