Ingredients of a Democracy

Paul Chappel, author and spokesman for the Nuclear World Peace Foundation, challenged students and faculty to consider what a successful democracy needs. He brought up instances such as WikiLeaks, in which the government was not portrayed as honest and posed the question: What do citizens have a right to know? He also made students aware of an upcoming opportunity to meet Daniel Ellsberg and hear about his experiences as a U.S. military analyst who leaked government information regarding the Vietnam War.