NEW YORK—Professors from Fordham University and Boston College will discuss the biggest domestic and international issues of the 2004 presidential campaign, including the war in Iraq, the economy and the impact of the media’s coverage of the campaigns, during a special forum on Tuesday, Oct. 26, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., in the McNally Amphitheatre at Fordham Law School, 140 W. 62nd St. During one of the most contentious presidential campaigns in U.S. history, the panelists will dissect the issues to provide a better understanding of the realities facing this country.

The discussion will feature commentary from Fordham’s Paul Levinson, Ph.D., professor of communications and chair of the Department of Communication and Media Studies, and Thomas Lee, J.D., an associate professor of constitutional and international law, and Boston College’s Robert G. Murphy, Ph.D., an associate professor of economics, and R. Shep Melnick, Ph.D., the Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Professor of American Politics.

The Fordham University and Boston College Offices of Alumni Relations are sponsoring the event.

DATE:        TUESDAY, OCT. 26
TIME:         6:30 P.M. – 9 P.M.
PLACE:      MCNALLY AMPHITHEATRE
                  FORDHAM LAW SCHOOL
                  LINCOLN CENTER CAMPUS
                  140 WEST 62ND STREET
                  NEW YORK, NY
 
Founded in 1841, Fordham is New York City’s Jesuit University, offering exceptional education distinguished by the Jesuit tradition to approximately 15,800 students in its five undergraduate colleges and its six graduate and professional schools. It has residential campuses in the Bronx, Manhattan and Tarrytown, and the Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y.
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