Teach-In

Ohio State University, Mansfield

War and Our World: A Daylong Forum at
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, MANSFIELD
10-11 April 2003

All activities will occur at the Eisenhower Student Union, 2nd Floor
(Directions Below)

PROGRAM

10 April

7-9 PM Opening Keynote Session: Examining the Administration’s Case for this War
Is the War in Iraq Justified?

Chair & Moderator: Hannibal Hamlin (English, OSU-M)
Speakers: Peter Schramm (Political Science, Ashland University)
Christopher Phelps (History, OSU-M)
Comment: The Audience

11 April

8 AM Coffee and Donuts

8:15 Welcome Tom O’Brien (Education, OSU-M)
Opening Remarks: John Riedl (Dean and Director, OSU-M)

8:30 Session: War and Rhetoric

Chair & Moderator: Susan Delagrange (English, OSU-M)
Speaker: Dion Cautrell (Rhetoric & Composition, OSU-M)
Comment: The Audience

9:00 Session: Personal Reflections on Accepting, Rejecting and Surviving War

Chair & Moderator: Molly O’Brien (Law, University of Akron)
Speakers: Kevin Nestor (OSU-M Trustee and West Point Graduate)
John Stratton (English, Ashland University)
Scopas Poggo (African American & African Studies, OSU-M)
Comment: The Audience

10:00 Session: The Aftermath of War

Chair & Moderator: Raymond Dominick (Professor Emeritus, OSU-M)
Speakers: Ted Dahlstrand (History, OSU-M)
Raymond Dominick
Comment: The Audience

10:45 Session: The War in Iraq and International Law

Chair & Moderator: Molly O’Brien (Law, University of Akron)
Speakers: John Quigley (Law, OSU)
Greg Travalio (Law, OSU)
Comment: The Audience

12:00 Lunch Break
Soups, Salads & Sandwiches available for purchase in the Cafeteria on the First Floor.
(Free buffet lunch for all Speakers and Moderators in the Eisenhower Board Room.)

1:00 Session:
Security and Freedom

Chair & Moderator: Tom Tierney (Political Philosophy, College of Wooster)
Speakers: Todd Stewart (OSU, International and Homeland Security)
Gary Daniels (ACLU-Ohio)
Comment: The Audience

2:00 Session: War and Religion
Chair & Moderator: Terri Winnick (Sociology, OSU-M)
Speakers: Rev. Elaine Stawn Unitarian Universalist Church of Wayne County, OH
Elder Haider Alawan, Islamic Center of Greater Cleveland
Fr. Herbert Weber, St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Mansfield, OH;
Pr. John H. Miller, New Hope Christian Church, Orrville, OH
Rabbi Howard Howard L. Apothaker, Ph.D. Temple Beth Salom, New Albany OH
Dr. Ahmad Al-Akhras, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Columbus, OH (or representative from CAIR)

3:30 Session: Student Round-Table: Focus questions: What should citizens of the world do in times of war? What role, if any, do you think religion has played in this crisis?

Chair & Moderator Randy Voss (Student, OSU-M) Voss.32@osu.edu
Representatives from the OSU-M Student body
Comment: The Audience

4:30 Session: “Coffee House”: Expressions Concerning War and Our World

Chair & Moderator: Ian Lee (OSU-M) lee.1390@osu.edu
At this “open-mike” session, students, members from community, faculty and staff are encouraged to share a 5 minute opinion, creation, (poem, song, piece of art, performance, etc) and/or reactions to the Crisis in Iraq or the Forum. Sign-ups will occur throughout the day.
Comment: The Audience

5:30 Closing Remarks
Tom O’Brien (Education, OSU-M)

War and Our World: A Daylong Forum at OSU-M
10-11 April 2003

All activities will occur at the Eisenhower Student Union, 2nd Floor

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Directions from Ashland:

Route 42 South to
Route 30 West to
Route 39 West.
Go approximately 3 miles (cross Trimble, pass Sherman Elementary school).
OSU-M entrance on left.
Follow entrance to parking areas. Park anywhere.
Eisenhower is the building directly behind the gated parking lot.
Forum is on second floor.

Directions from Columbus:

Interstate 71 North
Route 30 West to
Route 39 West.
Go approximately 3 miles (cross Trimble, pass Sherman Elementary school).
OSU-M entrance on left.
Follow entrance to parking areas. Park anywhere.
Eisenhower is the building directly behind the gated parking lot.
Forum is on second floor.

Directions from Cleveland:

Interstate 71 South
Route 30 West to
Route 39 West.
Go approximately 3 miles (cross Trimble, pass Sherman Elementary school).
OSU-M entrance on left.
Follow entrance to parking areas. Park anywhere.
Eisenhower is the building directly behind the gated parking lot.
Forum is on second floor.

Directions from Wooster:

Route 30 West to
Route 39 West.
Go approximately 3 miles (cross Trimble, pass Sherman Elementary school).
OSU-M entrance on left.
Follow entrance to parking areas. Park anywhere.
Eisenhower is the building directly behind the gated parking lot.
Forum is on second floor.