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Legislative Forum for ISU Students
12:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - State Representatives Beth Wessel-Kroeschell and Lisa Heddens and Senator Herman Quirmbach will meet with ISU students to listen to their concerns. Co-hosted by GSB.

Areopagus Lecture - Why Was the American Civil War Also a Religious Civil War? - James D. Bratt
7:00 PM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - James D. Bratt is Professor of History and Director of the Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship at Calvin College. His books include: Against Revivalism: Writings by Its Religious Despisers; Abraham Kuyper: A Centennial Reader; Gathered at the River: Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Its People of Faith; and Dutch Calvinism in Modern America: A History of a Conservative Subculture. He has a doctorate in history from Yale University, and an undergraduate degree from Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Crisis Communication: - The Elizabeth Smart Case - Chris Thomas
7:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Chris Thomas is the owner of The Intrepid Group and has managed more than a dozen crises for organizations ranging from non profits to a large international corporation. His most high-profile work was for the Elizabeth Smart family. He began working as their official publicist shortly after Elizabeth was abducted in June of 2002. He organized protocol to establish order with a large and demanding group of journalists, managed numerous crises that threatened to impact the family and search for Elizabeth, helped lobby for passage of the National Amber Alert, developed and later executed a "Resolution Plan," and handled media following Elizabeth's rescue. Thomas, who logged more than 10,000 calls from the media during the 11 months he worked with the Smarts, completed more than 100 live and taped interview with media ranging from The New York Times and Newsweek to the Today Show, Good Morning America and Entertainment Tonight.

Technology, Globalization and Culture Series - Sustainability, Fair-Trade, and Conservation Through Global Market Mechanisms - Can It Be Done?
7:00 PM – Howe Hall - Pierre Ferrari is the President of Lang International, a consulting firm that specializes in associative marketing. From 1995-97 he was the special assistant to the President of CARE, the world's largest private relief and development agency. Prior to that role, he acted as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Executive Committee member at Coca-Cola USA. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream, Inc. He is one of the founders of TeamX, a clothing company with a social conscious. He holds a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge and a MBA from Harvard Business School. His current interests include studying and consulting in the field of Conscientious Commerce, with a particular focus on creating and nurturing the internal conditions that lead to enhanced socially responsible behavior among businesses.

The Virgin Voyage of the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change: How Rough Is the Water Going to Be? - Yong S. Lee
12:00 PM – 244 Memorial Union - Dr. Yong S. Lee is Professor of Public Policy & Administration and Director of Science and Society Institute in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University.

Institute on National Affairs - Politics and Humor - The Comedy of the Daily Show - Rob Corddry
8:00 PM – Stephens Auditorium, ISU Center - ADMISSION FREE - Rob Corddry is a correspondent for Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. His political reporting antics have been the highlight of the Emmy- Award winning show. He will bring clips of the show and talk about the process of reporting on the best "fake" news show on television. Following his presentation, he will be signing copies of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction in the Celebrity Cafe.

The Global Garden Lectures Series - Beauty of the Antarctica Landscape: Fauna and Flora in an Ice Environment - Carol Vleck
7:00 PM – Hughes Auditoirum, Reiman Gardens - Carol Vleck is associate professor in Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology at Iowa State University.

Celebrate Black History Month - A Deeper Truth: Revelations of the Soul - Ako Abdul- Samad
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Ako Abdul-Samad is the founder and CEO of Creative Visions Human Development Center, and was elected to the Des Moines School Board in 2003. He has served as Vice President of the Islamic Center of Des Moines, Coordinator for Urban Dreams, and as a counselor in the Iowa prison system. Abdul-Samad has lectured and counseled internationally on community development, service to at-risk youth, and substance abuse prevention and crisis intervention. Abdul-Samad is a member of the board of directors of the National Conference for Community and Justice, Central Iowa Employment and Training Consortium, Directors Counsel of Des Moines, African American Leadership Coalition, Senator Charles Grassley's "Face It Together,"Concerned Citizens for Justice and Bridges of Iowa. He is the author of A Deeper Truth: Revelations of the Soul.

Unconstitutional: - The War On Our Civil Liberties
8:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Unconstitutional investigates the impact of the Patriot Act on the civil liberties of American citizens and immigrants. It is also the only movie to ever be endorsed by the ACLU. Director De la Peña has four feature length documentaries to her credit, including the critically acclaimed The Jaundiced Eye, and was part of the team that created HBO's Death on the Job, which was nominated for an Academy Award.

Spring 2005 Presidential University Lecture - Do the Eyes Have It? The Mistaken Eyewitness - Gary L. Wells
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Gary L. Wells is Distinguished Professor of Psychology, and internationally recognized for his studies of eyewitness memory. His work on the reliability of eyewitness identification has been funded by the National Science Foundation, and his findings incorporated into textbooks in psychology and law. He has served as an expert for the defense, prosecution, and plaintiffs in criminal and civil cases across the U.S. and Canada. He was a founding member of the U.S. Department of Justice group that developed the first set of national guidelines for eyewitness evidence. He co-chaired the panel that wrote the Justice Department training manual for law enforcement on the collection and preservation of eyewitness identification evidence, which has been distributed to every law enforcement agency in the U.S. Wells has worked with prosecutors and police to reform the way they conduct police lineups. 7-8 p.m. A reception and poster display in the South Ballroom will precede the lecture.