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Boethics Program Series - Greenpeace vs. Monsanto on Genetically Modified Food: Whom to Believe? - Gregory E. Pence
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Gregory E. Pence is Professor of Philosophy in the School of Medicine and Humanities University of Alabama at Birmingham. He teaches in the Philosophy Department, and Medical Ethics to first-year students in the School of Medicine. His books include Designer Food: Mutant Harvest or Breadbasket of the World? (named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2003), The Ethics of Food: A Reader for the Twenty-First Century, Re-Creating Medicine: Ethical Issues at the Frontiers of Medicine, Classic Cases in Medical Ethics: Accounts of the Cases that Shaped Medical Ethics, Who's Afraid of Human Cloning? and, with G. Lynn Stevens, Seven Dilemmas in World Religions. He edited Classic Works in Medical Ethics: Core Philosophical Readings and Flesh of My Flesh: The Ethics of Cloning Humans, and Brave New Bioethics.He graduated cum laude in 1970 (philosophy) from William and Mary, he earned a doctorate in 1974 from New York University.

Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities Series - Writing the Black South - John Roberts
8:00 PM – Farwell T. Brown Auditorium, Ames Public Library - John Roberts is a professor of English and associate dean of the College of Humanities at Ohio State University, and former deputy chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Roberts has published widely in the fields of literature, folklore, and African American studies. In addition to numerous articles and book reviews, he is author of From Hucklebuck to Hip Hop: Social Dance in the African American Community in Philadelphia and From Trickster to Badman: The Black Folk Hero in Slavery and Freedom. Robert's lecture is part of the Arts and Humanities in the Environment series and will address the importance of regional identity in the literature and folklore of the Black American South, specifically in the work of Ernest Gaines.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday Celebration - What Manner of Man: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Lerone Bennett Jr.
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Lerone Bennett Jr., senior editor of Ebony magazine, has pioneered in the writing of popular black history. His books include What Manner of Man : A Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.; Confrontation: Black and White Black Power U.S.A.; The Human Side of Reconstruction, 1867-1877; Forced into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream; Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America; and The Shaping of Black America. His numerous awards include receiving the Capital Press Club's Book of the Year Award and being named the United Negro College Fund's Humanitarian of the Year.

Brown vs. the Board of Education 50th Anniversary Celebration - White Racism in Iowa Education: Opening Doors, Opening Minds - Hal Chase
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Hal Chase is professor of African American Studies at Des Moines Area Community College and project coordinator for the book Outside In: African-American History in Iowa, 1838-2000. Alfredo Parrish is author of a chapter on Iowa attorneys in that book and managing partner with the law firm of Parrish, Kruidenier, Moss, Dunn, Boles, Gribble and Cook in Des Moines,

A Birthday Party and Musical Celebration
12:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - A university-wide celebration of the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Speakers and performers to be announced. Birthday cake donated by Campus Dining Services.

On the Environment - Carole King
11:30 AM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - Carole King is a singer and songwriter who has devoted much of her time to wilderness issues in the northern Rockies. Following her 1961 hit "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" by the Shirelles, she wrote what comprises one of the most remarkable lists of hits in pop history, including "The Loco-Motion," "Take Good Care Of My Baby," "One Fine Day," "Go Away Little Girl," "Up On The Roof," "I Can't Stay Mad At You," "I'm Into Something Good," "Pleasant Valley Sunday," "Just Once In My Life," "Hey, Girl," "Chains," and "Sharing You," among, many, many others. Her album Tapestry included "It's Too Late," "I Feel The Earth Move," "So Far Away," "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" - co-written with Jerry Wexler.

Sigma Xi Lecture - Human Computer Interaction - James Bernard
8:00 PM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - James Bernard is director of Virtual Reality Applications Center and Anson Marston Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Iowa State University. Dr. Bernard received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in engineering mechanics from the University of Michigan.

Video Lies and False Memory: How Visual Media Shapes Our Brains - Ann Marie Barry
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Ann Marie Barry is a Boston College professor of communications and author of Visual Intelligence: Perception, Image, and Manipulation in Visual Communication; The Advertising Portfolio, and many articles and creative works on the neurology of image, graphic design, and media studies. She is at work on a new book How Images Mean.

Presidential Caucus Series - Campaign 2004 - John Edwards
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - John Edwards represents North Carolina in the United States Senate where he serves as a member of four committees: Intelligence; Health, Education, Labor and Pensions; Judiciary; and Small Business. He is a graduate of North Carolina State University and earned a law degree with honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This series is designed to provide students, faculty, staff, and community members with an opportunity to question all presidential candidates before the precinct caucuses on January 19.

The War in Iraq: An Iowa Perspective - Steve King
4:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Steve King was elected to Iowa's new 5th Congressional District in 2002 and serves on the House committees on Agriculture, the Judiciary, and Small Business. He just returned from a tour of Iraq.