North Central Michigan College Lecture Series 2007-08
All programs are free and open to the public.

October 26: Dr. Jerry Root. The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life. Dr. Root, assistant professor at Wheaton College, discusses the debate between Lewis and Freud that was the subject of a four-hour PBS Television series. Dr. Root is co-editor of the book “The Quotable C.S. Lewis” and has authored a number of articles and book chapters on C.S. Lewis, evangelism and spiritual formation. Co-sponsored by the C.S. Lewis Festival.

Program takes place in the Student Center Cafeteria.

November 27: Jeff Hammond. NASCAR Nextel Cup and Busch Series racing analyst and broadcaster for FOX Sports, FX and the Speed Channel. Jeff’s career in NASCAR began in 1974 as a tire changer for Walter Ballard. Later, he was part of Junior Johnson’s legendary race team that won three Winston Cup Championships with drivers Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip. Later, as crew chief, he chalked up 43 wins to become one of NASCAR’s all time great crew chiefs.

Program takes place in the Student and Community Resource Center

February 11, 2008: Maxine Maxwell. Echoes of the Past and Voices of Hope: Celebrating African American Women. Actress Maxine Maxwell celebrates the spirit of African American women who believed they could make their dreams a reality. A graduate of Webster University Conservatory of Theatre Arts, Ms. Maxwell has taught theater workshops and served as a producer in the New York area. Her credits include roles in "Cross Currents," and "Tell Me It's Going To Be Wonderful." She appeared in "Funnyhouse of A Negro," "The Trojan Woman Of Euripides," and the national tour of "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide... When The Rainbow Is Enuf.”

Program takes place in the Student Center Cafeteria.

March 11, 2008: Jeff Cohen. The founder of “Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting,” a national media watch group that documents media bias and censorship. Cohen is the author or co-author of five books — Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media; Wizards of Media Oz: Behind the Curtain of Mainstream News; Through the Media Looking Glass: Decoding Bias and Blather in the News; The Way Things Aren't: Rush Limbaugh's Reign of Error; and Adventures in Medialand: Behind the News, Beyond the Pundits. Prior to launching FAIR, Cohen worked in Los Angeles as a journalist, and as a lawyer for the ACLU. His investigative articles ran in Rolling Stone, New Times, Mother Jones and other publications. Co-sponsored by the Petoskey News-Review.

Program takes place in the Student Center Cafeteria.

April 22, 2008: Jeff Dowd. The real-life inspiration for the Jeff Bridges character, “The Dude,” in the Coen Brothers film, “The Big Lebowski.” Dowd is a maverick and eccentric wunderkind of film and marketing who was a cofounder of Sundance and worked on films from “Gandhi” to “The Blair Witch Project.” As a political activist, he was known as a member of the "Seattle Seven" who went to jail briefly following a violent protest against the Vietnam war. He later moved to Los Angeles and became an independent movie producer, promoter and pop cultural icon.

Program takes place in the Student Center Cafeteria.