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City Club extends forums to students
Robert Arons
Staff Reporter
In January a group of eight Case students attended a lecture at the Cleveland City Club as part of a new program here at the university.
The speaker was Kent Hill, assistant administrator for Europe and Eurasia for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). After Hill’s lecture to the City Club, the Case students as well as several area high school students were invited to chat privately with him.
Hill answered questions from the students ranging from the personal – “How do you get into international aide groups?” – to the large scale political – “How do you deal with corruption in governments and the negative aspects of capitalism and globalization in cultures that are entering a larger economy?”
Marriane Stott was one student who attended the City Club lecture. “It was refreshing to hear an official who genuinely believed in the positive aspects of democracy and capitalism winning out over the corruption that can occur in agencies and governments.”
At the same time, however, she did not find the lecture entirely convincing. “He kind of has to take the agency’s line; he didn’t address the downside of globalization, as I’ve become aware of through my college classes,” she said. For instance, according to students, he didn’t have any answers for the question of debt restructuring by the World Bank that often makes countries take uncomfortable stances in terms of human rights.
Begun in 1912, the Cleveland City Club calls itself “the oldest continuous free speech forum in the country.” For students, however, it can be difficult to attend downtown meetings and find transportation. This pilot program, sponsored by the department of political science and the Office of Student Community Service, is designed for students who are interested in “learning about public policy beyond the classroom,” according to Joseph White, one of the founders of the program, as well as for students involved in service who want to get a “broader national and international perspective on community service,” according to another leader in this program, Glenn Odenbrett. Case was able to negotiate special privileges with the City Club, such as member rates and private conversation with speakers, in part because the City Club’s mission is to encourage student discussion, and because Case also is involved with broadcasting the City Club’s forums.
Future events are planned for Case students who wish to participate, although space is limited to a very few students. Dennis Archer, former Detroit mayor and president of the American Bar Association, the first African American to hold that position, will speak Feb. 13 at noon. Also, the session on Friday, March 19th at noon will feature Dr. John Esposito, the founding director of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy. If you wish to go to one of these future lectures contact either Joseph White in the political science department or Glenn Odenbrett of the OSCS.
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