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Cultural Differences in Language - Reda Bensmaya
All Day – Carver 101 - Dr. Bensmaya holds joint appointments in the Comparative Literature Program, the Department of French and Italian, and the South and South-West Asian Studies Department at the University of Minnesota. From the University Lectures Program archive.

The Korean War in Retrospect - Dan Bays
All Day – Carver 1 - Dan Bays is the Director of East Asian Studies at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Environment: The Permanent Revolution is Here - Stewart Udall
All Day – Benton Auditorium, ISU Center - Mr. Udall was Secretary of the Interior under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, and is now head of an environmental consulting firm. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Reading Science Fiction - Rudy Rucker
All Day – Ross 212 - Dr. Rucker is winner of the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award and is author of "Software" "57th Franz Kafka" "Infinity and the Mind" and "Geometry, Relativity and the Fourth Dimention." From the University Lectures Program archive.

Hong Kong's Political Future - Kenneth Leung
All Day – Carver 101 - Dr. Leung will discuss Hong Kong's political future when the lease of Hong Kong by the British expires in 1997. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Future of U.S. Agricultural Policy - Walter Falcon
All Day – Ross 124 - Dr. Falcon is Director of the Food Research Institute and Professor at Standford University. From the University Lectures Program archive.

India and World Food Systems - Mohammad Shafi
All Day – Carver 101 - Mohammad Shafi is Chairperson of the Department of Geography at Aligarh Muslim University in India. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Atanasoff and the ENIAC - Arthur W. Burks
All Day – Benton Auditorium, ISU Center - Dr. Burks is Professor of Computer Sciences at the University of Michigan. He participated in the development of the ENIAC computer at the University of Pennsylvania and several other early computers. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Comic Vision in a Tragic World - Conrad Hyers
All Day – Gallery, Memorial Union - Dr. Hyers is Professor of the History of Religion at Gustavaus Adolphus College. He is author of "Holy Laughter: Essays of Religion in the Comic Perspective", "Zen and the Comic Spirit" and "The Comic Vision and the Christian Faith." From the University Lectures Program archive.

Toxic Waste: The EPA Scandal - Hugh Kaufman
All Day – Carver 101 - Mr. Kaufman is Head of the Federal Toxic Waste Disposal Program at the Environmental Protection Agency. He has testified before Congress about the E.P.A.'s failure to clean up hazardous waste sites. From the University Lectures Program archive.