{"id":15613,"date":"2010-09-08T16:25:37","date_gmt":"2010-09-08T23:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=15613"},"modified":"2013-04-02T16:35:04","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T23:35:04","slug":"provocative-new-lecture-series-debuts-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/provocative-new-lecture-series-debuts-this-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Provocative new lecture series debuts this fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have a strong opinion about the legalization of marijuana or the existence of God? SUN Entertainment has launched a new\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/home.nau.edu\/emsa\/sun\/lectures.asp\">lecture and debate series<\/a>\u00a0to entice students, faculty and staff to discuss and think critically about modern controversial issues.<\/p>\n<p>The series kicked off with Ralph Nader, former presidential candidate and crusader for consumer rights. Nader spoke at Ardrey Auditorium about &#8220;The New Economy\u2014Going Green and the Bottom Line,&#8221; and signed copies of his new book,\u00a0<em>Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!<\/em>\u00a0after the event.<\/p>\n<p>The series is free for NAU students, faculty and staff. Tickets are available at the Central Ticket Office with an NAU ID.\u00a0JacksCard (NAUID) and ticket are required for admittance.<\/p>\n<p>Schedule<\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<table width=\"600\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"53\" height=\"20\">Sept. 28<\/td>\n<td width=\"4\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"505\"><strong>Legalization of Marijuana debate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\">Oct. 5<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong>Sig Hansen from Deadliest Catch<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\">Oct. 19<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong>Existence of God debate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\">Nov. 4<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong>Jeffrey Ma, member of the MIT blackjack team<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\">Nov. 16<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong>Evolution vs. Intelligent Design debate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/provocative-new-lecture-series-debuts-this-fall\/\">Have a strong opinion about the legalization of marijuana or the existence of God? SUN Entertainment has launched a new\u00a0lecture and debate series\u00a0to entice students, faculty and staff to discuss and think critically about modern controversial issues. The series kicked off with Ralph Nader, former presidential candidate and crusader for consumer rights. Nader spoke at&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":15615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-happenings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}