Princeton - Weekly Bulletin 09/20/04

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Editor: Ruth Stevens
Calendar editor: Carolyn Geller
Staff writers: Jennifer Greenstein Altmann, Steven Schultz
Contributing writers: Karin Dienst, Eric Qui–ones, Danielle Scruggs
Photographer: Denise Applewhite
Design: Mahlon Lovett, Laurel Masten Cantor, Margaret Westergaard
Web edition: Mahlon Lovett

[F] Admission charged, [G] Not open to general public.
All other events are open to members of the University community and the general public free of charge. Any speaker not otherwise identified is a member of the faculty, staff or student body of Princeton University. • Contact Calendar editor • Submissions for future calendars may be made online by completing the calendar submission form. • For copy deadlines, please refer to the PWB deadline schedule .

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. ''My Backwards Life.'' David Byrne. Matthews Theatre.

2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. ''Tropical Instability Waves: The Case Against Observations.'' Markus Jochum, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

4 p.m. Electrical engineering seminar on electronic materials and devices. ''Tunneling Spectroscopy of Competing Order Between the Edges of Two Quantum Hall Droplets.'' Woowon Kang, University of Chicago. Auditorium, Bowen.

4:30 p.m. International economics/political economy lecture. ''A Protectionist Bias in Democratic Politics.'' Gene Grossman. 200 Fisher.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture series on ''Journalists Writing the World.'' ''The Press at War: A View From Behind the Lines.'' Philip Bennett, Washington Post. 16 Robertson.

6 p.m. American Whig-Cliosophic Society lecture. ''Covering Politics in the World of Michael Moore and Rush Limbaugh.'' Jim Kelly, Time magazine. Senate Chamber, Whig.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Steven Dietz: ''Last of the Boys.'' Berlind Theatre.

Noon. Population research/demography seminar. ''Ecological Inference Problem Revisited: Statistical Modeling in a Not So Ideal World.'' Ying Lu. 300 Wallace.

12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. ''Reflections on the Princeton Tropical Ecology Program in Panama.'' Daniel Rubenstein. 107, 58 Prospect Ave. Lunch served at noon.

12:20 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute seminar. ''Ecological Significance(?) of Microbial Diversity.'' Bess Ward. 10 Guyot.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. ''Government and Business Relations in Japan: The Prewar Japanese Iron and Steel Industry.'' Peter Von Staden, University of the West of England. 234 Frist.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. ''Three-Fold Divisorial Contractions.'' Masayuki Kawakita, Institute for Advanced Study. 322 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. ''Linking the Religious Dimension to Sustainable Development: A Practitioner's Perspective.'' Jack Hogan, Catholic University; and Denis Hynes, international development consultant. 16 Robertson.

7:30 p.m. American studies lecture. ''A Recantation: Reflections on Joan Didion's 'Where I Came From' and California Past.'' Wendy Lesser, Threepenny Review. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

4:30 p.m. Creative writing/Althea Ward Clark reading. Henri Cole, poet; and Edna O'Brien, novelist and playwright, reading their work. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Steven Dietz: ''Last of the Boys.'' Berlind Theatre.

[G] Noon. Information technology lecture. ''Blackboard Content System and New Blackboard Features.'' Dennis Hood and Matt Hood. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.

Noon. Molecular biology lecture. ''How Did That Get There? Chemotaxis and Protein Targeting in Rhodobacter.'' Judy Armitage, Oxford University. 3 Thomas Lab.

12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences seminar. ''Successes of Computational Science.'' Frank Tobin, GlaxoSmithKline. 302 Computer Science Building.

2 p.m. Mathematics statistical mechanics seminar. ''Realizability and Superhomogeneity.'' Joel Lebowitz, Rutgers University. 343 Jadwin.

2:30 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. ''Menger Theorem for Infinite Graphs.'' Eli Berger, Institute for Advanced Study. 224 Fine.

3 p.m. Mathematics geometry, representation theory and moduli seminar. ''The Flag Variety Structure for Solutions of the Bethe Ansatz Equations.'' Alexander Varchenko, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. 214 Fine.

4:15 p.m. Industrial relations seminar on labor economics. ''Teacher Pay, How Does It Compare?'' Lawrence Mishel, Economic Policy Institute. 200 Fisher.

4:15 p.m. International economics lecture. ''Product Quality, Linder and the Direction of Trade.'' Juan Hallak, University of Michigan. 103, 26 Prospect Ave.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. ''Iraq: Prospects for Democracy, Peace and Stability.'' Phebe Marr, consultant, ABC News. 16 Robertson.

[G] 4:30 p.m. Dean of the college meeting for new faculty members, including assistants in instruction, part-time and visiting faculty, regarding the honor system. Faculty Room, Nassau.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Steven Dietz: ''Last of the Boys.'' Berlind Theatre.

8 p.m. Theater and dance performance. ''Hell Meets Henry Halfway.'' Pig Iron Theatre Company. Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.

[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime performance. Karl Gajdusek: ''Fair Game.'' Theater, Murray-Dodge.

2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. ''Why Does the THC Exist in the Atlantic Basin?'' Dan Seidov, Pennsylvania State University. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

2 p.m. Mathematics ergodic theory and statistical mechanics seminar. ''Inverse Problem for Gibbsian Fields.'' Leonid Koralov. 322 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. ''Fold Forms for Four-Folds.'' Ana Cannas da Silva, 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. A. Douglas Stone, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A10 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Politics/Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies/Center for the Study of Democratic Politics/Public Law Colloquium. ''Overcoming Apartheid: Can Truth Reconcile a Divided Nation?'' James Gibson, Washington University, St. Louis. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. ''Sudan: The Crisis in Darfur.'' Emily Fries, Save the Children. 16 Robertson.

7:30 p.m. Judaic studies/American studies/American Jewish Committee lecture. ''The 350-Year History of an Old Faith in the New World.'' Jonathan Sarna, Brandeis University and Celebrate 350. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Steven Dietz: ''Last of the Boys.'' Berlind Theatre.

8 p.m. Theater and dance performance. ''Hell Meets Henry Halfway.'' Pig Iron Theatre Company. Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.

[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime performance. Karl Gajdusek: ''Fair Game.'' Theater, Murray-Dodge.

2:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar. ''Optimal Control of Disease Processes.'' Robert Stengel. 222 Bowen. Social gathering follows, J223 Engineering Quadrangle.

[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Steven Dietz: ''Last of the Boys.'' Berlind Theatre.

8 p.m. Theater and dance performance. ''Hell Meets Henry Halfway.'' Pig Iron Theatre Company. Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.

[F] 2 and 8 p.m. Theatre Intime performance. Karl Gajdusek: ''Fair Game.'' Theater, Murray-Dodge.

[F] 2 and 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Steven Dietz: ''Last of the Boys.'' Berlind Theatre.

11 a.m. Chapel service. David Becker, Bread for the World, Washington, D.C. Chapel.

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.

''Songs, Psalms and Praises: An 18th-Century Ethiopian Manuscript.'' Through June 5, 2005.

''Bringing Into Being: Materials and Techniques in American Prints.'' Through Jan. 23.

''Photographs of the Chancellor Green Renovation'' by Dale Cotton. Through September.

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: ''The North American Indian: Photographs by Edward Curtis, 1895-1927.'' Through Oct. 24.

Milberg Gallery: ''Of Maps and Men: In Pursuit of a Northwest Passage.'' Through Sept. 26.

Lobby: ''Testing Boundaries: Cartoon Visions of Roosevelt's Third Term.'' Through Jan. 31.

Lounge, 113 Dickinson. Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed weekends. Exhibition of still life by Rena Segal. Through Oct. 29.

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

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

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.

Reservations: 258-5000, Monday-Friday, noon to 6 p.m.; and two hours before events requiring tickets. <www.princeton.edu/richaud>.

Conservative. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall. Sept. 24, 6:45 p.m.; and Sept. 25, 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Reform. Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau St. Sept. 24, 7 p.m.; and Sept. 25, 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.