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Humankind in the 1980s - Robert Muller
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Robert Muller, a Director in the Office of Secretary-General Waldheim, has been with the United Nations since 1948. His service and spheres of UN interest are many and varied. Together with Paul Hoffman, Administrator of the Marshall Plan, Muller helped to establish the UN Development Programme. He has served as Political Advisor to the UN Forces in Cyprus, accompanied Secretary-General Waldheim to the Security Council meeting in Africa and has made several state visits to Europe and the Peoples Republic of China. His UN activities include such varied topics as highjacking, solar energy, environment, space communication, natural disasters, biology and water problems. This year, his book A Sketchbook of Happiness will be published by Double day. Part of the World Affairs Series

The Tomb of Tutankhamun: A Detective Story - Thomas Hoving
12:00 PM – C.Y. Stephens Auditorium - Co-sponsored by Lectures and the Brunnier Gallery. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Film: Terrorism, the World at Bay
8:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Investigation of the causes and effects of worldwide terrorism on people, governments, diplomacy and political decision-making. Part of the World Affairs Series

Film: Metropolis
8:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Metropolis is a silent film made in Germany before World War II and is put to piano accompaniment. This cross between buck Rogers and George Orwell was acclaimed as a masterpiece and contains some of the most expensively mounted special effects to come out of the movie industry technology of the day. Part of the World Affairs Series

The Importance of the Bible in Literary Studies - Herbert N. Schneidau
12:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Co-sponsored by Lectures, Departments of English, Philosophy, Anthropology, Sociology, Religious Studies, and Graduate College. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Decision Making: Minds or Machines - Herbert Dreyfus
12:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley. From the University Lectures Program archive. Part of the Series: Science and Technology and the Future.

Knowledge Through Numbers: Can Science Be Measured - Arnold Thackray
12:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Department of History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Abortion - Bill Baird
12:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Bill Baird, reproductive rights pioneer, and "father" of the birth control and reproductive rights movement. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Ginni Clemmens in Concert
12:00 PM – Benton Auditorium - Sponsored by Women's Week. From the University Lectures Program archive. Part of Women's Week

Sexuality: Redefining Power - Eleanor Haney
12:00 PM – Benton Auditorium - Associate Professor of Religion, Concordia College. Sponsored by Women's Week. From the University Lectures Program archive. Part of Women's Week