March 8, 1979 - As part of The Vietnam Experience and America Today Symposium, a panel discussion about Vietnam, the presidency, public trust, and student activists.
March 9, 1979 - Three sessions of The Vietnam Experience and America Today Symposium, held at Macalester College, are highlighted in this program. Discussions are on the effect the war had and has on America and its foreign relationships. Includes speech clips and interviews with various academics and military members.
March 10, 1979 - A summary report on The Vietnam Experience and America Today Symposium, a 10-day conference held at Macalester College. The symposium was one of the first national postwar forums to examine the effects of Vietnam.
March 16, 1979 - Richard Leakey, anthropologist and director of the National Museums of Kenya, speaking in St. Paul. Leakey talks about the Foundation for Research into the Origins of Early Man and how Australopithecus Boisei, a relative of the human race, fits into the evolution of humans.
March 17, 1979 - John Boland, former chairman and executive director of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Council, speaking on challenges and accomplishments during his tenure. Boland also discusses issues still before the body.
March 19, 1979 - Psychologist, author, and theologian Dr. Rollo May offers his insights into the nature of freedom, the relationship between love and freedom, and related questions in a speech at Mankato State University.
March 22, 1979 - Ed Bradley, a CBS News correspondent, speaking at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. Bradley discusses "Media and Politics", and the role of journalists and the protections guaranteed them by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. He illustrates both the privilege and problems provided by Freedom of the Press.
March 30, 1979 - MPR’s Tom Meersman profiles poet Edward Dorn. Segment includes Dorn speaking and reading at Macalester College as part of this week's Midwestern Writers Festival.
March 31, 1979 - Nationally syndicated Boston Globe columnist Ellen Goodman speaks at the 86th Minnesota Association of Social Services Conference in Minneapolis.
March 31, 1979 - Dr. Max Fine, director of the National Institute Committee for National Health Insurance, speaking at a health care costs symposium in Ames, Iowa. Fine’s topic is "The Health Problems of the Elderly."