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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.

Msgr. James A. Supple Lecture - Salvation: Who can be Saved? A Catholic Perspective - Fahey
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Fahey is editor of THEOLOGICAL STUDIES, a major US Catholic theological journal, and the Emmett Doerr Distinguished Professor of Catholic Theology at Marquette University. He recently received the John Courtney Murray Award for Distinguished Achievement in Theology by the Catholic TheologicalSociety of America.

A Multi-Media Presentation: I Hope You Don't Mind Me Asking - Kip Fulbeck
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Kip Fulbeck, is an Asian American multicultural expert whose videos tackle Asian Americans' issues with regard to race, using humor, combined with manipulated television and movie clips and fast-paced personal monologues. He is a professor of art and Asian American Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara.

Barbara E. (Mound) Hansen Lecture Series - Making Links: A Parent-Professional Collaborative Approach - Janet Gonzalez- Mena
7:00 PM – Mahlstede Room, Reiman Gardens - Janet Gonzalez-Mena is a consultant, trainer, author, teacher, and director. She has expertise working with early childhood programs, infants and toddlers, abused and neglected children, children with special needs, and diversity issues.

A Festival: Declare Yourself
12:00 PM – -7 pm, Great Hall, Memorial Union - Declaration of Independence Display 12 noon-7 p.m., Great Hall, Memorial Union A rare copy of the Declaration of Independence will be on display in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. This will include an original 10-minute comedic film starring actors Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn. Giveaways, touch screen-voter booths and other voter registration activities will be housed in two, adjacent tents. Voting is a serious subject, but the Declare Yourself campaign educates and empowers in a hip, fun, stylish, and entertaining way.

A Debate - SAME SEX MARRIAGE
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Camilla Taylor is a Staff Attorney in the Midwest Regional Office of Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest legal organization dedicated to advancing the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, the transgendered and people with HIV or AIDS. She is also the point person for Lambda Legal's Marriage Project. An opposing view will be provided by Mike Hartwig, executive director of Marriage Matters at the Iowa Family Policy Center, an organization working "to strengthen Iowa's families by presenting a traditional foundation of principles," and amend the Iowa Constitution and support federal efforts to define marriage as a union only between a man and a woman. Barbara Mack, Greenlee School of Journalism and Mass Communication, will moderate.

Bioethics Program - The Use of Animals in Higher Education: Problems, Alternatives, and Recommendations - Jonathan Balcomb
7:00 PM – Cardinal Room, Memorial Union - Jonathan Balcomb is the Associate Director for Education in the Animal Research section of the Humane Society of the US and author of many well known and widely referenced works on the humane use of animals in research.

The Sacrifice of Isaac in Jewish, Christian and Islamic Art and Theology - Shalom Sabar
4:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Shalom Sabar is a professor of Art History and Jewish and Comparative Folklore at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He serves as the editor of Rimonim, the only periodical in Hebrew on Jewish art (published by Israel's Ministry of Education); co-editor of the annual Jerusalem Studies in Jewish Folklore; co-editor of a series of 20 volumes on the Jews in the lands of Islam and the author of two books in the series - on the life cycle and on the year cycle of these communities. Jewish, Christian and Muslim ideas about art are examined.