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Labor in Developing Countries and Multinational Corporations: What's Fair? - Naomi Klein and Simon Prestridge
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Naomi Klein is a journalist and author of No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies. Simon Prestridge is with Nike's department of Labor Practices. Murray Bacon Center for Business and Ethics Lecture and Part of the World Affairs Series: Globalization - Trade, Debt and Civial Disorder.

Families, Nations and Globalization - Zillah Eisenstein
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Zillah Eisenstein is professor of politics at Ithaca College and the author of a number of books including Global Obscenities: Patriarchy, Capitalism, and the Lure of Cyberfantasy; HATREDS: Racialized and Sexualized Conflicts in the 21st Century; The Color of Gender: Reimagining Democracy; and the forthcomng Man Made Breast Cancers. Part of the World Affairs Series: Globalization - Trade, Debt and Civial Disorder.

Challenges in Broadcast Journalism - Carole Simpson
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Carole Simpson is a senior correspondent for ABC News. A television broadcaster for more than 20 years, Carole Simpson anchored ABC's "World News Tonight Sunday"for 15 years, through October 2006, and continues to serve as an Emmy Award-winning senior correspondent for ABC News. Simpson won national praise for her role as the sole moderator for the 1992 presidential candidate "town hall" debate between George Bush and Bill Clinton. She was one of the reporters on the critically acclaimed documentary, "Black and White in America" and anchored three, hour-long ABC News Specials on "The Changing American Family," "Public Schools in America" and "Sex and Violence in the Media." In 1990, Simpson was a member of the "Nightline" team in South Africa and helped anchor ABC's live coverage of the release of Nelson Mandela from his 27-year imprisonment. She also has anchored many major breaking news stories such as the Persian Gulf War, the Tiananmen massacre and the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill hearings. Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics

Drugs, Sex and Relationships - Dr. Drew Pinsky
8:00 PM – Stephens Auditorium - Admission Free - Dr. Drew Pinsky, co-host of the MTV advice show, Loveline, is certified internist and addictionalogist. He is also the medical director for the department of chemical dependency services at Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena, Calif., the chief of service in the department of medicine, and the co-author of The Dr. Drew and Adam Book: A Survival Guide to Life and Love. As the co-host of Loveline, now on both radio and MTV, Pinsky dispenses wisdom on drugs, sex and relationships. He began hosting Loveline 15 years ago, long before it became a popular syndicated radio and TV program.

Ecofeminism 2000: Creating a New Ecofeminist Politics - Chaia Heller
12:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Chaia Heller teaches social ecology and ecofeminism at the Institute for Social Ecology and is the author of Ecology of Everyday Life: Rethinking the Desire for Nature. She is currently researching the political debate surrouding geneticall engineered food in France with an award from the National Science Foundation. EARTH WEEK

Vaughn Prain
7:00 AM – Lagomarcino W142 - What's New in Picture Books

Orley Taylor
8:00 AM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Monarch Watch: Using Butterflies to Facilitate Science Education

Veishea Opening Ceremony: The ABC's Influence on Modern Computers - John Atanasoff II
12:00 PM – Central Campus - John Atanasoff II, son of the inventor of the first electronic digital computer, is the president, CEO and chairman of Colorado MEDtech, Inc., a provider of advanced medical products and outsourcing services. The original ABC was invented by John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry at Iowa State from 1939-42. An authentic working replica of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC), will be on display in Howe Hall during VEISHEA weekend.

Kurt Gottfried
8:00 AM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Lecture Series on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development: Nuclear Disarmament and National Security

Nancy Ziegenmeyer
7:15 AM – Curtiss Hall front steps - Take Back The Night Rally: Taking Back My Life