Morse law center
will host scholars
A program honoring late
Oregon Sen. Wayne Morse
will host two professors at
the School of Law this year
By Christopher Houser
Freelance Reporter
The Wayne Morse Center of Law
and Politics will host two scholars
this year, furthering the vision of
Oregon's famous political leader
and former dean of the University's
School of Law.
A giant on the American political
scene from the 1940s through the
1960s, Sen. Wayne Morse is remem
bered for his distinguished career
that included leadership in labor
legislation, civil rights, education
(he was instrumental in establishing
Head Start) and his stance against
the Vietnam War at a time when
Oregonians overwhelmingly sup
ported America's involvement.
He lost his senate seat in 1968 to
Bob Packwood and died in Eugene
in 1974.
The Center will host Richard Falk,
professor emeritus of international
law at Princeton, as this year's Morse
Distinguished Speaker in November.
Author of the book "The Great Terror
War," which considers the American
response to Sept. 11,2001, he has also
served on numerous international hu
man rights commissions.
Neil Smith — an anthropology
and geography professor, and direc
tor of the Center for Place, Culture,
and Politics at the Graduate Center,
City University of New York — will
serve as the Morse Chair Professor
this year, spending five weeks on
campus during winter term. Smith
recently wrote a book, "American
Empire," which describes the war
on terrorism as a masquerade for
what he says "is actually a war de
voted to the completion of the geo
economic globalism of the Ameri
can Empire."
The Wayne Morse Law Center's
2003-04 theme is "The Changing
Geopolitical Order: Implications
for Peace & Stability." Professors Falk
and Smith join an elite group of
distinguished scholars who have
had the honor to participate in
this unique program. Sen. Morse
encouraged young people to get
involved in politics, often telling
them, "I don't think you have any
idea how much power you wield in
your own government."
And Caroline Forell, interim direc
tor of the center, couldn't be more
pleased with this year's agenda.
"1 believe Senator Morse would be
very pleased with the topics and peo
ple that the Center is sponsoring dais
coming academic year," she said.
The Wayne Morse Center for Law
and Politics, which was established
at the University in 1981, brings im
portant political and legal issues to
the forefront and provides a forum
for controversial ideas that may not
get sufficient attention from main
stream media.
For more information on the upcom
ing lectures and events of the Wayne
Morse Center for Law and Politics visit:
www.morsechair.uoregon.edu.
Christopher Houser is a freelance
reporter for the Emerald.
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