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HAPPY HOUR COMEDY - Bernie McGrenahan
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Bernie McGrenahan provides thirty minutes of stand up comedy before tackling the number one substance abuse crisis on campuses today. Whether we call it "high risk", excessive, of "binge" drinking, the problem is claiming the lives of students across America, and McGrenahan motivates and inspires students to "be responsible". His stand up comedy warms the crowd. His powerful message to follow includes the alcohol and drug related suicide of his nineteen-year-old brother, and Bernie's six-month incarceration from three DUI convictions.

An Untouchable Cries Out: The Dalit Art of Savi Savarkar - Gary Tartakov
7:00 PM – 181 Design College Gallery - Gary Tartakov, ISU art historian, discusses the work of Savi Savarkar. In India, Dalits or "untouchables" make up 17 per cent of the population and occupy a social and economic place at the bottom of the India's notorious caste system, comparable to the situation of African Americans in the United States. Savi Savarkar is the rare case of a gallery artist with a national and international reputation built upon a critique of the caste system. Viewing his art, even in the United States brings up difficult and even painful questions of intercultural and international communication and understanding. An exhibition of Savi Savarkar works will run from April 14-22 in181 Design College Gallery .

Legislative Student Forum
12:00 PM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - The Government of the Student Body is hosting a legislative forum with the Story County legislators, providing students with an opportunity to meet with legislators and discuss issues important to students. Lunch will be provided for ISU students.

Naming God, Naming the Infinite: Religious Mysticism and Mathematics in France and Russia, 1890-1930 - Loren R. Graham
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - is Professor of the History of Science in the Program of Science, Technology and Society at MIT. Professor Graham specializes in the history of science and the study of contemporary science and technology in Russia. His recent publications include Science and the Soviet Social Order (1990), Science, Philosophy and Human Behavior in the Soviet Union (1987), Science in Russia and the Soviet Union: A Short History (1993), The Ghost of the Executed Engineer (1993); A Face in the Rock (1995); and What Have We Learned About Science and Technology from the Russian Experience? (1998). This is part of the History of Technology and Science Series.

Can I Kiss You? - Mike Domitrz
7:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - For over 15 years, Mike Domitrz has been inspiring students with his hilarious sense of humor and his truly unique approach to healthier dating and communication. As an interactive and entertaining expert on dating and intimacy, Domitrz teaches audience members how to ask for what they want sexually or intimately - without having to play any of the games. He reveals a fun and revolutionary approach to insuring each person's boundaries are respected. While he presents one of the "cleanest" shows, Mike holds nothing back. Males and females from all cultures, backgrounds, sexual orientations, and diverse populations appreciate his sincerity and honesty.

International War Crimes Tribunal in Rwanda - Stephen Rapp
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Stephen Rapp , a former U.S. attorney in Iowa, has spent the last four years rounding up and prosecuting suspects in the 1994 Rwandan genocide that left 800,000 dead. As chief of prosecutions for the head of the United Nations' International War Crimes Tribunal of Rwanda, he is coordinating at least 40 more trials, assisting in international efforts to find suspects hiding abroad, and teaching what he's learned practicing a largely uncharted area of international law. Part of the World Affairs series on Global Justise and Human Rights.

The Art of Scientists - Robert Root-Bernstein
7:00 PM – Kocimski Auditorium, Design College - Robert Root-Bernstein is a professor of physiology at Michigan State University and a MacArthur Award recipient. He is the author of numerous books, including Discovering: Inventing and Solving Problems at the Frontiers of Scientific Knowledge, a book about how discoveries are made in science, and Sparks of Genius: The Thirteen Thinking Tools of the World's Most Creative People. He is currently working on a project titled "The Essential Connection: The Arts of Scientists." As a scientist, Root-Bernstein has over a half dozen patents. In addition to his research on molecular complementarily, autoimmunity, and AIDS, he writes on scientific creativity and art-science interactions. He has also created five works of art based on his scientific research for publication or exhibit. The Donald R. Benson Lecture in Literature, Science, and the Arts.

When Humans Transcend Biology - Ray Kurzweil
2:00 PM – 1140 Howe Hall Lee Liu/Alliant Energy Auditorium - Ray Kurzweil, the Human Computer Interaction Forum keynote speaker, successfully founded and developed nine businesses in OCR, music synthesis, speech recognition, reading technology, virtual reality, financial investment, cybernetic art, and other areas of artificial intelligence. His Web site, KurzweilAI.net, is a leading resource on artificial intelligence.

Global Justice and Human Rights - Noam Chomsky
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Noam Chomsky has written and lectured widely on linguistics, philosophy, intellectual history, contemporary issues, international affairs and U.S. foreign policy. His published works include: Language and Mind; American Power and the New Mandarins; For Reasons of State; Peace in the Middle East?; Reflections on Language; The Political Economy of Human Rights, Vol. I and II (with E.S. Herman); Fateful Triangle; Knowledge of Language; Pirates and Emperors; On Power and Ideology; Language and Problems of Knowledge; The Culture of Terrorism; Manufacturing Consent (with E.S. Herman); Necessary Illusions; Deterring Democracy; and World Orders, Old and New.He is on faculty in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He held the Ferrari P. Ward Professorship of Modern Languages and Linguistics, and was appointed Institute Professor. Part of the World Affairs Series.

Just an Essential Part of Everyday Life - Jeffrey Cole
6:30 PM – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Jeffrey Cole is at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication as Director of the Center for the Digital Future and as a Research Professor. He is currently a member of the International Telecommunication Union's Forum Programme Committee and founded and directs the World Internet Project, a long-term look at the effects of computer and Internet technology on all aspects of society in over 20 countries. He was Principal Investigator of the Network Television Violence Monitoring Project, which in 1995, 1996 and 1997 issued annual reports to the television networks, Congress, and the nation. Part of the Technology, Globalization, and Culture Series.