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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Console', Courier, 'Courier New'; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">This Saturday evening, June 4th, at 7:00 pm, the Department of English Language and Literature hosts a debate </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Console', Courier, 'Courier New'; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">in the Hagey Hall Theatre of the Humanities </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Console', Courier, 'Courier New'; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">between <em>God is Not Great</em> author Christopher Hitchens and Professor Barry Brummett (University of Texas at Austin) on the resolution "Religion has been a positive force in culture." </span>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Console', Courier, 'Courier New'; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Console', Courier, 'Courier New'; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">As many of you know, Mr. Hitchens has faced some significant health challenges during the past year. Unfortunately, he cannot travel to the Waterloo Region for this event. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Console', Courier, 'Courier New'; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">We are delighted, however, that he has confirmed that he will participate in the live debate by video link, his voice having improved over the last little while. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Console', Courier, 'Courier New'; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">Jian Ghomeshi of CBC Radio's <em>Q</em> will moderate.</span></span>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Console', Courier, 'Courier New'; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">Although the main venue for the debate is sold out, an overflow site has been arranged at the Theatre of the Arts. Tickets, $10 each, are available from the Humanities Theatre box office on a first come, first serve basis: <a href="http://theatrecentre.uwaterloo.ca/boxoffice.php" target="_blank" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: #336666; text-decoration: none;">http://theatrecentre.uwaterloo.ca/boxoffice.php</a>.<br style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Console', Courier, 'Courier New'; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">We hope to see you on Saturday,</span>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Console', Courier, 'Courier New'; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">Shelley Hulan<br style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" />
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