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Sport: A Personal Experience
1:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - What is it like to be a college athlete: to be a circus freak or to be a legitimate student? The question will no doubt be discussed by the panel of ISU student athletes assessing the personal impact of their sports experience. Representing a wide variety of intercollegiate sports, the panel will investigate the motivations and rewards involved in athletics. Panel members include Leslie Haggerty-Tennis, Peg Neppel-Track and Cross Country, Dan Fletcher and Jerry Moses-Football, Dave Carrithers-Swimming and Gregg Barcus-Basketball. The discussion will be moderated by INA committee member, Doug Robinson. Part of the National Affairs Series

The Black Athlete and His Role in American Society-Bobby Douglas
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Bobby Douglas, Head Wrestling Coach at University of California, Santa Barbara, has been a member of two Olympic teams and captain of the 1968 team. Part of the National Affairs Series

Lecture - Molly Haskell
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Film critic, "The Village Voice" and author of "From Reverence to Rape." From the University Lectures Program archive.

Panel: Sport in the Secondary School
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Remember the student pep rallies, the bleachers filled with screaming parents and the impassioned locker room speeches? Then come and explore the complex world of high school athletics with four in the field experts. Panel members include Louis Alley, Head of the University of Iowa Men's Physical Education Department, Joel Spring, Associate Professor of Education at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, Larry Burkhart, Past-president of the Ames School board and Jim Williams, football coach at Dowling High School in West Des Moines. Part of the National Affairs Series

Athletics: The Double Edged Sword in Education - Louis E. Alley
1:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Lou Alley, professor and Head of the Department of Physical education for men at the University of Iowa, will explore the pros and cons of sport and its effect on education. Part of the National Affairs Series: Playground to the Pros - Sports in American Society.

Film: Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
11:00 AM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - The isolation of a runner's training regimen is the metaphor for his existence. Part of the National Affairs Series

A George Gund Lecture - Heywood Hale Broun
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Heywood Hale Broun, noted sports writer and CBS news commentator, is a firm believer that "sports do not build character."In the course of his coverage of US sports spectacles, Broun reported the 1972 Olympics and the slaughter in Munich. Part of the National Affairs Series: Playground to the Pros - Sports in American Society.

Panel: The Media and Sport
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Do the media reflect the true image of American athletes? Panel members include Leighton Housh, Sports Editor of the Des Moines Register, Don Smith, a Seattle, Washington journalist, and Tom Meschery from the University of Iowa Writer's Workshop. Journalism professor Ed Blinn will moderate. Part of the National Affairs Series

The Sports Writer - Don Smith
1:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Don Smith is a sports writer for a Seattle daily. A graduate of Iowa State University, Smith is also the former sports editor of the Ames Daily Tribune. Part of the National Affairs Series: Playground to the Pros - Sports in American Society.

Film: The Endless Summer
10:00 AM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - "A dazzling ode to sun sand, and surf." -Times Magazine