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Speaker shares experiences in Iraq
Alarcón memorial lecturer focuses on problems of surge
Breann Schossow
Issue date: 4/3/08 Section: News
Alarcón, who passed away in September 2006, was a mathematics professor at UW-Eau Claire and a member of the UW-Eau Claire Staff and Faculty for Peace and Justice, one of the groups that sponsored the event.
Dr. Asha Senn, Alarcón's wife and an English professor at Eau Claire, opened the lecture speaking of her husband, saying that it was not only for mourning but for commemorating and coming together.
"That's what love and life is all about. Coming together," she said.
Following Senn's introduction, seniors Cassandra Lawler and Liz Wilson presented a video clip from a movie created in honor of Alarcón before Rasouli began his lecture.
Freshman Bryna Rabehl attended because she is a member of Amnesty International, an organization that will return to campus in fall 2008, she said. Rabehl said that she felt Rasouli had a powerful effect on the audience and as a speaker.
"We were all enlightened from it," she said. "He was very into what he was saying."
Karen Pope, an associate professor in library services and member of the UW-Eau Claire Staff and Faculty for Peace and Justice, first met Rasouli three years ago when he came to the Eau Claire area to speak.
For the inaugural session, the group had originally planned to focus on heath care, she said, but then the opportunity to host Rasouli came up. Pope also said she hopes that students found it worth their time.
"I hope that students understand what going to war and occupying another country means for its people."
Dr. Asha Senn, Alarcón's wife and an English professor at Eau Claire, opened the lecture speaking of her husband, saying that it was not only for mourning but for commemorating and coming together.
"That's what love and life is all about. Coming together," she said.
Following Senn's introduction, seniors Cassandra Lawler and Liz Wilson presented a video clip from a movie created in honor of Alarcón before Rasouli began his lecture.
Freshman Bryna Rabehl attended because she is a member of Amnesty International, an organization that will return to campus in fall 2008, she said. Rabehl said that she felt Rasouli had a powerful effect on the audience and as a speaker.
"We were all enlightened from it," she said. "He was very into what he was saying."
Karen Pope, an associate professor in library services and member of the UW-Eau Claire Staff and Faculty for Peace and Justice, first met Rasouli three years ago when he came to the Eau Claire area to speak.
For the inaugural session, the group had originally planned to focus on heath care, she said, but then the opportunity to host Rasouli came up. Pope also said she hopes that students found it worth their time.
"I hope that students understand what going to war and occupying another country means for its people."
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