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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.

Student Athletes: A Balancing Act - Doug Collins, Tracy Graham, Mark DouBrava, Sanquenetta Davis, Mimi Walz, Gene Williams and Lisa Skidmore
12:00 PM – Maintenance Shop, Memorial Union - ISU student athletes will discuss the academic, athletic and social pressures they face. Former ISU Government of the Student Body president and football player Paul Thibodeaux will moderate. Part of the National Affairs Series.

Athletics in the 90's: A Decade of Change - Richard Schultz
5:00 PM – Benton Auditorium, Scheman Building - Richard Schultz is the executive director of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). He was basketball coach and assistant to the president at the University of Iowa and athletic director at Cornell University and the University of Virginia. Part of the National Affairs Series.

Athletics and Academics: An Iowa Response - Richard Herrnstadt, Ken Weller and Steve McDonnell
12:00 PM – Maintenance Shop, Memorial Union - Richard Herrnstadt is professor of English and chair of the Ad Hoc Committee to Review the Academic Status of ISU Student Athletes. Kenneth Weller is president emeritus of Central College in Pella. Steve McDonnell is director of ISU's Athletic Academic Services and helped develop the Athletic Department's response to the ad hoc committee report. Part of the National Affairs Series.

How to Destroy the First Amendment in the Name of Diversity - Nat Hentoff
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Nat Hentoff writes for the Village Voice and many other publications. He is author of a number of books including The First Freedom: The Tumultuous History of Free Speech in America, American Heroes: In and Out of School, Our Children Are Dying and The Day They Came to Arrest the Book: A Novel. Part of the National Affairs Series.

Panel: Consultants in Education
4:00 PM – Maintenance Shop, Memorial Union - Jean Adams is ISU associate provost and was chair of the Long-Range Strategic Planning Committee. MaryAnn Yodelis Smith is professor of communications and vice chancellor at the University of Wisconsin Centers and has served as an academic consultant on accrediting teams. james Carney is parter-in-charge of the management consulting area at KPMG/Peat Marwick. Dale Ross, associate professor and assistant chair of the ISU English Department, will moderate. Part of the National Affairs Series.

The Decline of Education in the Age of Management - David Ehrenfeld
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - David Ehrenfeld is a professor of biology at Rutgers University and author of Biological Conservation, Conserving Life on Earth and The Arrogance of Humanism. He is currently working on a new book Losing Knowledge. Dr. Ehrenfeld received his doctorate in zoology from the University of Florida and a medical degree from Harvard. Part of the National Affairs Series.

Education for the People - Jim Hightower
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Jim Hightower was twice elected and served 8 years as Commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture where he established international marketing initiatives, agricultural processing projects and farmer cooperatives which especially benefitted Black and Hispanic farmers. He also served as the president of the Texas consumer Association, co-founded the Agribusiness Accountability Project and edited the nationally-respected Texas Observer. His books include Eat Your Heart Out: Food Profiteering in America and Hard Tomatoes, Hard Times a report on America's land grant colleges. Part of the National Affairs Series.