Whether you like him, hate him or find yourself somewhere in the middle, President Barack Obama has had a historical and busy two years as president, and students and faculty will discuss both sides of the political spectrum today at 10:30 in Le Bijou.

“The history department has held these sorts of events in the past, where we examine certain important issues,” Paul Wilson, history professor, said.  “We figured it would be a good time to assess the Obama campaign after its first two years.”

In previous years, forum discussion topics have included terrorism and other presidential campaigns.

The forum will feature four faculty members on panel.  Wilson, Norbert Michel, economics professor, Rusty Thysell, government professor, and Allen Alexander, associate professor of English will each give an opening statement before a question and answer session.  Panel members will discuss various issues among themselves for the audience to respond to.

The event will remain relatively informal.  Audience members will be able to ask questions at some point during the discussions.

“We’re including two conservative professors and two liberal professors,” Wilson said.  “Hopefully we’ll have some disagreements, but they’ll be cordial.  Students will be able to see that intelligent people can disagree without yelling and screaming at each other.”

This forum on our first African-American president’s first two years in office is appropriately placed in the middle of Black History Month.  It is one of many events scheduled for the month.

Nicholls students and faculty are welcome, as well as the general public.