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Symposium on the American Indian Poetry Reading - Diane Glancy
All Day – Maintenance Shop, Memorial Union - Diane Glancy teaches at McCallister College in St. Paul and is author of "Brown Wolf Leaves the Res," "Offering" and "One Age in a Dream." From the University Lectures Program archive.

Indigenous Nigerian Agricultural Knowledge: A National Resource for Development - Abedotun Phillips
8:00 PM – W142 Lagomarcino - Abedotun Phillips is Director General of the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research and has written numerous publications on the aspects of economics and of the Nigerian Economy. From the University Lectures Program archive.

The Media: Whose Side Are They On? A Debate - Jeff Cohen and Clifford Kincaid
8:00 PM – Curtiss Auditorium - Jeff Cohen is founder and executive director of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, the New York- based media watch organization. He believes that U.S. media is the most conservative in the western world. Clifford Kincaid is editorial assistant to the Accuracy in Media Chairma Reed Irvine, writes AIM's "Media Monitor," and is contributing editor to the conservative weekly Human Events. University Lectures Program Archive.

Disease and Destiny - Mystery and Mastery: The Work of The World Health Organization - George Beran
8:00 PM – Cardinal Room, Memorial Union - George Beran is a consultant and member of the World Health Organization and a professor of Preventive Medicine in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State.. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Utah's Enviornment: The Past Thirty Years and the Future - Stanley Welsh
All Day – - Exact date is unknown. Part of University Lecture Series. University Lectures Program Archive.

If You Love This Planet - Helen Caldicott
8:00 PM – Curtiss Auditorium - Helen Caldicott is former director of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Physicians for Social Responsibility, and author of Nuclear Madness, and Missile Envy. Dr. Caldicott attended medical school in her native Australia, where she led the fight against atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons. From the University Lectures program archive.

Are Children Aggressive? - Carl Glassman
3:30 PM – Design College Atrium - Carl Glassman is a freelance photographer and Adjunct Professor of photojournalism at New York University. He is author of numerous books including SOHO: A Picture Portrait, Dangerous Lives and Hocus Focus: The World's Wierdest Cameras. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Investigative Microscopy - Susan Kay Obendorf
8:00 PM – Oak Room, Memorial Union - Sharon Obendorf is Professor and Chair of the Department of Textiles and Apparel at Cornell University. She will be presenting a slide presentation on how fiber microscopy is used for investigative forensic cases. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control in th New Administration - Michael Nacht
8:00 PM – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Michael Nacht is the Dean of Public Affairs at the University of Maryland. He has Lectured at the National Defense Academy in Tokyo and the Naval War College in Newport. From the University Lectures Program archive.

The Eight Week Cholesterol Cure and How it Came to be - Robert Kowalski
8:00 PM – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Robert Kowalski is an award-winning science writer whose book The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure has been number one on the New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller List for more than a year. From the University Lectures Program archive.