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Public Affairs Symposium
Living on a Risky Planet
February 19 - 21, 2006

Media Coverage of Natural Disasters | Survival in the Face of Natural Disasters
Economics of a Disaster | Preparing for Natural Disasters

Prior Years: PAS 2005 | PAS 2004 | PAS 2003 | PAS 2002

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Photos by A. Pierce Bounds, Dickinson College

Sunday - Media Coverage of Natural Disasters: An Evening with Soledad O'Brien

Soledad O'Brien, who anchors CNN's "American Morning" with Miles O'Brien, discussed the media and recent natural disasters, in part, from her first-hand experiences, during the Poitras-Gleim Lecture.

Soledad O'Brien
Above: Soledad O'Brien delivers the Poitras-Gleim Lecture at ATS Auditorium.

Left: with PAS co-chair Harmony Wolfe '08.

Soledad O'Brien

Soledad O'Brien answers questions

Above: Soledad O'Brien answers questions from the audience.

Left: showing video of an interview with former FEMA director Michael Brown.

Soledad O'Brien joins the PAS committee.
Soledad O'Brien with members of the PAS Committee.
From left: Laurel Peterson '06, Kathy Adia '06, Margaret Graham '08,
Soledad O'Brien, Harmony Wolfe '08 and Krisitn Baldwin '06.