Whether one is a participant, a casual spectator, a die-hard fan, or a critic, sport, in all its varieties and forms, play a significant role in the lives of most people through out the world. Sports and competitions have long been a part of human civilization and raise a wide range of important philosophical and ethical issues.
This symposium will bring together a panel of scholars to discuss philosophical themes or issues arising in the study of Sport. The focus of the panel will depend, in part, on the submitted abstracts. Each presenter on a panel will have 20 minutes for their presentation. This will be followed by 10-15 minutes for panelists to respond to each other and then 15 minutes or more for audience Q&A. There will also be a panel on the Rhetoric of Sport.
Abstract Submission:
Submissions are welcome on any philosophical theme or issue arising in the study of Sport. Abstract should be 300-500 words. Send via email (as PDF) to sklein_at_rockford_dot_edu.
Deadline: January 6th, 2012
Notification of Acceptance: February 1st, 2012
If you have any questions, please contact Shawn Klein (Assistant Professor, Philosophy Department) at 815-226-4115 or sklein_at_rockford_dot_edu or Michael Perry (Assistant Professor, English Department) at 815-226-4098 or mperry_at_rockford_dot_edu.
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The latest issue of Kaizen [pdf] features my interview with Mary Mazzio, award-winning documentary filmmaker, Olympic rower, and former law firm partner with Brown Rudnick. The theme of the interview is Documentary Filmmaking and Entrepreneurship. I hope you enjoy my wide-ranging discussion with the multi-faceted Mary Mazzio, including her latest project, Ten9Eight.
Also featured in Kaizen are the latest student essay contest winners — Rebecca Logan, Joshua Branch, and Jaime Binning — a report on guest speaker Douglas Rasmussen, and other news from the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship.
My full interview with Mary Mazzio will be posted at the CEE site next month.
If you would like to receive a complimentary issue of the print version of Kaizen, please email your name and postal address to CEE [at] Rockford [dot] edu.
The Arch is one of my favorite monuments, standing on the western bank of the Mississippi, symbolizing and inviting one to embark upon the great trek to new territory. St. Louis was part of the Louisiana Purchase; Lewis and Clark geared up for their expedition on the east side of the river at Camp Dubois; and St. Louis was a key port for steamboat traffic in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
I spent the day in Chicago on Thursday, the day after the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup. The Blackhawks hadn’t won it all since 1961, and the signs of celebration were everywhere.
As I walked around, I recalled that the White Sox won the World Series in 2005, the Bulls dominated basketball in the 1990s, and the Bears won the Super Bowl in 1986.
So here’s a hypothesis: In the last quarter-century, Chicago is the only city to have won the championship in all four major North American sports.
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Dallas, Pittsburgh, and Detroit have all been very successful. But have they won all four?
From Wikipedia, here are lists of the championship winners:
This is Part 2 of Professor Hicks’s Philosophy of Education course, in which he introduces metaphysics, its competing theories, and their role in education.
The University of Alabama is canceling three days of classes for a football game in January. The university’s representative notes that “the three canceled class days will not be made up elsewhere on the calendar.”
Meanwhile: The University of Wisconsin closed for one day last week when the city got 17.5 inches of snow. Professor Lester Hunt notes that it’s the only closing he’s experienced “in the quarter century I’ve been employed here.”
Hmmmm: Does UW need to get more serious about sports — or does UA need to get more serious about education?
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The latest issue of Kaizen features my interview with sports entrepreneur David Checketts. Checketts is former CEO of New York’s Madison Square Garden and is now chairman of SCP Worldwide, which owns the NHL’s St. Louis Blues and Major League Soccer’s Real Salt Lake.
Kaizen also features a course-development project by Rockford College Professor Bill Lewis, a paper given by Professor Shawn Klein at a sports ethics conference, and an international conference organized and hosted by Professor J. J. Asongu.
held on April 28, 2012 at Rockford College. 
More Kaizen interviews with leading entrepreneurs are at 
This is Part 2 of Professor Hicks’s 
The University of Alabama is 
Meanwhile: The University of Wisconsin closed for one day last week when the city got 17.5 inches of snow. 
A PDF version of Kaizen is available at the 
