Ward Connerly to speak tonight

Affirmative action foe Ward Connerly will speak Sept. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the Memorial Union Theater.

Connerly is a member of the University of California Board of Regents and was chairman of the California Civil Rights Initiative, otherwise known as Proposition 209. Adopted in 1996, the initiative eliminated affirmative action in public employment, public education and public contracting in California. His visit is sponsored by the Wisconsin Association of Scholars; the Foundation for Academic Standards and Tradition; the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Inc.; and The Federalist Society of the UW Law School.

Connerly’s appearance comes on the heels of a visit by widely known conservative columnist George F. Will, who delivers a speech, titled “American Public Policy,” Thursday at 5 p.m. in the Memorial Union Theater.