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The Looking Glass - Captain James L. Iken
All Day – - Exact date is unknown. Part of University Lecture Series. University Lectures Program Archive.

Karen Silkwood and the Future of the American Labor Movement - Tony Mazzocchi
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

A Marxist Perspective on the Caribbean and Central America - James Petras
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Dr. Petras is a Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York, Binghamton. His books include: Class, State, and power in the Third World, with Case studies on Class conflict in Latin America and Cultivating Revolution: the US and Agrarian Reform in Latin America. Part of the World Affairs Series: Central America and the Caribbean - Reform and Revolution

Human Rights in Central America - Holly Burkhalter
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Holly Burkhalter is the Washington Representative for Americas Watch, a human rights organization. Part of the World Affairs Series: Central America and the Caribbean - Reform and Revolution

Puerto Rico: Why Independence? - Manuel Rodriguez-Orellana
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Dr. Rodriguez-Orellana is an associate Professor of Law at Northeastern University School of Law and the US Representative of the Puerto Rican Independence Party. Part of the World Affairs Series: Central America and the Caribbean - Reform and Revolution

Art and Revolution in Nicaragua - David Kunzle
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - David Kunzle is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of The Early Comic Strip and has written extensively on Cuban and Chilean revolutionary art. Part of the World Affairs Series: Central America and the Caribbean - Reform and Revolution

U.S. Policy and El Salvador - Ray Bonner
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Ray Bonner was a New York Times reporter covering the wars in El Salvador and Nicaragua when he was removed due to pressure from the State Department. His book Weakness and Deceit: US Policy in El Salvador, is an account of the increasing US military involvement in El Salvador. Part of the World Affairs Series: Central America and the Caribbean - Reform and Revolution

U.S Foreign Policy Objectives in Central America - A Foreign Services Officer
3:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - A career Foreign Service Officer of the Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Central America in the Untied States Department of State will present the administration's objectives in Central America. Part of the World Affairs Series: Central America and the Caribbean - Reform and Revolution

Cuban and Nicaraguan Women: A Comparison - Margaret Randall
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Margaret Randall is a poet, writer and photographer who lived and wrote in Cuba from 1969-1979 and in Nicaragua from 1979-1984. Her books include Christians in the Nicaraguan Revolution, Sandino's Daughter, and Women in Cuba. Part of the World Affairs Series: Central America and the Caribbean - Reform and Revolution

Refugee Relief as a Step Toward Liberation - Edward Fischer
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Edward Fischer is Executive Director of PEACE for Guatemala, a nonprofit organization which directs refugee relief for Guatemalan Indians and peasants who have fled over the border into mexico to escape the Guatemalan counterinsurgency campaigns. Part of the World Affairs Series: Central America and the Caribbean - Reform and Revolution