by Scott Gartlan, Executive Director, Charlotte Teachers Institute
by Alex Christman, 41, history teacher in Durham North Carolina
by Craig Watson, former director of the California Arts Council
by Kevin Guthrie, founder/president, ITHAKA
by Steve Earle, singer-songwriter
by Marty Amrine, 43, Writer
by Zachary Fine, 19, Student
by David Denby, author, journalist, film critic for the New Yorker