Alan Keyes to speak Feb. 13

Leading black conservative Alan L. Keyes will speak at the Wisconsin Union Theater in Memorial Union Tuesday, Feb. 13, at 7:30 p.m.

Keyes, a former Reagan administration official, is a two-time presidential candidate and a two-time U.S. Senate Republican nominee.

Keyes served as the president of Citizens Against Government Waste from 1989-92 and founded the National Taxpayer Action Day and the Declaration Foundation.

Keyes’ lecture is sponsored by the University Book Store, Associated Students of Madison, College Republicans, Chadbourne Residential College, Pro-Life Action League and the Distinguished Lecture Series, one of 10 Wisconsin Union Directorate student committees which develop, coordinate and promote more than 800 events annually at UW–Madison.

Free tickets will be available at the Union Theater Box Office for UW–Madison students and Wisconsin Union members Wednesday, Feb. 7; one ticket per ID. Remaining tickets will be available to the public Friday, Feb. 9.

Other upcoming DLS speakers include Judy Shepard, mother of Matthew Shepard, gay rights activist, Feb. 27; Jeffrey Wigand, “Insider” tobacco scientist, rescheduled for March 7; Ralph Nader, Green Party presidential candidate, April 17; and Afeni Shakur, activist and mother of the late Tupac Shakur, April 22.