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BY ELIZABETH EAKEN
eeaken@nwitimes.com
219.933.4183 | Thursday, November 17, 2005 | (No comments posted.)
HAMMOND | The war in Iraq will provide the basis for a panel discussion tonight at Purdue University Calumet.
The university's Social Justice Club and the Northwest Indiana Coalition Against the Iraq War teamed up to present the Community Symposium on the Iraq War.
Panel participants include students Angel Vargas and David Wright, the Rev. Geri Solomon, of Gary, and Cathy Liggett, of Mishawaka, a member of Military Families Speak Out.
Kim McGee, a student member of the Social Justice Club, said the groups are presenting the symposium to keep an open discussion going about the war. Although the club has an anti-war stance, the discussion will be approached with an open mind, McGee said.
"It's something everyone should have an opinion on," McGee said.
Prior to the symposium, a smaller version of the American Friends Service Committee's Eyes Wide Open: The Human Cost of War exhibit will be on display. The exhibit tonight will feature shoes representing each member of the National Guard killed in Iraq.
Nick Egnatz, an organizer for Northwest Indiana Coalition Against the Iraq War, said Rueben Zamora, a democratic congressional primary candidate in Illinois, will attend the symposium and may participate in the panel.
Egnatz, who is a member of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War and Veterans for Peace, said he hopes there will be a good turnout tonight. The public will be encouraged to participate in the discussion, Egnatz said.
IF YOU GO
WHAT: Community Symposium on the Iraq War and the Eyes Wide Open: The Human Cost of War exhibit
WHERE: Purdue University Calumet, in Alumni Hall on the third floor of the Student Faculty Library Center
WHEN: The exhibit opens at 6 p.m.; the symposium begins at 7 p.m.
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