Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) will deliver a speech titledGathering Storm of the 21st Centuryat 7 p.m. Tuesday (Feb. 26) in the McKenna Hall auditorium at the University of Notre Dame.

While the sounds of opposition to the war are heard frequently on our college campuses, I plan to offer a perspective our students rarely hear: my views on who our true enemies are, what they believe, and why it is so important to defeat them,Santorum said.

The title of Santorums lecture references Winston Churchills history of World War II,The Gathering Storm.Santorum is writing a book onthe gathering stormof the 21st century – the challenges posed by radical Islamic fascism and its growing alliances around the world.

Santorum was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for two terms prior to serving as a senator from 1995 to 2007. In the Senate, he was a champion of efforts to counter the threat of radical Islam, to protect victims of religious persecution, and to promote democracy and religious liberty around the world.He also spearheaded the passage of the welfare reform bill, a ban on partial-birth abortion, the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act, the Combating Autism Act, the Farmland Preservation Act, the Global AIDS Authorization Act, Health Savings Accounts, and other key pieces of legislation.

A senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Santorum established and directs the Program to Protect Americas Freedom.He is the author of the bookIt Takes a Village: Conservatism and the Common Good,which will be available for purchase and signing during a public reception after the lecture.

The lecture is brought to Notre Dame by the Intercollegiate 91ÊÓƵ Institute and the Ethics and Public Policy Center as part of a yearlong series that includes talks at college campuses, including Harvard, Georgetown, Duke, Clemson and Yale Universities; the Universities of Oklahoma, Virginia and Georgia; and the London 91ÊÓƵ of Economics.

NDVotes08, a student-led voter registration, education and mobilization campaign of Notre Dames Center for Social Concerns, is sponsoring the Santorum lecture as part of its2008 Election Issues Series.The talk is free and open to the public.

_ Contact: Rachel Tomas Morgan, Center for Social Concerns, 574-631-5293,_ " rtomasmo@nd.edu ":mailto:rtomasmo@nd.edu

TopicID: 26667

Raymond C. Offenheiser, president of the international relief and development agency Oxfam America, will give the luncheon keynote address Saturday (Feb. 23) at a symposium at the University of Notre Dame titledSolidarity in the Pursuit of Authentic Human Development.

A 1971 Notre Dame graduate, Offenheiser has led the U.S. affiliate of Oxfam International since 1995. During his tenure, the organization has grown more than fourfold and has positioned itself as a leader on international development and global trade. Offenheiser is a recognized expert on poverty alleviation, human rights, foreign assistance and international development.

Solidarity in the Pursuit of Authentic Human Development: A Student Symposiumwill take place from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Notre Dames Hesburgh Center for International 91ÊÓƵ.

Students from Notre Dame and Uganda Martyrs University in Uganda, East Africa, will present their research on human development.Faculty from both institutions will serve as discussants for each of the panel presentations on health, education, environment, rural development and approaches to development.

The symposium is sponsored by Notre Dames Ford Family Program in Human Development and Solidarity, Helen Kellogg Institute for International 91ÊÓƵ and Center for Social Concerns.

Registration and more information are available on the Web at .

_ Contacts: Tim Lyden, Ford Family Program in Human Development, 574-631-3744,_ " lyden.6@nd.edu ":mailto:lyden.6@nd.edu , or Rachel Tomas Morgan, Center for Social Concerns, 574-631-5293, " rtomasmo@nd.edu ":mailto:rtomasmo@nd.edu

TopicID: 26627