ADVISORY
Oct. 4, 2000
Contact: Kevin P. Cox
336-758-5237
www.wfu.edu/wfunews

Wake Forest debate preparations, activities

Several projects are underway as Wake Forest University continues to prepare for the Oct. 11 debate in Wait Chapel. Below is a listing of activities that may be of interest to your staff. Please contact the Wake Forest News Service if you plan to cover any of these events, or for more information.

Wednesday, Oct. 4

• Landscaping continues on the Quad
• Conference on Debatable Issues: (open to the public, flyer available)
  • 3 p.m. Weapons and National Security
    Robert Hathaway, director of Asian Programs, Woodrow Wilson Institute
  • 7 p.m. Middle East Policy
    Marvin Weinbaum, U.S. Dept. of State

Thursday, Oct. 5

• Platform stage construction begins in Wait Chapel
• Conference on Debatable Issues:
  • 11 a.m. Civil Rights
    Laura Murphy, director of the ACLU
  • 3 p.m. Health Care and Social Security
    Laurel Beedon, AARP
  • 7 p.m. Public Education
    John Hood, president John Locke Foundation
• DebateWatch begins at 9 p.m. in Carswell Hall (public event)
  A press release about this event is available

Friday, Oct. 6

• Platform construction continues in Wait Chapel
• Conference on Debatable Issues:
  • 11 a.m. Immigration
    Aura Camacho Maas, director of the Latin American Resource Center, Raleigh
  • 3 p.m. Technology and Telecommunication
    Blair Levin, former chief of staff to the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
  • 7 p.m. World Trade and Economic Policy
    Jerry Hagstrom, contributing editor of the National Journal, and Chip Roth, communications director for the Teamsters Union

Preparations are also underway this week in the media center in Benson Center. Those activities include installation of cabling and phone lines.

More information about debate preparations will be available early next week.

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