Of trustees and i am delighted to welcome to an evening that highlights so many amazing women who contribute to our literary and Cultural Community and most especially, lisa lucas. [applause] if you havent heard, lisa is the roxanne and shes been on campus in various groups today and so we welcome her. Tonights program is also part of this semesters script present theories, script present seeks to bring scripts to the world and the world to scripps by finding the intersection between and are caching and scholarship and society and culture. Presenters often linked to issues that are vital to student and faculty such as, race, gender, class, literature and the arts. Programs provide a form for Community Engagement and the exchange of ideas beyond the classroom and their environment for inquiry, ideas and intellectual exchange. While shes been on campus she has been meeting with students and faculty and sharing her perspective on the executive director of the National Book foundation and
Much like the leader in Residence Program seeks to bring script to the world and the world to scrap by finding the intersection between the intersection and scholarship in society and culture. Presenters often linked to academic curricula and linked to issues that are vital to faculty, race, literature, and the arts. Programs provide a forum for Community Engagement and the exchange of ideas beyond the classroom and nurture the environment for inquiry ideas and intellectual exchange. While shes been on campus for the last few days, lisa has been meeting with students and faculty and sharing her perspective of the executive director of the National Book foundation and the former editor of the magaze. Im re that her conversation with argus script community will inform tonight discussion. I want to tell you that she tweeted today that claremont has been an exceedingly Pleasant Place [joining her on stage is poet, robin lewis was voyage of the voyage won the National Book award in 2015. Sh
Flipside of people who take their own lives. Theyre doing it in the pursuit of a cause, and the people who are doing it now i know the president doesnt want to call it radical islam, but there has been on the sunni side of islam a distortion of what islam was essentially about, and it has fed a lot of radical movements like alqaeda and isis. And it is and until islam deals with the distortion within, and there are real signs that its beginning to happen now, i think that the rest of us are going to have to be patient but also, more important, be very vigilant. Thank you. Very quick comment. Im sorry. This is more of a comment than a question. I came here because im interested in more literature, whether it be fiction or nonfiction. I actually feel like i will come out understanding my father better, also a veteran of the iraq war. I have struggled to understand where hes coming from, and and i want to thank you guys for helping. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. [applause] thank
Take his own life, he has a moment of serenity. He goes to his family and says, im fine. He goes down and kills himself on his enemy sword. Metaphor for what happens at the end of his life. One thing that both people have noticed is that there is a tendency to crash when youre back home alone after having done this. You do this exhilarating thing where you are helping people acting as a military unit and not firing anybody or worrying about taking casualties. Didnt you go home and crash. And both groups have turned to the Organization Give an hour which is an organization of 6000 psychiatric counselors and psychiatrists, psychologists in the country who give in our own wheat to iraq and afghanistan veterans. Because of charlie mike, because the proceeds of charlie mike the our kids and our Staff Members on both the staff of the Mission Continues and team rubicon. When you buy the book you are supporting that particular effort. Yes. Could you just say your name . I live in the area and
In tel aviv. Then as palestine joins the International Criminal court we , will look at whether israel could be brought up on charges with the top palestinian diplomat in the hague as well as former u. N. Special rapporteur john dugard. [indiscernible] israels crimes are infinitely worse than those committed by the Apartheid Regime of south africa. Amy then the computers are listening. Newly published documents leaked by Edward Snowden show the nsa can automatically recognize the dutch translate the voice into easily searchable text. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Houthi sources are claiming dozens of civilians have been killed or wounded in saudi arabias latest strikes on northern yemen. The Saudiled Coalition says it carried out the attacks after Houthi Rebels fired across the border, killing three people. Secretary of state john kerry is in saudi arabia today to discuss a humanitarian pause to the m