Georgetown Day Eve Happy Hour, sponsored by the Class of 2005 - ALL ALUMNUS INVITED- April 27th, Royal Exchange

A message from the class of 2005: Happy Spring - Thursday, April 27th, is Georgetown Day Eve this year. The Class of 2005, in their youth and vigor will be sponsoring a nationwide Happy Hour that will include 6 different locations around the country (SF below). We figured that in light of our stellar performance this year in the NCAA Tourney and because a Hoya gathering is never (or rarely) a bad idea, it was about time that Hoyas reconnect, and what better day than Georgetown Day to do it! The details about the SF locations Happy Hour are listed below, so check out the information on your city and brush up on your rendition of the fight song so you are ready to sing!

Royal Exchange
415-956-1710301
Sacramento St.
San Francisco, CA 94111
Patriot Room (Back Room)
6pm-8pm

For more information, contact Christina Besozzi ccb6@georgetown.edu or Mitch Fox mitchellwfox@gmail.com

Madeleine Albright - Monday May 8th, Silicon Valley Commonwealth Club

MADELEINE ALBRIGHT MONDAY MAY Former Secretary of State --> REFLECTIONS ON AMERICA, GOD AND WORLD AFFAIRS

How should the U.S. deal with religious extremists – and how much influence should the Christian Right have over foreign policy? Politicians have downplayed the historic impact of religious beliefs in foreign affairs. Is it time for a paradigm shift? Albright calls for a better plan. MEMBERS ONLY (member + one guest)-->
11:15 a.m., Check-in 12:00 p.m., Program 1:00 p.m., Book signing Santa Clara Convention Center Theater, 5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara $15 for Members, $25 for Non-members, $7 for Students (with valid ID; to reserve student tickets call 415-597-6705) To map directions to this program, visit Google Maps.Media sponsor: Metro Newspapers

Provost Jim O'Donnell at the San Francisco Commonwealth Club - MAY 8th - Provost Jim O'Donnell at the Commonwealth Club

When: 12 noon on May 8, 2006

Where: Commonwealth Club Gold Room, 595 Market St, San Francisco, 94105 - (415) 597-6700

Space is limited.

http://www.commonwealthclub.org/mlf.html#donnell

Title: Great Power in quicksand: Vestiges of Rome in Modern Day Iraq The fate of Rome in Mesopotamia remains relevant for modern policy makers. Why? Because the Roman Empire faded into history at the dawn of the first pan-Arab state, and many on the so-called "Arab Street" now dearly hope this same fate might befall the United States. Provost Jim O'Donnell has a unique perspective on modern-day Iraq, thanks to his stature as one of the foremost experts on St. Augustine. St. Augustine of Hippo was at the same time a born-again Christian and an African, an anti-Semite and a theological fountainhead of Reformation theology on
grace. Dr. O'Donnell will use an Augustinian lens to examine the weaknesses and strengths that led to the decline of the Roman Empire and eventual rise of the Ottoman Empire, and he'll share a better perspective for understanding our world today. James J. O'Donnell received his Ph.D. from Yale, and then spent over two decades at the University of Pennsylvania in History and computer information systems. In 2002 he became Provost at Georgetown University. He has published nine books with a tenth forthcoming, and for the past decade has served as co-editor of /NewJour/. Please join us for what promises to be an educational and controversial evening
examining a long-ago nation at the periphery of the first global power, and a modern-day failed state at the far reaches of the latest global power.

COMMONWEALTH CLUB MEMBERS AND GEORGETOWN CLUB MEMBERS ONLY (member + one guest)-->11:30 a.m., Check-in 12:00 p.m., Program Club office, 595 Market St., 2nd floor, San Francisco Free for Members, $15 for Non-members Program Organizer: Parisa Nesva Derani Co-sponsored by the Georgetown Club of Northern California.