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Princeton Weekly Bulletin April 5, 1999

Nassau Notes



Journalist Moyers leads discussion

The University Center for Human Values will host a roundtable discussion on "Mind, Faith and Spirit," led by broadcast journalist Bill Moyers at 4:00 p.m. on April 8 in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall.
     Participants in the James A. Moffett '29 roundtable will include:
• William F. Buckley, Roman Catholic author, editor, lecturer; host of "Firing Line"; founder of the National Review; writer of the syndicated column "On the Right";
• Rev. Dr. James Forbes, senior minister at the Riverside Church, an interracial, interdenominational and international church in New York City;
• Rabbi Laura Geller, senior rabbi of Temple Emanuel in Beverly Hills, Calif.;
• Joan Halifax, Buddhist teacher, author and social activist; founder of Upaya, a Buddhist study and social action center in Santa Fe, N.M.;
• Seyyed Hossein Nasr, professor at George Washington University; an expert on Islamic studies, comparative philosophy and religion, philosophy of art, and the philosophical and religious dimensions of the environment; and
• Tu Weiming, professor of Chinese history and philosophy at Harvard University and director of the Harvard-Yenching Institute; a specialist on Confucian thought.
     The event will be simulcast at McCosh 10 and on the Internet at http://www.princeton.edu/RealMedia. For more information, e-mail vjkanka@wws.princeton.edu or call (609) 258-4798.

Bill Moyers
photo by Don Perdue

Evnin lecture

NJ Congressman Rush Holt will give the Evnin lecture on "Asking Good Questions: A Congressman Looks at Science Education" at 7:30 p.m. on April 5 in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall. The talk is sponsored by the Council on Science and Technology.

McCarter music

Violinist Joshua Bell, accompanied by pianist Simon Mulligan, will perform at 8:00 p.m. on April 5 in McCarter Theatre. (photo by Nelson Bakerman)

McCarter drama

Judith Hawking (l) as Philaminte, Kate Forbes as Henriette and Andrew Weems as Trissotin appear in Molière's The Learned Ladies at McCarter Theatre through April 11. (photo by T. Charles Erickson)

FBI expert discusses computer crime

Michael Vatis will speak on "National Security in the Information Age" at 4:30 p.m. on April 6 in 1 Robertson Hall. His talk will include discussion of cyberterrorism, information warfare and computer crime.
     Vatis is chief of the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center. A deputy assistant director within the FBI National Security Division from 1994 until 1998, he was associate deputy attorney general and then deputy director of the Executive Office for National Security, advising the attorney general on national security matters and coordinating the Department of Justice's national security activities. A 1985 graduate of Princeton, he holds a JD degree from Harvard.
     His talk is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School.

Lecture covers 20th, 21st century

"Covering This Century and the Next" is the title of a talk to be given by Walter Isaacson, managing editor of Time magazine, at 4:30 p.m. on April 5 in Robertson Hall, Dodds Auditorium.
     Isaacson began his career in journalism as reporter for the Sunday Times of London and then became a reporter and city hall columnist for the New Orleans Times-Picayune. He joined Time in 1978 as a national affairs writer based in New York, then moved to Washington as a political correspondent. He was national editor and an assistant managing editor before assuming his current post.
     Isaacson also oversees a classroom publication called Time for Kids; a technology magazine, Time Digital; and an online service, Time Daily. He is the author of Kissinger: A Biography and coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made, a book about American statesmen and the Cold War.
     His talk is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School.

Film

The Jewish Studies film series on Germany, Jews and the Future of Memory will present Frank Beyer's Jakob, der Lügner at 7:30 p.m. on April 6 in 2 Robertson Hall. The film will be shown in German with English subtitles.

Moore examines preservation of NJ Pinelands

Terrence Moore will discuss "Managing Growth in the New Jersey Pinelands" at 4:30 p.m. on April 7 in 1 Robertson Hall.
     Moore has been executive director of the Pinelands Commission since it was founded in 1979. He was previously executive director of the Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corp. A former National Urban Fellow of the U.S. Conference of Mayors/National League of Cities, he currently serves as member of the Biosphere Reserve Directorate of the U.S. Man and the Biosphere program.
     His talk is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School.

Axworthy talks on Canada's security, policy

N. Lloyd Axworthy will speak on "Human Security and Canada's Foreign Policy" at 4:30 p.m. on April 7 in 2 Robertson Hall.
     Axworthy, who has been Canada's minister of foreign affairs since 1996, previously served as minister of human resources development and minister of western economic diversification. He earned his PhD in politics from Princeton in 1972.
     His talk is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School.

Holbrooke gives Black lecture

Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, US envoy to the Balkans, will deliver the 1999 Cyril Black Memorial Lecture, "Peacemaking in the Balkans," at 8:00 p.m. on April 7 in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
     Mediator of the Dayton Agreement, Holbrooke details his experiences with peacemaking in the Balkans in his new book, To End A War. Former assistant secretary of state for European and Canadian affairs, he has been a Foreign Service officer, magazine editor, Peace Corps director and investment banker.
     The lecture is sponsored by the Center of International Studies and the Woodrow Wilson School.

International Festival

Arts and crafts, cultural exhibits, performances of music and dance, and ethnic food will be featured at the annual International Festival on April 11. Held in Dillon Gym from noon to 5:30 p.m., the festival has as its theme "With One Accord: Princeton in the Service of All Nations." Admission is $2 for adults and free for children under 12. (photo by Robert P. Matthews)

Partners in Belize

Kathleen Daffan '01 (r) and Belizean family are part of the Princeton-Belize Partnership, winner of this year's International Service Award, which will be presented at 3:00 p.m. on April 11 at the 25th Annual International Festival in Dillon Gym.
     Inaugurated in 1997, the award honors a student or student organization whose humanitarian endeavors at Princeton or abroad significantly promote international understanding or assist communities in other parts of the world.
     The Princeton-Belize Partnership of students, alumni and members of Belizean communities provides continuity to collaborative projects. Since 1994, these projects have included building a community playground and library, designing a water system, and running an environmental summer school in the villages of Laguna and St. Margaret's, and creating advertising brochures, signs and a map of Five Blues Lake National Park. The award is made possible through the support of the NJ-based United Moms' Charities Association.