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Upcoming Akron Press Club Programs

Summer 2009 More Events To Come!

 

 

  

 

 

Recent speakers include:

- Carol Costello of CNN
- Russ Pry, Summit County Executive
- Marc Dann, Ohio Attorney General
- Eric Fingerhut, Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents
- Connie Schultz, Pulitzer-Prize-winning writer and Plain Dealer columnist
- County Executive Jim McCarthy
- US Congressman Tim Ryan
- Gubernatorial candidate Ted Strickland
- Ohio Governor Bob Taft
- Political activist and television celebrity Jerry Springer
- Beacon Journal sports columnist Terry Pluto
- Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell
- Capri Cafaro, candidate for the 14th congressional district.
- Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro
- Theoretical Physicist Professor Lawrence Krauss


Audio from past events is available online at the WKSU Web site.




Panel discussion topics have included:

- The state of the arts in Akron, featuring Dan Dahl, executive director, E.J. Thomas Hall; Barbara Feld, executive director, Tuesday Musical Association; Mitchell Kahan, executive director and CEO, Akron Art Museum; and John Hedges, executive director, Weathervane Playhouse.
- Politics and government, featuring Michael Douglas of the Akron Beacon Journal and Brent Larkin of the Plain Dealer.
- The challenges of Health Care with Alan Bleyer of Akron General Medical Center, Thomas Strauss of Summa Health Systems, William Considine of Childrens Hospital, and Lois Nora of the Northeast Ohio Universities College of Medicine.
- The Patriot Act with U.S. Attorney Greg White, Gary Daniels of the ACLU, and Dean Carro of the University of Akron Law school.
- Home schooling with Doug Oplinger of the Beacon Journal and homeschooling expert Paula Bolyard.

All Akron Press Club programs are held at the Martin Center, at 105 Fir Hill on the University of Akron Campus. A buffet luncheon is served at 11:45 a.m., followed by the program. The cost is $10 for Press Club members, $15 for non-members. Click here for directions >>>

For reservations contact Abe or Nancy Zaidan at 330- 835-4980 or by email at azaidan@neo.rr.com

Akron Press Club also co-sponsored the following events, which can be viewed using RealPlayer:

Debate for Ohio State Auditor, October 13, 2006, Martin University Center, University of Akron

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Debate for the Ohio 13th U.S. Congressional District, October 24, 2006, Student Center, University of Akron

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Debate for the Akron Democratic Mayoral Primary, August 27, 2007, Martin University Center, University of Akron

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