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Science and Technology for Sustainable Development:Two Atmospheric Problems - Sherwood Roland
8:00 AM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Sherwood Roland is the Donald Bren Reseach Professor of Chemistry and chair of the department at the University of California , Irvine. He is the first scientist to warn of chlorofluorocarbons released in to the atmosphere depleting the earth's ozone layer. He is also investigating the impact of methane gas. Full Title:Science and Technology for Sustainable Development:Two Atmospheric Problems: Stratospheric Ozone Sun Depletion, and Smog a the Earth's Surface

Myth of Race and Reality of Racism - Sedric McClure
12:00 PM – 224-246 Memorial Union - Sedric McClure co-facilitates cultural diversity workshops and is involved in community intiatives to empower people of color to take control of their destiny, including working on th staff of theFannie Lou Hammer National Institute on Citizen and Democracy.

Slide Presentation: The Great Bear Rainforest - Dave Damstrom
8:00 AM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Dave Damstrom is an environmental activist with First Nation, a group in British Columbia working to sav Great Bear Rainforest. It is the world's largest temperate rainforest.

Images of St. Francis Through the Ages - Jaime Vidal
8:00 AM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Jaime Vidal is first holder of the Msgr. James Supple Chair of Catholic Studies at Iowa State.

The Business of Entertainment: From Iowa to Hollywood
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, MU - Carmen Weets worked as associate producer, production coordinator, writer, researcher, and as assistant to producer/director Nora Ephron, Director Jesse Nelson and producer Lynda Obst. National Affairs Series.

The Business of Entertainment: From Iowa to Hollywood - Carmen Weets and Chris Brock
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Panel: Carmen Weets worked as associate producer, production coordinator, writer, researcher, and as assistant to producer/director Nora Ephron, director Jesse Nelson and producer Lynda Obst. She has worked with Tom Hanks, Jeff Bridges, Meg Ryan, Whoopie Goldberg, Steve Martin, John Travolta, and Robin Williams on various feature films, and now heads her own new York production company, writing, developing and producing independent films. Christopher Brock is counsel a Twentieth Century Fox where he handles legal aspects of the creative process. this includes negotiating agreements related to motion picture production, development and marketing concerns involving actors, directors, producers, writers, and rights. Before joining Fox, Chris worked a the law firm of Proaskauer Rose, where he represented entertainment industry clients, including the Walt Disney Company, Time Warner and DC Comics. Part of the National Affairs Series.

Shock Value - John Waters
8:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - John Waters is a director whose film career has spanned three decades and includes Pink Flamingos, polyester, Hairspray, Serial Mom, and the recently released Pecker. He will discuss the beauty of "good bad taste" and the absurdity of censorship in society. His books include ShockValue, Crackpot: The Obsessions of John Waters, Trash, and Director's Cut. Part of the National Affairs Series.

Film: The Home Economics Story
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, MU - This 30-minute film follows four freshmen girls through to graduation who come to Iowa State to major in home economics. This film was featured on Mystery Science 3000 on the Comedy Channel. Introduction by Tanya Zanish-Belcher. Tanya Zanish-Belcher is responsible for the Factual Film Collection and curator of the Archives for Women in Science and Engineering at Iowa State.

Film: Pecker
8:00 AM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - A John Waters' Film Starring Edward Furlong and Christina Ricci

Whose Fantasy Are We Seeing? Women and Men in Film - Molly Haskell
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Molly Haskell is a movie critic who has written for a range of magazines including Nation and Vogue. Her books include Holding My Own in No Man's Land: Women and Men and Film and Feminists, From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies, and Love and Other Infectious Diseases: A Memoir. Part of the National Affairs Series:film in America