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Princeton Weekly Bulletin, April 13, 1998

Nassau Notes

Times editor Cohen analyzes political coverage

Patricia Cohen will lecture on "What's Wrong with the Way Newspapers Cover Politics? Bill and Monica: A Case Study" at 4:30 p.m. on April 13 in 1 Robertson Hall.
    Ideas editor for The New York Times, Cohen created and launched the new weekly arts and ideas section. Previously political editor and features editor for the styles section of the Washington Post, she was formerly senior features editor at Rolling Stone.
    Cohen is a 1986 graduate of the Woodrow Wilson School's MPA program. Her lecture is sponsored by the Wilson School.

Princeton Atelier

Costume designer Ann Hould-Ward, set and costume designer Santo Loquasto and lighting designer Jennifer Tipton will participate in a panel discussion on "The Design of Dance" at 4:30 p.m. on April 14; Michael Cadden will moderate. The discussion, which will be held in 5 Robertson Hall, is the last of a series of six presentations on Dance: States of the Art, offered as part of the Princeton Atelier.

Swiss vocal ensemble tours U.S.

The Ensemble Corund will present a concert entitled "Eros and Agape: Five Centuries of Love in Sacred Music" at 8:00 p.m. on April 14 in the University Chapel.
    The choir from Lucerne, Switzerland, will present a program of unaccompanied music that explores the many facets of love in the sacred choral literature of Renaissance composers Taverner, Tomkins and Palestrina and 20th-century composers Naji Hakim, William Mathias, Maurice Duruflé and Thüring Bräm.
    Winners of the Bärenreiter Prize for best program and interpretation at the International Choral Festival in Montreux, the choir was founded in 1993 by Stephen Smith, who was born and raised in the American Southeast, studied organ at Furman University and now teaches at the Cantonal Teachers College of Lucerne. Their CD "Navidad Ibérica," a recording of Iberian Christmas music, was issued in 1997.

Generals concert

The Composers Ensemble will present a concert of new works by four second-year graduate students -- Virgil Moorefield (l), Robert Bowen, Mary Wright and Dan Cooper -- at 8:00 p.m. on April 14 in Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall. Composed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the MFA in Composition, these pieces are presented in what is known informally as the "generals concert." The program, free of charge, is sponsored by the Department of Music and the Friends of Music.

Ball Lecture focuses on security threats

Anthony Lake will discuss "Post-Cold War Security Threats" at 4:30 p.m. on April 14 in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
    Currently Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University, Lake was national security adviser to the Clinton administration from 1993 to 1996.
    From 1981 to 1992 he taught international relations at Amherst and Mount Holyoke colleges. Author of two books, Somoza Falling and The "Tar Baby" Option: American Policy Toward Southern Rhodesia, he is coauthor of Our Own Worst Enemy: The Unmaking of American Foreign Policy.
    Lake's lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School and its George W. Ball lecture series.

Belknap visitor

Choreographer Merce Cunningham will discuss his life and art at 5:00 p.m. on April 15 in Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10. Cunningham is visiting campus for several days as 1997-98 Belknap Visitor in the Humanities.

Editor Joffe discusses the Euro

Joseph Joffe will give a lecture on "The Euro: The Engine That Couldn't" at 4:30 p.m. on April 16 in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
    A columnist and editorial page editor for Suddeutsche Zeitung, Joffe is also a contributing editor to U.S. News and World Report and Time. A talk show host on German television, he is a frequent commentator on the BBC and NPR as well as on German, American, British and Austrian television.
    Joffe currently teaches at the University of Munich and the Salzberg Seminar. In 1990-91 he was a visiting professor of government at Harvard University and remains affiliated with Harvard's Olin Institute for Strategic Studies. While working in Washington, D.C., at the Carnegie Endowment and the Woodrow Wilson Center, Joffe taught at Johns Hopkins University.
    His lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School and the John Foster Dulles Program Lecture Series.

Hanson lectures on environmental protection

Fred Hansen will give a talk entitled "Beyond the Horizon: The Future of Environmental Protection" at 4:30 p.m. on April 16 in 6 Robertson Hall.
    Hansen was appointed deputy administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1994. He assists in setting and communicating the national environmental agenda, implementing and enforcing federal environmental laws and ensuring efficient management of the agency.
    His lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School.

Lecture, demonstration

Dancer Sally Hess will give a lecture demonstration entitled "Passing Over: The Incarnation Scrolls -- Painting, Talking, Dancing." Sponsored by the Program in Theater and Dance, the program will begin at 8:00 p.m. on April 18 in the Hagan Dance Studio, 185 Nassau St.

Committee seeks nominations

The President's Standing Committee on the Status of Women is seeking nomination of students, alumni, faculty and staff who have, "in ways large or small, made Princeton University a more welcoming environment for women to live, learn or work." The nominees will be recognized at a reception held on May 12 in Prospect House to honor "members of the community who have made a difference in the lives of women on campus."
    To make a nomination, please contact Blanche Scioli by e-mail or phone (258-3204) by May 1.