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Week of January 28th - February 1, 2002

 
Mon. Jan. 28
Topic:    Empowering Arab Women
Guests: Dr. Carol Underwood, Johns Hopkins Univ., program developer
               Bushra Jabre, senior communications advisor, Johns Hopkins
              University

Women all over the world strive for better lives for their families and for
themselves. Our guests will talk about some of the success women in the Arab world have achieved and how these models can be used by other women to expand their life options; social, economic, legal and health.

Tue. Jan. 29
Topic:   The Rise of Islam in Africa

Wed. Jan. 30
Topic:    Review of the State of the Union Address
Guests: Dr. Colleen Kelly, Prof. of Communications, Penn State
               Kurt Ritter, Prof. Communications, Texas A&M Univ.

Our presidential speech experts will discuss President Bush's State of the Union
address, the major issues addressed as well as how the speech was delivered.

Thr. Jan. 31
Topic:    The Wonder of Girls
Guest:    Michael Gurian, therapist and educator

According to Michael Gurian only when we understand girls' physical and
emotional nature can we truly understand girls, and only then can we make
decisions about family and social policy. Don't understand your daughter, join
us for this fascinating discussion and get some answers.

Fri. Feb.1
Topic:    Cyber Terrorism
Guests:  Jeffrey R. Bedser, The Internet Crimes Group
                Marc Goodman, Digital Security and Investigations Group

The rapid advancement of computer technology creates new opportunities for
cyber-criminals. This is such a big problem that the U.S.Attorney's office has
created a new cyber-crime unit. Our guests will discuss how you and your
business can protect itself from these invisible criminals.

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