Goodall reflects on humans, primates
"An Afternoon with Jane Goodall: Humans,
Habitat and Primates" will take place at 4:30 p.m. on
December 10 in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
Goodall's studies of chimpanzees
began in the late 1950s during a visit to Kenya, where she
met anthropologist and paleontologist Louis Leakey, who
encouraged her to undertake long-term research on chimpanzee
behavior. She began the project, went on to earn her PhD in
ethnology from Cambridge University in 1965, and then
returned to Tanzania to continue her research and to
establish the Gombe Stream Research Centre. She was the
first to observe chimpanzees making and using tools, skills
previously believed to separate humans from other animals.
Her subsequent studies have shown many striking similarities
between humans and chimpanzees.
Goodal is the author of
Wild Chimpanzees and In the Shadow of Man, and
many articles in National Geographic and scientific
journals. In 1977, she founded the Jane Goodall Institute
for Wildlife Research, Education and Conservation to provide
support for field research on wild chimpanzees.
Her visit is sponsored by the
Woodrow Wilson School.
Panel discusses Kosovo tension
A panel discussion on "Kosovo at the
Crossroads: Insights from Regional Experts" will be held at
4:30 p.m. on December 11 in 1 Robertson Hall.
Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, director
of the Liechtenstein Research Program on Self-Determination,
is moderator of the panel. He says, "Tension in Kosovo has
created fears that a situation similar to the one in Bosnia
may erupt thereKosovo's ethnic Albanians are seeking
independence for their province in southern Serbia, where
they outnumber Serbs, but Serbs value Kosovo as the
birthplace of their culture and church. A conflict over
Kosovo would involve Albania, Macedonia, Greece and
Turkey."
The panel is sponsored by the
Woodrow Wilson School and the Center of International
Studies.
Hassner speaks on democracy
Pierre Hassner will speak on "The Crisis
of Democracy and International Order" at 4:30 p.m. on
December 7 in 5 Robertson Hall.
Professor of international
relations at the Institut d'Etudes Politques in Paris,
Hassner has been research director of the Centre d'Etudes et
de Recherches Internationales, Paris, and a senior visiting
lecturer at the Johns Hopkins University European Program in
Bologne. He is the author of books and articles on
political philosophy and international relations,
particularly the problems of war and peace, nationalism and
security.
Hassner's lecture is sponsored by
the Woodrow Wilson School and the Center of International
Studies.
Historian talks about World War Three
Michael Cohen will speak on "Fighting
World War Three from the Middle East: Allied Contingency
Plans, 1945-54" at 4:30 p.m. on December 8 in 1
Robertson Hall.
A member of the Institute for
Advanced Study's School of Historical Studies, Cohen holds
the Lazarus Philips Chair of History at Bar Ilan University.
He is the author of a book with the same title as his
lecture, as well as Palestine to Israel: From Mandate to
Independence; The Origins of the Arab-Zionist
Conflict, 1914-1948; and Churchill and the
Jews, among other books.
His talk is sponsored by the
Woodrow Wilson School and the Department of Near Eastern
Studies.
Consul general examines Israel's future
Shmuel Sisso, the consul general of
Israel in New York, will give a talk on "Israel after the
Wye Agreement: A Look to the Future" at 4:30 p.m. on
December 8 in 5 Robertson Hall.
A native of Morocco, Sisso
emigrated to Israel with his parents at the age of five in
1952. He interrupted his studies at the Hebrew University in
1972 to fight in the Yom Kippur War, and went on to earn a
law degree in 1976.
After serving as councilman of
Kiryat Yam, Sisso was elected mayor of the city in 1989 and
reelected in 1993. During his term as mayor, Kiryat Yam's
population grew by 50 percent, largely due to the absorption
of approximately 20,000 new immigrants. Sisso has been a
member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Social
Policy, National Council for the Prevention of Road
Accidents and Association for the Promotion of Secondary
Education.
His talk is sponsored by the
Woodrow Wilson School.
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University announces King contest
The University invites students from the
Princeton and Trenton area to participate in its annual
tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by entering an essay
contest (for students in grades seven through 12) or a
poster contest (for students in grades four through six).
The deadline for entries is December 18.
In the essays, students should look
back over the 20th century and select the most important
achievement of the civil rights/human rights movement and
then identify the most important thing that needs to be done
to achieve the goals of the movement in the 21st century.
Each essay should be no more than 300 words.
Posters should illustrate the most
important message Dr. King would want to deliver to the
world as it prepares for the 21st century. Posters are
judged on how well they convey their message, rather than on
artistic ability. They may be any size from 8 1/2 by 11 to
18 by 24 inches.
The University awards first prizes
of $100 and second prizes of $50 for essays by students in
three categories (grades 7-8, grades 9-10, grades 11-12) and
for posters. Prizes will be awarded at the Martin Luther
King Day commemoration on January 18 in Richardson
Auditorium at 1:30 p.m. The featured speaker at this event
will be Nell Painter, Edwards Professor of History and
director of the Program in African American Studies.
All posters and essays are due in
the office of Robert Durkee, 221 Nassau Hall, by December
18. The student's name, address, phone number, grade and
school should be included on a piece of paper attached to
each entry. For more information, call 258-6429 or
258-3018.
 Senior
thesis
Kurt Uy '01 (top) and Dale Ho '99 will
appear in Philip Kan Gotanda's play Yankee Dawg, You Die
at 8:00 p.m. on December 10 to 12 and 2:00 p.m.
on December 12. Sponsored by the Program in Theater
and Dance, the senior thesis production will be presented in
the Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.
Basketball fans can see Ivy games on TV
Basketball fans with DirecTV can view
eight Ivy games on "Ivy League Friday Nights" this winter.
All are men's games, beginning at 7:30 p.m., except
double-header men's and women's games on January 15 and
22, against Brown, Columbia, Cornell and Yale.
The series begins with the
Princeton-Brown game in Jadwin Gym on January 8 and
continues on consecutive Fridays through February, including
the Princeton-Harvard game at Princeton on February 5
and the Princeton-Dartmouth game at Dartmouth on February
19. The series concludes with the Princeton-Pennsylvania
game at Princeton on Tuesday, March 2. DirecTV will
also air the Ivy champions in the NCAA tournament.
DirecTV is a commercial satellite
service. The number to call for a subscription or for the
Ivy League series is (800) 347-3288.
 Christmas
at McCarter
Stephen Temperley (Ebenezer Scrooge) will
appear in McCarter Theatre's production of A Christmas Carol
through December 27.
  Children's
talk
This 18th-century statue entitled
"Europe" will be part of a discussion of "The Four
Continents" by docent Frances Lange at 11:00 a.m. on
December 12 in the Art Museum.
Women's studies exhibit
"Cherbourg Harbor" by Ruth Goodman is
part of an exhibit on display in the Women's Studies Lounge,
113 Dickinson, through January 15.
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