Princeton - PWB 032398 - Nassau Notes

Princeton Weekly Bulletin, March 23, 1998

Nassau Notes

Evnin Lecture
"The Vanishing Life on Earth: Do We Really Care?" is the question Peter Raven will address when he gives this year's Evnin lecture at 7:30 p.m. on March 25 in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall. Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden and professor of botany at Washington University, Raven is home secretary of the National Academy of Sciences and a member of President Clinton's Committee of Advisers on Science and Technology. His lecture is the first in a series on Controversies in Science sponsored by the Council on Science and Technology.
Talk addresses environmental justice
Janice Perlman will give a lecture entitled "Transforming Practice and Policy in Mega-Cities: The Case of Environmental Justice" at 4:30 p.m. on March 26 in 2 Robertson Hall.
     Perlman is founder and president of the Mega-Cities Project Inc., a transnational nonprofit organization dedicated to finding solutions to the problems of the world's largest cities. Since its founding in 1987, Mega-Cities has established working teams in 20 of the world's largest cities, including Bangkok, Cairo, Karachi, London, Los Angeles and Mexico City.
     A research scholar in the metropolitan studies program at New York University and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Perlman previously served as coordinator of President Carter's Neighborhood Task Force on Urban Policy and as executive director of strategic planning for the New York City Partnership.
     She is author and editor of several books on urban development, including Urban Leadership for the 21st Century: Scaling Up and Reaching Out from the Neighborhood Level (in press). Her book The Myth of Marginality: Urban Poverty and Politics in Rio de Janeiro received the 1977 Mills Award for the year's most outstanding contribution to public policy for social problems.
     Her lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School.
Hertzberg delivers Bowen Lecture
Arthur Hertzberg will consider the question "Israel at 50: Has It Made the World Better?" when he delivers the fourth annual William Bowen Lecture at 7:30 p.m. on March 26 in Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.
     A prominent scholar of Israel studies and Zionist thought and history, Hertzberg is a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books. His many publications include The Zionist Idea and The French Enlightenment and the Jews.
     Currently Bronfman Visiting Professor of the Humanities at New York University, Hertzberg previously held academic posts at Princeton and at Columbia University, the Jewish Theological Seminary, the Ecole des Hautes Etudes in Paris and Hebrew University in Jerusalem, among others.
     President of the American Jewish Policy Foundation and rabbi emeritus of Temple Emanuel in Englewood, he has also served as president of the American Jewish Congress and vice president of the World Jewish Congress.
     A reception at the Center for Jewish Life will follow the lecture, which is an annual event sponsored by center and funded by the Botwinick-Wolfensohn Foundation in honor of Princeton's 17th president.
Four by four
England's Lindsay String Quartet will perform four quartets by Haydn at 8:00 p.m. on March 26 in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall.
Intime presents Noel Coward's Hay Fever
Noel Coward's Hay Fever, directed by Marlo Hunter '99, will be performed at Theatre Intime at 8:00 p.m. on March 26 through 28 and April 2 through 4, with matinees at 2:00 p.m. on March 29 and April 4.
     Written in 1925, Hay Fever is a comedy about a weekend with four members of the Bliss family -- whom director Hunter describes as "British, bohemian and morally deficient" -- and their houseguests. The Blisses are Judith, an actress (played by Emily Holland '01); her husband David, a novelist (Damian Long '98); son Simon (Nick Merritt '99); and daughter Sorel (Karron Graves '99). Their guests are a young boxer (Jared Ramos '01), a flapper (Aliza Fogelson '00), a "loose woman" (Majel Connery '01) and a diplomat (Todd Barry '00).
     "As the guests and household mingle," says Hunter, "more than one surprise erupts, while the weekend unfolds in a tangle of intrigue."
     For reservations or information call 258-4950.
Junior plays Lizst, Schubert, Bach for Friends
Pianist Gwendolyn Barriac '99 will present a program of works by Liszt, Schubert and J.S. Bach at 8:00 p.m. on March 27 in Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall.
     An electrical engineer working toward a certificate in physics, Barriac studies piano at Westminster Choir College. She has won first place awards in the Pennsylvania State Competition of the National Association of Music Teachers and in the Contemporary Music Competition of Southern California. Her concert is sponsored by the Friends of Music.
Struggle
En la brega, a modern dance troupe, will perform at 8:00 p.m. on March 28 in Chancellor Green Rotunda as part of the symposium "1898: War, Literature and the Question of Pan-Americanism." The troupe, which is based in New York, was founded by Puerto Rican dancer-choreographers Nequi Gonzalez Martinez and Alicia Diaz. "'En la brega,'" they explain, "is a figure of speech used in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, meaning 'in the struggle.' The company's work is inspired by the everyday life struggles that allow marginalized communities to survive, strive and create in the midst of urban violence, injustice and despair. The different backgrounds of the dancers -- Puerto Rican, African American, Chicano and Filipino -- reflect the reality of contemporary cultural encounters in today's urban American cities."
Prospect offers Mardi Gras menu
Prospect House presents "A Taste of N'awlins: A Mardi Gras Celebration" with buffet and live Dixieland jazz from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. on March 27.
     The buffet features a "Ragin' Cajun" menu with gumbo creole, shrimp beignets, crayfish étouffe and Cajun jambalaya; fried plantains, fried green tomatoes and fried okra; hush puppies, red beans and rice; and peach Melba, bananas Foster and cherries jubilee.
     Bar selections include Bellini's, Bacchus cocktails, French wines, and domestic and imported beers.
     For reservations call 258-3087.
Dillon Pool closes March 28 for renovation
Dillon Pool will shut down for renovation work on the ceiling as of March 28. It is expected to remain closed until early June.
     Extended recreational hours at DeNunzio Pool through April 11 will be 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. weekdays and 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. The pool will be also be open for recreational use April 13 through 16 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. It will be closed on April 12 (Easter Sunday) and April 17 through 19 (for a water polo tournament).
     DeNunzio Pool is for lap swimming only; no inflatables are allowed. The depth is from nine to 17 feet; there is no shallow area. Locker and shower space is limited, and users must bring their own locks.