Princeton Weekly Bulletin Calendar of events

September 30-October 6, 2002

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Monday, September 30

     

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Lectures

4 p.m. Chemical engineering/Wilhelm seminar, first of two. "Toward an Understanding of the Dynamic of Stable Emulsions in Viscous Flows." William Schowalter, National University of Singapore. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m.

4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. "Highway to Hell: Extreme Chemical Variability as a Consequence of Channelized Melt Transport." Marc Spiegelman, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. 220 Guyot.

4:30 p.m. Italian studies/French and Italian/comparative literature/Germanic Languages and Literatures lecture. "From the Danube to the Sea." Claudio Magris, Universita di Trieste. 1915 Lounge, Butler College.

4:30 p.m. Theater and dance/humanities lecture. "Choreography, Ideas and the Internet: The Web as a Choreographic Tool." Ralph Lemon, director and choreographer. Hagan Dance Studio, 185 Nassau St.

7 p.m. Philosophy society lecture. "A Promise of Happiness: The Place of Beauty in a World of Art." Alexander Nehamas. 302 Frist.

Notices

4:30 p.m. Council of the Princeton University Community meeting. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

Tuesday, October 1

     

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Arts

8 p.m. Composers Ensemble at Princeton/music/Friends of Music concert. New Millennium Ensemble, Michael Pratt and Steve Mackey, conductors. Music by Barbara White, Atricia Alessandrini, Brooke Joyce, Randy Bauers, Paul Boptelho and Stefan Weissman. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

Lectures

Noon. Population research/demography seminar. "Lessons From the 2000 Census." Bill Barron. 300 Wallace.

12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. "Paul E. Sigmund Scholars Report I." Fernando Delgado and Andre Lamartin Montes. 107, 58 Prospect.

2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. "Describing Climate Variability and Climate Change Using Simple Indices." David Karoly, Monash University, Australia. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering seminar. "Hedg-ing With Options." Peter Carr, New York University. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. Visual arts illustrated lecture. Chakaia Booker, sculptor, talking about her work. 219, 185 Nassau St.

Wednesday, October 2

     

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Arts

12:30 p.m. Chapel music concert. William Trafka, St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church. Chapel.

4:30 p.m. Creative writing/Althea Ward Clark reading. Andrea Ashworth and Marlys West reading from their work. Introduction by Joyce Carol Oates and James Richardson. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

Lectures

12:15 p.m. Information technology/McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning seminar. "How I Use Black-board in My Teaching." Multipurpose Room C, Frist.

4 p.m. Chemical engineering/Wilhelm seminar, last of two. "Graduate Education in a Post-Disciplinary Age." William Schowalter, National University of Singapore. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m.

4:15 p.m. Industrial relations seminar on labor economics. Erica Field. 200 Fisher.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. "Sengoku Jidai no Kami to Hotoke: Yuiichi Zettai no Kami (Hotoke) no Seritsu." Masaharu Imai, Tsukuba University. 202 Jones. Social gathering at 4 p.m.

4:30 p.m. Ecology and evolutionary biology colloquium on the biology of populations. "Ecological Stoichiometry in Plankton at Small and Large Scales." Robert Sterner, University of Minnesota. 10 Guyot.

4:30 p.m. English/comparative literature/transregional study of the contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia lecture. "The Enemy's Two Bodies: Shakespeare's Political Theology." Gil Anidjar, Columbia University. 105 Bobst.

4:30 p.m. Friends of the Library Woodrow Wilson exhibition talk. "The Princeton Precept: Myth and History of an Institution." Anthony Grafton. 104 Computer Science Building. Reception follows, Mudd Library.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. "Naked Economics: Reflections on the Role of Government." Charles Wheelan, author. 016 Robertson.

6 p.m. Architecture School lecture. "Does It Come in Different Colors?" Neil Denari, Neil M. Denari Associates, Los Angeles; and University of California-Los Angeles. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

Notices

7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, author of "Nobody's Perfect: Selected Writings From The New Yorker." University Store.

Sports

6 p.m. Women's soccer vs. George Mason University. Lourie-Love Field.

Thursday, October 3

     

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Arts

10 p.m. Chapel music for meditation. Chapel.

10 p.m. Frist Campus Center café performance. Bill Parsons. Café Vivian, Frist.

Lectures

2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. "Development of a Shortwave Stochastic Cloud-Radiation Para-meterization." Dana Lane, Rutgers University. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

4:30 p.m. Classics lecture. "A Discussion of an Imperial Epigram Collection, Attributed to Seneca, Its Structure and Its Intertextuality With Ovid and Martial." Niklas Holzberg, University of Muenchen. 105 Bobst.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture on contemporary China. "Have Economic Reforms Run Out of Steam?" Gordon Chang, author; Doug Guthrie, New York University; and Cheng Xiaonong. 309 Frist.

4:30 p.m. International studies/East Asian studies/regional studies lecture. "You Who Read Me, Friend or Enemy: The Choices of the Third World Novelist." Benedict Anderson, Cornell University. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. "Search for Corrections to Newton's Gravity at Sub-Mm Scales." Aharon Kapitulnik. A10 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Latin American studies lecture. "Protecting Human Rights in Columbia: Local Action and International Collaboration." Rafael Barrios-Mendivil, Jose Alvear Restrepo Lawyers' Collective. 016 Robertson.

Friday, October 4

     

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Arts

4:30 p.m. Irish studies reading. Tom Paulin, poet, reading from his work. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

Lectures

3:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar in applied physics, fluid mechanics, combustion, and dynamics and control. "Coordination and Control for Multi-Vehicle Teams." Jonathan How, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 101 Friend. Social gathering at 4:30 p.m., J223 Engineering Quadrangle.

Notices

FG 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Prospect Jersey Harvest Grill. Prospect House.

Sports

7 p.m. Sprint football vs. University of Pennsylvania. Weaver Track.

Saturday, October 5

     

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Arts

11 a.m. Art Museum talk for children. "What Do You Wear for a Portrait?" Frances Lange, docent. Art Museum.

F 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Mandy Patinkin; with Paul Ford, piano. "Celebrating Sondheim." McCarter Theatre.

10 p.m. Frist Campus Center open mic night. Cafe Vivian, Frist.

Notices

G 9:30 a.m. Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures/Latin American studies/regional studies/humanities/Wilson college documentary festival workshop for pre-graduate students only. Andrés Di Tella, director. 307 Frist.

Sports

1 p.m. Field hockey vs. Old Dominion University. 1952 Stadium.

4 p.m. Women's volleyball vs. St. Francis College. Dillon Gym.

Sunday, October 6

     

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Arts

F 3 p.m. Richardson Chamber Players, Michael Pratt and Nathan Randall, artistic co-directors. Music by Beethoven, Mozart, Janacek and Bohuslav Martinu. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

3 p.m. Friends of the Library gallery talk. "Heroic Pastorals: Images of the American Landscape." Rebecca Davidson. Milberg Gallery, Firestone.

4:30 p.m. Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures/Latin American studies/regional studies/humanities/Wilson college documentary festival workshop and film. "La Televisión y yo, Andrés Di Tella, Argentina, 2002." Andrés Di Tella, film director. Andrucha Waddington: "Viva Sao Joao!" at 7:00 p.m. Performance Theater, Frist.

Notices

11 a.m. University Chapel Service of Holy Communion. Sue Anne Steffey Morrow. Chapel.

Weekly

     

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Alcoholics Anonymous

12:15 p.m. Mondays, West Room, Murray-Dodge; and 9:30 a.m. Sundays, G2 Dickinson. Membership not required to attend.

Exhibits

     

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Art Museum

Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays and major holidays. Public tours, Saturdays, 2 p.m.

•"Beyond the Visible: A Conservator's Perspective." Through Jan. 5.

•"Earth's Beauty Revealed: The 19th-Century European Landscape." Oct. 5 through Jan 12.

•"Photographs by Lewis Baltz." Through Jan. 19.

•"Photographs From the Peter C. Bunnell Collection." Through Oct. 27.

Firestone Library

Exhibition Gallery and Milberg Gallery for the Graphic Arts (second floor): Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.

Exhibition Gallery:

•"Woodrow Wilson at Princeton: The Path to the Presidency." Through Oct. 27.

Milberg Gallery:

•"Heroic Pastorals: Images of the American Landscape." Through Oct. 6.

Lobby: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 11:45 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 11:45 p.m.

•"A Collector's Choices: The Vermeule Gift of Medals." Through Oct. 31.

•"Qur'anic Leaves From the William J. Trezise Collection of Arabic Calligraphy." Through Oct. 31.

Frist Campus Center

100 Level. Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 2 a.m.; Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 3 a.m.; and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 2 a.m.

•Photographs by Emery Guzelsu.

Mudd Manuscript Library

Wiess Lounge, Olden Street. Monday-Friday, 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday until 8 p.m.

•"Paix et Liberté: Posters that Go BANG!" Through Feb. 1.

Visual Arts Program

Lucas Gallery, 185 Nassau St. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed weekends.

•"Show of Seniors' Junior Independent Work." Oct. 1 through Oct 16. Opening reception, Oct. 1, 6 to 8 p.m.

Women and Gender Studies

Lounge, 113 Dickinson Hall. Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed weekends.

•"War and Prophecy." Pat Feeney Murrell, duCret School of Art. Through Oct. 30.

Woodrow Wilson School

Bernstein Gallery. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

•"After Sept. 11." Through Dec. 1.

Et cetera

     

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Art Museum

Hours: 258-3788; www.princetonartmuseum.org.

Athletic Ticket Office

Tickets and information: 258-3538. Dillon Gymnasium. Hours: 258-4466.

Employee Assistance Program

120 McCosh Health Center. Information and appointments: 258-1875, Monday, Tuesday and Friday.

Employee Health

G6B McCosh Health Center. Appointments: 258-5035, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. After-hours emergencies: 258-3134.

Employment Opportunities

Employment Hotline: 258-6130; jobs.princeton.edu/openjobs.

Frist Campus Center

Welcome Desk: 258-1766. fristqna@princeton.edu.

Library

Hours: 258-3181; libweb.princeton.edu.

McCarter Theatre Box Office

Reservations: 258-2787, Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. www.mccarter.org.

Orange Key Guide Service

Frist Campus Center Welcome Desk. Tours Monday-Saturday at 10 and 11 a.m., 1:30 and 3:30 p.m.; Sunday at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. Information and tours: 258-1766.

Prospect Association

Reservations: 258-3686.

Richardson Auditorium

Reservations: 258-5000, Monday-Friday, noon to 6 p.m.; and two hours before events requiring tickets.

Theater and Dance

Reservations: 258-3676; www.princeton. edu/~visarts/the.html.

Theatre Intime

Reservations: 258-4950; www.theatre-intime.org.

Tiger Sportsline

Current sports highlights and upcoming athletic events: 258-3545.

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