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What is the Future of the Catholic Church? - Thomas P. Rausch
8:00 AM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Rev. Thomas P. Rausch is professor and chair of the Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He is author of 75 articles and six books including The Roots of the Catholic Tradition, Radical Christian Communities, and, Catholicism at the Dawn of the Third Millennium. From the Lectures Program archive.

Phi Beta Kappa: Women's Rites and Rights in Roman Religion - Elaine Fantham
8:00 AM – 1414 Molecular Biology - Elaine Fantham is Geiger Professor of Latin and the director of the Program in the Ancient World at Princeton University, She is the author of Roman Literary Culture; Women in the Classical World: Image and Comparative Studies in Republican Latin Imagery, and co-editor of Erasmus: The Educational and Literary Works. From the Lectures Program archive.

Imagining the Land Series: The Country of Language - Scott Sanders
8:00 AM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Scott Sanders is distinguished professor of English at Indiana University and author of Wilderness Plots, Bad Man Ballad, In Limestone Country, Staying Put, and Hunting for Hope. From the Lectures Program archive.

The Language of Silence: West German Literature and The Holocaust - Ernestine Schlant Bradley
12:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Ernestine Bradley is wife, mother, educator, author and cancer survivor. She is a professor of German and Comparative Literature at Montclair State University. Her latest book, The Language of Silence: West German Literature and the Holocaust, published in March 1999, examine the work of post-war German authors as they reflect or fail to reflect on the genocide.

Presidential Caucus Series-Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration Latinos and the Future of American Ethnic Relations - Bill Bradley
6:30 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Bill Bradley served in the U.S. Senate from 1979-1997, and has made race relations a priority in his presidential campaign. Bill Bradley graduated from Princeton University and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University. He won an Olympic gold medal in basketball in 1964 and played professional basketball for the New York Knicks. He has written four books: Values of the Game; Time present, Time Past; and Life on the Run. From the Lectures Program archive.

Women in Sports and the Media - Robin Roberts
8:00 AM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Robin Roberts is a commentator for ABC Wide World of Sports, whose assignments included hosting Sunday morning's Sport Day, contributing to NFL Prime Time and providing reports and interviews from the field. From the Lectures Program archive.

Getting Ready for Standardized Tests - Carmen Sosa
12:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Carmen Sosa is a consultant with the Iowa Department of Education on English as a Second Language and bilingual education.

International Debt - Adolfo Perez Esquivel
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Adolfo Perez Esquivel is the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize winner. An accomplished sculptor and architect, he founded the Peace and Justice Service, a grassroots network of organizations throughout South America. When the right-wing military took control of the Argentinian Government in 1976, Esquivel worked for the "disappeared" and was even held prisoner and tortured. He is the President of the international League for the Rights and Liberation of Peoples and the author of Christ in a Poncho and Walking Together with the People. Part of the World Affairs Series: Globalization - Prospects For Democracy and Freedom.

The Origin, Nature and Destiny of Nappy Hair: A Banned Book, On-line Education - Carolivia Herron
8:00 AM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Carolivia Herron is a novelist and developer of multimedia computer education programs and the author of the much publicized children's story, Nappy Hair. She is assistant professor of English at California State University, Chico, and holds a doctorate. From the Lectures Program archive.

Our Songs of Songs: Multimedia Computer Education - Carolivia Herron
4:10 AM – N047 Lagomarcino - Carolivia Herron is a novelist and developer of multimedia computer education programs and the author of the much publicized children's story, Nappy Hair. She is assistant professor of English at California State University, Chico, and holds a doctorate in comparative literature and literary theory from the University of Pennsylvania. From the Lectures Program archive.