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February 15, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Conscientious Objector Agustin
Aguayo
To Speak at CSU Dominguez Hills
WHAT: A Conversation
with Agustin Aguayo
WHEN: 5:30-7 p.m.,
Monday, Feb. 25
WHERE: California State University,
Dominguez Hills, Loker Student Union Ballroom
(Carson, CA) — When
California State University, Dominguez Hills Associate Professor
of sociology Clare Weber heard a radio interview with war resister
Agustin Aguayo, she thought the army medic who went AWOL in 2006
in protest to the Iraq War was well spoken and presented a reasoned
and heartfelt argument for why he risked prosecution for what he
believed in. Weber was so impressed by what Aguayo had to say that
she invited him to speak at the university.
“
A lot of our students have family in the military and a number
of students have served as well, and some of them are not in favor
of this war,” Weber said. “We haven’t really
had a critical voice on campus about the war, the military and
military recruiting. I felt inviting Agustin Aguayo to campus would
facilitate a really good exchange.”
On Monday, Feb. 25, Aguayo
will speak about his decision to seek conscientious objector status,
the army’s denial of that
status, his decision to go AWOL, and his time in prison after being
convicted for desertion. Aguayo’s wife, Helga Aguayo, will
also speak about her experiences, and excerpts from a documentary
about Arlington West, the temporary war memorial erected every
Sunday on the Santa Monica beach, will be shown. The event is from
5:30-7 p.m. in the ballroom of the Loker Student Union on campus.
Aguayo’s
visit is being sponsored by the departments of anthropology, Chicano/a
studies, history, interdisciplinary studies, labor studies,
political science, sociology, and women’s studies, as well
as the California Faculty Association, the Association of Political
Science Students and the Multicultural Center on campus.
The Loker
Student Union on the campus of CSU Dominguez Hills is located
off Victoria Street at Tamcliff Street in Carson. Permits
to park in the campus lots are $3 and can be purchased at yellow
kiosk machines on the perimeter of each lot.
For more information, contact Weber at cweber@csudh.edu.
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CSU Dominguez Hills -- California
State University, Dominguez Hills is a highly diverse,
urban university located in the South Bay, primarily
serving the
Los Angeles metropolitan area. The university prides itself
on its outstanding faculty and friendly, student-centered
environment.
Known for excellence in teacher education, nursing, psychology,
business administration, and digital media arts, new degree
programs include computer science, criminal justice,
recreation and leisure
studies, social work, and communication disorders. On campus
is the Home Depot Center, a multi-purpose sports complex
that hosts
world-class soccer, tennis, track and field, lacrosse, and
cycling.
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