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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.

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