Pickard Threater
Jean Yarbrough, Professor of Government at Bowdoin College
Office of Events and Summer Programs
Bowdoin College Weekly Common Hour Fall 2002
Common Hour Archives
Click on the links below to listen to the audio files from previous semester's common hours. Audio is provided in .mp3 format which requires no plug-in.
Common Hour
"The common hour provides a space in the calendar for all members of the College to participate together in an event and, in doing so, will help knit us together more strongly as a community." - Craig McEwen, Dean for Academic Affairs
Common Hour events are held every Friday of the term at 12:30 p.m. Class and meeting schedules are altered so that students, faculty, and staff may attend. Open to students, faculty, and staff.
- Cast your vote! Click here to suggest a Common Hour Event.
- Read the Common Hour Statement of Purpose.
2002 Fall Semester
Friday, September 13, 2002
Friday, September 20, 2002
Kresge Auditorium
Luke O'Neill, founder and CEO of Shackleon Schools, Inc.
Friday, September 27, 2002
Kresge Auditorium
Dr. Patrick V. Kirch, Professor of Anthropology and director of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley
Friday, October 18, 2002
Pickard Theater
Jill Fredston, master rower, author, and co-director of the Alaska Mountain Safety Center
Audio available in .mp3 format:
Friday, October 25, 2002
Pickard Theater
Robert Reich, the Maurice B. Hexter professor of social and economic policy at Brandeis University and former Secretary of Labor under the Clinton Administration
Audio available in .mp3 format:
Friday, November 1, 2002
Kresge Auditorium
Jaime Escalante, the teacher who captured the nation's attention in the 1998 film "Stand and Deliver," based on the true story of Escalante's AP Calculus class at Garfield High School in Los Angeles, California
Friday, November 8, 2002
Kresge Auditorium
Bob Vilas, director of the Bowdoin College Counseling Service
Audio available in .mp3 format:
Friday, November 22, 2002
Gibson Hall
Music Department, Lunchbreak Music Concert
Friday, December 6, 2002
Kresge Auditorium
Marc Hetherington, Assistant Professor of Goverment at Bowdoin College
Audio available in .mp3 format: