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Film: The Merchant of Four Seasons
5:30 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Rainer Werner Fassbinder's film focuses on the alienation of the central character, Hans, the short, fat mediocre fruit peddler. Hans watches his unexceptional life go down the drain as he is pressured by various women, each of whom seems to be taller, more beautiful, or more powerful than he. Part of the World Affairs Series

Media and Social Change: International Implications - Linda Busby
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Dr. Busby, Associate Professor of Communications Arts of the University of South Alabama, was formerly Acting Chair of Speech and Telecommunicative Arts at Iowa State. She has served as an American specialist in broadcasting in Panama and as a US representative to an Organization of American States communications conference in the Dominican Republic. Part of the World Affairs Series: International Communications

Film: Connections 10: Yesterday, Tomorrow and You
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - this film examines the extent to which people have become increasingly incapable of understanding how change occurs in the complex world and looks ahead to the need for a radical change in the availability and use of information. Part of the World Affairs Series

The Role of Information in the Creation of Capital for Multinational Corporations - Ernest Mandel
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Dr. Mandel is a Professor of Economics at the Free university of Brussels. He studied there and at the paris Sorbonne, and received his doctorate from the Free University of Berlin. His books include Marxist Economic Theory, The Second Slump, The Long Waves of Development, and Late Capitalism. Part of the World Affairs Series: International Communications

Film: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
5:30 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Nelson Dos Santos directed this film about a Frenchman captured by Indians who tries nobly to integrate himself with the savage mind, but true incorporation into the tribe is ultimately possible in only one way--through the stomach. Part of the National Affairs Series

Tomorrow's Telecommunications Technology and the Global Economy - Meheroo Jussawalla
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Bron and educated in India, Dr. Jussawalla is one of the top authorities in communication economics today. She recently edited a book entitled, Communication Economics and Development. She works as a Research Associate/Economist at the East-West communication Institute in Honolulu, Hawaii. Part of the World Affairs Series: International Communications

Film: Goodbye Gutenberg
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - This documentary examines the history, development and future of both the printed and processed word and escorts the viewer on an international survey of the communications revolution. Part of the World Affairs Series

Uses of Technology: The New Battleground in World Trade - Art Bushkin
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Mr. Bushkin is President of Telemation Associates, Inc. a Washington-based firm specializing in providing strategic planning and consulting services related to telecommunications and information technology and policy, and international trade. Mr. Bushkin was also the Director of NTIA's Information Policy Division. He has written extensively on international trade, telecommunications policy, and information technology issues in the US and abroad. Part of the World Affairs Series: International Communications

Technical Aspects of International Communication - Don Parker
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Dr. Parker is vice-president of research and development for Quality Microsystems and was formerly a Professor of Physics at Iowa State. He received his doctorate from the University of Michigan. Part of the World Affairs Series: International Communications

Film: Information Society
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - This film explores computers, communications and technological breakthroughs which are transforming our culture from an industrial age to an information age. Part of the National Affairs Series