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Freedom Days - Modern Times Theatre
All Day – Maintenance Shop, Memorial Union - A musical about the Civil Rights Movement. From the University Lectures Program archive.

The Mission of Iowa State - A Panel Disccusion
All Day – - Participants Included: Robert Hollinger, Richard Van Iten, Robert Parks, Finn Bullers, Mike Reilly, Ralph Rosenberg, Keith Stepp, George Christensen, Reid Crawford. Exact date is unknown. Part of University Lecture Series. University Lectures Program Archive.

But You Didn't - Dick Nelson
All Day – Benton Auditorium, Scheman Building - Dick Nelson is Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Kansas. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Social Impact of the 1985 Earthquake in Mexico City - Earl Morris
All Day – - Exact date is unknown. Part of University Lecture Series. University Lectures Program Archive.

Going Beyond Sexual Harassment - Martha Chamallas
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

The Freedom Struggle in South Africa - Dennis Brutus
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Exiled South African Dennis Brutus is a poet, activist, and Professor of English at Northwestern University. His political activities include organizing the successful campaign to have South Africa and Rhodesia banned from the Olympic games, directing the World Campaign for Release of South African Political Prisoners, chairing the International Campaign Against Racism in Sport, and serving as United Nations Representative for International Defense and Aid. Mr. Brutus has written nine books of poetry including the highly acclaimed Sirens, Knuckles, Boots, winner of Africa's Mbari Prize, which he rejected. Part of the World Affairs Series: Tyranny or Freedom...Which Side Are We On?

Reform, Stability & Democracy in South Africa - Garrit Olivier
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Garrit Olivier is Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Pretoria. He is visiting the United States as a Senior Research Fellow at Harvard's Center for International Relations. Dr. Olivier has written extensively on the political situation in South Africa and was recommended by the South African Embassy. Part of the World Affairs Series: Tyranny or Freedom...Which Side Are We On?

Nuclear Winter - Paul Ehrlich
8:00 PM – C.Y. Stephens - Paul Ehrlich is Professor of Biological Sciences and the Bing Professor of Population Studies at Stanford University. He is editor and consultant to McGraw-Hill. He is author of The Cold and the Dark: The World After Nuclear War, Race Bomb, The End of Affluence: A Blueprint for the Future, and Global Ecology: Readings Toward a Rational Strategy for Man. Part of the World Affairs Series: Tyranny or Freedom...Which Side Are We On?

From Vietnam to Central America: The Return to Interventionism - Michael Klare
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Michael Klare is the Five College Associate Professor of Peace and World Security Studies (a joint appointment at Amhers, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith colleges and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst) and defense correspondent for The Nation. His books include: American Arms Supermarket, Beyond the "Vietnam Syndrome", Supplying Repression, and War Without End. Part of the World Affairs Series: Tyranny or Freedom...Which Side Are We On?

Films: US vs. USSR: Who's Ahead? & Countdown for America
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Martin sheen hosts a program which includes interviews with Admiral LaRocque, former CIA Director William Colby, and Admiral Human Rickover, father of the nuclear submarine. Produced for the FUND FOR PEACE. The campaign for a nuclear weapons freeze is contrasted with the campaign for Peace Through Strength. Hosted by Chartlon Heston, the program includes interviews with Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, Senator Sam Nunn, and President Reagan. Part of the World Affairs Series