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High Technology and 1984: The Dark Side of the Computer Age - Robert Ellis Smith
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Robert Ellis Smith, publisher of the Privacy Journal, has been called "the Paul revere of the Information Society" by Bill Moyers and The New Yorker. Smith, author of Privacy: How to Protect What's Left of It, has testified before Congressional committees on the perils of increased reliance on computerized information and giant data banks. He served as assistant director of the Civil Rights Office of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and was director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Privacy Project. He is a Harvard graduate and received a law degree from Georgetown University. Part of the National Affairs Series: How Close Have We Come?

Orwell, Newspeak, Doublethink and Doublespeak - William Lutz
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - William Lutz is the editor of the Quarterly Review of Doublespeak and has published extensively on the use of language as a tool of power. Among his articles are "Language as a Means of Social control in 1984," "The Rhetoric of Ideological Hegemony," and "Doublespeak: Reading the Media." Dr. Lutz chairs the Department of English at Rutgers University and has researched intensively the teaching of English composition and the design of English curricula. Part of the National Affairs Series: How Close Have We Come?

To Secure the Blessings of Liberty - John Henry Faulk
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - John Henry Faulk received an MA degree from the University of Texas, specializing in American folklore. Impressed with his character sketches and interpretations of folk humor, CBS signed him shortly after WWII for a weekly radio show. The program lasted until 1957 when his contract was not renewed because he had been blacklisted by a self-appointed "patriotic" organization which listed performers with "pink" or "communist front" records. Faulk fought and won a six-year legal battle to clear his name. His book Fear on Trial was made into a television special in 1975. In 1980, the National Broadcast Editorial Association named Faulk as recipient of the James Madison First Amendment Award for his "steadfast devotion tot he First Amendment." Part of the National Affairs Series: How Close Have We Come?

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?