Date: August 21, 2008
Contact: Carol Connelly, Director, Media & Communication Services, ext. 5267, cconnelly@pnc.edu

SEPTEMBER 14 SINAI FORUM FEATURES TUCKER CARLSON

A photo can be found at: http://www.pnc.edu/cd/news/newsphotos/forum2008.html

Westville – Television and print journalist Tucker Carlson will open the 55 th season of the Sinai Forum Presented by Purdue University North Central on Sept. 14 at 7:30 p.m. at Elston Middle School in Michigan City . This season of the Forum is dedicated to the memory of its founder Sylvia Bankoff.

Carlson joined MSNBC in February 2005 from CNN, where he was the youngest anchor in the history of that network. At CNN, he hosted a number of shows and specials, including the network's political debate program, Crossfire. During the same period, Carlson also hosted a weekly public affairs program on PBS, Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered .

A longtime magazine and newspaper journalist, Carlson has reported from around the world, most recently from Iraq and Lebanon . He has been a columnist for New York magazine and Reader's Digest . He currently writes for Esquire , The Weekly Standard and New York Times Magazine . Carlson began his journalism career at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper in Little Rock . His first book, Politicians, Partisans and Parasites: My Adventures in Cable News , was published in the Fall of 2003.

All Sinai Forum programs are held at Elston Middle School , 317 Detroit St. , Michigan City . Subscription tickets may be purchased in person from the Michigan City Public Library, Kabelin Hardware, 512 Andrews Ave. , LaPorte and at PNC - Porter County Graduate Center , 600 Vale Park Road , Valparaiso . Subscriptions may be purchased via credit card by calling (219) 785-5697. Any student with a valid ID will be admitted free.

Additional information about the Sinai Forum Presented by Purdue University North Central is available at www.sinaiforum.org .

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