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Creating Healthy Relationships: 30 Daily Dates - A Panel Discussion
6:30 PM – 125 Kildee Auditorium - It's not The Bachelor, it's not Match.com. It's right here at Iowa State. Healthy relationships take work, communication and time, which can be complicated for many college students. Find out the lessons ten Iowa State students learned as they experienced 30 days in a relationship with a complete stranger. Moderating the panel discussion will be Dr. Carver Nebbe, staff psychiatrist at the Thielen Student Health Center.

Farmland - Documentary Film & Discussion with Farmers
6:00 PM – Benton Auditorium, Scheman Building, Iowa State Center - Most Americans have never stepped foot on a farm or ranch or even talked to the people who grow and raise the food we eat. The documentary film Farmland takes an intimate look at the lives of farmers and ranchers in their twenties. Director James Moll looks at the this high-risk, high-reward job and passion for a way of life that has been passed down from generation to generation, yet continues to evolve. A panel of farmers will join the audience for a discussion immediately following the 77-minute film.

Climate Urgency & How Iowa Farmers and Businesses Can Take the Lead - Katharine Hayhoe
7:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Katharine Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist and a climate change evangelist. She directs the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University and is the founder and CEO of ATMOS Research, an organization created to bridge the gap between scientists and a broad range of non-profit, industry and government clients. Hayhoe's work has been featured on the documentary series Years of Living Dangerously and The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers. She is coauthor of the book A Climate for Change: Global Warming Facts for Faith-Based Decisions. Hayhoe earned her PhD in atmospheric science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Link to webstream

Caucus Cup Debate - ISU College Democrats v. College Republicans
7:00 PM – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - The ISU College Democrats will debate the College Republicans on an issue of the day for the chance at the Caucus Cup. The winner claims the trophy for a year and will defend the Cup at the 2016. This year's issues are GMO labeling and campaign finance reform. The judges include Jean Goodwin, professor of English and Speech Communication, and Kelly Winfrey, leadership faculty with the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women & Politics and former assistant director of debate at Kansas State University. Elaine Godfrey, a senior in Journalism & Mass Communication, will moderate. First Amendment Day Celebration

The First Amendment in the 21st Century - Gene Policinski
7:00 PM – Dolezal Auditorium, 127 Curtiss Hall - Gene Policinski, CEO of the Newseum Institute and senior vice president of its First Amendment Center, will discuss how new technologies, recent court decisions, theocrats and thugs are the latest challenges to our core freedoms. A veteran journalist, Policinski has worked in newspapers, radio, television and online. He was Washington editor of USA Today when it launched in 1982 and held several news executive positions at the paper. Policinski is a contributor to the recent American Bar Association book Whistleblowers, Leaks and the First Amendment and co-writes the weekly, nationally distributed column "Inside the First Amendment." First Amendment Day Series Keynote

Karate Chops, Geishas & Nerds: Reflections on the Asian American Experience - John Palmer
7:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - John Palmer is the author of The Dance of Identities: Korean Adult Adoptees Reflect upon Their Identity Journeys, a book that takes an honest look at the complex nature of race and how we can begin to address race and racism from a fresh perspective. As an Iowan who was adopted at the age of 13 months from South Korea, he is able to bring his personal experience to the subject. After teaching in a racially diverse public elementary school, he went to South Korea in search of a closer attachment with his racial and ethnic identity. While there, he earned a masters in International Studies from Yonsei University and returned to earn a doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Iowa. He is currently an associate professor of educational studies at Colgate University. Keynote Speaker, Asian Heritage Week Performance Night

Immigration and Mental Health - Melba Vasquez
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Melba Vasquez is a past president of the American Psychological Association and led the organization's national taskforce on how immigration affects the mental heath status of immigrants and their children. Vasquez, the first Latina to serve as president of the APA, is a first-generation college graduate and taught middle school before pursuing a graduate degree in counseling psychology. She has worked as a psychologist in the university counseling center at the University of Texas, taught in the counseling psychology programs at Colorado State and Texas, and is currently has a private practice. She is the author or co-author of many works on ethics in psychotherapy and multicultural therapy.

The Hunting Ground - A Documentary & Discussion about Sexual Assault on Campus
7:00 PM РGreat Hall, Memorial Union - The Hunting Ground, a 90-minute film, weaves together verit̩ footage and first-person testimonies of sexual assault survivors on U.S. campuses. A Q&A discussion about Iowa State University and Ames community response services available to students will follow the film. Iowa State President Steven Leath and the university's Chief of Police Jerry Stewart will provide opening remarks. Pamela Anthony, Dean of Students; Steffani Simbric, Coordinator, Story County Sexual Assault Response Team; Sara Kellogg, Assistant Dean and Director of Judicial Affairs; and Chief of Police Jerry Stewart participated in the closing Q&A discussion.

Love Is a Verb: Film & Discussion - Discussion with Producers Kenneth Hunter & Hakan Berberoglu
6:00 PM – Carver Hall Auditorium - Love Is A Verb is a documentary film that showcases Hizmet, a social movement rooted in Islam that focuses on universal values of sympathy for the fellow human, compassion, and altruism. It is also known as the Gulen Movement for its inspiration and leader Fethullah Gulen, a man that Time Magazine named as one of the most influential leaders in the world in 2013. The documentary covers the history of the movement, with a focus on Fethullah Gulen who inspired the volunteers all around the world that have made it their life-long goal to serve others. The film was directed by Terry Spencer Hesser, a recipient of three Emmy awards. Executive Producer Kenneth L. Hunter and co-producer Hakan Berberoglu will provide opening remarks and participate in a discussion following the 55-minute film.

The Politics of Global Food Security - Philip McMichael
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Philip McMichael is Professor and Chair of Development Sociology at Cornell University, where he studies how the politics of global food systems are affected by global energy, financial and climate crises as well as the food sovereignty movement. He is the author and editor of several books, including Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective, now in its fifth edition. McMichael, who grew up in Australia, has held academic positions at SUNY-Binghamton, Swarthmore College, and the University of Georgia and has worked with such groups as the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and its Civil Society Mechanism in the Committee on World Food Security, the UN Research Institute for Social Development, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, and the peasant coalition La Vía Campesina.