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Tickets for Powell address at IU available to IU students, faculty and staff Oct. 25
NOTE TO EDITORS: Under the terms of Powell's contract, no video cameras or sound recording equipment will be permitted in the IU Auditorium during his address. We understand that this will present challenges to some media covering this event and plan to make available faculty who can offer comment on Powell's address. Reporters will need to check in at the southwest entrance to the IU Auditorium. Still photography will be permitted. For more information, contact George Vlahakis, IU manager of media relations, at 812-855-3911, or Vaughn Allen, Union Board director of public relations, at 812-855-4682.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Tickets for the Nov. 3 Union Board lecture by retired Army Gen. Colin L. Powell, former chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, will be made available to Indiana University Bloomington students, faculty and staff, beginning today (Oct. 25) at 10 a.m.
Powell will speak on "Challenges of a Changing World" on Nov. 3 at 4 p.m. at the IU Auditorium. There is no charge for the event.
One ticket for each IU Bloomington ID card will be allocated. No more than four ID cards will be accepted from one person.
On Oct. 30, beginning at 10 a.m., tickets will become available to the general public. All tickets can be obtained at the IU Auditorium box office or the Indiana Memorial Union activities desk.
Throughout his distinguished military career, Powell has earned a reputation for wisdom, calm and leadership most visibly demonstrated during crises at the highest levels of government. As chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Powell played an integral part in the planning of U.S. military efforts worldwide, including the Desert Storm and Desert Shield operations that forced Iraqi forces out of Kuwait.
Since 1997, he has acted as Chairman of America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth, a national campaign that strives to build and strengthen the character of our nation's young people.
The Indiana Memorial Union Board has brought thousands of programs to the IU community since its inception in 1909. Union Board is comprised of 16 student and four non- student directors responsible for campus programming that has entertained and educated the IU community through the years. The Indiana Memorial Union Board offices are located in Room 270 of the Student Activities Tower in the Indiana Memorial Union. For more information about Union Board, call 812-855-4682.
(Carrie Smith, 812-855-4682, carcasmi@indiana.edu)