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	Paul Mercer Ellington

Richardson Auditorium Concert

Paul Mercer Ellington will direct the Duke Ellington Orchestra in a concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall. He is the grandson of the jazz legend who founded the orchestra and the son of Mercer Ellington, who led the orchestra for 20 years. The concert will feature the works of all three Ellingtons. For ticket information, call the Richardson box office at 258-5000. 

Search for justice in Bosnia, Rwanda is topic for Feb. 4 lecture by journalist

Award-winning journalist Elizabeth Neuffer will present a public lecture titled "Seeking Justice in Bosnia and Rwanda" at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4, in Bowl 1, Robertson Hall.
     Neuffer, a foreign correspondent for The Boston Globe, is the author of "The Key to My Neighbor's House: Seeking Justice in Bosnia and Rwanda." In the recently published book, she tells the stories of the people affected by the tragedies in these two countries, focusing primarily on the victims and their search for justice.
     Neuffer was awarded the SAIS-Novartis Prize for Excellence in International Journalism in 1997 for a 10-part series of articles on war crimes in Bosnia and Rwanda. In 1998, she won the International Women's Media Foundation's Courage in Journalism Award. She was selected to be an Edward R. Murrow Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in 1998-1999.
     Most recently, Neuffer has been reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan. Earlier in her career, she reported from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq during the Gulf War and from the Soviet Union during Gorbachev's resignation. She was the The Globe's European bureau chief based in Berlin, Germany, from 1984 to 1988.
     Her lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs' Office of External Affairs.

Leading Israeli poets to read

Four Israeli poets will present readings and discussions of their work on Wednesdays in February on campus.
     Scheduled to speak are:
     • Aharon Shabtai at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 6 in 202 Jones Hall. One of Israel's most powerful and provocative writers, he is the author of 15 books of poetry. He is a foremost Hebrew translator of Greek drama and currently lectures at Tel Aviv University.
     • Meir Wieseltier at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 13 in 202 Jones Hall. Widely regarded as one of the most important contemporary Israeli poets, he is known for his strong political poetry and the muscular language of his work. The author of 13 books of poetry, he was awarded the Bialik Prize in 1995 and Israel's highest cultural honor, the Israel Prize, in 2000.
     • Rachel Tzvia Back at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 20 in 102 Jones Hall. An American-born poet who has lived in Israel since 1981, she is the author of "Azimuth," which recently appeared in English and in Hebrew translation, and "Led by Language," a ground-breaking monograph on the work of American experimental poet Susan Howe.
     • Taha Muhammad Ali at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 27 in 102 Jones Hall. He has published three volumes of poetry and a collection of short stories in Arabic, and is held in the highest esteem by poets throughout Israel and the West Bank. The first English collection of his work, "Never Mind: Twenty Poems and a Story," was published in 2000 by Ibis Editions.
     This series is co-sponsored by the Program in Jewish Studies, the Program in Near Eastern Studies, the Carolyn Drucker '80 Memorial Fund and the Program in Hebrew and Judaic Studies at Wesleyan University.

Comedian shares life as 'stooge'

Ninety-two-year-old comedian Mousie Garner, a member of the legendary "Three Stooges" of vaudeville fame, will speak on campus Thursday, Feb. 7.
     Garner and Jeff Forrester, author of a new book, "The Three Stooges: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the Most Popular Comedy Team of All Time," will speak at 4:30 p.m. in the Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
     Garner, a member of the comedy team at various times between 1930 and 1975, provides a major voice in the book. He joined the troupe as a replacement for Shemp, working opposite Moe and Larry on stage and appearing in movies, on network radio, in Broadway musicals and in vaudeville. He is the last surviving member of the Stooges still performing, and this year is celebrating his 75th anniversary as a professional comedian.
     The event is sponsored by the Program in Theater and Dance.

David Satcher

U.S. Surgeon General to speak

U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher will present a free public lecture titled "Preventing and Decreasing Over-weight and Obesity: Opportunities and Challenges for Public Health" at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
     A physician, scholar and lifelong public health advocate, Satcher was sworn in as the 16th surgeon general in February 1998. Until January 2001, he served simultaneously as surgeon general and as assistant secretary for health. His term as surgeon general ends Feb. 13. He has announced that he will work on his memoirs as a visiting senior fellow with the Henry Kaiser Family Foundation in Washington, D.C., and then become director of the National Center for Primary Care at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta in September.
     Over the years, the surgeon general's office has issued a number of reports intended to focus the nation's attention on important public health issues. "The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity," released in December, outlined strategies that communities can use to address these problems which, Satcher said, "may soon cause as much preventable disease and death as cigarette smoking." Other reports have covered topics ranging from the adverse health consequences of smoking to youth violence and suicide prevention to HIV/AIDS.
     Before becoming surgeon general, Satcher was director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 1993 to 1998 and president of Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn., from 1982 to 1993.
     The lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs' Center for Health and Wellbeing and Office of External Affairs.

	Edward Albee

Albee to discuss state of theater

Award-winning playwright Edward Albee will speak at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, in McCosh 10.
     He will discuss "The Playwright vs. the Theater," focusing on the state of American theater, its problems, its strengths and its future.
     Albee has won the Pulitzer Prize in drama three times, for "A Delicate Balance" (1967), "Seascape" (1975) and "Three Tall Women" (1994). He also earned a Tony Award for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" in 1963 and for "A Delicate Balance" (revival) in 1996.
     He has been honored for his body of achievement with a gold medal from the Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, as a Kennedy Center honoree and as the recipient of a National Medal of Arts.
     Albee's 1971 play, "All Over," will be performed at McCarter Theatre Feb. 12 to March 3. His Feb. 7 talk is part of the University's Public Lectures Series and will be Webcast; for viewing information, visit <www.princeton.edu/WebMedia/>.

Chapel to be rededicated

The University Chapel will be rededicated in a service at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10.
     Since February 2000, workers have been restoring the stained glass windows and repointing and repairing the stonework and masonry. The project was completed in December.
     Leading the service will be the Rev. Thomas Breidenthal, who recently came to Princeton as dean of religious life and dean of the chapel. The service, which will include orchestral and choral music, will be followed by a reception in Murray-Dodge.

Ground Zero chaplain here

Rabbi Jacob Goldstein, chief chaplain at Ground Zero, will speak on "Faith Under Fire" at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, in McCosh 10.
     Goldstein is expected to talk about his 25 years a colonel and chaplain in the New York Army National Guard and, in particular, his role following the World Trade Center attacks.
     The event is sponsored by the Center for Jewish Life, the Program in Jewish Studies and Chabad of Princeton.

Exhibition of drawings

This etching entitled "Men Walking" is part of an exhibition of drawings, illustrations, oils and prints by Bernarda Bryson Shahn on display in the Women and Gender Studies Lounge, 113 Dickinson Hall, through Feb. 28.