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Film: A Problem of Power
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - This film explores rural-urban migration in Columbia and the problems of shanty towns and cultural imperialism. Part of the World Affairs Series

China's Continuing Transformation - William H. Hinton
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - William Hinton has worked as a technical expert on tractor maintenance in China from 1947 to 1953. Since then he has visited the People's Republic in 1971 and again in 1975. Hinton has written extensively on China. Part of the World Affairs Series: Agrarian Change in Developing Areas

Women in Rural Political-Economic Development - Allen D. Jedlicka, Kathleen Newland, Jean Adams
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - With a focus on Bolivia, the China coast, Afghanistan and Kenya, the film looks at the challenges to traditional women's roles. Part of the World Affairs Series: Agrarian Change in Developing Areas

Agrarian Change in Peru - Angel De Las Casas
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Angel De Las Casas is currently a minister in the government of Peru. In this capacity he is president of the national commission for Social Property and of the Inter-Sectorial Commission for Basic Industries. Part of the World Affairs Series

The Drama of Good & Evil in American Literature - Alfred Kazin
12:00 PM – - - From the University Lectures Program archive.

Lecture - Esther K. Shapiro
12:00 PM – - - Director of Consumer Affairs, City of Detroit, Michigan. From the University Lectures Program archive.

The Portuguese Revolution Today - Joao Ferreira-Sousa
12:00 PM – - - From the University Lectures Program archive.

Lecture - Nikki Giovanni
12:00 PM – - - American Progress Bureau. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Panel Discussion: Energy Limitation and Changing Lifestyles
8:00 PM – 186 Le Baron Auditorium, Le Baron Hall - Panel members include: Pat Cavanaugh- Deputy Director, Iowa Energy Policy Commission, Kenneth Deuker - Director, Institute of Urban and Regional Research, State University of Iowa, Robert J. Robel- Professor Environmental Biology, Kansas State University, Laurent Hodges- Professor of Physics, Iowa State University, and Charles Gratto- Professor of Economics, Iowa State University. From the University Lectures Program archive. Part of the 1975 J.N. Darling Lecture Series.