2010 Schedule of Speakers

Date:
-March 26 - Charles Burger – Ramifications of Healthcare Reform
-April 23 - Robert Pinsky – Lyme Disease
-May 28 - TBA
(Click here for descriptions of past lectures.)

Location: Birch Bay Village Inn

Time: Lunch 11:30; Lecture 12-1:00. Email learn@acadiaseniorcollege.org or call the ASC office 288-9500 for reservations!

Description:See individual events for description

Dr. Charles Burger: The Ramifications of Healthcare Reform

Date: March 26, 2010

Location: Birch Bay Village Inn

Time: Lunch 11:30; Lecture 12-1:00. Call the ASC office 288-9500 for reservations!

Description: Description to follow, please check back!

Fred Benson - Lobbyists: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Date: February 26, 2010

Location: Birch Bay Village Inn

Time: Lunch 11:30; Lecture 12-1:00. Call the ASC office 288-9500 for reservations!

Description: President Obama won't allow them to serve in his administration; the media portrays
them as cigar-chomping, Gucci-clad, money-hungry sycophants; and members of congress rail against their practices while remaining wed to their contributions. Who are these lobbyists, under what mandate do they operate, and is what they do a net positive for our democracy?

Fred Benson, a political columnist and former Washington and International Affairs vice president for Weyerhaeuser Company, will address these questions and present his candid assessment of lobbying – the good, the bad, and the ugly – based on his thirty plus years in Washington while serving in both government and corporate positions.