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Watergate figure John Dean to speak at UCA
John Dean, the White House lawyer whose congressional testimony was key to unraveling the Watergate conspiracy during the presidential administration of Richard M. Nixon, will speak at UCA this Monday.
Dean's lecture will take place on Monday, October 13 at 7 p.m. at the Brewer-Hegeman conference center on the UCA campus. The event is free and open to the public, and it will include a reception and book signing.
Dean has long written on the subjects of law, government, and politics, and he recounted his days in the Nixon White House and Watergate in two books, Blind Ambition (1976) and Lost Honor (1982). He lives in Beverly Hills, Cal. with his wife Maureen, and now is a full-time writer and lecturer, having retired from his career as a private investment banker.
Before becoming Counsel to President Nixon in July 1970 at age 31, Dean was Chief Minority Counsel to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, the Associate Director of a law reform commission, and U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General. He served as Nixon's White House lawyer for a thousand days.
In 2001, he published The Rehnquist Choice: The Untold Story of the Nixon Appointment that Redefined the Supreme Court; in early 2004, Warren G. Harding, followed by Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush. In 2006, Dean publihsed Conservatives Without Conscience.
His newest book is Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches.
UCA celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
The Office of Minority Services, the Student Goverment Association and The Spanish Club tomorrow will host "Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month."
The event, which will take place on Thursday, Oct. 9 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the UCA Student Center Ballroom, will feature Al "Papa Rap" Lopez and the cast from the television show What’s up!Qué pasa?. Papa Rap will bring live Latin music to make everybody dance, free food will be available, and Hispanic students at UCA will share information about their native countries.
Nine from the 'Divine 9'
The National Pan-Hellenic Council includes nine traditionally African-American Greek organizations, and UCA is the only university in Arkansas that currently has all nine groups represented.
In honor of UCA Homecoming week, NPHC will present $900 to Ida Burns Elementary School in Conway. All nine organizations were founded at institutions of higher learning, and the UCA chapters want to help the younger generation continue a legacy of academic excellence.
The UCA students will present nine $100 gift cards to Principal Cindy Thacker this Thursday, Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. They hope the gift cards will be distributed to nine teachers to purchase supplies for their classrooms.
