March 3, 2004

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Barbara Gonzalez, Associate Director
(954) 262-5354
Mara Kiffin, Assistant Director
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Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist William Safire Comes To Nova Southeastern University As Distinguished Lecturer

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) will welcome The New York Times and syndicated political columnist William Safire on Tuesday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Rose and Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center, 3100 Ray Ferrero, Jr., Blvd., Fort Lauderdale .

There will be a question and answer session after the presentation, and Safire will sign copies of the various books he has written immediately following the program.

Safire, winner of the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary, joined The New York Times in April 1973 as a political columnist. He also writes a Sunday column, “On Language,” which has appeared in The New York Times magazine since 1979. This column on grammar, usage, and etymology has led to the publication of 10 books and made him the most widely read writer on the English language.

Before joining The Times, Safire was a senior White House speechwriter for President Richard Nixon. He had previously been a radio and television producer, a United States Army correspondent, and began his career as a reporter for a profiles column in The New York Herald Tribune.

From 1955 to 1960, Safire was vice president of a public relations firm in New York City , before becoming president of his own firm, Safire Public Relations, Inc. He was responsible for bringing then Vice President Nixon and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev together in the 1959 Moscow “kitchen” debate to publicize his client's kitchen. In 1968, he left to join Nixon's presidential campaign.

He is the author of Freedom, a novel of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. Other novels he has written include Full Disclosure, and Sleeper Spy. Additional works include a dictionary, The New Language of Politics, now in its fourth edition; The Relations Explosion; Plunging Into Politics; a history of the pre-Watergate Nixon years entitled Before the Fall; a speech anthology, Lend Me Your Ears, and The First Dissident, a political interpretation of the Book of Job. With his brother Len, Safire compiled three quotation anthologies: Good Advice, Words of Wisdom, and Leadership. His early political columns were collected in book form as Safire's Washington. Safire attended Syracuse University ; a dropout after two years, he returned a generation later to deliver the commencement address and is now a trustee. Since 1995 he has served as a member of the Pulitzer Board.

The Rose and Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center , located on NSU's main campus, is adjacent to the Alvin Sherman Library on the north side. Parking is available in the Library Parking Garage. Public patrons visiting the campus must enter the parking garage from one of the two east entrances. Public parking costs $1.00 per hour.

NSU's Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences offers 16 undergraduate majors with courses available in online and traditional formats. The College, whose alumni include prestigious Goldwater and Truman scholars, prepares students for graduate work and professional careers. In addition, the College offers the brightest student tremendous opportunities to succeed through its innovative Dual Admissions programs.

RSVP for the William Safire event, call (954) 262-8079). For more information about Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences at Nova Southeastern University , please visit www.nova.edu

EDITOR’S NOTE: In order to avoid brand confusion, please use “Nova Southeastern University” or “NSU” when referring to the university. Referring to NSU as “Nova” may confuse our school with another university with a similar name and/or with the Nova Schools in the Broward County School District. Thank you.