Daniel Ellsberg

Daniel Ellsberg, a writer, activist and lecturer who leaked the Pentagon Papers to the media in 1969 and thereby helped increase public awareness of the Vietnam War, presented a lecture on campus, “Free Speech in a Time of War.” His visit was sponsored by the Department of Political Science, the Pre-Law Program, the Master’s Program in Media Studies, and the Master’s Program in Public Policy and International Affairs. After the lecture, he participated in a student panel.

Present at the event were (from left) Aaron Tesfaye, Miryam Wahrman, Neil Kressel, Ron Glassman, Peter Stein, Josef Olmert, Kurt Wagner, Susan Godar, Arlene Holpp Scala, and Bill Duffy.

Josef Olmert, an expert on the Middle East, Syria, Lebanon, Palestinian and Israeli politics, presented a series of discussions on campus on December 6 through Thursday, December 8. His lectures included “The Sharon Plan: How the New Kadimah Party Hopes to Move Israel and Her Neighbors Towards a Lasting Peace,” and “America, Syria, Iran and Israel: Averting Disaster in the Middle East.” Olmert also joined with students from various courses for a talk and discussion on Israeli-Palestinian relations.

Daniel Ellsberg, a writer, activist and lecturer who leaked the Pentagon Papers to the media in 1969 and thereby helped increase public awareness of the Vietnam War, presented a lecture on campus, “Free Speech in a Time of War.” His visit was sponsored by the Department of Political Science, the Pre-Law Program, the Master’s Program in Media Studies, and the Master’s Program in Public Policy and International Affairs. After the lecture, he participated in a student panel.

Karen Ellis, a political science major, was awarded a scholarship by the New Jersey chapter of the National Association of Water Companies, a trade association comprised of investor-owned water utilities. After law school, Ellis plans a career in teaching and conducting research advocating change in public policy to preserve natural resources. She won the scholarship by writing an essay outlining her future plans