Building Bridges ConferenceMar 15, 2002 at midnight to Mar 16, 2002 at 11:59 p.m.

"Striving for Peace" is the theme for the seventh annual Building Bridges Conference -- promoting peace domestically and internationally, along with striving for peace within our differences. All events will be held on campus and the schedule is as follows:

March 15

9 p.m. -- "Onwards Dance" in the Dive.

March 16

10-10:30 a.m. -- Registration in the Student Union;

10:30-11:15 a.m. -- "Power Shuffle" in Alumni Hall;

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. -- "Workshop Round #1" in various campus locations;

1:15-2:30 p.m. -- Lunch break (on your own);

2:30-4 p.m. -- "Workshop Round #2" in various campus locations;

4:15-5:15 p.m. -- "Open Mic and Performance" in Alumni Hall;

5:30-7 p.m. -- Banquet in the Banquet Room in the Campus Center;

7:30-8:30 p.m. -- Keynote address by Coleman McCarthy in Alumni Hall;

8:45-9:15 p.m. -- "I Am...We Are" theatre company presentation in Alumni Hall; and

9:15-10 p.m. -- Speaker reception in Linner Lounge.

Keynote speaker Colman McCarthy is a syndicated columnist and editorial writer for The Washington Post, as well as an adjunct professor for Georgetown University Law Center. A sought-after speaker on U.S. college campuses where he calls on students to defy the conventional by becoming citizens who are other-centered rather than self-centered, McCarthy argues that all people are called on to be peacemakers in their personal and political lives.

Registration is required to attend the banquet and receive a conference T-shirt. The cost is $20 per person. Reservations may be made by contacting Gustavus student and conference chair Becky Potter: (507) 933-7068, rpotter@gustavus.edu, or 800 West College Ave., St. Peter, MN 56082-1498. Checks should be payable to Gustavus Adolphus College. The registration deadline is Wednesday, March 13. The banquet is free for on-campus people; please register at the Information Center in the Campus Center or at the table that will be set up in Johnson Student Union next week.