The Beta Beta Beta Biology Honors Society and the Politics Club at Missouri Western State University are co-sponsoring a public forum on a controversial proposed oil pipeline at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 4 at the East Hills Library, 502 N. Woodbine. The forum in the library’s basement theater is free and open to the public.
Congress has passed and sent to President Obama a bill approving the Keystone XL Pipeline to carry oil from Canada to Steele City, Nebraska. President Obama is expected to veto the bill.
The scientific, economic and political ramifications of the proposed pipeline will be discussed by a panel comprised of Dr. Karen Koy, associate professor of biology; Jeannette Holland, adjunct instructor of economics; and Dylan Gibson, senior political science major and president of the Political Science Honor Society. Following short presentations by members of the panel, they will answer questions from the audience.
Missouri Western State University is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit www.missouriwestern.edu.