Campus briefs

One-man hate-crime play coming to Santa Clara

One man's story of haunting childhood experiences with hate crimes is coming to Mayer Theatre on Apr. 30 at 7 p.m.

"A Killing in Choctaw," written and performed by Carl Ray, recounts his experience as an African-American living in Alabama during the 1960s.

In 1962, Ray was being questioned by a white man, Bill Carlisle, and did not address Carlisle as "Sir." Carlisle beat Ray severely, and later went to Ray's home to shoot his father eight times as Ray watched.

Ray also went through Jim Crow trials and being harassed by the Ku Klux Klan before graduating from Tuskegee Institute in 1967, and getting a job as an engineer with Lockheed Martin.

After taking a comedy class in San Francisco, Ray decided to pursue a career in comedy, including having his own cable TV show.

Following a speaking engagement in San Jose, Ray was approached about doing a play about his life story.

Tickets for the show are $5 general admission and $3 for students.

Diverse panel of journalists to speak about the war in Iraq

Representatives from numerous major news organizations will be speaking in a panel discussion regarding media coverage of the war in Iraq next Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Arts and Sciences Building studio

Speakers on the panel include Michael R. Gordon, chief military correspondent for The New York Times; and Maya Beydoun, foreign correspondent for the Al-Jazeera satellite network.

Admission is free to the public.

From staff reports. E-mail news@thesantaclara.com.