(April 2, 2013) — The room was so quiet one could hear the sound of a pin drop. Everyone was being hushed, as Geopolitics Club members paced around the room, eager to talk to Bobby Ray Inman, a retired admiral who has served many notable positions during his time at the White House. Nerves were clear on the members’ faces, as they practiced again and again to themselves what they were going to say to the admiral on March 27.

Club member Grigori Grigoryan and Jacob Minasian, a former Clark student who attended the teleconference, were ecstatic to know the admiral had agreed to a teleconference. “We started this club to discuss important world issues, and we brought people who shared our passion,” said Minasian, former vice president of the club who comes back to Clark occasionally for the teleconferences.

“I always like to come back for the teleconferences and see how hard they worked to put this together,” he said. “It really is inspiring to see them arrange this to discuss issues.” The admiral answered questions ranging from topic on the CIA, conflict with Pakistan, former presidents’ roles in the CIA, the Navy, and history-related questions. Each member took his turn speaking with Inman, asking questions and agreeing with the admiral on many issues.

“I completely agree with Bobby Ray Inman,” said freshman Levon Gevorkian, a club member who says he is considering a career in the military. “He’s a very intelligent person because he’s been there and knows the most, not only in the navy or military, but also in intelligence.”

With the help of cinematography teacher Matt Stroup, who ran the audio and video production, the members conducted a teleconference much improved from their last one. “I think we did great, definitely better than last time when we had a teleconference with General Eaton,” said Gevorkian. “This time the audio was much more improved and much clearer.”

The teleconference with General Eaton suffered from some audio problems, but the club managed to carry on with their teleconference nonetheless. According to Gevorkian, the club reaches out to these important figures by sending emails to people they would like to speak to, and hope to hear back from them.

Inman said he was thrilled to speak with the club members, as he thanked them for giving him the chance to speak with the young generation, informing them on important matters that they should be aware of. The goal of the Geopolitics Club has been to inform students about military and government matters. “As a future generation of Americans, we need to discuss what we’re going to do with Gevorkian said.