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Olin Research Fellow to address racism

Dinesh D’Souza, Olin Research Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, will give a lecture titled “Racism Is Not the Problem” tonight at 8 in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union.

His lecture is free and open to the public.

A 1983 graduate of Dartmouth College, D’Souza served as senior domestic policy analyst at the White House in 1987 and 1988.

He also is an author, and his books include “The End of Racism,” “Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader” and “Illiberal Education,” a 1991 New York Times best seller.

D’Souza, in a November 1997 interview with the “Atlantic Monthly,” said that it is minorities’ responsibility to overcome subordinate positions.

“The main responsibility for reforming the cultural deficiencies of the black underclass falls to the African-American community,” D’Souza said in that interview.

The lecture is sponsored by the College Republicans, Young America’s Foundation and the Committee on Lectures.

—Joe Doolittle

College of Ag to host Ag Career Forum

Iowa State’s College of Agriculture will be hosting an Ag Career Forum tonight at 7 in 127 Curtiss Hall.

The forum, sponsored by the ISU Collegiate Farm Bureau Club, will discuss the changing agriculture industry and how today’s students can prepare themselves for tomorrow’s jobs.

Although the forum is intended for students in the College of Agriculture, anyone is welcome to attend.

Speakers for the forum will include John Russell of Firstar Banks, Angela Rieken of E-markets and a representative from Monsanto.

Mike Gaul, career services director for the college, will be the emcee.

For information about the forum, contact Gaul at 294-4725 or Susan Thompson at 294-0705.

Entrepreneurial training courses offered

The first of two free entrepreneurial training courses for Iowa State students, faculty and staff will be Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Pine Room of the Memorial Union.

The seminar, which is titled “Smart Start — A Smart Approach to Starting a Business,” will address topics such as how to evaluate an opportunity, creating a business plan, business start-up questions, market research, financing and forms of ownership.

The second session, which will cover the same issues, will be Nov. 17, at the same time and location.

The sponsors are: the College of Business, the Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship and the Iowa Small Business Development Center.

For more information, contact Judi Eyles, program coordinator for the Pappajohn Center, at 296-6532.

Gunstone to give lectures

Frank Gunstone, the 1999 Dean Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, will present two lectures this month.

The first lecture, titled “Feeding the Multitude — Where is Tomorrow’s Equivalent of the Five Loaves and Two Fishes?” will be held tonight at 8 in LeBaron Hall Auditorium, Room 1010. Refreshments will be served at 7:30 p.m.

Gunstone will give a presentation on “Feeding the Favoured — Tailor-Made Fats” on Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Molecular Biology Building Auditorium, Room 1414. Refreshments will be served at 7:30 p.m.