Marquette Hosts Real-Life Hero from Hotel Rwanda Paul Rusesabagina Highlights Mission Week with Speech on Human Rights Released: Jan. 19, 2006 MILWAUKEE – Paul Rusesabagina, the real-life man portrayed by Don Cheadle in the Academy Award-nominated film Hotel Rwanda, will be the keynote speaker during the university’s annual Mission Week. Rusesabagina will speak at 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, in the Varsity Theatre with a simulcast presentation in the Weasler Auditorium. Tickets for both locations are sold out, but members of the public without tickets wishing to view the speech on a live simulcast can do so at the following locations in the Alumni Memorial Union:  Room 163, Brooks Lounge (1st Floor), Marquette Place (2nd Floor). The speech will also be broadcast on Marquette University Television (MUTV), Channel 95 in residence halls. Guests are invited to join Rusesabagina and members of the Marquette community in a reception following the speech in the Alumni Memorial Union, Monaghan Ballroom. In 1994, nearly 1 million Rwandan people were killed as a militia carried out a genocide campaign across the country. Hotel Rwanda tells the inspiring story of real-life hero Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who sheltered more than 1,200 refugees from certain death. This year’s Mission Week at Marquette, with the theme “Human Dignity, Human Rights: A Call to Service,” will feature events across campus between Friday, Feb. 3, and Friday, Feb. 10. Each February, Marquette students, faculty and staff come together for a week of reflection and reconnection to Marquette’s mission. Event information WHAT:  Paul Rusesabagina speech on human rights WHEN:  Thursday, Feb. 9 at 4:00 p.m. WHERE: Varsity Theater              1324 W. Wisconsin Ave. Office of Marketing and Communication Contacts Brigid O'Brien Miller Director of University Communication Phone: (414) 288-7445 Send e-mail