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Guantanamo and the Constitution: The Role of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Global War on Terror - Neal Katyal
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Neal Katyal, a Professor at Georgetown University Law School, challenged the policy of military trials at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba. On June 29, 2006, the Supreme Court sided with him by a 5-3 vote, finding that President Bush's tribunals violated the constitutional separation of powers, domestic military law, and international law. Katyal has represented uniformed men and women in the Armed Services who challenged the Guantanamo policy. An expert in national security law, the American Constitution, the Geneva Conventions, and the role of the President and Congress post 9-11, Katyal forged a worldwide coalition of support for his challenge to the Guantanamo policy, including 422 members of the European and British Parliaments and several former Generals and Admirals of the United States Armed Forces, all of whom have publicly supported his work. An expert in matters of constitutional law, particularly the role of the President and Congress in time of war and theories of constitutional interpretation, Katyal has embraced his theoretical work as the platform for practical consequences in the federal courts.Katyal clerked for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer as well as Judge Guido Calabresi of the U.S. Court of Appeals. He attended Dartmouth College and Yale Law School. Part of the National Affairs Series and the 2006 Constitution Day Lecturer

Political Action Week - The Student Struggle: Are we second class citizens?
11:00 AM – Central Campus until 2 p.m. - City Council Members Ryan Doll and Dan Rice, Vice President Tom Hill, Ames Police Chief Loras Jaeger, YSS Director George Belitsos, and Story County Board of Supervisors Don Toms will address student concerns around affordable rental housing, minimum age for bar admittance, Ames Police party patrol, tuition increases. Nourishment for mind and stomach provided - FREE daily meals.

Space, Time, and Storytelling in the Making of an American Place - William Cronon
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - William Cronon is the Frederick Jackson Turner and Vilas Research Professor of History, Geography, and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the author of Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England and Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West; and edited Open Sky: Rethinking America's Western Past; and Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature.Part of the Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities series on Places, Peoples, and Spatial Practices.

Political Action Week - Flowers or Freeways?
11:00 AM – Central Campus until 2 p.m. - Candidates for Secretary of Agriculture Democrat Denise Obrien and Republican Bill Northey,along with City Council candidates Jami Larson and Erv Klaas, will address topics including global warming, energy policies, urban sprawl, development policies, and agriculture policies. Nourishment for mind and stomach provided - FREE daily meals.

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.