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What is featured?

Thursday, 17 Apr 2014

Miniature Book Making Class

Apr 17, 2014

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

The Workspace at the Memorial Union

ISU $21/ Public $31 Includes Supplies

The Workspace Arts, performances Student activities

Using recycled papers and fabrics, we will play with traditional methods of bookbinding to create miniature handmade books.

Shadows of Perception

Apr 17, 2014

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Christian Petersen Art Museum, 1017 Morrill Hall

free

University Museums Arts, performances

How do our sensory and perceptual systems acquire information about the world, and how does the mind attend to some aspects of the world and ignore other aspects? Join Eric Cooper, associate professor in Psychology, as he shares his knowledge of perception and how the brain perceives shadows. Also take this opportunity to see the current exhibition Illuminating Perception: Explorations of Light and Shadow by Mac Adams.

Student Speech and the First Amendment: Two Supreme Court Cases and Their Legacies

Apr 17, 2014

7:00 PM

Great Hall, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Diversity Lectures Student activities

Mary Beth Tinker and Cathy Kuhlmeier Frey discuss free-speech rights and their landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions. 2014 First Amendment Day Celebration

Medieval Superstition and Modern Skepticism

Apr 17, 2014

8:00 PM

Sun Room, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Lectures Student activities

Michael Bailey, an associate professor of history at Iowa State, examines how magic and superstition have been defined in various historical eras and how these constructions have changed over time.