Friday, 06 Oct 2017
Bake sale
Proceeds of the sales benefit the United Way of Story County.
Lecture: Financial Regulation and Reform
Michael Piwowar was appointed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2013 and currently serves as Acting Chairman of the Commission. He was the Republican chief economist for the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the lead Republican economist on the four SEC-related titles of the Dodd-Frank Act and the JOBS Act. Part of the Stafford lecture series on banking.
Vintage Wine in New Bottles: A ThinkSpace approach to Greek and Roman Mythology
How do you reimagine a subject that has been taught the same way for nearly 3,000 years? You use ThinkSpace! Alexander Hall, Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Department of World Languages and Cultures and Ritushree Chatterjee, Instructional Design Specialist ELO have crafted a new approach using ThinkSpace that helps online students develop the knowledge and skills to interpret Greek Mythology.
NREM Seminar
"Epiphytes/lichens in tropical forests," Daniel Stanton, ecology, evolution and behavior, University of Minnesota.
Paint Your Own Pottery: Skull Night
From creepy Jack Sparrow and scary Eddie from Iron Maiden to vibrant sugar skulls, paint a cranium that celebrates your favorite skeletal character
Cyclone Cinema: The Hitman's Bodyguard
The Student Union Board presents Cyclone Cinema! Showings are FREE in Carver 101 at 7 and 10 p.m. every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Hope to see you there!
Soccer
Iowa State vs. Oklahoma. Game times and dates are subject to change.
Concert: ISU Symphony Orchestra
Jacob Harrison, conductor
Performance: Out of the Fire, The Banned Books Monologues
The Forward Theatre Company of Madison Wisconsin first performed this series of monologues written mostly by those in the area on the subject of banned books from various points of view. Banned books included range from "James and the Giant Peach" to "Lady Chatterley's Lover". Permission has been given for ISU students to include their monologues on the subject as well. This production opens on the Friday of National Banned Books Week.
Comedian T.J. Miller
Named one of Variety's "Top 10 Comics to Watch," and EW's "Next Big Things in Comedy," and featured in HBO's Silicon Valley, Deadpool & Office Christmas Party.