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The Million Man March: Where Do We Go From Here? - Oba T'Shaka
All Day – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

A Catholic Critique of Christian Coalition - Bishop Walter Sullivan
All Day – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

Design in a Fishbowl in the Nation's Capital - Robert Stanton
All Day – Brunnier Gallery, Scheman Building - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

Sexual Ethics for the Rest of Us: Reclaiming our Sexual Lives as an Act of Grace - Rita Nakashima Brock
All Day – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

African American Women in Iowa After the Vote - Kathryn M. Neal
All Day – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Rosa Parks Day Celebration. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Final Thoughts on Who Controls the Media - Michael Moore
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Michael Moore is the host, writer, director and executive producer of TV Nation, a ground-breaking , satirical news magazine which appeared on NBC and FOX. he produced and directed"Roger and me," a political satire about his quest to convince General motors Chairman Roger B. Smith to visit Flint which was devastated by the General Motors plant shutdowns. The film was the highest grossing documentary of all times and enabled Moore to establish the Center for Alternative Media, a foundation supporting independent filmmakers and social action groups. Part of the National Affairs Series - Reexaming the American Dream

What Is the News? - Michael Gartner, Marilyn Berlin Snell and Dennis Ryerson
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Michael Gartner is editor and co-owner of The Daily Tribune and a columnist for USA Today. He was president of NBC News, page one editor of The Wall Street Journal, and editor and resident of The Des Moines Register. Marilyn Berlin Snell is executive editor of Utne Reader, a monthly magazine featuring the best of the alternative media. She was senior editor of New Perspectives Quarterly, a journal of social and political thought. Dennis Ryerson is editor of the Des Moines Register where he was editorial page editor. He was news editor for the Schottsbluff Star-Herald, editorial page editor of the Vancouver Columbian chief editorial writer and director of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, managing editor/news at the Denver Post, and executive editor of the Great Falls Tribune. Dick Haws of the ISU Journalism and Mass Communication Department will moderate. Part of the National Affairs Series - Reexaming the American Dream

Presidential Caucuses, Spin Doctors and the Press - Brian Kennedy and Mike Peterson
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Brian Kennedy is chair of the Republican Party of Iowa and Mike Peterson is chair of the Iowa Democratic Party. They will discuss the presidential campaigns in Iowa. Don Caristi of the ISU Journalism and mass Communication Department will moderate. Part of the National Affairs Series - Reexaming the American Dream

Who Controls the Media? - Jeff Cohen and Robert Novak
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Jeff Cohen is a syndicated columnist, commentator and media critic who founded and directs Fairness and Accuracy in the Reporting (FAIR), a progressive media watch group. he is a frequent guest on "Crossfire" and his articles have appeared in Rolling Stone, New York Times and Mother Jones. he is co-author of The Way Things Aren't: Rush Limbaugh's Reign of Error. Part of the National Affairs Series - Reexaming the American Dream

Defining the Public Interest in Media Mergers - Daniel L. Brenner
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Daniel Brenner is vice president for Law and Regulatory Policy at the National Cable Television Association. he was director of the Communications Law Program and member of the faculty at UCLA Law School, senior legal adviser to Chairman Mark Fowler of the Federal communications Commission; vice-chairman of the board of directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; and consultant to the RAND Corporation and the International Media Fund. Part of the National Affairs Series - Reexaming the American Dream