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Lake Forest, Ill.—Jose Solis Jordan, professor of education at the University of Puerto Rico, will lecture at Lake Forest College on Tuesday, April 1, 2003 at 4:30 p.m. in Meyer Auditorium located in Hotchkiss Hall, on the College’s Middle Campus. The lecture is titled, “Colonialism, Education, and Possibility: An Intellectual Speaks on Political Imprisonment.” The event is free and open to the public. Please call 847-735-5021 for more information. Born in Puerto Rico, Dr. Solis studied abroad in the U.S. attending Texas Christian University and then the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign where he received his Ph.D. He was an assistant professor at DePaul University before returning to Puerto Rico in 1995. A supporter of the Puerto Rican independence movement, Solis was convicted of attempting to bomb a military recruitment center in Chicago in 1992, a charge to which Solis pleaded not guilty. He spent three and a half years in a federal prison.” Dr. Solis contends that he was charged and convicted to discredit supporters of the Puerto Rican independence movement. Lake Forest College is a private, liberal arts institution located 30 miles north of downtown Chicago. The college has 1,300 students representing 45 states and 43 other countries.
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