News Release
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January 6, 2006
Investigative Journalist Seymour Hersh Speaks Feb. 13 at
Boise State as Part of Distinguished Lecture Series
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh, who has covered major news
stories stretching from the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam to the Abu Ghraib
prison scandal in Iraq, will speak at Boise State University Feb. 13 as part
of the university�s Distinguished Lecture Series.
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Hersh will speak at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Jordan Ballroom on �Chain of
Command: From 9/11 to Abu Ghraib to Now.� Hersh�s lecture is free and the
public is invited. No tickets are being issued; seating is limited and is
available on a first-come basis. Doors open at 6 p.m.
�We are very pleased to announce that we have had the opportunity to add
Seymour Hersh to our 2005-06 lecture schedule,� said Helen Lojek, chair of
the Distinguished Lecture Series Committee and an English professor at Boise
State. �Over the past 35 years, Hersh has established himself as one of the
top investigative reporters in the nation. We are looking forward to a
lecture that should be both thought-provoking and relevant.�
Hersh won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1970 for
breaking the story of the killing rampage by the Army�s 11th Infantry
Brigade in the Vietnamese hamlet of My Lai. He also has received four George
Polk Awards for excellence in reporting, and more than a dozen other
journalism prizes, many of them for his work at The New York Times. In 2004,
Hersh won a National Magazine Award for Public Interest for his pieces on
intelligence and the Iraq war. Since 1993, he has been a regular contributor
to The New Yorker.
Hersh�s upcoming lecture topic is drawn in part from his 2004 book, �Chain
of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib.� In the lecture, Hersh will
discuss the behind-the-scenes events that influenced American foreign
policy, from the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center to the decision
to launch the Iraq War to the ongoing efforts to secure the peace in Iraq.
Hersh is the author of seven other books, including �The Dark Side of
Camelot,� about John F. Kennedy, �The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon
White House,� which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and The Los
Angeles Times Book Award, and �The Target is Destroyed: What Really Happened
to Flight 007 and What America Knew About It.�
Free parking for the Feb. 13 lecture is available in the Student Union
visitor lot, the Bronco Stadium parking lot, and on Bronco Lane.
The student-funded Distinguished Lecture Series brings to campus speakers
who have had a major impact in politics, the arts, science, business or in
another realm of contemporary significance. On April 12, the series will
present Joseph Stiglitz, a Columbia University professor, former chief
economist for the World Bank and the 2001 recipient of the Nobel Prize in
Economics. Stiglitz will speak on �The Economics of Information.�
Former speakers in the series include religion historian and author Karen
Armstrong, biologist E.O. Wilson, former president of Ireland Mary Robinson,
Nobel Peace Prize recipient and former president of Poland Lech Walesa,
hostage negotiator Terry Waite, and others. More information on the series
is at
http://news.boisestate.edu/dls
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Contact: Helen Lojek, College of Arts and Sciences, (208) 426-1414,
hlojek@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Janelle Brown, University Communications, (208)
426-1790, jbrown2@boisestate.edu
Boise State University is the largest institution of higher education in
Idaho with about 18,600 students and 2,200 faculty and staff. More than 190
undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and technical degrees are offered within
eight colleges. A metropolitan university located in the capital city, Boise
State is committed to life-enhancing research, teaching excellence and
public service.
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