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Sigma Xi - You Are What You Eat: Decoding the Diets of Ancient Peoples - Henry P. Schwarcz
8:00 PM – Cardinal Room, Memorial Union - Henry P. Schwarcz is University Professor Emeritus in the School of Geography and Geology and an associate member of the Anthropology Department at McMaster Univeristy in Ontario. A geochemist, he is interested in applications of scientific methods in archaeology and anthropology. His two principle areas of research are the dating of prehistoric sites and paleodiet. He is currently involved in dating prehistoric sites in Egypt, Spain and Israel. He has published extensively in scholarly journals and received his masters and doctorate in geology from California Institute of Technology.

The Meaning of the Life and Work of George Washington Carver in Today's World - Harold McNabb
3:20 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - ISU Professor Harold McNabb will moderate a discussion with scholars and officials including ISU alum Paxton Williams; William N. Jackson, superintendent of the Carver national Monument; Herman Blake, chair of the ISU African American Studies Program; George Jackson, assistant dean of the ISU Graduate College; ISU Herbarium curator Deborah Lewis, and Food Science and Human Nutrition associate professor Deland Myers. Exhibits related to Carver's career and life will be on display in the South Ballroom throughout the day. The forum is part of the events celebrating the presentation of the Iowa Award to George Washington Carver, Iowa State's first African American graduate and faculty member.

Listening to the Still Small Voice: The Story of George Washington Carver - Paxton Williams
2:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Iowa State University graduate Paxton Williams will perform his one-act play, "Listening to the Still Small Voice: The Story of George Washington Carver." Listening to the Still Small Voice: The Story of George Washington Carver is the story of one of the most inspiring and enigmatic figures of the 20th century. Using your imagination, you will travel from Civil War-Era Missouri, to the young State Agricultural College at Ames, to Carver's laboratory, and to the halls of the U.S. Congress, where Dr. Carver sought to speak truth to power. You will see the trials and tribulations, and ultimate triumph of the "Wizard of Tuskegee." Born in slavery, you will see how Dr. Carver affected and was affected by such historical figures of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Henry Ford, and Booker T. Washington. Above all, you will see the story of simple man who did the best he could to serve humanity. Paxton J. Williams, 2000 Iowa State University graduate, is currently pursuing a Master's degree at the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy in Ann Arbor.

Presentation of the Iowa Award
11:50 AM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - The presentation of the Iowa Award to George Washington Carver, Iowa State's first African American graduate and faculty member, by Gov. Tom Vilsack. Several other officials will participate, including ISU President Gregory Geoffroy. A reception will follow in the South Ballroom with exhibits related to Carver's career and his life at Iowa State.

RESCHEDULED - Nazi Culture and the Seduction of the Art World During the Third Reich - Jonathan Petropoulos
8:00 PM – Design College Auditorium - Jonathan Petropoulos is research director for the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S., and professor of history at Claremont-McKenna College. He is the author of The Faustian Bargain: The Art World of Nazi Germany and Art as Politics in the Third Reich.

Ethical Issues Surrounding Stem Cell Research - Robert Streiffer
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Robert Streiffer recently joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin in both the Program in Medical Ethics and the Department of Philosophy, having received his doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1999. His research interests are in ethical theory, political philosophy, and applied ethics, with a focus on ethical issues arising from modern biotechnology, especially modern agricultural biotechnology. He is the author of Moral Relativism and Reasons for Action, and works with a group of ISU faculty on a USDA grant to expand and enrich the discussion of the ethical dimensions of agricultural biotechnology. Don Sakaguchi, associate professor of Zoology and Genetics, and Surya Mallapragada, associate professor of Chemical Engineering at ISU, will respond. Gary Comstock, Bioethics Program, will moderate.

Institute on National Affairs-The Business of Music in America - A Panel: Making It: The Business of Music
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Robb Vallier is a producer working with acts like Sublime and Methods of Mayhem, as well as writing music for films and television. A native Iowan, he graduated from Berklee College of Music and lives in Los Angeles. He was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Reggae Album category for his work coproducing Wailing Souls. Dave Diebler and Barb Schlif are the husband and wife team responsible for forming the legendary Iowa band House of Large Sizes. Formerly signed to major label Colombia Records, HOLS has decided a grassroots Iowa-based approach is the way to go. Originally formed 15 years ago in Cedar Falls, this power trio has become the model for doing it on your own terms in the music business and being able to do it from Iowa. Moderated by Kyle Munson, Des Moines Register music critic.

Institute on National Affairs Series - The Business of Music in America - Can Chicks Rock? Sexism in the Music Business
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Carla DeSantis is the editor of Rockrgrl magazine and the founder and organizer of the ROCKRGRL conference for women musicians in Seattle. She is the editor of Women Who Rock which was coproduced with Rock and Guitar One. She has provided commentary on VH1's "From the Waste Down," and has written for Rolling Stone and other publications.

Technical Innovation in Popular Music - Jeffrey Vallier
12:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Jeffrey Vallier is a senior firmware engineer with Gibson Guitar Corporation in their Labs Division. Jeffrey Vallier started playing guitar at age 10 and was in a band by age 13, playing through high school and college. He began his studies in electrical engineering at ISU in 1986, transferring to The Evergreen State College to complete his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering and music composition in 1991. Returning to ISU as a graduate student, he received a research grant after winning a design contest sponsored by AMD. He held an adjunct faculty position and spent two years researching a patent for his design. In 1995, he started a company, Pefftronics, at the ISU Research Park to commercialize the audio signal processing technology he designed. He moved to California in 1998 to take a job at Siemens Microelectronics, and then joined Gibson in 2000 as a senior firmware engineer to develop hardware for their MaGIC comunications protocol. He is now working on embedding the protocol in a single chip.

Rap, Race and Reality - Chuck D
8:00 PM – Stephens Auditorium, ISU Center - Chuck D, leader and co-founder of rap group Public Enemy, redefined rap music and Hip Hop culture starting in 1987. The group's eight albums have all met with critical aclaim. The critical and commercial success of Public Enemy opened the doors for Chuck to deliver his message through a number of different mediums. He has hosted his own segment on the Fox News Channel, is a prominent member of music industry non-profit organizations MusicCares and Rock The Vote, and started the record label Slamjamz. Chuck has also launched a radio station on the Internet, BringTheNoise.com, and in a landmark move, made Public Enemy the first multi-platinum selling act to release their album via the Web before it was available in retail stores. A major proponent of music on the Internet, he launched a multi-format "supersite" on the Web, Rapstation.com in September, 1999, as a home for the global Hip Hop community. He is the author of Fight the Power: Rap, Race and Reality, and is currently working on a second book. Institute on National Affairs Series - The Business of Music in America