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Thursday, 25 Sep 1997

A Dramatic Presentation: Homer's Iliad - Stanley Lombardo
All Day – Memorial Union - Stanley Lombardo is professor of classics at the University of Kansas

Banned Books Week - Robert Lipsyte
All Day – Memorial Union - Author of eighteen books, including Dick Gregory's autobiography Nigger; Sportsworld An American Dreamland; Free to be Muhammad Ali One Fat Summer, and The Contender.

Wednesday, 24 Sep 1997

Hollywood vs. America - Michael Medved
All Day – Memorial Union - Chief film critic for the New York Post, host of radio talk show, and co-host of PBS's Sneak Previews and author of The Shadow Presidents and Hollywood vs. America.

Immigration & Iowa: INS and Sanctuary - Gil Dawes
All Day – Memorial Union - Director of Prairie Fire Rual Action, pastor for Trinity United Methodist Church in Des Moines

Monday, 22 Sep 1997

Why Sustainable Development is Too Modest - Mancur Olson
All Day – Memorial Union - professor of economics at the University of Maryland, author of Logic of Collective Acition and The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities.

Friday, 19 Sep 1997

POW/MIA National Recognition Day - Tom Lundberg
All Day – Memorial Union - Commanding officer of the Army Aviation Support Facility, President of the Iowa POW/MIA Assoc.

Thursday, 18 Sep 1997

The Anatomy of Prejudice - Jane Elliot
All Day – Memorial Union - Teacher, Consultant, works against prejudice, ignorance, and racism

Monday, 15 Sep 1997

Building Community in Iowa - Mike Lozano
All Day – Memorial Union - KCCI-TV's meteorologist

Friday, 12 Sep 1997

- Insect Horror Film Festival
All Day – Memorial Union - Films, cartoons, butterfly tent, a petting zoo and insect

Wednesday, 10 Sep 1997

Female Genital Mutilation - Alasebu Gebre- Selassi
All Day – Memorial Union - consultant to UNICEF