Topics to be Discussed

1/30/09: Globalization: The Profits and Pitfalls of Nations Without Borders
2/06/09: School Dress Codes: Free Expression vs. a Non-disruptive Learning Environment: Where’s the Balance?
2/13/09: Education Policy: Why Children Are Left Behind Despite No Child Left Behind
2/20/09: Overpopulation or Underpopulation: pizza night
- Film Demographic Winter (50 minutes)
3/06/09: Intelligence: Born with It or Not?
3/20/09: Feminism: Gender Matters
4/17/09: Government Secrecy: What the Government Doesn’t Even Want You to Know It Knows
4/24/09: Corruption in Government: Illinois Edition
5/01/09: wild card May day (to be determined)
5/15/09: Potpourri Ides of May (to be determined)

Topics Discussed

9/12/08: 9/11 Conspiracy theories
9/19/08: Same-sex marriage
10/03/08: Global Warming
- Watched and discussed the film An Inconvenient Truth
10/10/08: Global Warming
- Watched and discussed the film The Great Global Warming Swindle
10/07/08: Religious controversies—Is there such a thing as sacred scripture? What should “separation of church and state” look like?
10/31/08: Halloween special: Cult mentalities/the occult
11/07/08: Evolution/Intelligent Design/origin of the universe theories (meets 3:30-5:30)
- Dinner served as we watch and discuss the film Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
11/14/08: Snooping/wiretapping/Patriot Act—Are your civil liberties being infringed upon unfairly and unnecessarily?
11/21/08: Academic Freedom/censorship of “political incorrectness”—Should academic institutions be able to grade you down for your politically incorrect views? (meets 3:30-5:45)
- Dinner served as we watch and discuss the film Indoctrinate U
12/05/08: Abortion—When does life begin? So what?
12/12/08: Wild card week
1/09/09: Second Semester Truth Seekers Launch
1/23/09: Affirmative Action/Racial Quotas: Should Race Be a Factor in Job/College Applications?