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Political Action Week - Equal Rights: Fact or Fiction?
11:00 AM – Central Campus until 2 p.m. - Catt Center for Women and Politics Director Dianne Bystrom, Interim Provost Susan Carlson, and Women's Center Director Penny Rice will address feminism, LGBT, and multicultural issues.Nourishment for mind and stomach provided - FREE daily meals.

Political Action Week - Tuesday: In God We Trust?
11:00 AM – Central Campus until 2 p.m. - Alex Tuckness, Political Science professor and Director of Public Policy and Administration Program, and John Donaghy,Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies and campus minister at St. Thomas Aquinas will address the role of religion in politics including gay marriage, stem cell research, school prayer, school vouchers, and religious choice in school curriculum. Nourishment for mind and stomach provided - FREE daily meals.

Campaign 2006 - Seldon Spencer
11:00 AM – Central Campus - Dr. Seldon Spencer is running for Congress in Iowa's Fourth Congressional District. He just returned from Afghanistan, which he visited both as a medical doctor and to gain a greater understanding of political issues and U.S. foreign policy. He has acted as a faculty member at the University of Iowa and has served the community as a doctor for twenty-two years. He has served on the board of the Story County Habitat for Humanity, and acted as a youth leader and deacon at Collegiate Presbyterian Church in Ames. This presentation is also a part of Political Action Week at ISU. Congressman Tom Latham will speak on Wed., October 11, at 4 p.m. in the South Ballrom of the Memorial Union.

Political Action Week Welcome - Senator John Kerry
11:00 AM – Central Campus - Senator John Kerry will open the Government of the Student Body's Political Action Week. The remainder of the week will see local and state public officials, candidates and activists discussing various topics. Today's topics addresses U.S. immigration policies, wire tapping, habeas corpus, torture, Iraq, Middle East, and national security. Nourishment for mind and stomach provided - FREE daily meals. Keynote Speaker: Seldon Spencer.

Who's Having This Baby? Helen Sterk
12:00 PM – Catt Hall 353 - Helen Sterk will lead a discussion about health communication and the control women experience when they're giving birth in a hospital. She will speak from her involvement in The Birthing Project, an archive of interviews with women about their birth experiences.Part of the Areopagus Lecture Series.

Iowa's Ecological Footprint - William Rees
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - William Rees is the author of Is Humanity Inherently Unsustainable? Much of this work is in the realm of human ecology and ecological economics. He is best known for inventing 'ecological footprint analysis,' co-authored Our Ecological Footprint, and is a founding member and recent past-President of the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics. He is also a co-investigator in the 'Global Integrity Project,' aimed at defining the ecological and political requirements for biodiversity preservation. He has taught at the University of British Columbia's School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) since 1969-70.

Women and Men: A Culture of Care Perspective - Helen Sterk
7:00 PM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - Helen Sterk co-authored Who's Having This Baby? Perspectives on Birthing and co-edited several books, including Gender and Applied Communication. She is professor and chair of the Department of Comunication Arts and Sciences, Calvin College, where she teaches and writes on rhetoric, feminism, gender, and popular culture. Part of the Areopagus Lecture Series.

Dark Water Rising: The Truth Behind The Animal Rescues of Hurricane Katrina - Mike Shiley
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Join award-winning independent filmmaker Mike Shiley for the true story of what really happened to 50,000 starving and stranded pets in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. He will show clips and provide comments on the making of his documentary which looks at the reality of the life and death struggles on the toxic streets of New Orleans.

Roberto Burle Marx: A Historical Context - Robert R. Harvey
7:00 PM – Reiman Gardens Hughes Auditorium - ISU Professor Emeritus Robert Harvey will discuss the work of landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx and his role in the transition between the Gardenesque and Modernist garden movements. Marx, a Renaissance man whose passions also included botany, painting, and sculpture created gardens in his native Brazil using lush, tropical plants in an abstract artist's eye. Lecture attendees will be able to view the current Reiman Gardens Conservatory display: Roberto Burle Marx: Designing with Bromeliads before the lecture. Part of Reiman Gardens Series.

Building the Right Foundation for the Financial Services Industry Right Here in Iowa - Scott Johnson
12:40 PM – 0119, Gerdin Business Building - Scott Johnson, the 2006 Stafford Lecturer, was named president of Wells Fargo Bank in 1993. He currently holds the title of Regional President for Wells Fargo Bank in Iowa and Illinois. Born in Morning Sun, Iowa, he graduated from Iowa State University in 1979 with a degree in Industrial Administration. He earned a master's of business administration degree in 1990 from Drake University.