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The Roots of a new Civility: Possibilities for Urban Life in America - Sam Bass Warner, Jr.
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the National Affairs Series: The People's Right To Know.

Panel: Pave It Again, Sam: Land Use Planning
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - The panel will discuss what lies ahead for our land resources. 1. Douglas Sessoms 2. James B. Sinatra 3. Jerry Knox 4. John F. Timmons Randy Hertz will moderate.

Leisure and Recreation Alternatives for the Future - Louis F. Twardzik
1:30 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Part of the National Affairs Series: The American Future.

Films: The Plow that Broke the Plains & Bulldozed America & Nell and Fred
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - The first film traces the social and economic history of the Great Plains. The second film is a CBS documentary on the vanishing beauties of nature and the ecological future of America. The third film is the warm and funny story of two very old and handicapped people, unmarried but cohabitating, who are considering a move to a home for the elderly. Part of the National Affairs Series

The Black Athlete and His Role in American Society - Bobby Douglas
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the National Affairs Series: Playground to the Pros - Sports in American Society.

Panel of the Authoritarian vs. The libertarian Left - Murray Bookchin
8:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Murray Bookchin, supporter of left-wing anarchism has a panel discussion with James Newcomer, ISU Political Science, and Richard Weisskoff, ISU Economics. From the University Lectures Program archive.

The Future of Indochina - James C. Scott
8:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - James C. Scott is a political scientist whose main work deals with corruption and political change in SE Asian government. Currently, Scott is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is also Chairman of the Southeast Asian Studies Program there. Part of the World Affairs Series: Indochina - What Kind of Peace?

Debate: Paris Peace Accords Two Years Later - Don Luce & member from State Department
3:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - 1. Don Luce is a journalist and agricultural expert who has spent most of the last 16 years in Vietnam. 2. A member of the state department will also appear. Part of the World Affairs Series

Debate: Paris Peace Accords Two Years Later - Don Luce & member from State Department
3:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - 1. Don Luce is a journalist and agricultural expert who has spent most of the last 16 years in Vietnam. 2. A member of the state department will also appear. Part of the World Affairs Series

Film: A Question of Torture
12:00 PM – The Gallery, Memorial Union - A study of the political prisoner situation in South Vietnam after the ceasefire. Part of the World Affairs Series