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Poverty in America - Mitch Snyder
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Mitch Snyder is an activist with the Community for Creative Non-Violence and runs the Second Street shelter for the homeless in Washington, D.C. His dramatic actions to raise funds and call national attention to the plight of the homeless were dramatized in a CBS television movie starring Martin Sheen. He continues to fast and organize sit-ins and other actions to keep the country focused on those needs. Part of the National Affairs Series.

Below the Line: Living Poor in America - Eugene Richards
3:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Eugene Richards was named Journalist of the Year in 1987 by the International Center of Photography for his book on the working poor, Below the Line: Living Poor in America . His other books include Exploding into Live, 50 Hours , and the upcoming Knife and Gun Club: Scenes from an Emergency Room . His photographs have appeared in GEO, Life, new York Times Magazine . Part of the National Affairs Series.

Riverside Theatre - Driving the Body Back
All Day – Curtiss Auditorium - This play is an incredible collection of folk humor and down-home storytelling written by Mary Swander of the ISU English Department and based on her book by the same name. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Star Wars: Defense or Death Star? - Richard Bowman
All Day – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Richard Bowman is the chair of the Institute for Space and Strategic Studies. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Nuclear Ethics and Human Destiny - William Sloane Coffin
All Day – Sun Room, Memorial Union - William Sloane Coffin is the President of Sane-Freeze. From the University Lectures Program archive.

US- Soviet Relations: Prospects for Arms Control - Alan Thomson
All Day – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Alan Thompson is the executive director of the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Polies for Peace - Randall Forsberg
All Day – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Randal Forsberg is the executive director of the Institute of Defense and Disarmament Studies. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Martin Luther King's Birthday Celebration - Henry Hampton
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Henry Hampton is producer of "Eyes on the Prize" the public television series about the Civil Rights movement in this country. From the University Lectures Program archive.

The Black Women Playwright in Today's Theatre - P.J. Gibson
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

U.F. O's: Fact or Fantasy? - Phillip J. Klass
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.