[Imc] participate in a debate?
Laura Haber
comradelaura at yahoo.com
Mon Nov 5 21:56:18 UTC 2001
Any IMC members interested in a debate (as a member of the media)?
Let me know. (see below)
-Laura
--- chirantan mukhopadhyay <cmukhopa at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> From: "chirantan mukhopadhyay" <cmukhopa at uiuc.edu>
> To: <l-haber at uiuc.edu>
> Subject: Debate about US actions in Afghanistan
> Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 18:20:14 -0600
>
> Hello, Laura,
>
> I was told by an Allen resident and AWARE member (Carl Burton), that you
> were the director of AWARE. I'm Chirantan Mukhopadhyay, former Allen
> resident and current Philanthropy Coordinator for the Indian Student
> Assocation. The reason I'm writing is that I'm trying to organize a
> debate/open forum about the US war in Afghanistan. Basically, my idea for
> this was to disseminate information to the student body about the events in
> Afghanistan and address the issue in more of a discussion / debate format,
> rather than a lecture. I think there's a lot of people either confused or
> ignorant of what's going on over there, so this kind of thing would benefit
> them the most. Here's some basic information about, including structure:
>
> Format:
> - Panel discussion / debate
> - Number of participants: 6, from various backgrounds:
>
> 1. A student from the region who will argue from mainly a
> religious (Muslim) persepctive
> 2. Another student arguing from a religious (Jewish)
> perspective,
> possibly from region
> 3. Politically liberal, anti-war
> 4. Politically conservative or libertarian, generally pro-war
> 5. A moral objectivist
> 6. A media representative
>
> - Each speaker is given 3 minutes for opening statement. After that,
> the moderator will ask a question to the panel, and whoever is interested
> in speaking on the topic will answer. First response will last at most 2
> minutes, and we will allow 2 subsequent responses / rebuttals, each lasting
> at most 1 minute.
> - After 45 minutes of panel discussion, we will allow audience to ask
> questions of particular panelists or the whole panel for another 45 minuts
>
> My main idea for AWARE's role in this would be to supply a rational,
> well-spoken, well-informed anti-war advocate to speak on our panel, and also
> to help publicize it, along with all the other groups involved. If you're
> interested, please get in touch with me by Monday. Thank you so much, and I
> hope we can work together.
>
>
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