Tuesday, 10 Apr 2012
Discussion: Lean, finely textured beef
Gov. Terry Branstad will be among speakers addressing the latest beef issue in a program, titled "The Truth: Lean Finely Textured Beef." Other speakers are Jim Dickson, ISU animal science and meat science professor, and Nancy Degner of the Iowa Beef Industry Council. The program is organized by students in the animal science department and the ISU Block and Bridle Club.
STEM Education webinar
"Using Argument Based Inquiry for Learning Science and Math," Jay Staker, program director for Extension-Science, Engineering & Technology (E-Set). Email traciem@iastate.edu for directions on how to attend remotely or in person.
The Caucus Cup: ISU College Republicans v. ISU Democrats
The ISU Democrats will debate the College Republicans on an issue of the day for the chance at the Caucus Cup. This year's issue is whether individuals making over $200,000 should continue to receive tax breaks. The College Republicans will be led by Stephen Quist, and the ISU Democrats will be led by Abhishek Vemuri. Part of the Tenth-Anniversary First Amendment Day Celebration.
Thinking Indian: The Urgency of Native Stories in the New Century
Author, poet and short story writer Susan Power is a member of the Standing Rock Sioux. A Harvard-trained lawyer, she abandoned a career in law to pursue her interest in creative writing, earning an MFA from the Iowa Writer's Workshop. Her 1995 novel, The Grass Dancer, features a complex plot about four generations of Native Americans. The work received the 1995 PEN/Hemingway Award for Best First Fiction. Richard Thompson Memorial Lecture.
Africa's Second Struggle for Independence: What's Modernity Got to Do with It?
Olúfémi TáÃÂwó is the director of the Global African Studies Program and a professor of philosophy at Seattle University, Seattle, Washington. He has held visiting appointments at institutions in the United States, Germany, South Korea and Jamaica. He is the author of Africa Must Be Modern: a Manifesto, How Colonialism Preempted Modernity in Africa, and Legal Naturalism: A Marxist Theory of Law.