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Volunteerism Abroad - Clarence Pickard, Brenda Remmes, Jeanette Westfall, and Warren Wittee
3:00 PM – Council Chambers, Memorial Union - 1. Clarence Pickard is an alumnus of Simpson College and Iowa State. He has been a Peace Corps volunteer in India and has recently received publicity for his bicycling prowess. 2. Brenda Remmes entered the Peace Corps in 1969 and spent two years as a secondary school teacher in Cameroon, West Africa. She has worked for Head Start and is presently the assistant area manager of ACTION, Des Moines. 3. Jeanette Westfall has traveled extensively in Mexico and Latin America. She is present involved with Partners of Americans, a group working to improve relations in the Americas. 4. Warren Wittee, Executive Secretary of the regional office of the American Friends Service committee, Des Moines, has served in Hong Kong and is presently with the national office of the Committee for Overseas Workers. Part of the World Affairs Series: World Without Borders

Share It: VITA - A Plan of Action - William Nagle
2:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - William Nagle is currently president of Volunteers for International Technical Assistance (VITA). VITA is a private organization established in 1960 to respond to requests from anywhere in the world for technical assistance to economic and social development projects. Part of the World Affairs Series: World Without Borders

Film: Women Up in Arms
12:00 PM – Council Chambers, Memorial Union - The reevaluation taking place regarding the woman's place in the societies of the Muslim nations is aptly conveyed in the study of a 17 year old Tunisian girl who dances to Beatle records, her mother who removed her veil 7 years ago and her grandmother who maintains the traditional Muslim way of life. Part of the World Affairs Series

Chinese Foreign Policy - Dr. Edward Friedman
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the World Affairs Series: China in Change - Another Long March?

Population Equilibrium - Theodore Schultz
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Theodore Schultz is the Charles L. Hutchinson Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago. Part of the World Affairs Series: World Without Borders

China and Vietnam - Susan Warren
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Part of the World Affairs Series: China in Change - Another Long March?

New Challenge For An Inter-dependent World - Robert Muller
3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Robert Muller is the newly appointed Deputy to the under Secretary-General for International Agency Affairs. He has been with the United Nations for 25 years; most recently as Director of the Executive Office of the Secretary-General. He has served as a political advisor tot he UN troops in Cyprus. Part of the World Affairs Series: World Without Borders

Patterns For A Future Society - Arlene Jennrich
1:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Arlene Jennrich is a member of the Bahai faith which believes in the oneness of mankind, a universal auxiliary language and universal peace upheld by a government. After graduating fro Coe College, she has worked in radio and advertising. Part of the World Affairs Series: World Without Borders

Film: Interview with President Allende
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - An extensive interview with Dr. Salvador Allende, two months after he had taken office as Chile's new president. This remarkable interview by San Francisco journalist Saul Lendau captures Allende's controversial personality and lets him speak for himself as he relates his plans for the future of the South American Republic of Chile. Part of the World Affairs Series

Agricultural Mechanization, Social Change and Rural Value's in the People's Republic of China - Benedict Stavis
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the World Affairs Series: China in Change - Another Long March?