Women's Issues Topic Speaker Contact Info Women's Legal Issues Judith Baer TAMU Political Scientist 845-2246 Women in Electoral Politics Nikki Van Hightower TAMU Political Scientist 845-0554 Reproductive Issues for Men and Women Dr. Beth Berigan, M.D. The Internal Medicine Center 774-0400 Congress and the Legislature National Congressional Issues Jon Bond TAMU Political Scientist 845-4246 Secrets of the Texas Legislature Texas Politics in 2055 Ten Things You Should Know About Congress Harvey Tucker TAMU Political Scientist 845-8589 h-tucker@tamu.edu National Electoral Issues Norm Luttbeg TAMU Political Scientist 845-1755 Social Security William "Bud" Wurtz Executive Coach 696-2091 william.wurtz@gmail.com State Finance (inc. Texas) Gary Halter TAMU Political Scientist 845-2152 National Regulatory Issues Bill West TAMU Bush School 862-8825 The Environment, Wildlife, Science Space Issues Dr. Jonathan Coopersmith TAMU Historian 693-8636 (H) 845-7148 (O) Science and Technology Dr. Jonathan Coopersmith TAMU Historian 693-8636 (H) 845-7148 (O) Environmental Issues Dr. James Anderson TAMU Political Scientist (Ret.) 690-0803 Energy Issues Dr. James Anderson TAMU Political Scientist (Ret.) 690-0803 Wildlife/Wetlands/Endangered Species Dr. Doug Slack TAMU Wildlife Biologist 693-2438 dslack@cox.net Civil Liberties, Civil Rights Civil Rights in Brazos County: Where We Came From Carey Cauley Brazos County Commissioner 822-5600 What are Civil Liberties? William "Bud" Wurtz Executive Coach 696-2091 william.wurtz@gmail.com Foreign Relations American-European Relations John Robertson TAMU Political Scientist 845-2633 Church and State Should Faith Play a Part in Politics? Rev. Kyle Walker TAMU United Campus Ministry 846-1221 Separation of Church and State: What Did the Founding Fathers Really Say? Dr. Paul Parrish Professor/Department Chair English TAMU 696-6026 Communicating a Message/Media How Do I Get Them to Understand What I am Trying to Say? Gene Charleton TEES Communications Senior Science Writer 694-9285 Engineering Works (KAMU): How Do You Write About Science? Gene Charleton TEES Communication Senior Science Writer 694-9285 Censorship/Free Press Censorship: What is it? Is It Ever a Good Idea? What Does History Tell Us? Dr. Paul Parrish Professor/Department Chair English, TAMU 696-6026 Democratic Party in Brazos County Person by Person: Rebuilding the Democratic Party in Brazos County Dr. Charles Wiggins Brazos County Democratic Chair 690-9476 Children's Issues Current Issues in Special Education: NCLB and IDEA Dr. Linda Parrish TAMU Ed. Psych 696-6026 Low Incidence Handicapping Conditions with Children Dr. Linda Parrish TAMU Ed. Psych. 696-6026 Autism: Issues, Research, Community Support Dr. Anne Wehrly LSSP School Psychologist CSISD 693-0964 Education Issues State and National The 79th Texas Legislature Judy LeUnes Retired teacher 575-9079 What is Social Security Offset? Judy Le Unes Retired Teacher 575-9079 Books/Literature for Kids Literature for Children: Then and Now Dr.Lynne Vallone TAMU English 845-8336 (O) 696-9376 (H) l-vallone@tamu.edu B/CS Government Everything You Wanted to Know About Local Government Dr. Gary Halter TAMU Political Scientist 696-5512 Libraries *Do Libraries Have "Issues"? What Are They? Corbet Perkins TAMU Librarian 458-1427     * Resource only Labor, Jobs and Unions Why Unions? What are Right to Work Laws? The Right to Organize: A Human Right Walter Szymanski 204-9573 w.szymanski@mac.com Health Education/Health Care Chronic Diseases, Health Behavior and Prevention of Disease Don Chaney 458-2672 College Democrats Organizing on Campus/Campaigns John David Blakely Past President: Aggie Democrats TAMU 281-851-4839 Aggie Democrats: Growing Stronger in 2006 Kelly McDonald President: Aggie Democrats TAMU bokell@tamu.edu What Are the Democrats at Blinn Doing Ryan Locke President: Blinn Democrats ryan.locke@verizon.net