August 17, 1989 press release

Tow son State University MEDIA RELEASE University Relations/Towson State University Towson, Maryland 21204/Phone (301) 321-2230 August 17, 1989 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES 1989-90 SPEAKERS SERIES Humorist/writer P. J. O'Rourke, author of Modern Manners, Bachelor Home Companion and Republican Party Reptile, will present the first lecture, "Holidays in Hell," in the 1989-90 Towson State University Student Government Association Speakers Series on Sunday, September 17. Other speakers include Neil Sheehan, author of A Bright Shining Lie (October 1); Edwin Meese, former U.S. attorney general (November 5); Joe Clark, educator [former Eastside, N.J. high school principal] and inspiration for the film Lean on Me, February 11); Mark Mathabane, author of the bestselling autobiography, Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa (February 25); Rita Braver, CBS law correspondent (March 4); and Ellen Goodman, Pulitzer-prize winning syndicated columnist (March 11).