Noble laureate Rotblat to speak at conference
Special to The Observer
On a campus not known for its student activism, Joseph Rotblat stands out. Rotblat, the 1995 Nobel laureate, will give the keynote address at this weekend's 2000 Roads to Peace conference.
"We have selected this gentleman primarily because, while he has been a prominent figure in the nuclear weapons debate, he really earned his Nobel Peace Prize for encouraging student activism," said Nicholas Tyszka, Conference Chair.
This year's conference is the largest in University history to be entirely student run. It is also the first student run conference to bring in a Nobel Price winner.
"The presence of such a distinguished individual like Joseph Rotblat shows that this conference is an important venue in American higher education for discussing some very serious issues that affect us all," said Tyszka.
The conference will begin Friday night with Rotblat's address entitled "Averting Nuclear Anarchy: The Current Crisis in Arms Control," in the Jordan Auditorium at 7 p.m. and will continue on Saturday with a series of roundtable discusssions from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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