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ENVIRONMENT: PERSONAL AS POLITICAL Women, Food, and Environmental Ethics Conference - Women and the Environment: Ecological Feminist Perspectives
10:30 AM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Dr. Davion is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Georgia, and is editor of the journal, Ethics and the Environment. Her areas of specialization include environmental ethics and feminist philosophy. Complete listing of conference under learn more.

Institute on National Affairs - Is the Bill of Rights in Jeopardy? - Nadine Strossen
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Nadine Strossen became the first woman and the youngest person to ever lead the American Civil Liberties Union as its president. A law professor at the New York School of Law since 1989, Nadine Strossen has written, lectured, and practiced extensively in the areas of constitutional law, civil liberties, and international human rights. She is the author of Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex and the Fight for Women's Rights and Speaking of Race, Speaking of Sex: Hate Speech, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities Series - Panel: George Bush's Environmental Politics
7:00 PM – Reiman Garden's Auditorium - Admission Free - Osha Gray Davidson is the author of Broken Heartland: The Rise of America's Rural Ghetto. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, The Nation, The New Republic, The Progressive, Woman's Day, The Miami Herald, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Baltimore Sun and many other publications. His other books include: Fire in the Turtle House: The Green Sea Turtle and the Fate of the Ocean; The Enchanted Braid: Coming to Terms with Nature on the Coral Reef ;The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the New South; and Under Fire: The NRA and the Battle For Gun Control. Steffen Schmidt, University Professor, Political Science; Carolyn Raffensperger; and Katherine Perkins, WOI Radio Producer, will moderate.

Institute on Naitonal Affairs - Is the Bill of Rights in Jeopardy? - One Nation Under God? Where to Separate Church from State - Barry Lynn
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Barry Lynn is executive director of American United for Separation of Church and State. In addition to his work as an activist and lawyer, he is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. He is a frequent First Amendment commentator on television and radio including the Today Show, the O'Reilly Factor, Nightline, 60 Minutes, Hannity & Colmes, Good Morning America, and Larry King Live. He was a regular co-host of "Pat Buchanan and Company" and Col. Oliver North's "Review of the News," and has written for the LA Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. He is the co-author of The Right to Religious Liberty: The Basic ACLU Guide to Religious Rights. He earned his law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center and his theology degree from Boston University School of Theology.

Civil War: The Battle for Marriage Rights - David Moats
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - David Moats is the editorial page editor of the Rutland Herald where he Won the Pulitizer Prize for editorial writing in 2001. He is also the author Of Civil Wars: A Battle for Gay Marriage, published by Harcourt in February 2004. He graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara with a degree in English in 1969. From 1969 to 1972 he was a Peace Corps volunteer in Afghanistan.

9/11 and the War in Iraq - Bobby Muller
8:00 PM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - Bobby Muller is President of theVietnam Veterans of America Foundation. His commission with the US Marines began the same day he received his Bachelors in Business Administration from Hofstra University in 1968. As a Marine Lieutenant, he served as a combat infantry officer in Vietnam. In April of 1969, Muller was leading an assault when a bullet severed his spinal cord and left him paralyzed from the chest down. His service in Vietnam and its aftermath changed his life. During rehabilitation at the Veterans Administration Hospital in the Bronx, NY, he experienced firsthand the problems of neglect, frustration and inadequate care being given to wounded veterans in the US. He decided to fight for fair and just treatment for all veterans by joining the anti-war movement, enrolling in law school at Hofstra and eventually serving as legal counsel for the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association. He founded Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) in 1978 and Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (VVAF) in 1980.

American Indian Symposium - Native American Perspectives on Sacred Lands - Clyde Bellecourt
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Clyde Bellecourt is a lifelong proponent of American Indian civil and spiritual rights: co-founding of the American Indian Movement in 1968, marching on Washington, D.C. and occupying the Bureau of Indian Affairs building in 1972, and participating in the occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in 1973. Mr. Bellecourt's activism moved into education, spirituality, and cultural survival when he founded the Federation of Native American Controlled Survival Schools in 1975 and continues with his activities such as Founder and Chairman of the Circle for Survival Consortium 1980, Founder and Executive Director, Elaine M Stateley Peacemaker Center 1989, and Spiritual Organizer and Leader, Gathering of the Sacred Pipes Sundance and International Elders and Youth Spiritual Gathering 1991-1998. Mr. Bellecourt continues to hold positions with many of the organizations he founded and is a nationally known and highly sought after speaker on spirituality, American Indian civil rights, and sacred concerns.

American Indian Symposium - Peoples of Place: Environment, Culture and Technology - Daniel Wildcat
8:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Daniel Wildcat is co-director of HERS - Haskell Environmental Research Studies Center and a faculty member at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas. The Center is a non-profit Native American research center to facilitate technology transfer to tribal governments and Native communities, the transfer of accurate environmental information to tribes and research opportunities to tribal college faculty and students throughout the United States. He is co-author of Power and Place: Indian Education in America and a Yuchi member of the Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma.

Bioethics Program - World Hunger and International Justice - Hugh LaFollette
7:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Hugh LaFollette, is professor of Philosophy at East Tennessee University, author of Morality and Personal Relationships, and a wide variety of works in bioethics, practical ethics and policy, and ethical theory.

American Indian Symposium - Native American Flute Performance - Bryan Akipa
8:00 PM – Maintenance Shop, Memorial Union - Bryan Akipa is a member of the Sisseton/Wahpeton Dakota Nation and internationally known for his craftsmanship in music/dance and storytelling performances. He has been nominated for several Native American Music Awards and has several recordings including Thunderflute, Tribal Winds, and Eagle Drums.