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Tickets Required To Attend Ann Coulter Lecture At UTC Oct. 5

Part Of Burkett Miller Distinguished Lecture Series

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

The Burkett Miller Distinguished Lecture Series will present constitutional attorney Ann Coulter on Monday, Oct. 5, at noon in the Roland Hayes Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Center.

Ms. Coulter will address "Evaluating the Change in American Government" and her speech will be critiqued by UTC faculty Dr. Rebecca Jones with assistance from Dr. Heather Palmer.

Sponsored by the Scott L. Probasco, Jr. Chair of Free Enterprise and the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute, this event is free and open to the public. Due to the high volume of interest in the lecture, the university will require that this be a ticketed event. There is no charge for the event, but each attendee must have a ticket to gain admission into the Roland Hayes Concert Hall. Doors will open at 11:35 a.m.

Overflow seating with live video feed will be available in the University Center Auditorium for attendees not gaining admission into Roland Hayes.

To reserve tickets, email Sara Gard at sara-gard@utc.edu with the name of each individual attending. Include "ticket request" in the subject line.

Ms. Coulter is the author of seven New York Times Best Sellers; she is the legal correspondent for Human Events, writes a syndicated column for Universal Press Syndicate and is a frequent guest on many TV shows, including Hannity and Colmes and Wolf Blitzer Reports.

Ms. Coulter graduated with honors from the Cornell University School of Arts and Sciences and received her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, where she was an editor of The Michigan Law Review. In 2001, she was named one of the top 100 Public Intellectuals by Federal Judge Richard Posner.

Dr. Jones and Dr. Palmer are professors of English at UTC and also teach in the Women's Studies program. Jones teaches courses on argumentation studies, rhetorical theory, writing, and gender studies, and coordinates the internship program. Her current work investigates the connections between individual belief, activist rhetoric, and the role of citizens in an active democracy.


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