Schedule of Events

Art Talk: Conversations with Women Artists - Cindy Nemser
Mon, 14 Oct 1974, 12:00 PM – -- - Lecture and slideshow by the Editor of "The Feminist Art Journal." From the University Lectures Program archive. Part of the series: "Woman: A Creative Being"

Presentation: Warner Bros. Film Festival - R.B. Lindemeyer
Mon, 14 Oct 1974, 12:00 PM – - - From the University Lectures Program archive.

Women in the Art World Panel Discussion - Cindy Nemser
Mon, 14 Oct 1974, 12:00 PM – -- - Editor of "The Feminist Art Journal." From the University Lectures Program archive. Part of the "Woman: A Creative Being" Series

Lecture - Marcia Gillespie
Tue, 15 Oct 1974, 12:00 PM – -- - Editor of "Essence Magazine," Marcia Gillespie will add her vocal "column" from the perspective of a woman journalist. From the University Lectures Program archive. Part of the "Woman: A Creative Being" Series

Film: "The Tupamaros"
Mon, 21 Oct 1974, 11:30 AM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Exclusive view from inside the renowned urban guerilla movement. Part of the World Affairs Series

An Anthropologist's View of the Future: The Next 50 Years - Dr. George Foster
Mon, 21 Oct 1974, 3:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - George Foster, a native of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is currently Chairman of the Department of Anthropology at the University of California at Berkeley. Part of the World Affairs Series: The Human Prospect

Transformation of the Future - Dr. Harold Taylor
Mon, 21 Oct 1974, 8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Harold Taylor, a specialist in International Education, is chairman of the US Committee for the UN University, which will be located in Japan. The faculty and students of the University will come from around the world with the aim of establishing an international community. Part of the World Affairs Series: The Human Prospect

Film: "Rich Man, Poor Man: Industry"
Tue, 22 Oct 1974, 12:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - This movie focuses mainly on problems created when lesser developed countries adopt industrialized techniques to produce goods and services-often to benefit the rich at the expense of the poor. Part of the World Affairs Series

The Responsibility of Iowans for the Human Prospect - Lauren Soth
Tue, 22 Oct 1974, 3:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Lauren Soth was born and educated in Iowa, graduating from ISU in agricultural journalism. He has worked for the Des Moines register and Tribune since 1947 and is currently editor of its editorial page. Soth was the winner of the 1956 Pulitzer prize for editorial writing and has written two books. Part of the World Affairs Series: The Human Prospect

World Trends in Population and Resources - Dr. Robert Muller
Tue, 22 Oct 1974, 8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Robert Muller is Deputy to the Under-secretary General for Inter-agency Affairs and Coordination in the Secretary General's Office. Part of the World Affairs Series: The Human Prospect

Film: "My Brother's Children"
Wed, 23 Oct 1974, 12:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Touches upon some of the problems facing families in modern day Africa. The presentations is in the style of a Yoruba opera. Part of the World Affairs Series

Future Developments in Science and Technology - Bob Stewart, Peter Peterson, Rev. Paul E. Bodine, and Aziz Fouad
Wed, 23 Oct 1974, 3:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - 1. Bob Stewart is Chairman of the Computer Science Department and is a professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics. 2. Peter Peterson is a professor of both Genetics and Agronomy. 3. Rev. Paul Bodine is in the United Ministries in Higher Education. 4. Aziz Fouad is a professor of Electrical Engineering and Chairman of the Committee on Technology and Social Change in Foreign Cultures. Part of the World Affairs Series: The Human Prospect

The Human Prospect in a Dividing World - James W. Howe
Wed, 23 Oct 1974, 8:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - The Overseas Development Council is a non-governmental organization concerned with responsible development in the world. James Howe, in addition to his work in the Overseas Development Council, has served in various capacities with USAID in Vietnam, Brazil, and the East African Community. Part of the World Affairs Series: The Human Prospect

Film: "Rich Man, Poor Food"
Thu, 24 Oct 1974, 12:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - This movie deals with the 'green revolution' as well as problems of countries needing to import large quantities of food, machinery, pesticides and fertilizers World Affairs Series

World Population and Food Resources - Charlotte Roderuck, Ruth Deacon, and Brian D'Silva
Thu, 24 Oct 1974, 3:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - 1. Charlotte Roderuck is Associate Dean in the ISU College of Home Economics and a professor of Food and Nutrition. 2. Ruth Deacon is head of the Family Environment Department at ISU. 3. Brian D Silva is a graduate student in Economics and attended the United Nations World Population Conference this summer. Part of the World Affairs Series: The Human Prospect

Alternative Solutions to the Human Prospect - Prof. R. Vaitheshwaren and Dr. Richard Weiskoff
Thu, 24 Oct 1974, 8:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Professor Vaitheshwaran was the political editor of a weekly newspaper in India. Dr. Weiskoff is an Associate Professor of Economics at Iowa State University. Part of the World Affairs Series: The Human Prospect

Film: "Tilt" and "From where I sit"
Fri, 25 Oct 1974, 12:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - The theme of Tilt is the imbalance in the distribution of the world's wealth and resources. It shows some of the attitudes of both rich and poor toward development and poses some alternative strategies for development strategies. Part of the World Affairs Series

Future Role of Women in the Developing World - Eva Aspergen, Margaret Warning, Uche Tetenta, Regina Norton, and Jane Larkin
Fri, 25 Oct 1974, 3:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - A reevaluation of woman's place in society has been occurring in most countries, with women becoming more active-socially, economically and politically. This panel will explore the possibilities of women taking an even more active role in the developing world. 1. Eva Aspergen, from Sweden, is a graduate student in Food and Nutrition and has worked with the FAO in Africa. 2. Margaret Warning is a professor of Textiles and Clothing at ISU. 3. Regina Norton, program director of the YMCA, will moderate the panel. 4. Jane Larkin, who graduated from ISU last spring in Political Science, was one of the Midwest delegates to China this summer. Part of the World Affairs Series: The Human Prospect

Growth and Change in Brazil - Dr. Annibal Villela
Fri, 25 Oct 1974, 8:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Villela is a well-known economist and has been with the Institute for Economic and Social Planning as Director of Research. Part of the World Affairs Series: The Human Prospect

Who Killed JFK - Robert Katz
Tue, 29 Oct 1974, 12:00 PM – -- - From the University Lectures Program archive.

Talking about Sex - Dr. Gerhard Nuebeck
Tue, 05 Nov 1974, 8:00 PM – Memorial Union - Professor of Family Social Science and the Family Study Center, University of Minnesota and practicing marriage counselor. From the University Lectures Program archive. 4th Annual Human Sexuality Symposium

Woman and Man : What are the Differences? - Claus Wiedeking, M.D.
Wed, 06 Nov 1974, 8:00 PM – Memorial Union - Psyschohormonal Research Fellow, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. Founder and chief editor of Journal of Sexual Medicine (Sexual Medizin), (1972-73). Junior Medical Advisor of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, the German Family Planning Association, and the German Federal Government in Tunis, Tunisia, 1973.From the University Lectures Program archive. 4th Annual Human Sexuality Symposium

Female Sexuality - Dr. Pepper Schwartz
Thu, 07 Nov 1974, 12:00 PM – Memorial Union - Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology at the University of Washington at Seattle. From the University Lectures Program archive. 4th Annual Human Sexuality Symposium

Homosexuality and Prostitution: Workshops and Discussions - Betty Ebert
Thu, 07 Nov 1974, 12:00 PM – Memorial Union - Field Coordinator and Board Member for the National Prison Center, Iowa City, Iowa. From the University Lectures Program archive. 4th Annual Human Sexuality Symposium

Sex and the Single Person - Dr. Pepper Schwartz
Thu, 07 Nov 1974, 7:00 PM – Memorial Union - Assistant Professor,Department of Sociology at the University of Washington at Seattle. From the University Lectures Program archive. 4th Annual Human Sexuality Symposium

Physics and the Study of Consciousness, Intelligence Through Rest - Dr. Lawrence Domash
Sun, 10 Nov 1974, 12:00 PM – Memorial Union - Head, Department of Physics, Maharishi International University. Co-sponsored with Student's International Meditation Society. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Deepening World Crisis: Is Socialism the Answer? - Mike Alewitz
Tue, 12 Nov 1974, 8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - From the University Lectures Program archive. Part of the Lectures series "Marxist Alternatives to Continuing Crisis: A Series of Lectures on National, Social, and Economic Problems by Representatives of American Socialist Groups"

Reflections on a Recent Trip to China - Adrian Bennett
Wed, 04 Dec 1974, 7:30 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Slideshow and discussion with Adrian Bennett, Department of History, Iowa State University. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Film: Why the War is Not Over
Mon, 09 Dec 1974, 12:00 PM – The Gallery, Memorial Union - A slide show depicting Vietnam's struggle for independence and freedom beginning over 2,000 years ago. Part of the World Affairs Series

Truth vs. Propaganda: Prisoners and MIA's - Alfonso Ray Riate, Jean-Pierre Debris, Velma Cross
Mon, 09 Dec 1974, 3:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - 1. Alfonso Ray Riate was a prisoner in Hanoi for several years, released after the war. presently from Los Angeles, he is a member of VVAW and Winter Soldier Organization. 2. Jean-Pierre Debris was arrested and imprisoned in Saigon while passing out leaflets asking for peace. While in prison, he witnessed the torture and general brutal treatment received by his fellow-prisoners. Debris is currently associated with the Indochina Mobile Education Project and has co-authored a book, We Accuse, on this topic. 3. Velma Cross, of Des Moines, is a mother of a MIA and is also President of Iowan's Care. Part of the World Affairs Series: Indochina - What Kind of Peace?

The Media on Vietnam: Is the Truth Accessible? - Gloria Emerson
Mon, 09 Dec 1974, 8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Gloria Emerson served as a foreign correspondent for the New York Times in Saigon from 1970-1972. Her articles portrayed the effects of the war on the Vietnamese people. Part of the World Affairs Series: Indochina - What Kind of Peace?

Films: Only the Beginning & Winter Soldier
Tue, 10 Dec 1974, 12:00 PM – The Gallery, Memorial Union - Documentary of the GI movement to end the Vietnam War. Excerpts from the testimony of a Marine Division which indicate that incidents like My Lai were not isolated, but, rather, an integral part of the war against the Vietnamese people. Part of the World Affairs Series

Science and Reconstruction in Indochina - Arthur Westing
Tue, 10 Dec 1974, 4:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Arthur Westing has visited Vietnam on four occasions from 1969-1973. He made these trips as head of an investigating committee from the American Association for and Advancement of Science. The Committee surveyed the effects of land use, ecology, herbicides, and weapons in Vietnam. Part of the World Affairs Series: Indochina - What Kind of Peace?

Tradition and Revolution in Vietnam - Tran Van Dinh
Tue, 10 Dec 1974, 8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Tran Van Dinh, an eminent Vietnamese political scientist, was born in the Imperial City of Hue, Vietnam. He is a professor of Political Science at the Institute of Pan African Studies, Temple University. Part of the World Affairs Series: Indochina - What Kind of Peace?

Film: Vietnam: Still America's War
Wed, 11 Dec 1974, 12:00 PM – The Gallery, Memorial Union - Interviews with Americans in south Vietnam revealing continued US support of the war. Part of the World Affairs Series

The Meaning of the Vietnam War to Americans - Gloria Emerson
Wed, 11 Dec 1974, 3:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Part of the World Affairs Series: Indochina - What Kind of Peace?

The Meaning of the Vietnam War to Indochinese - Peter Bell, Tran Van Dinh, Sokhom Hing
Wed, 11 Dec 1974, 8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the World Affairs Series: Indochina - What Kind of Peace?

Film: Women of Telecommunications
Thu, 12 Dec 1974, 12:00 PM – The Gallery, Memorial Union - North Vietnamese women played an active role in the war. Here they operate a vital communication and relay station and defend it against attack. Part of the World Affairs Series

AID in Indochina - A Helping Hand? - Leslie Wilcox, Sokom Hing, Jim Malia, Ed Block, Peter Bell
Thu, 12 Dec 1974, 3:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Part of the World Affairs Series: Indochina - What Kind of Peace?

The Present Struggle in Cambodia - Sokhom Hing
Thu, 12 Dec 1974, 8:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Cambodian Sokhom Hing received his degrees in Economics and Political Science from Bucknell University, where he was a Fullbright Scholar. As an Asian Foundation Scholar, he did post-graduate study in Economics at new York University. Most recently, he did research as a PhD candidate at the New School for Social Research. Part of the World Affairs Series: Indochina - What Kind of Peace?

Film: A Question of Torture
Fri, 13 Dec 1974, 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

Debate: Paris Peace Accords Two Years Later - Don Luce & member from State Department
Fri, 13 Dec 1974, 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
Fri, 13 Dec 1974, 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

The Future of Indochina - James C. Scott
Fri, 13 Dec 1974, 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?

Panel of the Authoritarian vs. The libertarian Left - Murray Bookchin
Thu, 09 Jan 1975, 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 Black Athlete and His Role in American Society - Bobby Douglas
Thu, 16 Jan 1975, 8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the National Affairs Series: Playground to the Pros - Sports in American Society.

Films: The Plow that Broke the Plains & Bulldozed America & Nell and Fred
Mon, 20 Jan 1975, 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

Leisure and Recreation Alternatives for the Future - Louis F. Twardzik
Mon, 20 Jan 1975, 1:30 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Part of the National Affairs Series: The American Future.

Panel: Pave It Again, Sam: Land Use Planning
Mon, 20 Jan 1975, 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.

The Roots of a new Civility: Possibilities for Urban Life in America - Sam Bass Warner, Jr.
Mon, 20 Jan 1975, 8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the National Affairs Series: The People's Right To Know.

Film: The Coming of the Clone
Tue, 21 Jan 1975, 12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - An exploration of the moral issues underlying the process of genetic manipulation. Discussion following film, led by Joseph H. Kupfer and Rev. Richard Schaefer. Part of the National Affairs Series

Biochemical Genetic Studies of the Brain in Man - Dr. Gilbert S. Omenn
Tue, 21 Jan 1975, 4:00 PM – 138 Agronomy Hall - Part of the National Affairs Series: The American Future.

Advances in Medical Science and Bioethics - Dr. Gilbert S. Omenn
Tue, 21 Jan 1975, 8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the National Affairs Series: The American Future.

Film: Our Changing Cities : Can They be Saved?
Wed, 22 Jan 1975, 12:00 PM – Oak Room, Memorial Union - The film reveals how the failure to deal with technological changes is causing a critical breakdown in our cities. Part of the National Affairs Series

Archie, Mike and teh Gang at Kelsey's: The American Working Class and the Future - Dr. Arthur B. Shostak
Wed, 22 Jan 1975, 8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Part of the National Affairs Series: The American Future.

Film: The Cool World
Thu, 23 Jan 1975, 12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - A powerfully realistic look at the human condition in a slum ghetto. Part of the National Affairs Series

Utopia or Distopia: What is the American Future? - Mulford Q. Sibley
Thu, 23 Jan 1975, 12:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Part of the National Affairs Series: The American Future.

Panel: The Mixed Bag - Mulford Sibley, Richard Van Iten and Willis Bright
Thu, 23 Jan 1975, 3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - The panel will discuss the new pluralism. 1. Mulford Sibley 2. Richard Van Iten, Chairman of the Department of Philosophy at ISU 3. Willis Bright, 4-H Extension Assistant Program Director for the Black Leadership Workshop Russel Pounds will moderate.

Films: Energy: New Sources & Energy: Less is More
Fri, 24 Jan 1975, 12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - The first film is a study of the most feasible energy alternatives. The second film discusses the need to give up the delusion that "the bigger, the better." Part of the National Affairs Series

Panel: American Food Production: Problems and Paradoxes
Fri, 24 Jan 1975, 1:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - 1. Jerome Goldstein, Executive Editor of Organic Gardening and Farming 2. Louis M. Thompson, Associate Dean of Agriculture at ISU 3. William Marion, Head of the Department of Food Technology at ISU 4. John Pesek, Head of the Agronomy Department at ISU 5. Hans Goeppinger is in the farm management business primarily in Iowa and South Dakota Brian D'Silva will moderate. Part of the National Affairs Series

Is Nuclear Energy Acceptable? - Dr. Alvin M. Weinberg
Fri, 24 Jan 1975, 3:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Director, Office of Energy Research and Development, Federal Energy Office.Part of the National Affairs Series: The American Future.

The Future of the American Economy - Dr. Kenneth E. Boulding
Fri, 24 Jan 1975, 8:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Professor of Economics, University of Colorado.Part of the National Affairs Series: The American Future.

Exploration of Human Communication - Alphonse Chapanis
Wed, 29 Jan 1975, 12:00 PM – Marston Lecture Hall - Professor of Psychology, John Hopkins University. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Current Political Struggles in China - Gerald Tannenbaum
Tue, 04 Feb 1975, 8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Long-time resident in People's Republic of China, 1946-1971. From the University Lectures Program archive.

China and America: Where Do We Go From Here? - Sam Jaffe
Thu, 06 Feb 1975, 8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Twenty years of experience in American Journalism with an emphasis on international reporting. Expert on China and Southeast Asia - the people, culture, and politics. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Lecture - Grant Cooper
Tue, 18 Feb 1975, 8:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Socialist speaker. Part of the Lectures Series - Marxist Alternatives to Continuing Crises: A Series of Lectures on National, Social, and Economic Problems by Representatives of American Socialist Groups