
Georgetown Professor Francis Slakey (To the Last Breath) journeys to the most extreme points on Earth—and deep inside the human psyche. Before he decided to climb the highest mountain on every continent and surf every ocean, Slakey was, basically, detached. But as his travels veered off course, he was ambushed by guerillas, threatened by a storm in Antarctica, and confronted by a fatal decision on Everest







Bill Bradley: America is Better Than This
Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 7:30 – 9:00pm
Great Hall; enter on 8th Avenue. $5.
If you’re tired of all this soul-sapping despair, frustration, and cynicism, you are not alone—and Bill Bradley has a wake-up call for us all. The former senator, author of We Can All Do Better, provokes thought and inspires change with insight on how we can break this cycle and partake in a more participatory form of democracy, reminding us that our common vision of America always has been more powerful than what divides us …