2008 Woodie Awards
Students to learn about conflicts of interest
By: Julie Sweetman
Issue date: 2/22/08 Section: News
Conflicts of interest affects students every day.
Whether it's topics of obesity, politics and even the school systems, it has become a common topic in society.
The Philosophy and Religion Department will host a forum discussing conflicts of interest from 2 to 3 p.m. Friday in Anspach 150.
"We have tried to do a Colloquium each month and this is one of the first ones this semester," said Robert Stecker, philosophy and religion professor. "Brian Coleman will be speaking and it should be quite interesting."
Coleman is a temporary faculty member in the department.
The department hopes to draw a crowd of about 20 faculty and students to the presentation.
Elizabeth Lewis, executive secretary for the department, said a larger audience means more ideas.
"This topic affects people all over; we are hoping to get a few people just so we could get different viewpoints on the topic. Possibly maybe even (an) opposing viewpoint," she said.
Guy Newland, the department's chairman, said students can take away a lot from the speech.
"(It is) very important to understand everybody has their own interests," he said. "What we need to achieve is thinking systematically instead of as a whole, which is what I believe Brian Coleman will be talking about in this colloquium."
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Whether it's topics of obesity, politics and even the school systems, it has become a common topic in society.
The Philosophy and Religion Department will host a forum discussing conflicts of interest from 2 to 3 p.m. Friday in Anspach 150.
"We have tried to do a Colloquium each month and this is one of the first ones this semester," said Robert Stecker, philosophy and religion professor. "Brian Coleman will be speaking and it should be quite interesting."
Coleman is a temporary faculty member in the department.
The department hopes to draw a crowd of about 20 faculty and students to the presentation.
Elizabeth Lewis, executive secretary for the department, said a larger audience means more ideas.
"This topic affects people all over; we are hoping to get a few people just so we could get different viewpoints on the topic. Possibly maybe even (an) opposing viewpoint," she said.
Guy Newland, the department's chairman, said students can take away a lot from the speech.
"(It is) very important to understand everybody has their own interests," he said. "What we need to achieve is thinking systematically instead of as a whole, which is what I believe Brian Coleman will be talking about in this colloquium."
news@cm-life.com
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