WWS holds talk on terrorism, diplomacy
Anthony Quainton, executive director
of the Una Chapman Cox Foundation, will give a lecture
entitled "Terrorism and the Conduct of Diplomacy" at 4:30
p.m. on October 5 in 1 Robertson Hall.
Former director general of the U.S.
Foreign Service and former assistant secretary of state
for diplomatic security, Quainton joined the Cox
Foundation this past January after a 38-year career in
the U.S. Foreign Service, during which he served as
ambassador to Peru, Kuwait, Nicaragua and the Central
African Empire, among other posts.
Quainton's lecture is sponsored by
the Woodrow Wilson School.
Berlin senator lectures on New Berlin
Peter Radunski, senator for science,
research and culture in Berlin, will talk about "The New
Berlin" at 4:30 p.m. October 6 in 2 Robertson
Hall.
A Berlin native, Radunski took his
current position in January 1996. He is also head of the
election campaign committee of the European Democratic
Union (EDU); senator for federal and European affairs of
Land Berlin; plenipotentiary of Land Berlin to the
federation; and a member of the committee of the regions
of the European Union.
He has taught at the Otto Suhr
Institute of the Free University of Berlin and the
University of Innsbruck and at Susquehanna University in
Pennsylvania.
Sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson
School, Radunski's talk will be intro-duced by W. Michael
Blumenthal, former U.S. Secretary of the
Treasury.
Panel discusses U.S. presidency crisis
"Crisis in the U.S. Presidency: The
Impact on National and International Affairs" is the
topic of a discussion by a panel of experts on the
presidency, international security and domestic policy at
4:30 p.m. on October 8 in Dodds Auditorium,
Robertson Hall.
"This crisis extends far beyond the
boundaries of the Beltway, and far beyond the boundaries
of the United States," according to panel moderator
Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, lecturer in public and
international affairs. "It is redefining the role of the
presidency and its relationship to the American people,
and it has a significant impact on the way the United
States is perceived by the rest of the world."
The panelists will be:
• Alan Blinder, Rentschler Memorial Professor of
Economics and former vice chair of the Federal Reserve,
who served on President Clinton's Council of Economic
Advisers.
• Fred Greenstein, professor of politics, whose
research has focused on political psychology and the
presidency.
• Jennifer Hochschild, professor of politics and
public affairs, who is currently a vice president of the
American Political Science Association.
• Stephen Holmes, professor of politics, editor in
chief of the East European Constitutional
Review.
• Richard Ullman, Bruce Professor of International
Affairs, who has been a staff member of the National
Security Council, a member of the editorial board of
the New York Times and editor of Foreign
Policy.
The panel is sponsored by the Woodrow
Wilson School and the Center of International
Studies.
Theater, dance
Betsy Fisher will perform "Tribe,"
choreographed by Alwin Nikolais, as part of the program
"eMotion.s: German Lineage in Contemporary Dance" at 8:00
p.m on October 10 in the Hagan Dance Studio, 185
Nassau St. This solo concert showcases reconstructed
choreography of important artists from the German
tradition from the Expressionism of the early 1920s
through current abstract developments. An eight year
veteran of the Murray Louis Dance Company, Fisher is
currently associate professor of Dance at the University
of Hawaii at Manoa. Her concert is presented by the
Program in Theater and Dance.
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Kennedy speaks on environment
Donald Kennedy, president emeritus and
Bing Professor of Environmental Science at Stanford
University, will speak on "Conflict and Environmental
Change: Do They Connect?" at 4:30 p.m. on October
6 in 1 Robertson Hall.
Kennedy's research focuses on
environmental policies with an emphasis on such issues as
biodiversity, global climate change, biotechnology
regulation and land use. He codirects the Global
Environment Program at Stanford's Institute for
International Studies.
Chair of Children Now, he is a
member of the National Academy of Sciences and a fellow
of the American Academy of Sciences.
His lecture is sponsored by the
Woodrow Wilson School.
Reading series
Poet Thom Gunn will read from his work
at 4:30 p.m on October 7 in the Stewart Film
Theater, 1 85 Nassau St.
Music at McCarter
Guitarist John Williams will appear at
8:00 p.m. on October 8 in McCarter
Theatre.
University offers forums on civility
October is Civility Month at
Princeton. The Ombuds Office, in conjunction with other
University offices, is sponsoring open forum dialogs on
three topics: "Civility and Aggression" (October
9) and "Hierarchy and Subordination" (October
16, both from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. in McCosh 28), and
"Interfaith and Intercultural Facets of Civility and
Aggression" (October 21, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.,
McCormick 101). The forums will feature scheduled
speakers and audience participation. Speaker information
is posted on the Ombuds website at
www.princeton.edu/ombuds.
Baroque music
Violinist Nancy Wilson will lead the
Richardson Chamber Players in an evening of Baroque music
at 8:00 p.m. on October 9 in Richardson
Auditorium, Alexander Hall.
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Bowen assesses affirmative action
William G. Bowen, Princeton president
emeritus, will speak on "Choosing on the Merits: The
Relevance of Race" at 4:30 p.m. on October 7 in
McCosh 10.
Currently president of the Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation, Bowen is co-author of a new book on
the impact of affirmative action policies on minority
students during and after college. The book, The Shape
of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race
in College and University Admissions, was written
with Derek Bok, former president of Harvard University
and now a professor at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School
of Government. It is based on a study of 45,000 students
who entered 28 selective colleges in the fall of 1976 or
1989.
Employing comprehensive data
compiled by the Mellon Foundation, the authors conclude
that race-sensitive admission policies have worked well
in accomplishing the objectives they were instituted to
achieve: educating increasing numbers of minority
graduates who would enter the professions and assume
positions of civic and community leadership and creating
a racially diverse educational environment to help all
students learn to live and work successfully in an
increasingly multiracial society.
Bowen's talk is sponsored by the
Office of the Dean of the College.
Stotzky examines Haitian democracy
Irwin Stotzky, professor of law at the
University of Miami School of Law, will speak on
"Establishing Deliberative Democracy in Haiti: Moving
from Misery to Poverty with Dignity" at 4:30 p.m. on
October 8 in 1 Robertson Hall.
Director of the University of Miami
Center for the Study of Human Rights, Stotzky has
represented Haitian refugees on constitutional and human
rights in numerous legal cases, including several in the
U.S. Supreme Court. As attorney and adviser to former
Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide and current
president René Préval, he organized and
directed investigations into human rights violations in
Haiti during the military regime between 1991 and
1994.
Stotzky is the author of
Silencing the Guns in Haiti: The Promise of
Deliberative Democracy (1997) and editor of
Transition to Democracy in Latin America: The Role of
the Judiciary (1993).
His lecture is sponsored by the
Woodrow Wilson School.
U-Store in October
John Conway, John von Neumann
Professor of Mathematics, will appear at the University
Store at 11:00 a.m. on October 10 with a knot
presentation and demonstration for children of all ages.
The series on Math and Engineering will continue with
Joseph Henry Professor of Physics Emeritus John Wheeler
and coauthor Kenneth Ford talking about their book Geons,
Black Holes and Quantum Foam at 7:00 p.m. on October
15. On October 17 at 3:00 p.m., Howard G.B.
Clark '21 Professor in the Humanities Paul Muldoon will
read from his new book of poems Hay.
Dance at McCarter
Hubbard Street Dance will appear at
McCarter Theatre at 8:00 p.m. on October 10 and
3:00 p.m. on October 11.
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