Monday, March 14
Center for Family and Demographic Research Spring Speaker Series, “Links Between Premarital Cohabitation and Subsequent Marital Quality, Stability, and Divorce: A Comparison of Covenant and Standard Marriages,” presented by Jill Deines, graduate student, sociology, noon-1 p.m., 314 Bowen-Thompson Student Union.
Dissertation Defense, “I Like Samantha, But ... : The Cultural Conflict of Television’s Superpowered Women,” by Julie O’Reilly, American culture studies, 1 p.m., 103 East Hall.
Concert, by composer Larry Austin, 8 p.m., Kobacker Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center. Part of the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music's Digital Arts Concert Series.

Tuesday, March 15
Dissertation Defense, “Faculty Perceptions of Undergraduate Academic Dishonesty,” by Marie T. Saddlemire, higher education administration, 12:30 p.m., 207 Union.
Baseball vs. Findlay, 2 p.m., Steller Field.
Affirmative Direction Series, “Exercising Your Rights: How to File Harassment or Discrimination Complaints,” with Kim Kirkland, Office of Equity and Diversity; Jill Carr, Judicial Affairs; Dr. Benjamin Muego, Faculty Personnel Conciliation Committee; Dr. Robert Cunningham, Disability Services; Michelle Simmons, Student Employment, and Marsha Serio, Human Resources, 2-3:30 p.m., 201 Union.
Dissertation Defense, “Producing Impossible Subject/ivity at the Intersection of the Virtual and the Real,” by Melissa Altman, American culture studies, 3:30 p.m., 201 West Hall.
Tennis vs. Dayton, 4 p.m., Keefe Courts.
Edward Lamb Peace Lecture, “United States Nuclear Policies: Environmental Stability and International Security,” by Dr. Helen Caldicott, founder and president of the Nuclear Policy and Research Institute and former Nobel Peace Prize nominee, 7:30 p.m., 228 Bowen-Thompson Student Union.
Guest Artists, Illinois State Wind Ensemble, 8 p.m., Kobacker Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center.
Movie, “Alexander,” 9:30 p.m., Union Theater. Sponsored by University Activities Organization.

Wednesday, March 16
Dissertation Defense, “An Investigation of Factors that Influence African American Parents to Choose a Charter School Education Instead of a Traditional Public School Education for Their High School Students,” by Robin Wheatley, School of Leadership and Policy Studies, 10 a.m.-noon, 113 Education Building.
Center for Family and Demographic Research Workshop Series, “SPSS Basics,” with instructor Igor Ryabov, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 128 Hayes Hall.
Brown Bag Lunch, “Child-Free by Choice: Happy Non-Mothers,” with Kriss Ferluga, Lisa Schwartz, Barbara Floyd and Kelly Cichy, noon-1 p.m., 107 Hanna Hall.
Visiting Artist Lecture, by printmaker Michael Barnes, Northern Illinois University, 6-7:30 p.m., 1101 Fine Arts Center.
Comedy Performance, by Elliot Chang, 7 p.m., Kobacker Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center.
Faculty Artist Series, featuring Dr. Laura Melton, piano, 8 p.m., Bryan Recital Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center.

Thursday, March 17
President’s Lecture Series, “Completing the Revolution: Social Rights, Schooling and Democracy,” presented by Patrick J. Finn, professor emeritus, State University of New York at Buffalo, 4 p.m., 206 Union.
College of Arts and Sciences Visiting Writer, Aimee Bender, University of Southern California, will read from her work, 7:30 p.m., Prout Chapel.
International Film Series, "Vozvrashchenie (The Return)," 2003, Russia, directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev, 7:30 p.m., Gish Film Theater.
Concert, Early Music Ensemble, directed by Dr. Mary Natvig, 8 p.m., Kobacker Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center.

Friday, March 18
Dissertation Defense, “The Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Supply Managers’ Performance,” by Robin Wheatley, School of Leadership and Policy Studies, 10 a.m.-noon, 444 Education Building.
Women’s Research Network,“Providing Care across the Lifespan: Expectations, Rewards and Risks," presented by Dr. Nancy Orel, gerontology, and Dr. Laura Landry-Meyer, family and consumer sciences, 1-3:30 p.m., 107 Hanna Hall.
Guest Lecturer, “Virtues We Can Share: Friendship and Aristotelian Ethical Theory,” by Dr. Talbot M. Brewer, University of Virginia, 4-6 p.m., 301 Shatzel Hall. Sponsored by the Social Philosophy and Policy Center.
Movie, “Alexander,” 7 p.m., Union Theater. Sponsored by UAO.
Visiting Artist Lecture, “Fabricating Ideas,” by Seattle jeweler/metalsmith Andy Cooperman, Northern Illinois University, 7 p.m., 1101 Fine Arts Center.
Brain Awareness Week Lecture, "Stem Cell Research in Ohio: The Potential for Treating Brain Disorders and Nerve Damage," by Dr. Robert Miller, Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University, and Ross A. Frommer, deputy vice president for government and community affairs and associate dean of Columbia University Medical Center. Sponsored by the J.P. Scott Center for Neuroscience, Mind, and Behavior and the Bowling Green-Toledo Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience, 7:30 p.m., 228 Union..
Concert, Symphonic, Concert and University Bands, conducted by Dr. Carol Hayward and Dr. Kenneth Thompson, 8 p.m., Kobacker Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center.
Movie, “Alexander,” 9:30 p.m., Union Theater. Sponsored by UAO.

Saturday, March 19
Young People’s Concert, “Tubassoon,” 11 a.m., Bryan Recital Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center. Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for children, payable at the box office. Call 2-8171 for more information.
Baseball vs. Eastern Michigan (DH), noon, Steller Field.
Final round, Dr. Marjorie Conrad Peatee Art Song Competition, 8 p.m., Bryan Recital Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center.

Sunday, March 20
Festival Series Concert, featuring Sir James Galway and Lady Jeanne Galway, flute, accompanied by Phillip Moll, piano, in the Lois M. Nitschke Memorial Concert, 7 p.m., Kobacker Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center. Tickets are sold out; to be placed on a waiting list, call 2-8171.
Movie, “Alexander,” 9:30 p.m., Union Theater. Sponsored by UAO.

Monday, March 21
Canadian Studies Lecture, by Canadian writer Diane Schoemperlen, 4:30-6 p.m., 101B Olscamp Hall.
Human Rights Film Festival, “Calling the Ghosts,” 1996, about rape as a weapon of war, and “Behind the Labels: Garment Workers on U.S. Saipan,” 2001, 6-8 p.m., Union Theater. Call 2-7897 for more information or to arrange to borrow films for class use.
Tuba/Euphonium Studio Recital, 8 p.m., Bryan Recital Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center.

Continuing Events
March 17-20
BGSU Theatre, “Lysistrata,” at 8 p.m. March 17-19 and 2 p.m. March 19 and 20, Joe E. Brown Theatre, University Hall. Tickets are $7 for adults, including students and senior citizens, and $5 for children under 12. To reserve, call the box office at 2-2719.

March 19-20
Dance Marathon, 10 a.m. Saturday-6 p.m. Sunday, Student Recreation Center.

Through April 6
Art Exhibition, “Natura Morta,” digital collage by Karen La Vallee Norton, Little Gallery, BGSU Firelands. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

March 15-April 15
Planetarium Show, “Spirits from the Sky: The Star World of the Pawnee.” Showings are at 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays, 7:30 p.m. Sundays and at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 2. $1 donation suggested.

March 20-April 7
BFA Senior Thesis Exhibition, Dorothy Uber Bryan and Willard Wankelman galleries, Fine Arts Center, and the Bowen-Thompson Student Union galleries. Bryan and Wankelman gallery hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 1-4 p.m. Sundays. Hours in the Union galleries are 7 a.m.-midnight Monday-Saturday and 10 a.m.-midnight Sundays.