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Baker covers superstory
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In the past half century, Baker says American journalism has evolved from a news-oriented business called "the press" into a politically powerful and culturally arrogant entertainment industry called "the media." He will discuss the causes of this evolution and a few of its eerie consequences, touching on hysterical coverage that is inevitably given to stories like the O.J. Simpson trial and the Monica Lewinsky affair.
This event is part of the Public Lecture Series.
Lily Tomlin goes solo
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Tomlin and Wagner launched an early version of the show in 1985, introducing Tomlin's menagerie of quirky characters. Tomlin won a Tony Award for best actess in a play for the original production on Broadway.
For times and ticket prices for the McCarter shows, call the box office at 258-2787 or visit the Web site at <http://www.mccarter.org>.
Sendak to discuss 'wild things'
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He will talk about his work at 5 p.m. in McCosh 50. Doors will open at 4:30 p.m. to holders of University ID cards. Others are welcome to enter at 4:45 p.m. The event is free and is being sponsored by the Humanities Council.
In conjunction with his visit, the Cotsen Children's collection in Firestone Library is featuring Sendak's illustrations of fairy tales by the Grimm brothers, Hans Christian Anderson and others. They will be on exhibit until Dec. 1.
Sendak is a man of many talents: writer, illustrator and designer of opera sets and costumes. He has written eight books and illustrated two dozen more, including those of William Blake, Herman Melville and Randall Jarrell. In recent years, he has devoted his energy to a national children's theater company he co-founded.
As a Belknap Visitor in the Humanities, Sendak joins a distinguished tradition of eminent writers and artists, including Merce Cunningham, Robertson Davies, Nadine Gordimer, Roy Lichtenstein, Arthur Miller, Adrienne Rich, Isaac Bashevis Singer and Eudora Welty who have come to Princeton through a program created in memory of Chauncey Belknap of the Class of 1912.
Jen takes novel approach
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Jen is a graduate of Harvard University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She has published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Montly, The New Republic, The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times as well as in a number of textbooks and anthologies, including "The Best American Short Stories of the Century" edited by John Updike.
Jen has written two novels, "Typical American" and "Mona in the Promised Land" as well as a collection of stories entitled "Who's Irish?"
Jewish political tradition explored
The Jewish Political Tradition: What Can We Learn From It?" will be the topic of a lecture by Michael Walzer at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, at the Center for Jewish Life.
Walzer, a permanent faculty member at the Institute for Advanced Study, is a distinguished political theorist. He recently coordinated a major research project, which has resulted in a first volume of a projected four-volume series on "The Jewish Political Tradition." Volume one on "Authority," co-edited with Menachem Lorberbaum, Noam Zohar and Yiar Loberbaum, was published by Yale University Press.
The author of several other books, Walzer is the editor of Dissent and a contributing editor to The New Republic.
The lecture is sponsored by the Center for Jewish Life and the Department of Politics.
Dedication set
On Friday, Oct. 20, the University will welcome back volunteers and donors to the $1.14 billion Anniversary Campaign for Princeton for a day of celebration and education. The centerpiece of the day will be the dedication of the Frist Campus Center at 11 a.m. on the 1879 Green. The entire campus community is invited to the dedication program, which will feature remarks by President Shapiro, architect Robert Venturi, Dr. Thomas Frist Jr. and Sen. William Frist.
Bezos: Customer experience matters
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His talk, "Amazon.com: Customer Experience Matters," will begin at 1:45 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall. It is free and open to the public.
Amazon.com has experienced explosive growth since its founding in 1994. Today, it is the Internet's number one music, DVD, video and book retailer.
The company opened its virtual doors on the World Wide Web in July 1995. To date, Amazon.com has served more than 17 million customers in more than 150 countries and built the leading global e-commerce brand and platform.
Bezos received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering and computer science from Princeton. From April 1988 to December 1990, he was employed by Bankers Trust Co., becoming vice president in February 1990. He worked at D.E. Shaw & Co., a Wall Street investment firm, from December 1990 to June 1994; he was named senior vice president there in 1992.
The Gordon Wu Distinguished Lecture was created in 1993 by the School of Engineering and Applied Science to honor outstanding achievements and accomplishments by alumni and friends.
Greenberg film slated for Frist
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg" a documentary film by Aviva Kempner, will be shown at 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22, in the Frist Campus Center theater.
The documentary is a humorous and nostalgic look at an extraordinary baseball player who transcended ethnic and religious prejudice to become an American icon. The film is not only about Greenberg, but about how he helped break down the barriers of discrimination in American sports and society.
Included in the colorful collage of 47 interviews are Greenberg and his family, sports figures, politicians and actors.
The show is sponsored by the Center for Jewish Life.
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October 16, 2000 Contents • Close
encounter: Crowd relishes access to
president • Imaginations
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