Forum

There will be a forum tonight at the University of South Dakota.  Perhaps our Vermillion correspondent will cover it:

VERMILLION, S.D. -- The University of South Dakota Political Science League will hold a forum on the topic of Gay Rights on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2005, at 7 p.m. in Old Main’s Farber Hall. The event is entitled “Gay Rights: Both Sides Speak” and will feature panelists on both sides of this controversial issue in contemporary American politics.

Panelists include:  Barbara Himmel-Roberts, former president of the Sioux Empire Gay and Lesbian Coalition; Jennifer Ring, executive director of the ACLU of the Dakotas; Robert Regier, executive director of the South Dakota Family Policy Council; and Matt McCaulley, an attorney and former South Dakota State legislator. The event will be moderated by Mark Cullen, executive director of the Vermillion Conflict Resolution Center based at the Farber Center.