Candlelight King vigil to be Tuesday

January 12, 2006 | USU's Black Student Union and the office of Multicultural Student Services will host the annual Martin Luther King, Jr., candlelight vigil Tuesday. The event begins at 7 p.m. in the Taggart Student Center International Lounge.

The campus and community are invited to join the event in celebration and commemoration of the life of Dr. King.

The program includes a keynote speech by William A. Smith, assistant professor at the University of
Utah in the department of education, culture and society, as well as the ethnic studies program. His current research focuses on inter-ethnic relations, racial attitudes, racial identity and socialization, academic colonialism, affirmative action attitudes and the impact of student diversity on university and college campuses. He is the co-editor of The Racial Crisis in American Higher Education: Continuing Challenges for the 21st Century.

The USU program also includes remarks by Black Student Union President Jennifer Gowan. Moises Diaz, director of USU's Multicultural Student Services, will also speak. Musical numbers by USU students are included, while other students will present readings from Dr. King's writings. A slide show accompanies the candle lighting at the end of the ceremony.

Utah State University will be closed Monday in honor of Dr. King.

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