FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dec. 2, 2005

CONTACT: Carol Spaulding-Kruse, (515) 271-3969, carol.spaulding@drake.edu
Lisa Lacher, (515) 271-3119, lisa.lacher@drake.edu

DRAKE TO HOLD FORUM ON POSSIBLE REINSTATEMENT OF THE DRAFT

Drake University students will hold a Community Dialogue on the Military Draft from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, in Cool Beans on the upper level of Hubbell Dining Hall, 1315 30th St. Participants will be encouraged to share their opinions (in both large and small group settings) on why they would be for or against the possible reinstatement of the draft.

The event, which is free and open to the public, is part of Carol Spaulding-Kruse’s seminar for first-year students titled Talking with the Enemy: Dialogue in an Age of Polarization.

“This dialogue is not a debate and will not follow a debate format,” said Spaulding-Kruse, associate professor of English. “Instead, participants will be encouraged to speak from personal experience and from a personal perspective on a variety of talking points provided by the student facilitators. While persuasion may take place, the real goal is to listen to and learn from one another. Dialogue sponsors themselves hold varying views on the issue and encourage a healthy variety of perspectives.”

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