We believe we have the two most eloquent spokesmen on one of the nation's hottest and most controversial topics, affirmative action. A 1969 graduate of Ohio University's E.W. Scripps School of Journalism , Page is known for tackling race and other social issues. Voters approved Proposition 209 in November 1996. Also featured as part of this year's Kennedy Lecture Series will be a debate on the death penalty and a lecture on the private lives of public officials. Attorney and law professor Barry Scheck, best known as the DNA expert on the defense team for the O.J. Simpson murder trial, will square off at 8 p.m. Feb. 11 against Susan Estrich, political adviser, law professor and syndicated columnist, on the topic of capital punishment.
All events are free and open to the public.