Roxboro House Roundtables

Extremism has many forms and many fathers. What creates extremism? Why does a seemingly normal person turn into a very dangerous threat to their society? Is it all about benefits, power, religion, oil, and money? It is necessary for us to dig into the causes that create and continue radicalism and find solutions for this dangerous cancer. It is the time to take a step forward and do something more than sharing posts on our Facebook account!

This Roundtable discusses the rhetoric of the Trump campaign and how he successfully was able to use fear and exclusion to his best benefit to ensure his victory.

The panel explored the actual costs of menstruation, nationally and globally. We discussed period panties, menstrual cups, tampons, and ‘sanitary’ pads. What does access to affordable menstrual care products means for women? What are the social and economic costs of being a woman specific to menstruation (a la Megyn Kelly, or fears about an employer, or a president, having PMS, or states revising tax laws for menstrual products, for example). And how do we erase the stigma of a normal healthy body function?

While the 2016 presidential campaign seems to resemble the Theater of the Absurd, it is very real and consequential! Donald J. Trump has certainly left his mark, but rather than ridicule and dismiss, how can we best make sense of and come to some understanding of him and those who support him? Listen to our roundtable discussion to gain some insight into Trump and Trumpism from a variety of perspectives.

Hosted by:

Philip Gibbon, Adjunct Professor of History

Guests:

Henry Beuhner, Adjunct Professor of History

Joshua Smicker, Visiting Assistant Professor and Interim Director of Communications

When and where you go online, when you talk on your phone, when and what you shop, when you walk outside and what your ideas, tastes and affiliations are, are all being watched, saved, listened to. Do you even care?

Hosted by:

Jeff Cepull, Philadelphia University V.P. of Information Resources & CIO

Joshua Smicker, Philadelphia University Interim Director of Communication