Events – Spring 2000

January 18, 2000 – Public Lecture

Randall Irenson: “Agriculture and the Politics of Hunger in North Korea”

Randall Irenson, Coordinator of American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)


March 10, 2000 – Public Lecture

Karlheinz Reif: “Challenges and Problems in the European Union”

Karlheinz Reif, Advisor to the Director General for Information and Communications, Visiting Professor of European Studies at the University of Washington


March 23, 2000 – Public Lecture

Daniel A. Sumner: “The WTO and Its Implications for Pacific Northwest Agriculture”

Daniel A. Sumner, Director, Agricultural Issues Center, UC Davis, Frank H Buck, Jr. Professor, Department of Agriculture & Resource Economics


April 6, 2000 – The V.N. Bhatia Lecture on Excellence in Education Lecture

Steven C. Hause: “Religion and the Rise of Women’s Rights: The Case of Modern France”

Steven C. Hause, Professor, St. Louis Washington University


April 20, 2000 – Public Lecture

Peter Hobbing: “The European Union: Latest Developments in Justice Matters”

Peter Hobbing, Head, Police and Customs Cooperation Unit, Directorate General on Justice and Home Affairs, European Commission


April 21, 2000

“How Americans View the Environment and Environmentalism: Results of Gallup’s National Earth Day 2000 Poll”

Riley E. Dunlap, WSU Boeing Professor of Environmental Sociology and Gallup Scholar in Environment,


May 19, 2000

The Washington State Court of Appeals, Division III

The Court of Appeals held public hearings on campus. It provided an excellent opportunity to see the judicial process in action.