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Dog Road Woman - Allison Hedge Coke
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Allison Hedge Coke is the author of two poetry collections, Off-Season City Pipe and Dog Road Woman, winner of the 1998 American Book Award, and a memoir, Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer. She teaches in the English department and the MFA program at Northern Michigan University. Part of the Second Annual Symposium on Wildness & Wilderness. 7-7:45 pm - The Bone People will perform jazz poetry, rhythm & blues.

Can We Be Good Without God? - John E. Hare
7:00 PM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - John E. Hare is the Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology at Yale University Divinity School.

Technology, Globalization, and Culture Series - Al Hirsch
6:30 PM – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Al Hirsch is currently the Managing Director for the CTARCo International management consulting company, a leading provider of energy power management and market systems and services in North and South America and Europe. He began his career in avionics design and worldwide strategic satellite communications systems engineering and has managed joint ventures as well as large and small technology programs for both international and domestic government agencies and commercial businesses. Part of the Technology, Globalization, and Culture series.

Nokomis: Voices of Anishinabe Grandmothers - Documentary and Discussion
3:45 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - In this Emmy-nominated documentary, author/filmmaker, Sarah Penman, has collected narratives from three remarkable Ojibwe women from Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota. After the viewing of Nokomis, Penman will discuss her process and her other projects, including her recent book of oral narratives, Honor the Grandmothers: Dakota and Lakota Women Tell Their Stories. Part of the Second Annual Symposium on Wildness & Wilderness.

Justice Across Generations: Environmental Ethics
1:30 PM – Oak Room, Memorial Union - Panel: Clark Wolf, (moderator) Director of Bioethics Program, ISU Dept. of Philosophy; Fred Kirschenmann, Distinguished Fellow, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture; A. Whitney Sanford, ISU Religious Studies Program. Part of the Second Annual Symposium on Wildness & Wilderness

Matters of Life and Death: "Harvesting" Animals
10:45 AM – Oak Room, Memorial Union - Panel: Stephen Pett, (moderator), ISU Dept. of English; Ron Andrews, Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources; Stacey Brown, Wheatsfield Grocery Store; Joe Cordray, ISU Meat Laboratory; Dan O'Brien, novelist/memoirist and buffalo rancher.

Mapping the Invisible Landscape
9:00 AM – Oak Room, Memorial Union - Panel: Debra Marquart (moderator), ISU Dept. of English;Thomas Rice, Department of Art, Kalamazoo College; Patrick Schnable, ISU Departments of Agronomy and Zoology & Genetics; Maya Socolovsky, ISU Department of English. Part of the Second Annual Wildness & Wilderness Symposium

Buffalo for the Broken Heart - Dan O'Brien
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Dan O'Brien is the author of Buffalo for the Broken Heart, a memoir on the history of bison on the northern plains and an account of the first two years following his decision to convert his South Dakota ranch to raising bison. He has been a teacher and a wildlife biologist, and is also the author of Equinox: Life, Love, and Birds of Prey, as well as the novels The Indian Agent, Brendan Prairie, and The Contract Surgeon. Part of the Second Annual Symposium on Wildness & Wilderness. 7-7:45 pm -The Mike & Amy Finders Band will perofrm bluegrass & folk music from the heartland.

Turkey: Between the Muslim East and the Christian West - Bulent Aliriza
7:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Bulent Aliriza is Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he established the Turkey Project which examines Turkey's foreign and domestic policy issues. He is also Co-Director of the CSIS Caspian Sea Energy Project looking at the transportation of oil and gas from the Caspian region to world markets. Previously, he was a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and also served as a Turkish Cypriot diplomat in New York and Washington, D.C. He holds a degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a doctorate in international relations from the University of Oxford.

Dance and Genomes - Liz Lerman
4:00 PM – Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall, Music Building - Liz Lerman, founder and artistic director of the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, was named a 2002 MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. She is known for her pioneering work in choreography and community-building. A gifted teacher, choreographer and performer, her work has redefined where dance takes place and who can dance. Her commitment is both to the art of dance and to the human element in art- making. Her company includes men and women ranging in age from the 20s through the 60s, each of whom is fully immersed in all aspects of creation, performance and teaching. In towns and cities throughout the country, her workshops have inspired local people--from shipyard workers to clerics--to participate in shaping and performing new work. Part of the Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities series. Master Class, 1:30 p.m., 196 Forker Building