WorldQuest 2010
Team Trivia Challenge: The Ultimate Global Brainteaser
April 13
6:00 p.m. Check-in and buffet dinner
7:00 p.m. WorldQuest game, prizes, and more surprises!
UMKC Pierson Auditorium
5000 Holmes St., KCMO 64110
Free parking in the University Center Parking Lot (Entrance on Rockhill Road)
Eat, drink and tease your brain in the company of friends and colleagues! WorldQuest is a fun-based Q&A about global events, people, places, cultures, the past, and the future! So build a team, bring a friend, or come solo - ad hoc teams of eight will be formed.
Cost (includes dinner & drinks): $40 per person or $320 for a table of 8
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Giving Diplomacy a Chance:
The Iranian and North Korean Nuclear Problems
April 28
Rockhurst University
Science Center 115
As the world becomes increasingly nervous about the nuclear capabilities of Iran and North Korea, join the IRC as Christopher Preble, Director of Foreign Policy Studies at the CATO Institute, discusses diplomatic strategies for dealing with these two volatile countries.
Preble has written several books, including The Power Problem: How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous and Less Free, Exiting Iraq: How the U.S. Must End the Occupaion and Renew the War Against Al Qaeda, and John F. Kennedy and the MIssile Gap. In addition to his books, Preble has published over 100 articles in major publications including USA Today, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Reason, the National Interest, the Foreign Service Journal, and the Harvard International Review. He has also appeared on many television and radio news networks including CNN, MSNBC, Fox News Channel, NPR, and the BBC.
$10 members/$15 non-members
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