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CONFIDENCE& COMPROMISE
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2014
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VOL. 126, ISS. 10
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Former Rep. Barney Frank and former Sen. Olympia Snowe appeared at Vanderbilt’s 50th annual IMPACT Symposium, highlighting issues of equality and partisanship. Colin Powell is set to speak Wednesday, March 19
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LEFT: Former Rep. Barney Frank speaks at IMPACT Symposium in Langford Auditorium on Monday night, March 17. RIGHT: Former Sen. Olym-
pia Snowe addresses the crowd at Langford the following evening.
By CHELSEA MIHELICH Senior news reporter --------------------
The first two nights of this year’s IMPACT Symposium, themed “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Defining Civil Rights and Responsibilities,” featured former U.S. Rep. Barney Frank and former U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe as speakers. In their respective speeches, both distinguished politicians spoke about the need to protect civil rights in the modern era, but each promoted different aspects of how that process can unfold.
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Frank covered several topics, including political and marriage equality, that encompass civil rights today. Snowe emphasized the need for a well-functioning government willing to compromise to secure modern rights. The last speaker, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, will address the Vanderbilt and Nashville communities Wednesday at 7 p.m. Overflow seating will be available in Light Hall. Barney Frank lives up to his name Representative Barney Frank has come to be known
for many things — his part in the creation of the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Act of 2010, being the first U.S. politician to marry a same-sex partner while in office, and his notorious wit and humor, even while discussing the most serious of topics. If nothing else, the former congressman lives up to his name. Though he is an innovative economic thinker, renowned congressional politician, advocator of gay rights and predominantly unashamed nonconformist, he is, above all else, quite frank. — Continued on PAGE 5
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