Hays will host a symposium Thursday, December 1, of  the Insight Kansas Consortium, a group of Kansas political science and journalism professors who double as political columnists.

The public is invited to the panel discussion which will review first year of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback’s administration.

Members of the Insight Kansas consortium are Dr. Chapman Rackaway, associate professor of political science at FHSU; Dr. Bob Beatty, Washburn University; Dr. Michael Smith, Emporia State University; Dr. Edward Flentje, interim president of Emporia State University; Dr. Burdett Loomis, University of Kansas; and Dr. Gwyn Mellinger, professor of journalism, Baker University.

The symposium will be in the Memorial Union Ballroom on the FHSU campus at 7p.m..

The first Insight Kansas symposium was held at Washburn University last November to review the 2010 elections.