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African Affairs - Percy Quaboza
All Day – 179 Scheman Building - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

High School Sports Participation : Unequal Opportunity for All - John F. Rooney
All Day – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Professor of Geography, Oklahoma State University. Dr. Rooney is interested in the geography of sport: spacial reorganization of sports/athletic recruitment. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Man's Origin, Man's Destiny - A.E. Wilder -Smith
All Day – Benton Auditorium, Scheman Building - An internationally-known author and lecturer, Mr. Wilder-Smith is a former professor of pharmacology. From the University Lectures Program archive.

America Needs a New Intercollegiate Sports System - John F. Rooney
All Day – Gallery, Memorial Union - Professor of Geography, Oklahoma State University. Dr. Rooney is interested in the geography of sport: spacial reorganization of sports/athletic recruitment. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Healthy Lifestyles and Wellness - Murray Vincent & Mary Beth Love
All Day – 101 Carver - Developers of the Open Door Health Program at the University of South Carolina. As they call their program, "a move towards prevention", it is designed to provide easy access to health counseling and education oriented toward positive health. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Visit Holographic -
All Day – Benton Auditorium, Scheman Building - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

Calligraphy Today - Ieuan Rees
All Day – Benton Auditorium, Scheman Building - A freelance artist from England, his many comissions include works for Buckingham Palace and the National Portrait Gallery in London. Mr. Rees will be coming to Iowa State from a four-week workshop for the Colleagues of Calligraphy in Minneapolis. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Waiting for Godot - Old Creamery Theatre
All Day – Fisher Theater - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

Democracy vs. The First Amendment - Martin M. Shapiro
8:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Martin Shapiro is professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley. He received his BA from UCLA and his Ph.D from Harvard and taught at Stanford, University of California at Irvine, San Diego, Los Angeles, and Riverside. His books include Law and Politics in the Supreme Court, Freedom of Speech: The Supreme Court and Judicial Review, Supreme Court and Administrative Agencies, and Courts (in press). He has also written many scholarly articles and co-authored or edited several other books including The Supreme Court and Constitutional Rights, American National Government, The Politic of Constitutional Law, and American Constitutional Law. Part of the National Affairs Series: The Bill of Rights - Taking Liberties?

Hyde Park Speaker's Corner
1:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Like its London progenitor, the Institute's Speakers' Corner will be open to all corners. Small platforms will be provided for speakers. Anyone may get up on one of eight to ten platforms to argue any cause-from legalization of abortion to abolition of zoos. And, of course, spectators are encouraged to argue back, or at least to offer counter views, in our effort to create a marketplace of ideas. Part of the National Affairs Series