Advisory: Media invited to public forum on U.S. foreign policy at WFU
Members of the media are invited to Wake Forest University tonight to cover a free, public forum designed to explore the challenges facing the United States in regards to viable foreign policy for the 21st Century. The event, scheduled for 7 p.m. in Carswell Hall’s Annenburg auditorium, will feature four panelists, two in favor of the ongoing war in Iraq and two opposed, who will address several questions about contemporary U.S. foreign policy.
The panel discussion, titled “Constructing An American Foreign Policy for the 21st Century,” is the second event organized this semester by a group of university faculty members who banded together in October to create the group “Faculty Raising Dialogue” in direct response to the threat of a U.S. war with Iraq. The first event brought more than 300 students, faculty members and Winston-Salem residents to the university’s Benson University Center for discussion about the threat of war. Tonight’s event offers members of the media an opportunity to listen and talk to members of the campus community and the community at large about the ongoing war in Iraq.
Carswell Hall is located on the Magnolia Court, next to Gulley Drive. Parking is available along Gulley Drive, and parking lots traditionally reserved for faculty and staff will be open for media parking.
The four panelists for the event have been asked to address questions like what should be the moral and strategic goals of continued U.S. involvement in the world community and how should patriotic Americans who are opposed to the war voice their objections.
Panelists for the event include Michael Hughes, professor and chair of the history department, and Tilden Bridges, a Winston-Salem resident and Vietnam veteran. The two are expected to argue in opposition to the war in Iraq.
In addition, Robert Utley, associate professor of humanities, and Venkata Challa, professor of pathology at the Wake Forest School of Medicine, will participate on the panel and are expected to argue in favor of the war in Iraq.
There will be a question and answer session after each panelist speaks. William Fleeson, associate professor of psychology, will moderate the event.
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