Harvey to Speak On Monetary Union Feb. 5

February 3, 1998

Dr. Frauke A. Harvey, professor and director of German, Russian and Japanese in the department of modern foreign languages at Baylor University, will speak at 4 p.m. Thursday in Room 201 of the W.R. Poage Legislative Library Center, as part of the Council for International Education's series, "All the News That's Fit to Discuss!"
Her speech is titled, "Countdown to Monetary Union: What the Euro Means to You and Me," and will cover the importance of the European market to the American market.
"I think it has tremendous importance for the United States," she said. "Whether it fails or succeeds, it will influence our market in some way."
A special foreign film series is also being held in conjunction with the lecture series. At
7 p.m. Friday "Leningrad Cowboys Go America" will be shown in Room 101 of the Castellaw Communications Center. The film and lecture are free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Dr. Joan E. Supplee, associate professor of history and director of the Latin American studies program, at 710-6294.