Panels focusing on the “Rhetoric of War,” broadcasting panels, internship panels and a film will form Speech Communication Day on Wednesday.

The event is from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. on the third floor of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

The topic “Rhetoric of War” will be the central focus of Speech Communications Day. The panels will be about how war is communicated to various audiences, portrayed in films and portrayed in cultures and constituencies, Brian Sowa, assistant professor of speech communication, said.

Panels for “Rhetoric of War” will be represented by professors of political science, history and philosophy. Rabia Akhtar, an Eastern graduate student, will hold a panel on the subject.

Akhtar was a correspondent for USA Today and CBS assigned to cover Pakistan during the war on terrorism a year ago, Sowa said.

“They (the panelists) are providing different perspectives from their various disciplines,” Sowa said.

Panels for broadcasting will aid students in gaining information about careers in broadcasting, Sowa said. Also, there will be panels for internships in speech communications.

A panel on emergency response to war will be featured at Speech Communication Day. The panelists will discuss how the United States can mobilize for war, Sowa said.

The keynote speaker is Craig Cutbirth, associate professor of communication from Illinois State University. Cutbirth’s topic is “America as a Warrior Nation.”

“Cutbirth will talk about how America prepares for war, internal tensions and external tensions,” Sowa said.

The last activity, the film “Starship Troopers,” will be shown at 7 p.m. in Coleman Hall, room 1781.