Next week MU will hold a Chancellor’s Forum, open to the public, titled Battle of the Pentagon Papers to discuss the Pentagon Papers and relevant issues related to them.
It is the latest in a series of forums on global issues sponsored by the Chancellor’s Office and the MU Difficult Dialogues Program which is funded by the Ford Foundation.
Past Chancellor’s Forums have included: Difficult Dialogues in the Immigration Debate, A Journalists First Responsibility: Professional Practice of Citizen’s Duty?, and What’s Happened to Academic Freedom since September 11?
According to the MU Difficult Dialogues website, the goal is to stimulate intellectual discussion and to teach students to express opposing view points respectfully.
Panelists will include Charles Davis, executive director of National Freedom of Information Coalition and associate professor of journalism at MU; Bill Kovach, founding chairman of Committee of Concerned Journalists and professor of journalism at MU and Christina Wells Enoch H. Crowder professor of Law at MU, said the Office of the Chancellor’s website.
Following the Chancellor’s Forum LA Theatre Work’s will present their production of Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers as part of the University Concert Series, said the Office of the Chancellor’s website. A question-and-answer session will follow the performance. For more on the play see http://www.topsecretplay.org.
The Chancellor’s Forum will be held Wednesday, January 30, 3:30-5 p.m. in Ellis Auditorium and will be free to the public. Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers will be performed Saturday, February 2, 7 p.m. in Jesse Auditorium. Tickets will cost between $18 and $22.
I am here at a forum newcomer. Until I read and deal with the forum.
Let’s learn!