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Reagan and Central America: A Historical Perspective - Walter LaFeber
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Professor LaFeber is the Marie Underhill Noll Professor of History at Cornell. His publications include Inevitable Revolutions: The US in Central America and The Panama Canal: The Crisis in Historical Perspective. Part of the World Affairs Series: Central America and the Caribbean - Reform and Revolution

Liberation Theology: Thanks Be to God and the Revolution - Sister Mary Hartman
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Sister Harman has worked in Nicaragua for 20 years, first as a teacher of the Mesquito Indians, and later as a director of a school in Managua. her pastoral ministry with the poor in the Barrio Riguero in Managua led to their active involvement in the revolution. She is now head of the Social Area on the national Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in Nicaragua. Her duties include coordinating prison rehabilitation programs for former Somoza National Guardsmen. Part of the World Affairs Series: Central America and the Caribbean - Reform and Revolution

The Agony of Central America - Dick Bancroft
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Dick Bancroft has been a freelance photographer for the American Indian Movement and the International Indian Treaty Council for 14 years. His slide presentation focuses on Guatemalan refugees as they struggle to survive in Central America. Part of the World Affairs Series

Central America and the Caribbean: Reform and Revolution - Robert White
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Robert White was Ambassador to El Salvador and is a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. during his twenty-five year career in the United States Foreign Service, he served as Ambassador to Paraguay, Special Presidential Envoy to the Inter-American Conferences on Education, Science and Culture, as Deputy Ambassador to the Organization of American States and as Latin American Director of the Peace corps. His assignments included Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Uruguay, Barbados, and Grenada. Part of the World Affairs Series

Film: Americas in Transition (1982)
4:30 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Narrated by Edward Asner, this film provides an introduction to US relations with Latin America and the underlying causes of unrest there. It was nominated for an Academy Award. Part of the World Affairs Series

Film: Alsino and the Condor (Nicaragua, 1983)
3:00 PM – Mini-Gallery, Memorial Union - This story of a 12-year-old boy growing up in war-torn Nicaragua during the Sandinista revolution has been widely acclaimed for tis honest depiction of the ugly realities of war in Central America. Part of the World Affairs Series

Soviet Trade and American Agriculture - John Chrystal
All Day – - Exact date is unknown. Part of University Lecture Series. University Lectures Program Archive.

The Affinity of Sport and Art - Drew A. Hyland
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

A Performance - Jacques Florencie
All Day – - Exact date is unknown. Part of University Lecture Series. University Lectures Program Archive.

Jack Trice Field Dedication - Donald Kaul
12:00 PM – Beardshear Courtyard - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.