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NEWS RELEASE

09-27-02

Contacts:
Penny Rice, Women's Center, (515) 294-4154
Skip Derra, News Service, (515) 294-4917


IOWA STATE'S WOMEN'S WEEK FEATURES POLITICAL FORUMS, CYBER ISSUES AND PRESERVING THE PERSONALITY OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS

AMES, Iowa -- Noted author Mary Pipher will present the keynote address for Women's Week 2002 at Iowa State University, Oct. 3-16.

Pipher, a Lincoln, Neb., psychologist, wrote "Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls." Her lecture, "Ophelia's Family: Women and Families in 2002," will be 8 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 9, Sun Room, Memorial Union.

Other Women's Week events include:

  • "Leveling the Playing Field: 30 Years of Title IX," a panel discussion with Christine Grant, retired women's athletic director, University of Iowa, and Ann Rhodes, former U of I women's athletic director and currently attorney, U of I Office of General Counsel; moderated by Dianne Bystrom, Catt Center director, 8 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 3, Great Hall, Memorial Union.

  • "The Wild, Wild Web: Cyber stalking," presented by Jayne Hitchcock, online crime and security expert and author of "Net Crimes and Misdemeanors: Outmaneuvering Online," 8 p.m., Monday, Oct. 7, Sun Room, Memorial Union.

  • "The Life of Frida Kahlo: A One-Woman Show," performed by Lara Gallardo and based on the life of the Mexican artist and revolutionary, 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 8, Brunnier Gallery, Scheman Building.

  • Open house and Men Flippin' Burgers, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 8, Sloss House.

  • "Are We on the Same Page Here? Women and Men Sharing Gendered Spaces," lecture presented by Sharon Bird, ISU sociology, noon, Wednesday, Oct. 9, Campanile Room, Memorial Union.

  • Candidate forum with Iowa Lt. Gov. Sally Pederson and her opponent, Debi Durham, 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 15, Sun Room, Memorial Union.

  • "I'm Not Political, I'm Pregnant!: Generation X Confronts the Abortion Issue," presented by Krista Jacob, founder and editor-in-chief, Sexing the Political: A Journal of Third Wave Feminists on Sexuality, 8 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 16, Sun Room, Memorial Union.
All Women's Week events are free and open to the public. For more information on Women's Week activities, please contact the Women's Center at (515) 294-4154.



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