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Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama - Tim Wise
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - The audiotape of Tim Wise's talk will not be available on our website due to technical problems. Tim Wise has trained teachers as well as corporate, government, media and law enforcement officials on methods for dismantling racism in their institutions. He is the author of White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son and Affirmative Action: Racial Preference in Black and White. He has contributed essays to a dozen books and anthologies, including Should America Pay? Slavery and the Raging Debate on Reparations. Wise serves as the Race and Ethnicity Editor for LIP Magazine, and his bi-monthly columns are distributed as part of the ZNet Commentary program. He also appears regularly on ESPN's "Quite Frankly, with Stephen A. Smith" to discuss racial issues in the world of sports. Wise received his B.A. from Tulane University and antiracism training from the People's Institute for Survival and Beyond.

Election 2008: Why Students Should Vote Early - Kal Penn
4:00 PM – Maintenance Shop, Memorial Union - Kal Penn, an actor best known as Kumar of Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle and for his work on Fox Televisions' House, has appeared in many films including Superman Returns, The Namesake, and Harold & Kumar 2. He will talk about the importance of early voting and working to provide more opportunities for early satellite voting for students. Part of the 2008 Campaign Series which has the goal of providing the university community with opportunities to question candidates or their surrogates before election day.

Recent Studies in Human and Nonhuman Aggression
9:00 AM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Director of the Center for the Study of Violence and Distinguished professor of psychology Craig Anderson will be joined by other Iowa State faculty who will share their research for the First Annual Iowa State University Center for the Study of Violence Conference. Presenters include Douglas Gentile, Brenda Lohman, Jill Pruetz, Nathaniel Wade, and Matthew DeLisi.

THE ONION: The World of Fake News with Chad Nackers & John Harris
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - The Onion editors/writers Chad Nackers and John Harris examine the success of this satirical news source that heckled public officials and mocked traditional media long before the fake news of The Daily Show. They will explain their crackpot coverage of current events, hard-hitting national news stories, in-depth local articles, and engaging opinion columns along with the issues that other publications miss. Part of the National Affairs Series: How Will America Change?

Midwestern Boy Goes into the World, Returns, Speaks - Paul Shirley
6:00 PM – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Former Iowa State basketball player Paul Shirley went from walk-on to a three-year starter for a Cyclone team that progressed to the Elite 8 of the NCAA basketball tournament his junior season. Shirley, who earned an engineering degree at Iowa State, is the author of a blog for ESPN.com entitled "My So-Called Career" and has gained notoriety for his witty, literate, frank, and sometimes sarcastic observations on players, teams, fans, and sports media. He is the author of Can I Keep My Jersey, reflections on his career with thirteen different professional basketball teams, including the Phoenix Suns, Atlanta Hawks, Chicago Bulls, and teams in Greece, Spain, and Russia. Part of the Technology, Globalization and Culture Series.

Comedy with Jamie Lissow! A Destination Iowa State Event
9:00 PM – Stephens Auditorium, Iowa State Center - Admission Free - Doors open at 8:30 p.m. - Jamie Lissow has made appearances on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, NBC's Late Friday, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and is a proud Star Search loser. In February 2005, Campus Activities Magazine him for Campus Performer of the Year. He now resides in New York and can be seen touring nationally and headlining at the nation's top comedy clubs. Lissow has been called "the best writer since Seinfeld" and "Adam Sandler without the guitar."

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8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Event to be announced.

A History of Roadside Attractions - Erika Nelson
8:00 PM – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Erika Nelson is director of the World's Largest Things, a nonprofit corporation for the study of roadside vernacular architecture, including such Iowa attractions as Audubon's Albert the Bull, Adair's talking Happy Chef, Stanton's Swedish coffeepot water tower, and the Pocahontas landmark statue. Nelson is the founder and curator of the traveling roadside museum The World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things. Her artist-in-residence projects have covered such topics as storytelling and quiltmaking and Art Car development, and her many installations and exhibits include Domesticated: Deconstructing the American Dream and CanFormations. She has a BFA in illustration from Central Missouri State University and an MFA in textiles from the University of Kansas. This public talk will follow the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society banquet.

Gender, Leadership and the Natural Order - Rosalind Chait Barnett
1:15 PM – Benton Auditorium, Scheman Building, Iowa State Center - Rosalind Chait Barnett is Director of the Community, Families & Work Program and a senior scientist with the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University. She will discuss the media's use of gender stereotypes in the debate about women in leadership positions. Her research has encompassed such topics as workplace flexibility and employee health, employee-friendly after-school programs, and adult caregivers and job performance. Her many publications include Same Difference: How Gender Myths Are Hurting Our Relationships, Our Children, and Our Jobs; She Works/He Works: How Two-Income Families Are Happier, Healthier and Better Off; and Gender and Stress. She holds an M.A. and Ph.D in clinical psychology from Harvard University. Part of the 2008 Women's Leadership Summit.

Plants and Climate Change: A Mini Conference
1:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Join Iowa State faculty and visiting scholars for a discussion of issues related to climate change. Iowa State participants include: Steve Howell, Gene Takle, Kendall Lamkey, Matthew Liebman, Diane Bassham, Patrick Schnable, Rob Anex, and Catherine Kling. Visiting scholars include: Jian-Kang Zhu, University of California, Riverside; Stephen Long, Illinois Urbana-Champaign; and Rattan Lal, Ohio State University.