Investigative
reporter and author Eric Schlosser will speak on his best-selling book, “Fast Food Nation,”
on Thursday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the Nott Memorial at Union College.
The talk, part of the College's Perspectives at the Nott series, is
free and open to the public.
Besides his book on the national diet, Schlosser is the author of
another best-seller, Reefer
Madness.
Schlosser
investigates the hidden realms of American business and culture and their
far-reaching effects on our lives. Heralded as “society's quiet crusader,”
Schlosser challenges us to think about such critical and often-overlooked
issues as food safety, workers' rights, the war on drugs, marketing to
children, and the epidemic of
obesity.
In Fast Food Nation, he uncovers the
inner workings of the fast food industry, and shows how it has transformed our
diet as well as our economy, workforce, and popular culture.
Schlosser is a correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly. His work has also appeared in Rolling
Stone and The New Yorker.
Lori Marso, associate professor of
political science and director of women's and gender studies, will deliver a
faculty colloquium on “Feminist Thinkers and the Demands of Femininity” on
Monday, March 7, at 4:30 p.m. in Hale House.
Her talk, from the title of her
forthcoming book, will explore whether and how feminist intellectuals are able
to live out their feminist dreams and aspirations. Marso has researched the
works and lives of Germaine de Staël, Mary Wollstonecraft, Emma Goldman, Simone
de Beauvoir and contemporary feminists to study the contradictions between the
cultural, material, and political demands of femininity and the goals and
desires of the intellectuals themselves.
“These women's lives sometimes
clashed with their theories,” she said. “What they wanted for themselves as
women was complicated and difficult to achieve, but at every moment in writing
theory and in living politics they were redefining the meanings of being a
woman in ways that were at odds with what a 'woman' was supposed to be.”
“Each woman talks about how
difficult it is to live out feminist ideals in societies that were openly
condemning of it,” she said. “What I find in contemporary accounts is that
these material and political forces of masculinity and femininity continue to
undermine our best efforts to live our lives in freer and more diverse ways.”
Her work draws on contemporary
writings including two recent popular books, Reading Lolita in Tehran by Iranian writer Azar Nafisi, and The Country Under My Skin by Nicaraguan poet Gioconda Belli.
Marso, who joined the College in
1997, published her first book, based on her Ph.D. dissertation, (Un)Manly Citizens: Jean-Jacques Rousseau's
and Germaine de Staël's Subversive Women (Johns Hopkins University Press)
in 1999. Her other forthcoming book is an edited volume (with Patricia
Moynagh), Simone de Beauvoir's Political
Thinking (University
of Illinois Press). She
is at work on another edited volume, “W Stands
for Women:” Feminist Thinkers Take on the Bush Administration.
Marso earned her bachelor's degree
in political science from the University
of South Dakota, her master's in
political theory from the London School of Economics, and her Ph.D. in politics
from New York University. Her partner, Thomas Lobe, is
a research professor of political science at the College.
SCHENECTADY, N.Y.-Junior guard Erika Eisenhut scored 11 of
her team-high 15 points in the first half to help Union build an eight point
lead at the break and the second-seeded Dutchwomen went on to defeat No. 7
Hartwick, 79-57, in a quarterfinal game of the ECAC Upstate New York Basketball
Tournament at the Viniar Athletic Center.
The Dutchwomen will meet No. 3 the University of Rochester,
which defeated Utica, 67-44, at top-seeded St. John Fisher on Saturday at 2
p.m. The Cardinals will play No. 4
Oneonta, which defeated Rensselaer, 72-64, at noon. The championship will played at SJF on Sunday at a time yet to be
determined.
Union, which is now 18-8, led by as many as 15 points in the
first half, 26-11, on senior forward Katlyn Cunningham's layup and free throw
with 11:39 showing. The Hawks, who end
at 12-15, battled back to close to within one, 28-27, at 5:54 as Laura Shockro
buried a three-point basket.
A three-pointer by Eisenhut gave the Dutchwomen a 33-27
advantage before Hartwick's Alanna Adams and Union senior guard Melissa Marra
traded layups to make it 35-29 in the Dutchwomen's favor with 1:08 left. Cunningham's duce with 11 seconds showing
provided the Garnet with a 37-29 advantage at the break.
Cunningham got the Dutchwomen off on the right foot to start
the second half as she connected on back-to-back jumpers to give her squad a
41-29 advantage with 18:50 left. Adams'
layup with 16:25 showing got the Hawks back to within eight, 41-33, but that
was a close as the visitors were to get as Union went on a 21-4 tear over the
next 10 minutes to go up 25, 62-37, with 7:52 showing on a layup and free throw
by freshman guard Stephanie Garrison.
Marra and Cunningham joined Eisenhut with double digit
scoring of 14 and 13 points, respectively.
Cunningham, Eisenhut and Marra each had six rebounds while Eisenhut and
Marra handed out six and five assists, respectively.
Lindsay Wilson led all scorers with 17 points for the Hawks
while Jenny Knight added 12 to go along with her dozen rebounds.
