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What You Don't Know Will Hurt You: The Press and Public's Know-Nothing Pact - Geneva Overholser
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Geneva Overholser is editor of the Des Moines Register which recently won a Pulitzer Prize for a series of articles on a rape victim and has been embroiled in a debate on whether the newspaper should have printed a controversial ad for the animal rights group PETA. Before joining the Register, she was on the editorial board of The New York Times where she specialized in national security and foreign affairs. Part of the National Affairs Series.

The First Amendment and the Arts - John Frohnmayer
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - John Frohmnmayer is the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Stanford with a bachelor's in American History and attended Union Theological Seminary as a Rockefeller Fellow. After serving in the Navy he received his master's degree in christian Ethics from the University of Chicago and a law degree from the University of Oregon. Part of the National Affairs Series.

The Rights of the Accused - Alfredo Parrish
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Alfredo Parrish is a criminal defense lawyer who has handled several highly publicized cases around the state. Of his 40 first-degree murder cases, only four resulted in first-degree convictions and one of those received the only pardon ever granted by Gov. Terry Brandstad. He received his law degree from the University of Iowa and is a partner in Parrish, Kruidenier and Exline. Part of the National Affairs Series.

Law and Justice in America - Howard Zinn
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Howard Zinn is professor emeritus of political science at Boston University and author of 13 books including: The People's History of the United States, The Politics of History, Disobedience and Democracy and Declarations of Independence: Cross Examining American Ideology. His articles and essays have appeared in over fifty periodicals. Part of the National Affairs Series.

Religion, Politics and the Bill of Rights - David Goldman and Peter Benson
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - David Goldman is an attorney and a member of the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council Task Force on the Bill of Rights. He chairs the Committee on Church-State issues and has been the chief litigator on Iowa cases involving the public display of religious symbols. Peter Benson is the president of the Search Institute, a nonprofit research organization involved in in-depth research of issues related to the needs of children and youth, and is the author of Religion on Capitol Hill: Myths and Realities. He has a master's degree in the psychology of religion from Yale University and a doctorate in social psychology from the University of Denver. Part of the National Affairs Series.

Do Campus Policies Supersede the Bill of Rights? - Barbara Mack, Tom Theilen and Bamshad Mobasher
12:00 PM – Maintenance Shop, Memorial Union - Barbara Mack was general counsel for the Des Moines Register before joining the journalism faculty at Iowa State where she taught communication law. She is now assistant to the university president. Thomas Thielen is ISU Vice President for Student Affairs and his office oversees the All-University Judiciary Committee and the residence halls. Bamshad Mobasher is a graduate student on the Committee to Reevaluate the Student Conduct Code and the ISU Committee on Equality. Part of the National Affairs Series.

The Bill of Rights: 200 Years of Conflict and Compromise - Mary Berry
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Mary Frances Berry has served on the US Commission on Civil Rights since 1980 and is the Geraldine R. Segal professor of American Social Thought at the University of Pennsylvania. her books include Black Resistance/White Law: A History of constitutional Racism in America and Why the ERA Failed: Politics, Women's Rights and the Amending Process of the Constitution. She was chancellor at the University of Colorado, provost at the University of maryland and professor of history and law at Howard University. Part of the National Affairs Series.

Debate on Existence of God - Michael Horner and James Patterson
All Day – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Michael Horner has been with Campus Crusade for Christ since 1974 and received his master's in philosophy from the University of Calgary. John Patterson is a professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Iowa State. From the University Lectures Program archive.

The Great Hunting Debate - Wayne Pacelle and Richard Bishop
All Day – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Wayne Palelle is the national director of Fund for Animals and associate editor of "Animal Agenda." Richard Bishop is the chief of the Wildlife Bureau of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Justice in America and the U.S. Catholic Church - George G. Higgins
All Day – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - George Higgins teaches at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and advises the U.S. Catholic Bishops on social issues and church-labor affairs. From the University Lectures Program archive.