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Leadership, Democracy and Freedom - Lech Walesa
8:00 PM – Stephens Auditorium - Lech Walesa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, and became Poland's first democratically elected President in 1990. He began his career as an electrician active in the underground labor movement in the Gdansk shipyard where he headed the striking, outlawed union "Solidarity." In addition to many other honors, he was named Man of the Year by Time magazine, The Financial Times, The London Observer, Die Welt, Die Zeit, L'Express, and Le Soir.

Performance: Slam Poetry - Stacey Ann Chin
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Stacey Ann Chin is a performance poet who has appeared on campuses across the country and on "Showtime at the Appollo." She is the winner of a number of slam poetry contests and was featured on CBS's "60 Minutes." Her chapbook is entitled Wildcat Woman and she appears in several anthologies including Skyscrapers, Taxis and Tampons and Poetry Slam. Part of Women's Week 2001

Women Waging War and Peace: Assessing the Gender Dimension of Conflict - Vijitha Mahadevan Eyango
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Vijitha Mahadevan Eyango has been named Gender and Education Advisor for the Asia/Near East Bureau of the U.S. Agency for International Development. She is chair of the Institute for the Study of Gender in Africa (ISGA) at the UCLA James S. Coleman African Studies Center, and principal investigator and project director for the Gender, Science, and Technology in Africa Project. Synopsis: The gender dimension in conflict analysis has focused almost exclusively on women as victims of war with inadequate attention paid to women as participants in conflict or on their roles in conflict resolution. Women play an integral and multidimensional role in situations of armed conflict, both as perpetrators and victims, and as an effective force in mediation and post-war reconstruction. Using specific examples from South Asia, this presentation will assess women's roles in conflict, making the case for the global integration of gender considerations in conflict analysis. Part of Women's Week 2001

Can I Borrow Your Goddess? - Nikki Bado-Fralick
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Nikki Bado-Fralick will be discussing women's spirituality across cultures. She is president of the Midwest American Academy of Religion and an assistant professor in the Religious Studies Program at Iowa State University. Part of Women's Week 2001

Institute on World Affairs - Perspectives on Terrorism: A Forum
6:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Visiting international writers and Iowa scholars will discuss the impact of September 11. Rehman Rashid, a Malaysian Muslim journalist who has spent time in Afghanistan among the Taliban; Etgar Keret, Israeli novelist; Ghassan Zaqtan, Palestinian, West Bank publisher and poet; Aida Nassralla, an Arab/Israeli poet (invited); Robert Baum, Iowa State University Religious Studies Program; Moderated by Christopher Rossi, former Director, National Security Council, Clinton White House Sponsored by Humanities Iowa and the Institute on World Affairs (funded by GSB)

In This Time of National Crisis, Where Are the Women? - Marie Wilson
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Marie Wilson, an advocate of women's issues for more than 30 years, became president of the Ms. Foundation for Women in 1984 and helped launch its successful public education campaign, Take Our Daughters To Work_ Day. In 1998, she co- founded The White House Project, a non-partisan organization dedicated to changing the political climate to get more women elected to office, including the presidency. In 1999, she founded the Women's Leadership Fund, a public education initiative to change perceptions about and biases against women's leadership ability. Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics Mary Louise Smith Fall Scholar.

SITAR and SANKALP - A Performance: River Rites
7:00 PM – Fisher Theatre, ISU Center - Aparna Sindhoor will perform River Rites, a ballet in the Bharata Natyam style of Indian Classical Dance. She will also incorporates elements such as Rangoli and Kolata from Indian folk dances, in her performance. 'River Rites', is an artistic depiction of developmental issues and women's activism in India.

Bessey Lecture - Species, Speciation, and Macroevolution - Loren Rieseberg
8:00 PM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - Loren Rieseberg is Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Indiana University and recipient of the The David Starr Jordan Prize for Innovative Contributions to the Study of Evolution, Ecology, Population or Organismal Biology, an international award recognizing innovative contributions of young scientists to these fields. His research is at the cutting edge of integrative efforts uniting experimental, phylogenetic, and molecular approaches to attack one of the most challenging questions concerning the origins of biodiversity, the molecular basis of adaptive evolution and reproductive isolating mechanisms underlying the speciation process. His work has been reported in the journals Science and Nature and is establishing sunflower as a pre-imminent model system for the molecular study of speciation in plants.

America's Funniest Chemical Videos: Dazzling Demos and Videotaped Bloopers - John Fortman
7:30 PM – 1352 Gilman Hall - John Fortman will show videotape from his collection of misadventures in the laboratory. Portions of demonstrations by the Weird Science group will be included. He will also conduct his own chemical demonstrations. John Fortman is professor, associate chair of Chemistry, and the Robert J. Kegerreis Distinguished Professor of Teaching at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He received his doctorate in physical inorganic chemistry from the University of Notre Dame.

Confessions of a Recovering Misogynist: A Not So Good Brother Describes His Struggle to Become a Better Man - Kevin Powell
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Kevin Powell has been hailed as one of the most important voices of his generation. Famed scholar Michael Eric Dyson calls Kevin "one of America's most brilliant young cultural critics." A poet, journalist, essayist, public speaker, hip-hop historian, political activist, and TV, radio, and internet commentator, Kevin is perhaps best known for his stint as a cast member on the first season of MTV's hugely successful series "The Real World" (New York City). A prolific writer, Kevin's articles, essays, and reviews have appeared in a range of publications like Newsweek, Code, Essence, The Washington Post, and Vibe, where he worked as a senior writer for several years, interviewing prominent figures such as Colin Powell, feminist scholar Dr. bell hooks, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Spike Lee, Aaliyah, Suge Knight, and, most famously, the late Tupac Shakur on several occasions.He has written on the subject of his presentation for Ms. Magazine. Part of Women's Week 2001