Monday, 08 Apr 2013
Kinship of Rivers: Readings by Wang Ping & Rick Bass
Writer and poet Wang Ping grew up on a small island in the East China Sea. Her Kinship of Rivers project focuses on the destructive effects of China's globalization and modernization on natural and cultural landscapes. Rick Bass is the author of more than twenty books, including the autobiographical Why I Came West. Wildness, Wilderness & the Environmental Imagination Series
Osborn Club Lecture
"Messages from the History of Science," David Wilson, professor of history and mechanical engineering. The lecture is open to the public following the club member dinner.
Rhetoric and Science: Two Cultures or One?
David Zarefsky is a scholar of rhetoric. He will discuss how debates over policy can in fact resemble the scientific method. Rhetoric is often thought of as manipulative, partisan and self-interested, while scientific discourse is rational, dispassionate and fact-based. But are they truly opposites?
Caucus Cup Debate: ISU College Democrats v. College Republicans
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 2014 First Amendment Day celebration. Part of the First Amendment Day Celebration.
DUI: A Powerful Lesson
Mark Sterner helps students realize the choice they make to drink and drive can have a lasting impact on their friends, families and themselves. After a night of partying during spring break, he and his four best friends decided the least drunk would drive home. The next morning, three of the men were dead, and Mark lay in the hospital critically injured and facing three felony counts of DUI manslaughter.