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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

Klezmer Music - Klezmorim
All Day – Maintenance Shop, Memorial Union - The Klezmorim are an ensemble of six muscians who are reviving Klezmer music throughout the United States. Klezmer music synthesizes the folk and popular music of Eastern Europe commonly performed at weddings and celebrations. From the University Lectures Program Archive.

Discrimination in Broadcasting - Christine Craft
All Day – Curtiss Auditorium - Christine Craft filed suit against her former employer, KMBC-TV in Kansas City, after being demoted allegedly being too unattractive to anchor the news. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Emerson and Transcendentalism - Dieter Schultz
All Day – 212 Ross Hall - Dr. Schulz is Professor of English at Heidelberg University in West Germany and is the author of several books on English and American Literature. He specializes in the Puritan-Federal-Transcendental eras. From the University Lectures Program archive.

A Seminar on World Hunger and Poverty - Daivd Stallings
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

A Seminar on World Hunger and Poverty - Wayne Moyer
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

Grenada: A Legal and Historical Perspective - Lennox S. Hinds
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

Silkwood: Beyond the Movie - Daniel P. Sheehan
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.