Join the Conversation to Benefit the Honors College

Written by Sherrel Jones

The Honorable Conversations dinner-party event is an opportunity for community members to sit down and chat with featured individuals. Honorable Conversations is a charity event that will benefit Honors College study abroad scholarships. The event will begin 6:30 p.m. Feb. 20 at the McInturff Conference Center.

Each table of eight will seat a conversation leader who has an assigned topic to talk about. The list of topics and individuals are as follows:

• The Future of Public Higher Education with Donald Haragan, president emeritus and professor in the Rawls College of Business
• Redistricting in Texas: What Does the Future Hold? with State Representative Delwin Jones
• Lubbock: Progressive or Regressive? with David Langston, attorney and former Lubbock mayor
• LISD 20/20: What Should We Look Like? with Karen Garza, superintendent for Lubbock Independent School District
• Is Afghanistan Obama’s Vietnam? with Ron Milam, assistant professor in the Department of History
• The Bible Tells Me So: How Can We Deal with Conflicting Understandings of the Bible? with Rev. Canon David Veal
• Faith and Science: Can They Co-Exist? with Dominick Casadonte, department chairman for chemistry department
• The Life of a Research Scientist with Doug Stocco, professor of cell biology
• Literature and the Old with Wendell Aycock, Graduate School associate academic dean
• The Problems Associated with Developing New Pharmaceuticals with Ted Reid, professor of ophthalmology
• Politics in Lubbock with Pamela Brink, Lubbock County democratic chair
• Politics in Lubbock with Chris Winn, Lubbock County republican chair
• What is Wrong with Healthcare in the U.S.? with Gary Bell, dean of the Honors College
• Feminism in the 21st Century with Marjean Purinton, professor and associate dean for the Honors College
• If it Bleeds, It Leads: Not the Norm in Media Anymore with Karin McCay, news anchor for KCBD

Tickets for the Honorable Conversations event are $25 per person and are limited. For more information or to purchase tickets, call (806) 742-1828 or visit www.honr.ttu.edu.