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Latino Children and Youth's Ethnic Identity - Stephen Quintana
6:00 PM – 118 Horticulture Hall - Stephen Quintana is a professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in Counseling Psychology. Quintana received a Ford Foundation fellowship for his research investigating Mexican-American children's understanding of ethnicity. A reception will precede the talk at 5:00 pm in the same room. Part of the 2007 Diversity Lecture Series: Latinos in the Midwest.

A Conversation with Neal Stephenson
4:00 PM – Alliant Energy – Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Neal Stephenson is the author of the best-selling Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World) as well as the novels Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, Snow Crash, and Zodiac. Stephenson is an Ames High School graduate and has a degree from Boston University in geography and physics. He lives in Seattle, Washington. Part of the 2007 Emerging Technologies Conference.

Intergroup Perceptions, Multiculturalism, and Cultural Orientation among Latinos and Non-Latinos in the U.S. - Carey Ryan
4:00 PM – 118 Horticulture Hall - Carey Ryan is a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She received her Ph.D. in Social Psychology at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Ryan has research interests in stereotyping and prejudice, group processes, and program evaluation. A reception will follow at 5:00 pm. Part of the 2007 Diversity Lecture Series: Latinos in the Midwest.

Cautious Cars and Cantankerous Kitchens - Don Norman
1:00 PM – Alliant Energy – Lee Liu Auditorium, 1140 Howe Hall - Don Norman is the cofounder of the Nielsen Norman Group, an executive consulting firm that helps companies produce human-centered products and services, a professor at Northwestern University, and professor emeritus of the University of California, San Diego. He has been Vice President of Apple Computer and an executive at Hewlett Packard. Norman was also the president of the Learning Systems division of UNext, an early, online education company, and author of The Design of Everyday Things. Part of the 2007 Emerging Technologies Conference.

Late Night Comedy with Robert Kelly and Friends
11:00 PM – Stephens Auditorium, Iowa State Center - FREE ADMISSION! Boston native, Robert Kelly, is a constant and popular presence in comedy clubs across the country. Fresh from performing and taping Tourgasm with Dane Cook, Robert exudes a nonstop energy that grabs the audience from beginning to end. His television credits include Comedy Central's Premium Blend, NBC's The Carson Daly Show, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, VHI's Awesomely Oversexed, and MTV. Robert most recently appeared on an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and guest starred on ABC's sitcomThe Job with Denis Leary. He has performed at the South Beach Comedy Festival and HBO's Comedy Festival in Las Vegas. Wiith over a dozen independent movies under his belt, Robert is a favorite at clubs and colleges nationwide. Comedy openers include Barry Crimmins, Baratunde Thurston, and Tina Dupuy. Bill Burr was forced to cancel his performance due to schedule conflicts with the taping of his pilot.

Understanding the Real World - Jose Tapia from "Real World - Key West"
5:00 PM – Maintenance Shop, Memorial Union - Meet Jose Tapia, a cast member of Real World - Key West. Twenty-year-old Jose was raised in Brooklyn, surrounded by drugs, violence and the influences of the "wrong crowd." Jose found a way to break free of those negative influences. He now lives in Sunrise, Florida, where he is in his junior year at Florida State University.

Speaking Freely: Political Talk for Today and Tomorrow - Barry Crimmins, Baratunde Thurston, Tina Dupuy, Steve Deace, and Katherine Perkins
1:30 PM – Campanile Stage, Central Campus (Rain Location: Campanile Room, Memorial Union) - Part of the First Amendment Days Celebration, this panel features Baratunde Thurston, a comedian, "vigilante pundit," Harvard philosophy grad and author of Better Than Crying: Poking Fun at Politics, the Press & Pop Culture; Barry Crimmins, a comedian, political satirist, Air America Radio writer, former staff writer for the Dennis Miller Show, and author of Never Shake Hands With A War Criminal; Tina Dupuy, head writer for the L.A.-based political satire/variety show Billionaire Radio, frequent guest on Air America Radio, stand-up comic, and author of "The Sardonic Sideshow" Internet blog; Steve Deace from WHO Radio; and Katherine Perkins, producer and host of WOI Radio's Talk of Iowa. Moderated by David Saldana, Greenlee School of Journalism.

VEISHEA Opening Ceremony with Ann Bryant Borders
12:00 PM – Campanile Stage. Central Campus (Rain Location: Campanile Room, Memorial Union) - Ann Bryant Borders, a 1994 VEISHEA General Cochair, will deliver this year's opening remarks, "VEISHEA: Learning to Make a Difference." Borders graduated from Iowa State University with a B.S. in biology in 1994. At Iowa State she participated in the Honors Program and was a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority. Borders graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1999 and completed a Masters of Science in Health Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology in Boston in 2003. During her residency she spent a clinical rotation working at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. Following residency Borders completed a fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine and a postdoctoral fellowship in health services research at the Institute for Healthcare Studies at Northwestern University. She is currently an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Northwestern University.

The First Amendment and the White House - Helen Thomas
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Helen Thomas, a Hearst Newspapers columnist, served for fifty-seven years as a correspondent for United Press International. As White House bureau chief, she has covered every president since John F. Kennedy and is often referred to as "the First Lady of the Press." Thomas was the first woman officer of the National Press Club, the first woman member and president of the White House Correspondents Association and the first woman member of the Gridiron Club. In 1998 she received the International Women's Media Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award and was honored by President and Mrs. Clinton as the first recipient of the Helen Thomas Lifetime Achievement Award. She is the author of four books: Watchdogs of Democracy? The Waning Washington Press Corps and How It Has Failed the Public; Thanks for the Memories Mr. President: Wit and Wisdom from the Front Row at the White House; Front Row at the White House: My Life and Times; and Dateline: Whitehouse. The 2007 First Amendment Day Lecture.

Catholic-Muslim Relations: A View from Jordan - Fr. Nabil Haddad
7:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Fr. Nabil Haddad is a Melkite Catholic priest who is a member of the Jordanian Royal Commission for Human Rights. He is the executive director of the Jordanian Interfaith Coexistence Research Center (JICRC) in Amman, Jordan. The JICRC is a non-governmental organization that promotes coexistence on national and international levels through the establishment of intercultural understanding between communities, groups, and individuals. It's work is based on the common values inherent in the Abrahamic faiths of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. JICRC has three educational programs: Imams for Coexistence, Women for Coexistence, and Youth for Coexistence. Part of the World Affairs series.