Elizabeth Dole to speak

Elizabath Dole will share her vision for America with IU students at 4 p.m. today in the IU Auditorium.\nThe former presidential candidate and once president of the American Red Cross will give a lecture entitled, "An America We Can Be," and will then answer questions from the audience that were sent via e-mail.\nTickets are still available, Union Board President Vaughn Allen said and can be picked up at the Student Activities Desk and the IU Auditorium Box Office. Tickets are free, and for students, can be picked up with a student ID.\n"(Students) have the chance to hear firsthand from one of the most politically active women in this country," Union Board Lectures Director Nick Hillman, a junior, said. "Students should do it for their education, just to take an active role in their education. I think she can draw a pretty diverse crowd. Political science students, business students, health students, women in general. She can touch a few categories on campus, she can relate to quite a few people."\nDole pursued the Republican presidential nomination eventually won by George W. Bush, leaving her eight-year role as president of the American Red Cross. Her experience includes posts as secretary of transportation and secretary of labor. She has also served as deputy assistant for consumer affairs under former President Richard Nixon; as a member of the Federal Trade Commission and as assistant to former President Ronald Reagan for Public Liaison. \nNow, Dole has announced her intentions to run for Sen. Jesse Helms' North Carolina senate seat. Her husband, Bob Dole, was a past Republican presidential nominee and Republican leader in the U.S. Senate.\nA 1998 Gallup Poll placed her among the world's three most admired women, and the January 1998 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine ranked her as one of the 10 "Most Admired Women" in America -- her third appearance on the magazine's list. \n"I think it's a testament to the greatness of Indiana University, that we can bring these events that are so meaningful to so many people," said Union Board President Vaughn Allen, a senior. "Elizabeth Dole is a phenomenal dignitary with all of her experience in the Red Cross and with the presidential election, there's a lot of great stories that'll be a lot of fun to hear about," he said.