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February 27, 2004March is Women's History MonthIowa State will celebrate Women's History Month with a variety of lectures and a comedy performance.Events begin at 7 p.m. tonight (March 1) with a talk by Lucy Lippard, a contributing editor to Art in America and a former critic for The Village Voice and Z Magazine. Her talk, "Not by Design," will be held in the Kocimski Auditorium in the Design College. The keynote address, "The Shoulders We Stand On: Women as Agents of Change," will be given by Louise Bernikow, beginning at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 2, in the Memorial Union Sun Room. Bernikow is an activist, author and feminist scholar. She will discuss the history of women's activism in this country. "Confessions of the Guerrilla Girls" will begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 3, in the Sun Room. The Guerrilla Girls are a group of anonymous women activists who put on gorilla masks to hide their faces as they assume the names of obscure dead female artists. Margaret Cho will present her comedic views on the contemporary social and political scene during a performance beginning at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 4, at Stephens Auditorium. Former editor of the Des Moines Register Geneva Overholser will give a talk titled "Name the Accuser and the Accused: Reconsidering the Coverage of Rape." Her talk begins at 8 p.m. Monday, March 8, in the Sun Room. Following is the Women's History Month schedule. All events are free. For more information, contact the ISU Lectures Program, (515) 294-9935. Not by Design LUCY LIPPARD Monday, March 1, 7 p.m. - Kocimski Auditorium, Design College Women's History Month Keynote Address The Shoulders We Stand On: Women as Agents of Change LOUISE BERNIKOW Tuesday, March 2, 8 p.m. - Sun Room, Memorial Union Confessions of the Guerrilla Girls THE GUERRILLA GIRLS Wednesday, March 3, 7 p.m. - Sun Room, Memorial Union Organic Foods KATHLEEN DELATE Thursday, March 4, 7 p.m. - Hughes Auditorium, Reiman Gardens - Admission Free Science and Society Lecture Science Policy: Why Should You Care? MARY GOOD Thursday, March 4, 8 p.m. - Sun Room, Memorial Union Comedy Performance MARGARET CHO Thursday, March 4, 8 p.m. - Stephens Auditorium, ISU Center Admission Free Name the Accuser and the Accused: Reconsidering the Coverage of Rape GENEVA OVERHOLSER Monday, March 8, 8 p.m. - Sun Room, Memorial Union Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities Series Photography: Vision, Reflection & Connection MARY STIEGLITZ Tuesday, March 9, 7:30 p.m. - Sun Room, Memorial Union 'Why She Becomes Insane So Often:' Women and Health in Rural Iowa, 1900-1940 JENNIFER GUNN Tuesday, March 23, 8 p.m. - Pioneer Room, Memorial Union The US and the UN: Can the Marriage Last? GILLAIN SORENSEN Wednesday, March 24, 5:30 p.m. - Gallery, Memorial Union Bittersweet Success: Diversifying the Faculty CAROLINE SOTELLO VIERNES TURNER Monday, March 29, noon - Cardinal Room, Memorial Union Same Sex Marriage: A Debate CAMILLA TAYLOR and MIKE HARTWIG Monday, March 29, 8 p.m. - Sun Room, Memorial Union Is the Bill of Rights in Jeopardy? NADINE STROSSEN Thursday, April 8, 8 p.m. - Great Hall, Memorial Union |
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