Race and the Indiana brain drain will be topics of the next Indiana University South Bend Town Hall Meeting from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 6, in the campus Student Activities Center.

The town hall will be divided into two panel discussions. The first will be a discussion of what is being done to keep minority graduates in the area. The panelists will be: Indiana House Speaker B. Patrick Bauer, Christine Richardson, director of IU South Bend Career Services and campus project director of the Lilly Brain Drain Grant; Alma Powell, senior scientist with Educational Development Center, Newton, Mass.; and Charles Pittman, senior vice-president of newspapers, Schurz Communications.

The second panel will be young professionals and their Indiana careers. The panel member will be Mishawaka Mayor Jeff Rea; Marcus J. Barlow, field representative for U.S. Rep. Chris Chocola; Claudia Leyva, claims representative with the Social Security Administration; and Vaughn McClure, sports writer, South Bend Tribune.

The moderator is Keith Carter from WSBT-TV.

The event is free and open to the public. The event is sponsored by the Office of Campus Diversity, Political Science Department and the South Bend Tribune.

For further information call (574) 237-6535