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He Who Laughs Last: Humor Psyche and Society - Arthur Asa Berger
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Arthur Asa Berger is Professor of Broadcast Communication Arts at San Francisco State University. Professor Berger's academic interests lie in the areas of popular culture, media, communication, humor, and structuralism. He received his Ph.D. in american Studies from the University of Minnesota. Professor Berger has previously taught at the University of Minnesota and at the University of Milan. A nationally recognized authority on popular culture, he is the author of several books, including The Comic-Stripped American. His most recent book, Television as an Instrument of Terror, is a collection of essays on media, popular culture, and everyday life. Professor Berger participated in the 1973 Institute on National Affairs, Pop! Goes Our Culture. Part of the National Affairs Series: Humor in America.

The Great American Sense of Humor - Brom Weber
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Brom Weber is a Professor of American Literature at the University of California, Davis. Professor Weber received his B.S. from City College of New York and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. He is editor of An Anthology of American Humor and the author of Sense and Sensibility in Twentieth-Century Writing. A leading authority on American humor, he is past president of the American Humor Studies Association. Part of the National Affairs Series: Humor in America.

Comedy Performance - Mark Russell
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Mark Russell the resident political comedian of the Shoreham Hotel in Washington D.C., has appeared on many national TV show, including the Tonight Show, Today Show, and Steve Allen Show. His Mark Russell Comedy Special appears on the Public Broadcasting network. Mr. Russel's record albums include "Up the Potomac With Out a Canoe," " The Face On the Senate Floor," and "Assault with a Deadly Peanut." One of the nation's most witty humorists he has been co-host of NBC-TV's Real People, and has been featured in Time, Newsweek and The Wall Street Journal. Part of the National Affairs Series: Humor in America.

Contemporary African Writing - Bernard Fonlon
8:00 PM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - Chairman, Department of Comparative African Studies, University of Yaounde, Yaounde, Cameroon, Africa. Editor of Abbia, a leading African cultural magazine. Currently is a Visiting Professor at the University of Nebraska.

Scientific Racism: Its History and Modern Consequences - Garland E. Allen
8:00 PM – Room 1 Carver - Associate Professor of Biology, Washington university, St. Louis, Missouri. Author of numerous articles and books including : Thomas Hunt Morgan: The man and His Science.

Big Power Rivalry in South Asia - Neville Kanakartne
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the World Affairs Series: Human Dignity - Survival or Disaster?

Film Showing : Dr. Norman Bethune - Gerald Tannebaum
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - He will show the film "Dr. Norman Bethune" in which he stars and will discuss the dramatic and filming arts. Tannebaum is an actor, author and lecturer. He is senior author of the book, The Open Door: Educational Reform in China.

Art in the People's Republic of China - Peggy Patrick
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Assistant Director of the Des Moines Art Center, she participated as leader on an art oriented trip to China in the spring of this year.

Images of India's Ex-Untouchables - Eleanor Zelliot
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Part of the World Affairs Series

Has China Lost the Road to Socialism? - John Gurley and Paul Sweezy (Debate)
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Gurley is Professor of Economics at Stanford University and Sweezy is editor of Monthly Review.