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Tuesday, 12 Apr 1983

Changes in Society and Leisure - Larry Neal
All Day – 186 LeBaron Hall - Dr. Neal is Associate Professor and Director for the Center of Leisure Studies at the University of Oregon and President of the American Association for Leisure and Recreation. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Monday, 11 Apr 1983

Kissinger and Foreign Policy During the Nixon Administration - Seymour Hersh
All Day – Benton Auditorium, ISU Center - Mr. Hersh won the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the My Lai massacre. He was a New York Times investigative reporter, press secretary and speech writer for Eugene McCarthy in 1968, and has just finished a book on Henry Kissinger and foreign policy during the Nixon administration. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Revolution in the Library: The New Technology - Hugh C. Atkinson
All Day – Benton Auditorium, ISU Center - Mr. Atkinson is University Librarian for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the largest publicly supported library in the United States. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Friday, 8 Apr 1983

Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down - At the Foot of the Mountain Theatre Group
All Day – Curtiss Auditorium - This all-female theatre group will perform a ritual drama about nuclear madness and the denial of death. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Disarmament and Millitarism on University Campuses - Dave Dellinger
All Day – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

Thursday, 7 Apr 1983

Biological Evolution, Cultural Evolution, and the Significance of Sociobiology - Ledyard Stebbins
All Day – Carver 101 - Dr. Stebbins is Professor of Genetics, Emeritus at the University of California at Davis. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Information for What? Questions of Equaility in an Information Age - Daryl Hobbs
All Day – 260-262 Scheman Building - Dr. Hobbs is Director for Rural Development and Professor in the departments of Sociology and Rural Sociology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Wednesday, 6 Apr 1983

Environmental Effects of Nuclear War - Lars-Johan Norrby
All Day – Carver 1 - Dr. Norrby, a lecturer in inorganic chemistry at Stockholm University, will discuss the Swedish Royal Academy of Science's assessment of the effects of nuclear war on the planet. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Thursday, 31 Mar 1983

Conflicts and Contradictions in Central America - Philip Wheaton
All Day – Carver 1 - Reverend Wheaton is researcher and writer for the Ecumenical Program for Interamerican Communication and Action. He is author of "Inside Honduras: Regional Counterinsurgency Base. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Wednesday, 30 Mar 1983

Catholic Bishop's Letter on Peace and War - Bishop Maurice Dingman
All Day – Carver 101 - Bishop Dingman will discuss the Catholic Bishops' recent controverisal statement on nuclear disarmament. From the University Lectures Program archive.