Plachta Auditorium was packed to the brim with students, faculty and community members for the recent Speaker Series event. The crowd outside the auditorium was buzzing, attempting to get a peek inside and riding the adrenaline high of getting to meet the famous speakers before the event started. ⁠ ⁠ Actor Penn Badgley, known for his roles in "Gossip Girl" and "YOU," and Arizona State University professor and psychotherapist Dr. Nura Mowzoon visited Central Michigan University on Nov. 20. They discussed how to navigate life in the age of media and to have difficult conversations within immediate circles and the wider population. ⁠ ⁠ “When there’s a moment where none of us are sure what is going to be said or what’s going to happen, and there’s a turn and you can just feel a unifying moment of appreciation,” Penn Badgley told Central Michigan Life.⁠ ⁠ “I think there’s something beautiful when somebody really shares from the heart, and something you can tell they’re nervous to share, and...