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Israel's Quest for Peace; Past, Present and Future - A Series - Israel in Modern History: An Escape from Polemics - Howard Sachar
8:00 PM – Ames City Auditorium - Howard Sachar is Professor of History and International Affairs at George Washington University, and a consultant and lecturer on Middle Eastern affairs for the United States Foreign Service Institute. He is the author of 15 books including : The Course of Modern Jewish History, From the Ends of the Earth, The Emergence of the Middle East, Europe Leaves the Middle East, A History of Israel, The Man on the Camel, Egypt and Israel, A History of Israel since the Yom Kippur War, A History of the Jews in America, and Europe and Dreamland: Europeans and Jews in the Aftermath of the Great War. He is also the editor-in-chief of the 39-volume The Rise of Israel: A Documentary History. Steffen Schmidt, professor of Political Science, will moderate. This speaker is the first in a series planned by the Ames Coalition for Peace.

From the Tetons to Tibet: Fifteen Years of Snowboard Descents - Stephen Koch
7:30 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Stephen Koch is one of the most accomplished snowboard mountaineers in the world. What sets him apart from many snowboarders and skiers is his ability to safely and swiftly climb the terrain he then descends. Seeking out aesthetic and challenging lines regardless of their altitude, Stephen was the first to snowboard Wyoming's Grand Teton, Kilimanjaro in East Africa, Puncak Jaya in New Guinea and Vinson Massif in Antarctica. When Stephen began climbing in Jackson, Wyoming's Teton Range in 1987, he used climbing as a means to access snowboard descents. Soon he was climbing for the love of climbing alone. His solo ascents of the Breach Wall on Kilimanjaro, Mt. Kenya's Diamond Couloir and the North Face of the Matterhorn in winter are recognized as extraordinary achievements.

Should a Rational Person Believe the Claims of Christianity? - Jason Reed
8:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Jason Reed is a philosophy instructor at the St. Louis University and St. Louis Christian College. He received his undergraduate degree in Philosophy from Iowa State University, a masters from Southern Evangelical Seminary, and is completing the doctoral program in philosophy at St. Louis University.

Design College 25th Anniversary Series - Weaving a Circle of Oneness: The Art of Building Community - Nobuko Miyamoto
7:00 PM – Kocimski Auditorium, 101 Design Building - Nobuko Miyamoto is a winner of a 2003 Ford Foundation Leadership for a Changing World Award. She is artistic director of Great Leap, an organization she founded in Los Angeles in 1978 to support the creation of original productions of theater, music and dance. In this interactive lecture/demonstration, she will share her songs, stories and video imagery.

The US and the UN: Can this Marriage be Saved? - Gillian Martin Sorensen
5:30 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Gillian Martin Sorensen, Senior Adviser at the United Nations Foundation, is a national advocate on matters related to the United Nations and the United States-United Nations relationship. She previously served as Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations on appointment by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the United Nations, and was responsible for outreach to civil society including non-governmental organizations around the world.

History of Science - 'Why She Becomes Insane So Often:' Women and Health in Rural Iowa, 1900-1940. - Jennifer L. Gunn
8:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Jennifer L. Gunn is Assistant Professor in the University of Minnesota History of Medicine Program. Her publications include "A Few Good Men: The Rockefellers and Population Studies," in Theresa Richardson and Donald Fisher, eds. The Development of the Social Sciences in the US and Canada: The Role of Philanthropy,and "Factory Work for Doctors," in Transactions and Studies of the Collge of Physicians of Philadelphia, and she is at work on a book on the history of rural medical practice in twentieth-century America. She received her masters and doctorate in History and the Sociology of Science from the University of Pennsylvania.

The Body Image Project: Beauty as a Relative Concept - Larry Kirkwood
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Also, Wednesday March 24, 7 p.m., Pioneer Room. Artist Larry Kirkwood of Kansas City will present the history of "The Body Image Project." Approximately 20 casts of male and female figures created by the artist will be on display. He will discuss challenges involved in the use of the human form as subject matter and misconceptions arising from the use of the term "visual beauty" in relation to the body.

Entomology Graduate Student Orgranization - Maggots on Corpses: Insect Evidence to Estimate Time Since Death - Robert Hall
8:00 PM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - Robert Hall is routinely consulted by law enforcement, judicial agencies and defense counsel regarding entomological evidence in criminal and civil cases. He is Associate Vice Provost for Research and professor of entomology at the University of Missouri, and a Medical Entomologist and Colonel in the Reserve U.S. Army Medical Service Corps. He has a doctorate in medical and veterinary entomology from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and a law degree from University of Missouri School of Law.

A Concert: Acoustic Music from Latin America - Calle Sur
7:00 PM – Maintenance Shop, Memorial Union - Calle Sur brings to life the rich diversity of Latin American music. Hailing from the grand savannas of Colombia and the sultry beaches of Panama, Calle Sur performs a large variety of Latin American and Caribbean rhythms. Karen Stein and Edgar East bring an extensive background in musicology to their presentations. Calle Sur performs nationally and internationally, has been featured on a variety of TV shows, and has provided the film score for three documentaries. For more information, please check out the link to their website: http://showcase.netins.net/web/costarica/calle/

Clarice Lispector: The Stylistics of Love - Alexis Levitin
8:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Alexis Levitin has translated two of Clarice Lispector's books, A Via Crucis do Corpo and Onde Estivestes de Noite which appeared under the title Soulstorm. Alexis Levitin has published 20 books of translations and his work has appeared in over 30 anthologies. in close to 200 literary magazines. This year he won a second NEA Translation Fellowship to work on the poems of two contemporary Portuguese poets, Herberto Helder and Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen. His most recent book is Forbidden Words: The Selected Poetry of Eugenio de Andrade. He has also received grants, awards, and prizes from the New York State Council on the Arts, Columbia University Translation Center, Witter Bynner Poetry Foundation, Wheatland Foundation and, in Portugal, the Gulbenkian Foundation, the Cam�es Institute, and the Book Institute. He was also awarded a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Residency.