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Bioethical Issues Across the Lifespan:
Come and explore the exciting labyrinth of
choices facing us from before we are born until
the time we leave the earth!
life issues, physician assisted suicide, use of experimental medications such as those utilized to treat Alzheimer's Disease and procedures to treat chronic
conditions such as Parkinson's disease, including
use of stem cell therapy.
Dr. Barbara Cohen, PhD, JD, RN, School of
Health Studies Health Services Administration,
Berkeley College
Thursdays, 7:00—8:00 p.m.
April 9 - Bioethical Issues presented in Pre-
birth life
This session will examine pre-conception torts,
assisted reproduction, and abortion related dilemmas.
April 23 - Bioethical Issues within the "new"
family.
This session will examine issues surrounding physically and mentally challenged premature children
and newborns. We will examine the rights of
LGBT-Q families in the face of divorce, bioethical
issues in gender reassignment and other related
family matters.
April 30 - Bioethical Issues in Midlife
This session will examine the bioethics surrounding marketing of pharmaceuticals such as Viagra
and treatment for symptoms of menopause. We
will also examine issues arising in treatment of
various cancers and insurance issues surrounding
payment for "experimental" treatments for a variety of illnesses.
May 7 - Bioethical Issues at the End of Life
This session will address questions such as end of
Reminder s
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Your registration allows you to attend all four classes in a particular series.
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Class size is limited, and registration is on a firstcome-first-serve basis.
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We will contact all registrants via phone or email
prior to the first class in each series.
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There will be a check-in table at the door for each of
the four sessions, to ensure that only those
registered are able to attend the series.
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Please do not bring food or drink into the library
meeting room.
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Please turn off your cell phone at all classes.
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For directions please call the library at
908.876.3596 or check out our website at
www.wtpl.org
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'We the People': History and the Many
Sides of US Identity
Beethoven: His Life and Music
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Bioethical Issues Across the Lifespan
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C o ur s e O f f e r i n g s
The library is pleased to announce a series of
continuing education classes for adults, featuring
lecturers from institutions of learning.
Each series consists of four classes. The classes are
scheduled for Friday morning, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in
the Meeting Room of the Washington Township
Public Library. The Bioethics series is scheduled for
Thursday evenings, 7:00-8:00 p.m.
The cost for each series is $25.00, which includes all 4
classes.
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Name
'We the People': History and the Many
Sides of U.S. Identity
Address
Dr. Christopher Fisher, Associate Professor,
The College of New Jersey
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Fridays, 10:30—11:30 a.m.
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March 20 -“From Sharecropping to Immigrant
Labor: Race and Class at the Turn of the Century.”
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A look at the changing meaning of labor and citizenship across classes and communities.
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March 27 - “Human Rights: From the League of
Nations to Jimmy Carter.”
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An examination of the connection between human
rights, American political ideals, and US world leadership.
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Friends of WTPL with Lifetime Learning in
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B e e t h o v e n : H is L i fe a n d M u s ic
Dr. Robert W. Butts, Artistic Director/Conductor The
Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey, Adjunct Professor
Montclair State University, College of Saint Elizabeth
Fridays, 10:30—11:30 a.m.
Beethoven’s music, beautiful, energetic and passionate, is the standard against which all composers since
his time have measured themselves. His work goes
beyond greatness. It touches the hearts and souls of all
who encounter it.
But his life was troubled, often as dramatic and intense as his music. He fell in love easily, yet only one
relationship, with a mysterious woman known as “the
Immortal Beloved,” was reciprocated. And he suffered the most ironic of afflictions for a composer: he
lost his hearing. Some of his greatest work was composed after he was deaf.
In this series, Dr. Robert Butts will explore the turbulent life and incomparable music of the great composer.
May 1 - Beethoven as a young man: 1770-1800
May 8 - Beethoven, the revolutionary symphonies:
1800-1815
April 10 - “Selling America: Consumer Culture
and the Global Factory.”
May 22 - Beethoven and the piano, 1795-1820
A look at the expansion of American goods and ideas
in the age of transnationalism.
May 29 - Beethoven’s final masterpieces – 18201827
April 24 - “1976: The Bicentennial as Politics
and Culture.”
An examination of American television, music, and
politics at the bicentennial moment.