Inside Iowa State: Iowa State University

September 27, 2002

Women's Week in October

by Debra Gibson
Noted author Mary Pipher will present the keynote address for Women's Week 2002, scheduled for Oct. 3-16.

Pipher, a Lincoln, Neb., psychologist, is perhaps best known for her book, Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. Her lecture, "Ophelia's Family: Women and Families in 2002," will begin at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, in the Memorial Union Sun Room.

Other events include a panel discussion on Title IX; a speech on cyber-stalking presented by online crime expert Jayne Hitchcock; a one-woman play performed by Mexican actress Lara Gallardo about Frida Kahlo, a Mexican artist and revolutionary; a candidate forum with Iowa Lt. Gov. Sally Pederson and her opponent, Debi Durham; and a talk about the abortion issue.

All events are free and open to the public. See a list of events below.

For more information, phone the Lectures Program at 4-9934.

Thursday, October 3

8 p.m., Panel discussion, "Leveling the Playing Field: 30 Years of Title IX," Christine Grant, former women's athletic director, University of Iowa; Ann Rhodes, Office of General Counsel, University of Iowa, and moderator Dianne Bystrom, director, ISU Catt Center.

Monday, October 7

8 p.m., Lecture, "The Wild, Wild Web: Cyberstalking," Jayne Hitchcock, online crime and security expert and author.

Tuesday, October 8

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Open house, Men Flippin' Burgers, free, Sloss House.
7 p.m., Performance, The Life of Frida Kahlo: A One-Woman Show, performed by Mexican actress Lara Gallardo, Brunnier Gallery, Scheman.

Wednesday, October 9

Noon, Lecture, "Are We On the Same Page Here? Women and Men Sharing Gendered Spaces," Sharon Bird, ISU sociology (brown bag lunch), Campanile Room, MU.
8 p.m., Lecture, "Ophelia's Family: Women and Families in 2002," Mary Pipher, clinical psychologist and author, Lincoln, Neb.

Tuesday, October 15

Noon, Forum, "Iowa Candidates for Lieutenant Governor," Iowa Lt. Gov. Sally Pederson (Democrat) and Debi Durham (Republican).

Wednesday, October 16

8 p.m., Lecture, "I'm Not Political, I'm Pregnant!" Krista Jacob, founder and editor-in-chief, Sexing the Political: A Journal of Third Wave Feminists on Sexuality.