FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2002 CONTACT Lisa Lacher, (515) 271-3119 AUTHOR, ROCK CRITIC TO SPEAK AT DRAKE APRIL 4 Tim Riley, author, rock critic and a regular contributor to National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" and The Washington Post, will give the 2002 Hawley Foundation Lecture at Drake University on Thursday, April 4. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is titled "Find the Cost of Freedom: Sex, Satanism and Flag Burning at the Dawn of Censorship." The event will start at 8 p.m. in room 101 of Olin Hall, 27th Street and Forest Avenue. A reception will follow in the main floor lobby of Olin Hall. Riley is the author of three books: "Tell Me Why: A Beatles Commentary," "Hard Rain: A Dylan Commentary," and "Madonna: Illustrated." His lecture will illuminate the ongoing censorship debate with a hard-hitting multimedia presentation that taps both high art and pop culture, campus speech codes and Hollywood violence as well as the Napster copyright battle. Among the questions he will address are: How "free" is free speech in America today? Does the First Amendment guarantee unlimited free speech? Does living in a free society mean having to tolerate objectionable ideas? How do we protect children from violent and sexual imagery without compromising our free speech rights? Riley's lecture is supported by the Hawley Foundation, which was established in 1927 by Des Moines businessman Henry B. Hawley and his wife, Carrie. For more information, call (515) 271-2999.