{"id":17426,"date":"2014-10-22T16:27:03","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T20:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/?post_type=news&#038;p=17426"},"modified":"2014-10-22T16:27:03","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T20:27:03","slug":"spoken-word","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/news\/spoken-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Spoken Word Night Includes Slam Poetry Champ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Fort Wayne, Ind.\u2014<\/strong>Indiana Tech will welcome nationally recognized poet Carlos Robson as part of Speak Out, a spoken word poetry event.<\/p>\n<p>The event at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 will be held in the Multi-Flex Theater in the university\u2019s recently opened Academic Center. 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