Ithaca College

"The Violence Must End: My Experience in Palestine"
With IC Alumna Emily McNeill
Tuesday, April 21, noon
Park Center for Business and Sustainable Enterprise, room 103

For a discussion later that evening on academic freedom -- at 7:00 p.m. in Textor 101 -- McNeill will be joined by Cornell professor Eric Cheyfitz.

Emily McNeil, who graduated from IC in 2008 and author of the controversial IC View alumni magazine article, "The Violence Must End," will speak about her experience in Palestine as part of the Christian Peacemaker Team at noon on Tuesday, April 21, in room 103 of the business school building. Emily will recount the situations that she witnessed while in the West Bank as well as respond to the comments made by IC President Tom Rochon about the appropriateness of her article appearing in IC View.

At 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21, there will be a discussion about the importance of maintaining academic freedom on college campuses. McNeill and Eric Cheyfitz, a professor of American studies and director of the American Indian program at Cornell, will be guest speakers. Professor Cheyvitz recently testified as an expert witness in defense of Ward Churchill's academic freedom.

These events are sponsored by the politics department, history department, Park School of Communications, the Park Center for Independent Media, and Buzzsaw.

For more information contact Danielle Adams at dadams2@ithaca.edu or Alice Pak at alicejpak@gmail.com.