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Heather Has Two Mommies: Homophobia Censorship and Family Values - Leslea Newman
All Day – Memorial Union - Leslea Newman is the author of Heather Has Two Mommies, Writing From the Heart, A Letter to Harvey Milk, and Still Life with Buddy.

Big Wild Road Show - Northern Rockies Preservation Project
All Day – Memorial Union - A multimedi presentation by activists from the Northern Rockies Preservation Project working to stop loggin of the last remaining roadless areas of the Northern Rockies, the Coveland/ Mallard area in central Idaho.

Gender Barriers for Women Working with Subsistence Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa - Kitty Cardwell
All Day – Memorial Union - Kitty Cardwell is research plant pathologist at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Ibadan,Nigeria and a project leader for the Maize IPM Project. She received her doctorate in plant pathology from Texas A&M and her undergraduate degree in botany from the University of Texas.

Film:Rosewood - Rosewood
All Day – Memorial Union - This true story about the racially-motivated destruction of a small Florida town in 1923 was directed by John Singleton and stars Ving Rhames and John Voight.

Where Do We Go From Here? - Patricia Russell- McCloud
All Day – Memorial Union - Patricia Russel-McCloud is the president of The Links, Inc. a 9,600-member national community service organization and president of Russell-McCloud and Associates, a corporate management training firm.

- Ames Community Sing with the Urban Bush Women
All Day - A musical celebration with members of the Urban Bush Women, a visiting company of African American artists. Afterwards they will join the audience for birthday cake.

Concert - Let Freedom Ring
All Day - A crillon concert in honor of Dr. King. Tin-Shi Tam, carilloner.

A Musical Extravaganza - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration
All Day - Performances by the Big 8 Gospel Singers, Dance Ministry of Praise, and othrs in a musical tribute to Dr. King. Vice President for Student Affairs Tom Hill and President Martin Jischke will provide opening comments. Reception following wih cake graciously donated by the Memorial Union.

Hubble Space Telescope's Quest for Massive Black Holes in Galaxies - David Axon
All Day – Memorial Union - David Axon is an ESA astronomer with special responsibility for NICMOS. He was a senior lecturer on Radio Astronomy at the Nuffield Radio Astronomy at the University of Manchester.

Ancient Solutions and Contemporary Possibilities: The Development of the Classic Period Maya - Anabel Ford
All Day – Memorial Union - Anabel Ford is known for her research on settlement and environment in Mesoamerical archeology which challenges traditional views of the ancient Maya by examining the huma aspects of the civilization.