ADRIAN COLLEGE ANNOUNCES ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WEEK posted 10/16/03

Adrian College will host International Week, "Freedom Has No Borders: International Human Rights and Activism," Monday, Oct. 20 through Friday, Oct. 24. All events are free and open to the public.

The week kicks off with Bad Boyz (live salsa music), scheduled 7 p.m. Monday in the Adrian Tobias Room. On Tuesday, hear Adrian students discuss their experiences abroad during the study abroad panel, scheduled noon to 1 p.m. in the Adrian Tobias Room.

The week continues with a panel on U.S. policy and anti-Americanism at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in the Adrian Tobias Room. Participants include Dave Clark, editor of the Daily Telegram, and Adrian professors Dr. Muqtedar Khan and Dr. William Tregea. On Thursday, watch the film "Salt of the Earth" in Knight Auditorium at 7 p.m.

The week comes to a conclusion with the presentation "Amnesty International and Student Chapters: You Are Not Helpless!" from 12:15-1:15 p.m. in Jones Hall room 307.

International Week is sponsored by the DeMerritt Lectureship, which is funded by the estate of former Adrian businessman Edward C. DeMerritt, and which brings social studies speakers to campus.

For more information, contact Professor Deborah Field (dfield@adrian.edu) at 517-264-3948.

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Release by Rebekah Hoffman '07