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Comedy Opener - Brett Butler
8:00 PM – C.Y. Stephens Auditorium - Brett Butler has performed social and political commentary on the Tonight Show, a Lifetime Channel special, and in comedy clubs around the country. She was a writer and performer on the Dolly Parton Show and was nominated for comedian of the year in 1989. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Surveying Minority Groups in the United States - Elizabeth A. Martin
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

The Business of Art Collecting - James Demertrion & John Neff
All Day – Brunnier Gallery, Scheman Building - James T. Demetrion is director of the Hirshchorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and was director of the Des Moines Art Center. John Neff is the art program director for the First National Bank of Chicago. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Celebration of Middle Eastern Women - Evelyne Accad
All Day – Maintenance Shop, Memorial Union - Evelyne Accad is a French Professor at the University of Illinois and author of "The Veil of Shame" and "Sexuality and War and Literature in the Middle East. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Lessons form the Ancient Forest: Earth Wisdom and Political Activism - Lou Gold
All Day – Oak Room, Memorial Union - Lou Gold works with the environmental group Siskiyon Regional Education Project to stop deforestation in the Northwest. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Ecofeminisn as Community Development - Chiah Heller
All Day – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - Chaia Heller teaches feminism and ecology at the Institute for Social Ecology in Vermont and women studies at Burlington College. She is currently writing a book "Ecofeminism: The Revolution that Dances." From the University Lectures Program.

Flying Safety - William Kershner
All Day – Benton Auditorium, Scheman Building - William Kershner is the author of "The Advanced Pilot Manual," "The Instrument Flight Manual," and "The Student Pilot Manual." From the University Lectures Program archive.

The Urban Parks of Ancient Rome- The Politics of Space - Linda W. Rutland Gillison
All Day – Gallery, Memorial Union - Linda Rutland Gillison is assistant professor of Classical Studies at North Western University and is writing a book on the public parks of ancient Rome. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Future of the University - Ernest Boyer
12:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Ernest Boyer is president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Senior Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University. He served as U.S. commissioner of Education and was chancellor of the State University of New York, the largest university in the United States. Part of the National Affairs Series

Good-by Columbus: Public Culture in An Age After Empire - Henry Louis Gates
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Henry Louis Gates is the John Spencer Bassett Professor of English at Duke University. He has fought for broader representation of non-European cultures in university curricula and an emphasis on the contribution of women. His books include Figures in Black: Words, Signs and the "Racial" Self and Black Literature and Literary Theory. He also taught at Harvard and Cornell Universities. Part of the National Affairs Series.