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Destructive Engagement: The U.S. and South Africa's Regional Wars - William Minter
All Day – 101 Carver - William Minter is the contributing Editor of "Africa News", and a past staff writer and research director of the publication. He is the author of "King Soloman's Mines Revisited: Western Interests and the Burdened History of Southern Africa, Portugese Africa and the West," and "Imperial Brain Trust." From the University Lectures Program archive.

Tracking the Fungi - Sally Leong
All Day – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Sally Leong is Assistant Professor in the Plant Pathology Department at the University of Wisconsin. From the University Lectures Program archive.

(Live via Satellite) - Alice Walker
All Day – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Alice Walker will discuss her book "The Color Purple" and the role of the black artist in society. Her presentation will include reading of her prose and poetry. A telephone question and answer period will follow. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Mutual Perception and Misperception - Gregory Guroff
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

No Nothing Cinema - Dean Snider
All Day – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Dean Snider is Co-Founder and Co-Director of No Nothing Cinema and member of the Bay Area Artists and the San Francisco Emergency filmmakers. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Sudan: The Withered Bread Basket of the Middle East - Brian D' Silva
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

The Playwright Vs. The Theatre - Edward Albee
All Day – Curtiss Auditorium - Playwright Edward Albee is the fall artist-in-residence. His award-winning plays include "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," "A Delicate Balance," "Seascape," and "The Zoo Story." From the University Lectures Program archive.

Special Effects - Linwood Dunn
All Day – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Linwood Dunn, former Director of Photography and Head of the Photographic Effects Department at RKO, will be speaking on special photography effects. Mr. Dunn won an academy award for the design of the Acme-Dunn Special Effects optical printer and his work in "Citizen Kane." From the University Lectures Program archive.

Ethics of Agrarian Protest - John Swomley, Jr.
All Day – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - John Swomley, Jr. is Professor of Ethics at the University of Kansas. His books include "Religion, the State and the Schools" and "Liberation Ethics." From the University Lectures Program archive.

Non-Violent Direct Action and the Farm Movement - Phyllis & Richard K. Taylor
All Day – - Peace consultants Phyllis and Richard Taylor were lead trainers for the 1985 Peace Pentacost Direct Action. Their books include "Economics and Gospel" and "Blockade." From the University Lectures Program archive.