we've got a long-going collaboration with the -- [inaudible] at vanderbilt university. they help us program a special -- [inaudible] >> "all the king's men". >> absolutely. that's right. this year among a couple of special tracks that we have going on, we have one that is, you mentioned all the king's men, the pulitzer prizes are are celebrating their 100th anniversary, and as part of commemorating the centennial, the robert m. warren center at vanderbilt -- [inaudible] some of which actually talk about robert warren's influence as a poet and as a novelist. so really it's important artists who won pulitzers in two categories rarely. so, but the warren center at vanderbilt, very special partners of the festival every year. you'll also see university presses set up all over the plaza here, the folks at the university presses and at humanity centers around the state, really important to help us make this such a great and diverse program. >> tim henderson, what's your background? how'd you get involved -- >> well, i've been at humanities tennessee for nearly 20 year, identi

currently, she is the w.alton jones distinguished professor of philosophy at vanderbilt university. she has published books on topics ranging from family, love, war and violence to a affirmative action, hollywood films and animal rights. her nonfiction work includes over 100 articles and over 20 books. and today we welcome her to talk about her newest book, "hunting girls." [applause] >> thank you, lynn. in my recent book, "hunting girls: sexual violence from the hunger games to campus rape," i discuss classic fairy tales and blockbuster hollywood films featuring strong teenage girl proto tag nists -- protagonists in relation to the epidemic of campus rape. this afternoon, given time limitations, i can only give you a brief preview of my discussion of hollywood films and fairy tales. given today's headline news on donald trump's comments about wanting to grope p and force himself on women and the women who have come forward since, i'll focus primarily on chapter two of my book on campus rape and the valorization of the lack of consent. first though, a a short preview of my analysis

it says vande on it reference to vanderbilt university. a neighbor tells us this couple had just taken their duingt college. such a tragic, tragic situation here. we understand this house had been in the family for sometime but the couple who pass away moved into this home about a year ago or somewhere along that time frame. we want to pass along a note officials ordered emergency vaction for a minor gas leak although it's not clear if that gas leak is linked to this fir fire. fire crews have not made link at that time. again a man and woman day died in this fire and firefighter suffered minor injuries. the cause is still under investigation at this early hour, back to you. >> so sad, dave, back to you. there's a man that died after a shooting in allentown last evening about 9:00 on the corner of 9 and liberty streets. there was a man and woman sitting in a car when someone started shooting at one of the windows. the woman was shot and taken to the hospital. we don't know her injuries. investigators are still looking for a motive. >>> poli

. >> we have ongoing collaboration in vanderbilt university, helping us program a special track everyyear. this year among a couple tracks we have going on we have one, all the king's men, the pulitzer prize is celebrating the 100th anniversary so the pulitzers at vanderbilt, and

. >> we have ongoing collaboration in vanderbilt university, helping us program a special track every year. this year among a couple tracks we have going on we have one, all the king's men, the pulitzer prize is celebrating the 100th anniversary so the pulitzers at >> remember, the festival has some sources of funding, but mostly it depends on donations from people like you. you can donate on the festival web site, from the app, on facebooking, or you can do it the old-fashioned way, in person at the festival headquarters here. [laughter] we will be ending the session about ten minutes before the hour or so. first, we'll hear from dr. daryl carter. he, he's written a book called "brother bill: president clinton and the politics of race and class." he's an associate professor at east tennessee state university, and and his areas of expertise are 20th and 21st century american political history. he particularly is interested in the new deal, in the fair deal, the great society, the clinton and obama presidencies and the intersection of race, class and gender. he's been appointed to the

. >> reporter: chip and andrea craig's son, kyle, had just finished his sophomore year at vanderbilt university when his parents started noticing strange behavior. >> he had become intense, seemingly quickly irritable. something had changed in his character. >> i actually once said, are you get a prescription for it. >> reporter: back home in new jersey after spending a semester abroad, kyle spoke to a therapist. >> he said, adderall ruined my life. >> not only did he use it for studying, he readily admitted to abusing it for party purposes as well. >> reporter: two weeks later, kyle craig stepped in front of a train ending his life. he was 21. >> as any parent can understand, it's a heavy loss. >> reporter: while it is difficult to prove adderall abuse caused kyle's suicide, the craigs believe there is a link. >> a dear friend of kyle's wrote about him after his passing and he said, if adderall can change person. >> do parents get smart drug phenomena? >> no. >> you think the school knows? >> yeah. if they don't, they're like willfully ignorant. >> this is something that is going on and that n

the reason that vanderbilt was interested in perry went back to the 1960's, sit-ins. it was reverend james lofton. and when the university learned it was one of their students that was doing this, they didn't thank him. they expelled him from the ute. vanderbilt was looking to become more of a strong national university rather than a southern school. the media attention that came from expelling reverend lawton was embarrassing moment for the university on a national stage. a new chancellor was brought in. a progressive new south type of figure at the time. he spoke about race and the central issue facing the country at that point in the 60's and his daughter connie, a music professor at vanderbilt now, was a sports fan. he understood for better or worse the role that sports made in the culture. he knew if he made a move in the sports sphere people would pay attention. so he called the basketball coach, roy, we've integrated the school two years ago and can recruit a black player and i'd like you to. across the town, perry wallace, valedictorian, and he was the player to choose. but was perry going to be the first african

nolan: the university of virginia and vanderbilt did a study. they took amendments that had been introduced and bills and they found that my work was the most effective in the minnesota congressional delegation, second most effective in all 188 democrats in congress. -- i am a minority. i did that with good, strong, common sense solutions with common problems that we all face. than justod or better about anyone in the country at pulling together bipartisan support for good commonsense legislation. moderator: mr. mills, how would you work for bipartisanship? mr. mills: i was in grand rapids yesterday. onon members depend on jobs the iron range. they were upset about congressman nelson -- congressman nolan. he went in front of the tv cameras and call for bans on semiautomatic rifles. fixing a broken trade system. it was only after these people had lost their jobs, their livelihoods, did congressman nolan step up in an election year to bring in denis mcdonough, a dog and pony show which was too late of -- which was too little, too late. what i woul

nolan: the university of virginia and vanderbilt did a study. they took amendments that had been introduced, bills that became law, and found my work was the most effective in the minnesota congressional delegation, second-most effective in all 188 democrats in congress, and one of the 10 most respected in congress. i'm the minority. i have had republican printers.i did that with good , strong, common sense solutions, with common problems week face, with good republican bipartisan support. i am as good or better than anyone in the country at pulling together bipartisan support for good, common sense legislation. >> mr. mills, how would you work on bipartisanship? mr. mills: i was just in grand rapids meeting with union members. they depend on livelihoods in iron range.they are upset with congress. he talks about his effectiveness, but they were telling me how ineffective they are. when he was first elected, he went on tv and called for bans on semi automatic rifles, and having the government tell us how many bullets to have, rather than fixing a