Father Roy Bourgeois Comes to OSU (March 8)

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 18:54:36 -0500
>From: Sean Moore <moore.1104 at osu.edu>
>To: serj at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>Subject: Father Roy Bourgeois
>
>Father Roy Bourgeois, a leader in the movement to close the infamous 
>School of the Americas, will be coming to OSU on March 8th.  He will 
>speak at the law school (Drinko Hall, corner of 12th and High) at 
>noon in room 344.  The talk is sponsored by the student chapter of 
>the National Lawyer's Guild.
>
>The School of the Americas, located in Fort Benning, Georgia, is 
>known for training Central and South American soldiers in techniques 
>of torture and counterinsurgency.  It has earned the nickname 
>"School of Assassins."  Its graduates are among those responsible 
>for some of the worst human rights abuses in the Americas.  In 
>addition to discussing the School of the Americas, Father Bourgeois 
>will also talk about U.S. policy regarding Columbia, from where he 
>recently returned.  Columbia currently has the most students of any 
>country at the SOA.
>
>Information about the School of the Americas is available at www.soaw.org.