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Public Affairs Symposium
Fitness, Physique & Psyche
February 20 - 22, 2005

The 42nd Annual Public Affairs Symposium (PAS), "Fitness, Physique & Psyche," was held February 20 - 22. Read more about "Fitness, Physique & Psyche."

Of Sound Mind and Body | Healthy Living | The Corpulence Crisis | On Pins and Needles

Prior Years: PAS 2004 | PAS 2003 | PAS 2002
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Photos by A. Pierce Bounds, Dickinson College

Sunday - Of Sound Mind & Body: An Evening with Jesse Ventura

Visiting fellow at Harvard University and former governor, mayor, wrestler, actor, Navy SEAL and radio talk show host Jesse Ventura gave the Poitras-Gleim Lecture on how "fitness, physique & psyche" have played into his numerous positions and experiences.

Chair of the PAS Committee, Matt Andrews, offers opening remarks

Above: Chair of the PAS Committee, Matt Andrews '07, offers opening remarks and introduces Ventura.

Ventura explains how physical fitness shaped his career

Above right: Community members joined Dickinsonians for Ventura's lecture.

Right: Ventura joins the PAS committee.

Ventura explains how physical fitness shaped his career

Above, below, bottom left: Ventura explains how physical fitness shaped his career, simultaneously offering insight into the American political process.

Ventura explains how physical fitness shaped his career Community members joined Dickinsonians

Ventura joins the PAS committee.