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The Athletic Revolution - Jack Scott
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Four coaches resigned when Jack Scott became Athletic Director of Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio. Scott, a former football and track jock, now aims to democratize sports. He has gained his radical reputation by giving his players veto power over selection of coaches, establishment of their own training rules, and abolishment of all admission prices to Oberlin sports events. Scott also banned a hair length rule and encouraged women's participation in sports. In addition to founding the Institute for the Study of Sport and Society in Oakland California, he has written articles on the problems of black athletes, and worked on the 1968 Olympic Project for Human Rights. Part of the National Affairs Series: Playground to the Pros - Sports in American Society.

Women in the World of Sports, Where Do We Go from Here, Boys? - Katherine Ley
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Katherine Ley, President-elect of the American Association of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, will explore the implication of some new legislation: Title IX of the Educational Opportunities Act. Part of the National Affairs Series: Playground to the Pros - Sports in American Society.

The Image of the Athlete - Tom Meschery
1:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - What motivates a man to go from NBA stardom to become a poet? Students hearing Tom Meschery will receive an indication, as the former All-Pro NBA player and coach of the ABA's Carolina cougars, now with the University of Iowa Writer's Workshop, discusses the athlete's image. Part of the National Affairs Series: Playground to the Pros - Sports in American Society.

Film: The Ancient Games
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - The Ancient Games is Erich Segal's re-creation of ancient Olympic competition at Delphi, featuring Olympic decathlon gold medalists, Bill Toomey and Rafer Johnson. Part of the National Affairs Series

The Football Myth - Dave Meggyesy
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Dave Meggyesy, an outside linebacker with the St. Louis Cardinals for seven years, quit the game at the height of his career "to expose the racisma nd fraud, the unbelievable brutality, the dehumanization that is football." His football autobiography, Out of Their League, mercilessly dissects authoritarian coaches, recruiting schemes, payoffs, and the use of body-building drugs. "My trainer ran a 'drugstore'," he says. Meggyesy is currently associated with the Institute of Sport and Society. His lecture will explore the football revolution and its association with the dissatisfaction and concurrent cultural revolution in the US. Part of the National Affairs Series: Playground to the Pros - Sports in American Society.

The Poet in the Camera - James Broughton
12:00 PM – -- - From the University Lectures Program archive.

China: First Hand Report - Steve Bell
12:00 PM – -- - ABC Foreign Correspondent. Headquarters: Hong Kong. From the University Lectures Program archive.

F.A.O. And The World's Food Needs - Howard Cottam
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Howard Rex Cottam has served since August, 1969 as North American Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations as a career foreign service officer. Part of the World Affairs Series: World Without Borders

Art in China - Peggy Patrick
3:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the World Affairs Series: China in Change - Another Long March?

Dr. Norman Bethune - Gerald Tannenbaum
3:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the World Affairs Series: China in Change - Another Long March?