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Poetry’s Power: Adrienne Rich
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eading poetry is typically a solitary, quiet activity, or one shared with a
small group of like-minded intellects mingling in a coffeehouse. However,
when Adrienne Rich read her work on October 6, 2004, at Poetry-in-the-
Round, the atmosphere was boisterous. Rich received a standing ovation when
she entered the packed Kozlowski Hall Auditorium. She emphasized that the
reading was “not only an academic event, but a community event as well.”
Rich’s poetry speaks
to the issues that
both define and divide
the national culture:
poverty, racism, sexism,
violence and the
struggle for survival
against isolation and
marginality. Her many
honors include a
MacArthur Fellowship
and the National
Book Award.
Master of Biographies: Robert Caro
resident Lyndon B. Johnson’s personal beliefs and formative experiences had
a definite influence on his political actions, noted Robert Caro, speaking at
Seton Hall University on October 14, 2004. The acclaimed presidential biographer
gave the concluding talk in the
four-part Philip and Mary Shannon Seton
Hall Speaker Series, for which the theme
was “Examining the Role of Values in
Shaping the Presidency.” More than 375
people attended his talk. Caro authored
The Years of Lyndon Johnson, of which the
third volume, Master of the Senate, won
both a 2003 Pulitzer Prize and a National
Book Critics Circle Award. Caro’s first
book, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and
the Fall of New York, which chronicled
the urban planner, won a 1975 Pulitzer
Prize and was named one of the 100 best
nonfiction books of the 20th century by
the Modern Library Board in 1999.
In Gear:
Kevin Plank
evin Plank’s journey as an
entrepreneur began while
getting soaked playing football at the
University of Maryland. In his grand-
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mother’s basement, he set up his first
office to sell his sports gear prototypes.
The 32-year-old founder and
president of Under Armour ® , the
Baltimore-based manufacturer of the
original microfiber, moisture-wicking
sports apparel, spoke at Seton Hall
University on November 9, 2004. At
the Stillman School of Business’ sixth
annual Integrity and Professionalism
Convocation, Plank offered an
inspirational story of the entrepreneurial
challenges and rewards.
Under Armour ® ranked as the second
fastest-growing U.S. privately held
company on Inc. Magazine’s top 500
list in 2003 and was named Sporting
Goods Business’ “Apparel Supplier of
the Year” three years in a row.