The symposium will explore the many responses evoked by the tragedy of the terrorist acts of September 11 that run from the need to attack Iraq to a closing speaker who will address the themes of "Peace, Reconciliation, and Healing."

The more than a half-dozen events and projects include a photo exhibition , an evening of films, a student response, analysis by political science professors, an oral history project and a special anniversary edition of the student newspaper.

Dr. Laurie Mylroie will speak about who , in her view, was really behind 9-11,  U.S. bungled intelligence efforts, and the need to invade Iraq.

Mylroie is Vice President of the Washington-based "Information for Democracy" and an internationally recognized expert on Iraq and the Middle East. She is publisher of "Iraq News," an on-line e-mail newsletter, and Iraq analyst for the Middle East Intelligence Bulletin.

Mylroie has just published a new book, Study of Revenge: Saddam Hussein’s Unfinished War Against America (American Enterprise Institute Press). Study of Revenge has been hailed, by among others, former CIA Director, Jim Woolsey, who called it a "brilliant and brave book," and former Assistant Secretary of Defense, Richard Perle, who wrote, "Move over Tom Clancy, Laurie Mylroie has written the year’s thriller." Mylroie’s previous book, co-authored with Judith Miller, Saddam Hussein and the Crisis in the Gulf, was a number one New York Times bestseller, and was translated into 13 languages.

Mylroie received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Harvard University and her B.A. from Cornell University. She was an Assistant Professor in Harvard's Political Science Department, before becoming an Associate Professor in the Strategy Department at the U.S. Naval War College. Subsequently she was a member of the staff of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. She also served as advisor on Iraq to the 1992 Clinton presidential campaign.

Her articles have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Commentary, Jane’s Intelligence Review, The National Interest, The New Republic, and Newsweek, as well as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, among others.

Mylroie has also served as a consultant to ABC News, the BBC, and Newsweek on terrorism.

On October 8, A student response panel, led by senior Jason Brandemarti (who lost a brother in the World Trade Center) will discuss their view of the September 11 tragedy. The students include Morgan Barr, an international studies major from Muncy; Emily Hammer, from Oakland N.J., and Greg Hart, an international studies major from Perkasie, Pa.

On October 14, two political science professors: Dr. Mike Roskin of Lycoming College and Dr. Tansa Massoud of Bucknell University will discuss the political implications of September 11 and the United States response.

On October 21, Dr. Jayne Seminare Docherty, associate professor of Conflict Studies at Eastern Mennonite University, will speak on "Long-term Security in the Post 9/11 World."

Dr. Docherty is particularly intrigued by the challenges of addressing those conflicts in which the parties struggle over competing values. She is the author of Learning Lessons from Waco: When the Parties Bring Their Gods to the Negotiation Table. She has also published papers on terrorism, violence, and conflicts between law enforcement authorities and new religious movements in Nova Religion and Terrorism and Political Violence.

Photo Exhibition

An exhibition of 25 photos taken by Lycoming College art professor, Lynn Estomin, are on display in the outer gallery of the John G. Snowden Library from September 5 through September 19.

These images were exhibited in Williamsport at the Bald Eagle Art League Gallery in City Hall last November, the Penn State Harrisburg Gallery in January, Antioch College Gallery in Ohio in July and are scheduled to be exhibited at Elon University in North Carolina in October. Estomin has donated proceeds from sales of the New York series to the Children's Aid Society World Trade Center Relief Fund.

Five images from this series by Estomin are included in the Here is New York project, which features images of New York after September 11 by photographers from around the globe.

A tolerance billboard, initially created before September 11 by Lycoming College art students, is on display on Market Street at Little League Boulevard with the wording: "Imagine World Peace.".

The art project was created in the spring of 2001 by visiting artist Patrick Nagatani, art professor Lynn Estomin, and art students at Lycoming College.

The billboard was the culmination of a residency at Lycoming College by the nationally known photographer, who spent a week on the Lycoming College campus in March 2001. It was later displayed in the fall of 2001.

The Lycoming College art students came up with the idea of featuring real local people in a photo montage that celebrates local diversity and promotes tolerance.

The Terry Wild Studio donated time, digital camera equipment and space for the initial photo shoot. The students designed the board and created the montage from twenty smaller photos.

In addition, the students designed a website that is accessible at www.lycoming.edu/tolerance/

With the help of the Library Archives, Lycoming College students in the Lycoming Scholars Program are conducting an oral history project that will compile the student memories of September 11. The project will become part of the College Archives..

All events, unless otherwise noted, will take place in the Barclay Lecture Hall (G-11) of the Heim Building. The lectures will begin at 7 p.m. and the film series at 7:30 p.m.