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  Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY - Hofstra University's fourth Day of Dialogue, a day devoted to a campus-wide discussion of the issues that face our world, features student workshops on everything from sweatshops to global warming, gay marriage to birth control, citizen activism to the war in Iraq.
Day of Dialogue IV: USA and the World: Where Do We Go from Here? sponsored by Hofstra's Center for Civic Engagement, takes place Wednesday, March 21, 2007 and is intended to interest students in and inform them about public issues in order to help them become involved citizens and active participants in the democratic process.

Two of the day's events are open to the public as well:

Iraq- Hard Times and Hard Choices. Where Do We Go From Here?

This is a special community forum marking the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq that will feature a wide range of experts, scholars and citizens. The forum, to be broadcast live by WRHU Radio Hofstra, will take place from 7-10 p.m. in the Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue, south campus.

The Energy Problem: Choices for an Uncertain Future

This multigenerational forum will take place from 2:20- 4:20 p.m. in the Business Development Center room 246, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, south campus. The forum will be moderated by Michael D'Innocenzo, The Harry H. Wachtel Distinguished Teaching Professor for the Study of Nonviolent Social Change at Hofstra. The public can attend this forum by calling 516-463-5606 in advance.

The rest of the days events are open to students and Hofstra community members, including author Salman Rushdie giving the Donald Sutherland Lecture on "The Novel & the 21st Century" in the Monroe Lecture Center Theater, south campus, from 11:15 a.m. to 12:40 p.m.

The other workshops are:

9:05- 10:00 a.m.

The Iraq War: Where Do We Go From Here?

Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library, south campus

Global Warming - the Evidence

BusinessDevelopment Center246, Axinn Library, south campus

10:10- 11:05 a.m.

Global Warming - What Should We Do About It?

BusinessDevelopment Center246, Axinn Library, south campus

Concerning Immigration

Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library, south campus

Voices of the Youth - Engaging the World

Student-led discussion on youth (dis)engagement

Student Center Plaza Room East, north campus

Promoting Activism Through Art

Spiegel Theater, south campus

 HofstraUniversity's In Touch Arts

Claflin University's Performing Arts for Effective Civic Education (PAECE)

Student groups from Hofstra and Claflin U. (South Carolina) present performances and share their experiences of doing theatre that promotes civic awareness and responsibility.

The Meaning of the 2006 Elections

Student Center Plaza Room West, north campus

12:50 - 1:45 p.m.

The Iraq War:  Where Do We Go from Here?

  Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library, south campus

Governments, Markets, and U.S. Health Care Reform

BusinessDevelopment Center246, Axinn Library, south campus

12:50 p.m.

Information Session

Fill My Pills: Increasing Awareness about

Emergency Contraception and Birth Control

StudentCenter Plaza Room Center, north campus

Sweatshops, Strikes, and Struggle:

Immigrant Women, Labor Activism, and the Triangle Factory Fire

"Soliloquy for a Seamstress" performed & labor conditions US and abroad discussed

103 Dempster Hall, south campus

1:55 - 2:50 p.m.

What Does Gay Marriage Mean for Marriage?

Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library, south campus,

Intergenerational Discussion

School of the Americas - Training for What?

Student Center Plaza Room West, north campus

Privacy Rights in an Age of Terror

Student Center Plaza Room East, north campus

2:55- 4:20 p.m.

Liberal, Conservative or None of the Above:

The Fate of 20th Century Ideologies in a 21st Century World

Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library, south campus

Guantánamo and Detention

Student Center Plaza Room East, north campus

How Environmentally Friendly is Hofstra?

Student Center Plaza Room West, north campus

4:30- 6:00 p.m.

First Draft:  How Will History Judge the Bush Presidency?

Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library, south campus

Nuclear Proliferation: How Can We Stop It?

Student Center Plaza Room West, north campus

Affirmative Action and Higher Education

BusinessDevelopment Center246, Axinn library, south campus

The World's Children in Crisis: What Can We Do?

Student Center Plaza Room East, north campus

For more information on the Day of Dialogue, call (516) 463-5643.

Hofstra University is a dynamic private institution where students find their edge to succeed in more than 140 undergraduate and 155 graduate programs in liberal arts and sciences, business, communication, education and allied human services, and honors studies, as well as a School of Law. With a student-faculty ratio of 14-to-1, our professors teach small classes averaging 23 students that emphasize interaction, critical thinking and analysis. Hofstra offers a faculty whose highest priority is teaching excellence, cutting edge technology, extensive library resources, internships and special educational programs that appeal to their interests and abilities