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Thursday, 1 Feb 1990

Freedom of Expression in Islam - Ishan Bagby
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Ishan Bagby is the General Secretary of the Islamic Society of North America and author of Maslhah and Dawah Among Non-Muslim. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Sunday, 28 Jan 1990

The Mountain and the Man Who Was Not God - June Jordan
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - June Jordan is a poet, essayist and author of City Limits, Moving Toward Home, On Call: A Collection of New Political Essays 1981-85 and His Own Where. She teaches African American Studies and English at the University of California, Berkeley. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Thursday, 7 Dec 1989

Deforestation of the Amazon - Jordan M. Young
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Jordan Young is the executive director of the Institute of Brazilian-American Business studies at Pace University and author of Political Forces in Latin America and Brazil- World Power. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Thursday, 30 Nov 1989

Decoding American Consumption- Holidays, Christmas and Halloween - Russell W. Belk
8:00 PM – 101 Carver - Russell Belk is a consumer behaviorist and the N. Eldon Tanner Chair in Business Administration at the University of Utah. His books include Advances in Nonprofit Marketing and Highways and Buyways: Naturalistic Research From the Consumer Behavior Odyssey. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Private Power or Public Policy: Spatial Decisions in Urban Design - Dennis R. Judd
8:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Dennis R. Judd is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Missouri. His books include The Politics of Urban Planning: The East St. Louis Experience and The Politics of American Cities: Private Power and Public Policy. From the University Lectures Program archive.

You Can't Lead a Cavalry Charge if You Think You Look Funny Sitting on a Horse - J. N. "Chris" Christianson
8:00 PM – Benton Auditorium - J.N. Christianson is president of Idea Mountain, a management consulting firm, and will discuss team building, leadership, and motivation in the workplace. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Wednesday, 15 Nov 1989

There's a Rainbow Ahead in American Agriculture - Earl Butz
8:00 PM – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Earl Butz is Dean Emeritus of the College of Agriculture at Purdue University and served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture for Presidents Nixon and Ford. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Chinese Media and Democracy - G.E. Yang
7:00 PM – 101 Carver - G.E. Yang, a dissident journalist from the People's Republic of China, will discuss the impact of the Tiannamen Square crackdown with ISU faculty John Wong, Bill Woodman, and Adrian Bennett. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Tuesday, 14 Nov 1989

African Towns and International Commerce before the " Black Death" - J.E.G. Sutton
8:00 PM – Gold Room, Memorial Union - J.E.G. Sutton is director of the British Institute of Eastern Africa and editor of Azania. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Ideas into Practice: Politics and Art - Helene Aylon
8:00 PM – Oak Room, Memorial Union - Helene Aylon is an artist whose ceremonial performance pieces bring together women from the warring nations of Japan, Lebanon, Israel, and the USSR. She teaches at the Women's Center for Learning in New York. From the University Lectures Program archive.