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US Foreign Policy and the Peace Process in Central America - Robert White
All Day – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Robert White is president of the Center for International Policy where he has worked for negotiated solutions to conflict in Central America. He was a career foreign-service officer serving as ambassador to Paraguay and El Salvador under President Carter and Reagan. From the University Lectures Program archive.

The History of Jazz - Ellis Marsalis
8:00 PM – Music Hall, Recital Hall - Ellis Marsalis is a jazz musician who has played clubs and concert stages around the country. His is director of Jazz Studies at the University of New Orleans where he has influenced artists Harry Connick, Jr., Terence Blanchard and his own sons, Wynton, Branford and Delfeayo.

Counter Racism - Dr. Frances C. Welsing
All Day – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Frances C. Welsing was clinical director of the Paul Robeson School for Growth and Development with North Community Mental Health Center in Washington D.C., and is now in private practice. She has written on the Cress Theory of Color Confrontation and is the author of "The Isis Papers." From the University Lectures Program archive.

The Plants and Animals of the Columbian Exchange - Charles B. Heiser
All Day – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - Charles B. Heiser is distinguished professor of botany at Indiana University. His books include "Nightshades," "The Paradoxial Plants," "Seeds to Civilization," "The Story of Food," "The Sunflower," "The Gourd Book," and "Of the Plants and People." From the University Lectures Program archive.

On Becoming Native to the Place - Wes Jackson
All Day – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Wes Jackson is President of The Land Institute and author of "New Roots for Agriculture" and "Meeting the Expectations of the Land." From the University Lectures Program archive.

African- Americans in the New Century - Na'im Akbar
All Day – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Na'im Akbar is a clinical psychologist in the Psychology Department and Black Studies Program at Florida State University, and associate editor of "The Journal of Black Psychology." From the University Lectures Program archive.

Middle East Peace Conference and the Palestine Issue - Ibrahim Abu Lughod
All Day – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Ibrahim Abu Lughod is professor of Political Science at Northwestern University and author of "Palestinian Rights: Affirmation and Denial" and "Transformation of Palestine." From the University Lectures Program archive.

Performance: Body Leaks - Omaha Magic Theatre
All Day – 196 Phyiscal Education Bldg. - This performance is funny, contemporary, musical, and challenging. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Trivialization of Women in Magazine - Mary Kay Blaklely
All Day – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - Mary Kay Blakely teaches writing at te New School for Social Research and writes for Ms. Magazine. She is author of "Wake Me When It's Over." From the University Lectures Program archive.

Age and Cancer - Bruce Ames
All Day – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Bruce Ames is a professor in biochemistry and molecular biology and director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Center at the University of California Berkeley. He is the recipient of the General Motors Cancer Research Foundation Prize and teh Tyler Prize and ahs 250 scientific publications. From the University Lectures Program archive.