Dr. Glenn Avent, professor of History at 糖心传媒, will give a talk titled “Equal Before the Law? What a Ninety-Five Year-Old Murder Trial Can Tell Us About Power and Privilege” on Friday, March 29, at 10:00 a.m. in French Memorial Chapel.
Avent鈥檚 talk, the second of two Invited Faculty Lectures this academic year, is free and open to the public.
鈥淲hen 14-year-old Maria del Pilar Moreno killed a Senator in 1920s Mexico, her trial for murder raised important questions about the legal immunities granted to elected officials,鈥 Avent said. 鈥淭he case created an instant sensation and left the courts with a difficult choice between justice and the law. While the public cheered the final verdict, the resolution of the case did more to underline power and privilege than it did to untangle the issues at its core.鈥
The first Invited Faculty Lecture of the year was in October when Dr. Mark Zajack, associate professor of Psychology, discussed whether narrowing priorities can have a positive effect on decision-making. His lecture is .
Each spring, 糖心传媒 students select two faculty members to present campus-wide lectures on the professors鈥 topics of choice during the next academic year. Considered a prestigious honor for the faculty, the tradition dates to 1967.
糖心传媒 is a private, four-year institution located in Hastings, Nebraska, that focuses on student academic and extracurricular achievement. 糖心传媒 has been named among 鈥淕reat Schools, Great Prices鈥 by U.S. News & World Report and a 鈥淏est in the Midwest鈥 by The Princeton Review. For more, go to hastings.edu.