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sisted of three Clackamas
staff members - Alan
Shackleford, the college’s
economics professor; Dean
Darris and Hugo Rimaldi.
The event was organized
by the panel itself, Amy
Larkin, the secretary of
the social science depart
ment and Social Science
Department Chair Robert
Keeler.
When asked about the
nature of the panel, Keeler
said each professor was
meant to represent his own
area of expertise. By hav
ing experts in different
fields, questions could be
addressed from multiple
unique points of view.
“I thought Hugo from
a finance perspective did
a very good job of outlin
ing how the mortgage and
credit crises developed,”
said Keeler.
The session lasted the
total two hours set aside
for it. Each student got an
opportunity to ask a question
at least once. Depending
on the nature of the ques
tion, it. was addressed by
one, two or all three of the
experts on the panel. The
panel answered each ques
tion in a comprehensive
manner, so
that the
students and
staff attending
could understand
the response without any
special expertise in the
subjects covered.
Shackleford provided the
initial suggestion to hold
the colloquium in order to
benefit the students and the
community.
“I don’t know if it was a
success, but it certainly was
a worthwhile endeavor. It
allowed the social sciences
to share their expertise for
the common good,” said
Darris.
Clackamas is an academ
ic institution, and events
like this colloquium are a
way for students to learn
outside of just the class
room and provide practical
and meaningful information
for their everyday lives.
There will be another
colloqui
um on
the economy held
on Election Day,
Nov. 4, at the McLaughlin
theater from noon to 2 p.m.
The event will continue the
dialogue of the politics of
economics; however, it is
not intended to be part two,
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but to stand alone. It will
consist of the same panel of
experts and will attempt to
address the same concerns
the last colloquium did.
Keeler also mentioned
that the social science
department will be holding
more colloquiums in the
future.
The plan is to have at
least one per term, and
there are already plans in
the works for a colloquium
winter term discussing two.
influential figures from
the 19 Century - Abraham
Lincoln and Charles
Darwin, who share
a birthday, Feb.
12, 1809.