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Security and Accountability: The Challenge of Free Society - John A. Mintz
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - John A. Mintz, Assistant Director and Legal Counsel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, received his BA degree from Maryville College in Tennessee. He received a Doctor of Law degree from the University of Chicago Law School. Mintz is a member of the bar in Virginia, in the District of Columbia, and the United States Supreme Court. He began service with the FBI in 1961 and was appointed to his present position in 1974. Part of the National Affairs Series: How Close Have We Come?

Political Rights in the Reagan Years: The State of the Record, 1984 - Justice Margaret Burnham
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Margaret Burnham is at present the National Director of the National Conference of Black Lawyers. She received her BA degree in History from Tougaloo College in Mississippi and her LLB from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Ms. Burnham has been active in the civil rights movement, lecturing across the United States on racism, social justice, law and women's rights. She worked with the defense team for the Angela Davis trial in the early 1970's. Part of the National Affairs Series: How Close Have We Come?

Orwell on Nature: Comprehensive Vision - David Ehrenfeld
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - David Ehrenfeld is Professor of Biology at Rutgers University. He has conducted research on the behavior and sensory physiology of animal orientation and navigation. Specializing in sea turtles, he is a member of the Sea Turtle Advisory Group of he International Union for the Conservation of Nature. His publications include Biological Conservation, Conserving Life on Earth, The Arrogance of Humanism, and The Chameleon Variant. He is also a medical doctor. Part of the National Affairs Series: How Close Have We Come?

The History of the FBI: Survey and Surveillance - Athan G. Theoharis
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Athan G. Theoharis is currently a Professor of History at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He received a PhD from the University of Chicago and has written numerous books and articles on recent American history, including Spying on Americans: Political Surveillance From Hoover to the Houston Plan and Beyond the Hiss Case: The FBI, Congress, and the Cold War. Part of the National Affairs Series: How Close Have We Come?

Film: Bertrand Russell Discusses Power and Bertrand Russel Discusses the Role of the Individual
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - In the first film, the noted philosopher speaks of three kinds of power: armies and police forces, economic control, and propaganda, all central to 1984. He cites historical instances of power use and abuse that were linked to good and bad governments. In the second film, Lord Russell emphasizes the importance of the individual and of increased public support for cultural and scientific freedom. Part of the National Affairs Series

Beyond Orwell: The Politics of Total Domination in Illiterate America - Jonathan Kozol
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Jonathan Kozol, first in his class at Harvard with a degree in English Literature and a Rhodes Scholar was an unexpected but effective ally i the civil rights and anti-war campaigns of the late 1960's and has remained an energetic and unbroken activist since. The first of his eight books, Death at an Early Age, triggered a storm of national concern tat led to the wholesale transformation and desegregation of the Boston public schools. Since then, Kozol has continued to address groups of teachers and students at hundreds of conventions and colleges. Part of the National Affairs Series: How Close Have We Come?

Orwellian Usage as a Tool of Power - Edward Herman
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Edward Herman received his PhD in Economics at the University of California, Berkeley and is at present an Associate Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. A long-time student of public policy issues, he has written extensively on international relations and economic trends. He co-authored The Political Economy of Human Rights with Noam Chomsky and wrote Corporate Power. Beyond Hypocrisy: US Political Usage From the New Frontier to the Last Roundup will be published in 1984. Part of the National Affairs Series: How Close Have We Come?

Film: Walter Cronkite's 1984 Special
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - In this CBS special, various aspects of contemporary society are dramatically reviewed to show how close we actually are to the Orwellian world of "Big Brother." Narrator Walter Cronkite guides viewers through a maze of frightening visions as the social and technological issues raised by Orwell in 1984 are examined. Big Brother's eye and the fictional "telescreen" only hint at the level of sophistication in surveillance and information gathering we have achieved with today's technology. Part of the National Affairs Series

Avoiding 1984: From Crisis to Opportunity - Robert Theobald
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Robert Theobald is a futurist who sees widespread dissatisfaction with the direction of fundamental changes now affecting society. He coordinates the work of Action Linkage, a network which focuses debate on controversial issues in order to find creative alternatives. Theobald has written Avoiding 1984, a guidebook for the person who wants to recognize patterns of change and do something about them. His other writings include Beyond Despair, Futures Conditional, and numerous newspaper and magazine articles. he received an MA in Economics from Cambridge and is at present the president of Participation Publishers, dividing his time between Arizona and the United Kingdom. Part of the National Affairs Series: How Close Have We Come?

Film: A Clockwork Orange
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - In this chilling prediction of an electronically controlled future society, Malcolm McDowell portrays a violent, deented, and amoral youth who is "cured" by various technological forms of mind control. Highly-acclaimed director Stanley Kubrick adapted this film from Anthony Burgess's novel. Part of the National Affairs Series