Extra Credit
From time to time, the University offers very interesting educational presentations that relate to issues we discuss in class. For those of you who may have homework assignments, tardies, or absences you would like to remove from your grade, you can attend these seminars to remove one of these "blemishes" from your record. Within one week of the presentation you attend, you must submit to me a one-page (no more) paper analyzing or debating one or all of the issues discussed at thE presentation. A summary of the event will earn NO credit. Each paper can eliminate one of the following (I will eliminate whatever mark is having the greatest negative effect on your grade):

• one missed homework assignment / failed quiz
• one tardy
• half of an absence (reducing it to a tardy; two papers would then eliminate one absence)

This is not a license to skip class. You may only submit three of these papers. If you currently do not have a missed homework assignment / failed quiz, tardy, or absence, you may still attend a lecture that looks interesting, write the paper, and save a "free quiz" for later (that would make up for a possible bad grade on a future homework assignment / failed quiz).

List of Events
Below is a list of possible events you could attend. If you have another event you would like to attend and possibly receive credit for this "assignment," talk to me at least a week before the event, and we may be able to use that event as well. The University's list of events is online here; usually academic lectures and multicultural events will count for this assignment.

Theme	Topic	Speaker	Date	Time	Location
Institute on World Affairs - What Is Terrorism?	Human Rights and the War on Terrorism	Holly Burkhalter	Monday, February 25	8:00pm	Sun Room, Memorial Union
Columbine High School Tragedy	A Message of Hope and Triumph for Youth	Darrell Scott (father of a Columbine victim)	Thursday, February 28	7:00pm	Stephens Auditorium
Institute on World Affairs - What Is Terrorism?	Collateral Damage: Civilians and the Air War in Afghanistan	Marc Herold	Wednesday, March 6	8:00pm	Sun Room, Memorial Union
Women's History Month	Finding Our Own Voice: The History of Women and Music	Judy Gorman	Thursday, March 7	12:00pm	Gold Room, Memorial Union
Responsibility with Alcohol	OWI: A Powerful Lesson	Mark Sterner	Sunday, March 10	7:00pm	Sun Room, Memorial Union
Civil Liberties	English Only Legislation	Cara Harris	Tuesday, March 12	8:00pm	Gallery, Memorial Union
Women's History Month	Humor and Creativity in Women's Lives	Regina Barreca	Thursday, March 28	8:00pm	Sun Room, Memorial Union
Iowa Conference on Islam	Islam, World Peace, and September 11th	Jamal Badawi	Friday, March 29	7:45pm	Great Hall, Memorial Union
Iowa Conference on Islam	Preaching Peace and Co-Existence in a Multicultural Society	Siraj Wahhaj	Saturday, March 30	3:15pm	Great Hall, Memorial Union
Homosexual Rights	Same Sex Marriage Debate	Evan Wolf vs Steve King	Monday, April 1	8:00pm	Sun Room, Memorial Union
Institute on World Affairs - What Is Terrorism?	Britain's Answer to Terror	Robert Culshaw	Thursday, April 11	8:00pm	Sun Room, Memorial Union
Homosexual Rights	Catholicism and Homosexuality	Richard Sparks	Monday, April 15	8:00pm	Sun Room, Memorial Union
Middle East Conflict	Palestinian Perspective, Peace and What Americans Can Do	Panel Discussion	Tuesday, April 23	8:15pm - 10:30pm (photo gallery and slide shows starting at 6:30pm)	Gallery Room, Memorial Union
University Diversity	International Perspective on American Education	Panel Discussion (contact Rashmi Ahuja for more info)	Wednesday, April 24	12:00pm - 1:00pm	Room 302, Catt Hall
"War" on Terrorism	US "Involvement" in Central and South America	Fernando Arribas-Garcia	Friday, April 26	4:00pm	Room 244, Memorial Union
Animal Science	The Science and Commercialization of Avian Stem Cells	Rob Etches	Friday, May 3	4:00pm	Room 1204, Kildee Hall