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The Vagina Monologues
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Author Eve Ensler wrote a series monologues after talking to hundreds of women from all ages and ethnicities. Her subjects included a Long Island, N.Y., antiques dealer and a Bosnian refugee. "The Vagina Monologues" has had a lengthy run in New York City, where it has been performed by revolving trios of actresses and other famous women. The New York Times called it "a bona fide phenomenon," while Entertainment Weekly dubbed it " alternately funny, poetic and provocative." The Iowa State performance of "The Vagina Monologues" will feature Shirley Dunlap, associate professor of theater and director of ISU World Theatre Workshop; Sine Anahita, graduate student in sociology; LaTia McPherson, a freshman in psychology; M. Evelina Galang, assistant professor of English; Abby Hansen, a junior in liberal studies (curriculum); Fern Kupfer, associate professor of english; Carlie Tartakov, professor of curriculum and instruction; Vika Russell, a senior in biology; and Alissa Stoehr, a senior in political science.

Lost Boys: Why Our Sons Turn Violent and How We Can Save Them - James Garbarino
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - James Garbarino is director fo the Family Life Development Center and professor of Human Development in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University. he is the author of Raising Children in a Socially toxic Environment and Lost Boys: why Our Sons Turn Violent and How We Can Save Them. Part of the National Affairs Series

The Impact of Mandatory Sentencing on Families - Connie Cohen
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Connie Cohen is an associate judge in the Polk County Juvenile court. Part of the National Affairs Series

Just a Mom - Betty Degeneres
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Betty DeGeneres is the mother of actress and comedian Ellen DeGeneres. she is the author of Love, Ellen: A Mother, Daughter Journey, and Just A Mom, which features gay and lesbian children and their relationships with their parents. Part of the National Affairs Series

What Does Great-Grandma Think About This? - Peter Martin
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Peter martin is head of the ISU Gerentology Program and professor of human development and family studies. he has a doctorate in human development and family studies form Pennsylvania State University and a doctorate in psychology from the University of Bonn. His publications include "Personality, Life Events and Coping in the Oldest of the Old" in the International Journal of Aging. Part of the National Affairs Series

Globalization of the Environmental Crisis - Barry Commoner
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Barry commoner, in his work as a biologist, has focused primarily on ozone layer depletion. He just stepped down as director of the Center for the Biology of Natural Systems at Queens College in New York City after twenty years. He most recently was the lead researcher for a team from the North American commission for Environmental Cooperation which issued a controversial report naming the Ames power plant as one of the top 10 dioxin emitters detected in Northern Canada The commission was established under the North American Free Agreement to address regional environmental issues. his publications include: Science and Survival, The Closing Circle, Energy and Human Welfare, the Poverty of Power, The Politics of Energy, and Making Peace with the Planet. he received a doctorate in biology from Harvard University. Part of the World Affairs Series: Globalization - Trade, Debt and Civil Disorder.

History and Humanitarian Perspectives on the Russian Internet - Sergei Kuznetsov
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Sergei Kuznetsov is a lecturer at the Russian state University for the Humanities, Moscow, and contributing editor to newspapers and magazines on the Internet: Gazeta.Ru, Vesti.Ru, Internet.Ru, Lenta.Ru, Poratai Pole.Ru. He has published over 600 articles including humanitarian perspectives on the internet and mass media. He maintains eight internet projects including five weekly news magazines, and is repeatedly included on lists of the most influential people of the Russian Internet. Part of the World Affairs Series: Globalization - Trade, Debt and Civial Disorder.

Panel: Social Conflict, Trade disputes, and Genetically modified Organisms Revisited
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial union - Advances in the genetic modification of organisms and their application to agriculture and other human activities are considered great advances in human progress by many, while others have voiced grave concerns. Iowa State faculty and administrators will discuss the academic debate, social protests, and trade disputes generated by the disagreement: Richard Ross, College of Agriculture; John Obrycki, Entomology; Gary Munkvold, Plant Pathology: Lorna Michael Butler, Wallace Chair for Sustainable Agriculture, Dermot Hayes, Economics; with Colin Scanes, interim head of the Plant Sicences Institute, will moderate.

Panel: The Human Part of Globalization: Immigrants and Iowa's Economic Development
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - What is Iowa's recent history in dealing with immigrants? What are the trends in immigration? Can Iowa hope to compete in the global market as an agricultural producer without embracing and welcoming immigrant labor? David Oman chair of the Iowa 2010 Committee, part of the Governor's Strategic Planning Council; Sandra Charvat Burke, Iowa State University demographer and head of Marshalltown's Diversity Committee; Sandra Sanchez, director of the American Friends Service Committee's Immigrant Rights Project, with Dennis Peterson, director of International Education Services, will moderate.

Global Solidarity - Dianne Dillon-Ridgley
12:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Dianne Dillon-Ridgley is the United Nations headquarters representative of the World Young Women's christian Association. Formerly the Acting Director of the Women's Environment and Development Organization(WEDO), she was also president of Zero Population Growth(ZPG), the nation's largest grassroots organization concerned with rapid population growth and the environment. She has served on President Clinton's Council on Sustainable Development since 1994 and is currently co-chair of the Council's International Task Force. In addition, she is a trustee of the Wallace Global Fund, and serves on the Oxford Commission on Sustainable Consumption in the United Kingdom. Part of the World Affairs Series: Globalization - Trade, Debt and Civial Disorder.