Thursday, 17 Sep 2009
Lecture: Stories of the First Nations
"Stories of the First Nations," Dovie Thomason, storyteller, recording artist and author. As a child, Thomason grew up hearing stories and Indian legends from her Kiowa Apache and Lakota relatives, especially her Grandma Dovie and her dad.
Panel: Torture, Detention and the Rule of Law
"Torture, Detention and the Rule of Law: A Panel Discussion," Clark Wolf, ISU bioethics; Alex Tuckness, ISU political science; and Ben Stone, American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa. The American Civil Liberties Union recently won a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit forcing the release of a report providing a detailed description of torture and abuse of detainees.
Lecture: Global hopscotch
"Global Hopscotch: The Borderless World and the Search for Home," Rekha Basu, Des Moines Register columnist.