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Stem Cell Research at Iowa State University - Don Sakaguchi
12:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Don Sakaguchi is associate professor of Zoology and Genetics at ISU. He was educated at the State University of New York, Albany, and did postdoctoral studies at the University of California, San Diego. His research interests include stem cell biology, developmental neurobiology, and development and regeneration of vertebrate visual systems. His current research focuses on stem cell transplants as a strategy for CNS rescue and repair. He participated in the International Bioethics Institute in Lisbon, Portugal, in the summer of 2000. Surya Mallapragada is associate professor of Chemical Engineering. She received her doctorate from Purdue University. Her research interests include micro and nanopatterned surfaces for nerve regeneration, mammary tissue regeneration, pH and temperature sensitive polymers for modulated drug delivery, membranes for bioseparations, and semicrystalline polymer drying. She participated in the 1998 Bioethics Institute at Iowa State University. Please look for the second event in this series: Ethical Issues Surrounding Stem Cell Research ROBERT STREIFFER Monday, February 11, 2002 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. 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.

Stepping Up to Power: The Political Journey of American Women - Harriett Woods
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Harriett Woods, former Lieutenant Governor of Missouri and past president of the National Women's Political Caucus, has authored the new book Stepping Up to Power -The Political Journey of American Women. She uses her own life story to recall how women excluded from the public life were fired by their determination to solve local problems and by their passion for social issues. She will discuss the positive and negative aspects of pivotal events leading to real political power for women and the challenges that remain. Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics Mary Louise Smith Spring Scholar.

Institute on National Affairs -The Business of Music in America - Making Music: A Conversation
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Since his early days in the bands Fugazi and Minor Threat, singer, guitarist, and Dischord Records co-founder Ian MacKaye has never wavered from the ideals that first inspired him to play harsh, challenging punk. Shunning multimillion- dollar label offers and lucrative tours, Fugazi has maintained its integrity, keeping charges minimal for CDs and tickets to its strictly all-ages concerts. Ian MacKaye will be speaking on his experience in the D.I.Y. movement that has become synonymous with underground music.

Msgr. Supple Lecture - Good Sex: Intimacy, Love and Marriage in the Christian Tradition - Maura Ryan
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Maura Ryan is Assistant Professor in the Department of Theology, at Notre Dame University. She co-edited The Challenge of Global Stewardship: Roman Catholic Responses and is the author of the newly published Ethics and Economics of Assisted Reproduction: The Cost of Longing (Moral Traditions & Moral Arguments).

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday Celebration - Living with a Purpose - Jamal-Harrison Bryant
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Jamal-Harrison Bryant was the Director of the Youth and College Division of the NAACP where he spearheaded the "Stop the Violence Start the Love Crusade." He has appeared on BET, CNN, C-Span and Politically Incorrect. Bryant is the host of Baltimore's number one rated Sunday talk show, "Keepin' It Real". He is also co-host of the "Larry Young Morning Show." He is the founder and Pastor of the fastest growing AME Church in the nation. He has an undergraduate degree in Political Science and International Studies from Morehouse College and a Masters of Divinity Degree from Duke University.

Activism Then and Now - Bobby Seale
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Bobby Seale is an activist and former director of the Black Panthers. Defining himself as an "revolutionary humanist," he demonstrates how civil-rights issues are interconnected and interrelated with environmental problems and global economics. He also encourages greater direct community democracy, including cyber- space activism. His books include : Seize the Time, A Lonely Rage, and Polylectic Reality: The Non-Linear Analytical View Memoirs: Bobby Seale & all the Original Black Panthers.

Ames * Iowa State University *Martin Luther King Jr. * Holiday Celebration - DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
12:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - A Musical Celebration The Point of Grace Choir and members of the ISU Chamber Choir will perform, with a dramatic reading from the World Theatre Group. President Gregory Geoffroy, Government of the Student Body President Andy Tofilon, and Black Student Alliance President Robert Price will speak. Birthday cake has been graciously donated by the Memorial Union

Surviving the 2002 Legislative Session
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Commission on the Status of Women Executive Director Charlotte Nelson, will be joined by State Senator Johnie Hammond, and lobbyist Judie Hoffman for a discussion of the upcoming legislative initiatives, particularly those affecting women.

Ames * Iowa State University *Martin Luther King Jr. * Holiday Celebration - COMMUNITY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
7:00 PM – 210 South Fifth - Something for the entire family.

Amnesty International/Ames Group 40 - The International Criminal Court: Is Global Justice Possible? - Douglass Cassel
2:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Douglass Cassel is Director of the Center for International Human Rights and Clinical Associate Professor at Northwestern University School of Law. He is also President of the Due Process of Law Foundation, based in Washington, D.C., and Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Justice Studies Center of the Americas, to which he was elected by the Organization of American States. He has served as consultant on human rights to the United Nations, the Organization of American States, the United States Department of State and the Ford Foundation. He has lectured in universities and academic institutions in Europe, Asia and the Americas, and his articles have been published nationally and internationally in English and Spanish. His weekly commentary on human rights is broadcast on Chicago Public Radio and published in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.