Kim Jarvis, history professor, gave a lecture over the Iran nuclear agreement for interested students Wednesday.


During her lecture, Jarvis spoke about the history of Iran and its relationship to the United States as well as the sanctions and other details of the deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.


The Iran Deal Talk was organized by sophomore Anna Bauerle and politics professor Tim Hill. They approached Jarvis about giving the talk. Jarvis, who teaches Middle Eastern history, was glad for the opportunity, she said.


�I have always had an interest in it (the Middle East), and have been fortunate to travel there...It is a fascinating topic,� Jarvis said.


Bauerle helped plan the event because she believes it is important for students at Doane to be informed about political current events, she said.


�I think political awareness is super important, especially for young people,� Bauerle said. �Eventually we are going to be in charge of making all of the decisions, and there are a lot of really smart kids on our campus, but most people just do not take the time to be aware of things. I thought if I could do something little to help that, I would try.�


Hill said he was pleasantly surprised to see how high the attendance was at the talk.


�I think it went great. I am thrilled. The fact that we had to keep bringing in chairs...I never would have imagined. I think we had something like 75 students.�


Bauerle and Jarvis said they were also pleased to see so many people attend. In addition, Jarvis said she was impressed by the thoughtfulness of the students� questions.


Attendees were also appreciative of the event. Freshman Karly Nitsch said she went to the talk for extra credit, but walked away with much more.


�It was very informative. I did not know what was going on, I did not know anything about it,� Nitsch said. �One of my favorite things I learned was that I have been pronouncing �Iran� wrong, I have been saying it wrong this whole time.�


Hill hopes students left with an understanding of the deal, and how it will affect them, and a greater curiosity of why politics matter, he said.


Hill and Bauerle hope to continue holding similar talks. Currently, their plan is to hold two per semester, with the next one in November. The next talk will likely be over the presidential candidates, Hill said.


Bauerle attended a similar event over the Charlie Hebdo shootings last year. It was this event that gave her the desire to see other, similar events, she said


This article was written by Cole Bauer for doaneline on OCT. 05, 2015.