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Charlie Hewson (left) and Matthieu Boyd star in Noah
Haidle's "Spaghetti Western." The play, sponsored by the
Program in Theater and Dance, will be performed at 8 p.m.
April 25, April 26 and April 28 and at
7:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. April 27 at the Matthews Acting
Studio, 185 Nassau St. For ticket information, call
258-3676.
U.N. prosecutor discusses war crimes
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His address, "Confronting the Past: Is the Truth Commission Model Always Appropriate?," will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
Before his tenure as justice of the Constitutional Court, Goldstone served as chair of the Commission of Inquiry Regarding Public Violence and Intimidation, which came to be known as the Goldstone Commission, from 1991 to 1994. In 1998, Goldstone was appointed chair of a high-level group of international experts that met in Valencia, Spain, and drafted a Declaration of Human Duties and Responsibilities, which came to be known as the Valencia Declaration, for the director general of UNESCO. Since August 1999, Goldstone has been the chair of the International Independent Inquiry on Kosovo.
The lecture is co-sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Program in Law and Public Affairs.
Kopp describes Teach for America
Wendy Kopp '89, founder and president of Teach for
America, will present a lecture at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday,
April 24, in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall. Her
address is titled "Educational Opportunity for All."
Teach for America is the national corps
of recent college graduates who commit two years to teach in
urban and rural public schools. Since its inception in 1989,
Teach for America has fielded more than 6,000 corps members
in 15 low-income areas, including South Central Los Angeles,
the Mississippi Delta and the South Bronx.
Kopp recently wrote a book, "One Day, All
Children: The Unlikely Triumph of Teach for America and What
I Learned Along the Way," which recounts her story of
founding the organization. She will read from the book and
sign copies at the University Store at 7:30 Tuesday
evening.
Kopp also is the chair of the board of
the New Teacher Project; a non-profit consulting group spun
off from Teach for America. The project helps school
districts and states recruit and develop new teachers more
effectively. In 1993, she was the youngest person and the
first woman to receive the Woodrow Wilson Award, the highest
honor awarded by Princeton to an undergraduate
alumnus/a.
The lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow
Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
Head of faith-based initiatives speaks
John DiIulio Jr., director of the White House Office of
Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, will speak at 4:30
p.m. Friday, April 27, in McCosh 50. DiIulio, a
widely published expert on faith-based social programs,
criminal justice and government reform, will lecture on
"Compassionate Conservatism," especially as it relates to
his new position in the Bush administration.
A former Princeton professor of politics
and public affairs, DiIulio was a professor of political
science at the University of Pennsylvania when President
Bush tapped him earlier this year to head the first federal
office intended to promote the integration of religious
groups into federally financed social services.
The creation of the White House Office of
Faith-Based and Community Initiatives was a signature
campaign issue for the president that has drawn criticism
from groups that advocate a strict separation of church and
state.
The speech, part of the John Olin
Foundation Lectures on the Moral Foundations of American
Democracy, is sponsored by the James Madison Program in
American Ideals and Institutions.
Community celebration set
The streets around campus and in the community will be
filled with fun, food and festivities during the annual
Communiversity celebration from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday,
April 28.
The event, co-sponsored by students at
the University and the Arts Council of Princeton, will take
place on the campus and on Nassau and Witherspoon streets,
which will be closed to traffic. The celebration is intended
to promote cultural awareness on both sides of Nassau
Street. This year's event will be dedicated to President and
Mrs. Shapiro.
Students and community individuals and
groups will present free musical, theatrical and dance
performances on stages set up in the area. There will be
games, sidewalk craft sales and booths offering a wide
variety of foods. Free parking will be available in
University lots on William Street, on Washington Road and at
Palmer Stadium.
The University's International Festival
also will be part of Communiversity, bringing special
international booths, food, performances and activities to
the event. A highlight will be the 2 p.m. introduction of
countries and parade of international flags at center stage
at the intersections of Nassau and Witherspoon streets. It
will be preceded by a dragon dance.
As part of the celebration for the
centennial of the Graduate School, graduate students have
been invited to officially participate in the Communiversity
program for the first time. Graduate student groups and
artists will perform alongside their undergraduate and
community colleagues. The Graduate School and Graduate
Student Government will sponsor a booth to provide games and
activities for children, as well as information about the
school.
NATO panel looks at future role
As part of a speaking tour sponsored by the NATO Council,
four ambassadors will address the new European defense
initiative, how European NATO members and prospective
members see the role of NATO in Europe in the coming years
and other related topics in a panel discussion at 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 24, in 1 Robertson Hall.
The topic, "NATO Enlargement and the
Future of Europe: Views from the Eastern Front," brings
together four NATO representatives who are intimately
involved with the ongoing discussions of NATO's continued
role in Europe: Ambassador Karel Kovanda, permanent
representative to the Czech delegation; Ambassador Lazar
Comanescu, head of mission of Romania to NATO; Ambassador
Peter Burian, head of mission of the Slovak Republic to
NATO; and Ambassador Matjaz Sinkovec, head of mission of
Slovenia to NATO.
The panel will be moderated by Ambassador
Robert Hutchings, assistant dean for graduate and
professional education of the Woodrow Wilson School, former
special adviser to the secretary of state and former
director of European affairs for the National Security
Council.
The panel is sponsored by the Woodrow
Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
Fusion in a Beer Can is talk topic
Fusion in a Beer Can" is the title of a talk to be
presented by Richard Siemon, head of the fusion energy
research program at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, at 8
p.m. Tuesday, April 24, in 105 Computer Science
Building.
Five years ago, Russian and U.S.
scientists initiated a startling collaborative endeavor to
meld two fusion approaches, magnetic and inertial, into a
single one with the potential for developing a more
affordable and practical fusion power plant. Siemon leads
the U.S. effort, based on a Los Alamos technology called
magnetized target fusion. Part of the hybrid method involves
inserting plasma into a metal tube the size of a beer
can.
Siemon's talk is part of the Plasma
Science and Technology Distinguished Speaker Lecture Series
sponsored by the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and the
School and Engineering and Applied Science.
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An exhibit of 19th century and contemporary stoneware,
porcelain, micro-engraved stone, and miniature carved and
incised pieces is on display during the month of
April in the East Asian Library, 310 Frist Campus
Center.
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A large and detailed Dutch tapestry from the 16th century
by Karel van Mander is on exhibit in the Art Museum through
June 10.
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