October 2, 2002

CAMPUS

Last week scholars and journalists — most of them from the Islamic world — gathered at Princeton for a major conference on issues confronting Islam titled "Understanding and Responding to the Islamic World After Sept. 11." One of the speakers was Moulay Hicham Ben Abdallah ’85, second in line to the throne of Morocco’s Alawite kingdom.

Assistant professor of physics Lydia Sohn, who used to work at Bell Labs, has helped uncover the extent of the fraud committed by Bell Labs physicist Jan Hendrik Schon. As a result of the questions raised by Sohn and others, Bell Labs convened a committee of renowned scientists to fully investigate Schon’s fraudulent results, reported the Prince. And Schon has been fired.

Egyptian Yasser El Halaby '06 was stuck at home in Cairo until mid-September, awaiting his visa. But he finally got it and arrived on campus September 17, missing orientation and the start of classes, reported the Daily Princetonian. All regular undergraduates — except one visiting student with a Middle Eastern name — now have made it to campus.

Jessica Melore '03, recognized for her “survivor” spirit and dedication to promoting handicap awareness and organ donation, made Glamour magazine’s top 10 college women contest. Melore suffered a nearly fatal heart attack and had her leg amputated before arriving at Princeton. She has spoken publicly about her experience. Brittany Blockman '03 earned honorable mention for her work on a documentary at Maitri, an AIDS hospice in San Francisco.

The Tower Club will select new members this fall through a petition process rather than the Bicker system, the Prince reported. But it will host Bicker in the spring. Ivy Club admitted 17 students who bickered this fall. Cap and Gown admitted 10 new students.

A new director and three new postdoctoral scholars have joined the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts this year. The program, begun in 2000-01, is intended to attract some of the best recent Ph.D. recipients in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences to the campus each year. The new director is Leonard Barkan, the Arthur Marks '19 Professor of Comparative Literature. He succeeds Alexander Nehamas. The scholars are: Francisco Prado-Vilar, who recently received his Ph.D. in the history of art and architecture at Harvard University; Alexander Rehding, who earned his Ph.D. in musicology in 1999 from the University of Cambridge; and Hairong Yan, who just received her doctorate in anthropology from the University of Washington.

The university library has acquired a new addition to its extensive collection of Islamic manuscripts. William J. Trezise, a New York businessman, has donated his collection of Arabic calligraphy to the library's Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. Selected pieces of the William J. Trezise Collection of Arabic Calligraphy were put on display in the Firestone Library lobby October 1. The collection illustrates the principal forms of Arabic script, chiefly through more than a hundred leaves from handwritten copies of the Qur'an. These leaves date from the 9th to the 19th century, when the Qur'an finally began to be printed in the Islamic world.

Hunter Patch Adams, made famous by the movie about his unusual approach to health and healing starring Robin Williams, explained his approach to medicine and discussed his views on other political and social issues, including what he termed America’s misplaced priorities, at a discussion on campus last week. He also argued that Saddam Hussein’s human rights abuses were minimal compared to those of America, reported the Prince.

Daniel Silverman, Princeton’s chief medical officer and executive director of health services, plans to meet with local health officials this month to discuss drinking habits of undergraduates, reported the Daily Princetonian. He told the Prince that an alcohol ordinance that would allow police to enter private property, if they have probable cause a crime is being committed, was likely the impetus for the meeting. According to the Public Safety department’s annual report, alcohol-related arrests and referrals to a dean for disciplinary action rose last year, reported the Prince. Last year, there were 14 alcohol-related arrests on campus, up from four in 2000.

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UPCOMING PRINCETON UNIVERSITY LECTURES AND EVENTS:
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October 5-9, Documentary Film Festival, sponsored by the Spanish and Portuguese department. for more information: http://www.princeton.edu/~spo/

October 8, 4:30 p.m. — Asen Kirin, Department of Art History University of Georgia: "The Edifices of the New Justinian: Catherine the Great Regaining Byzantium". 106 McCormick. (Department of Art & Archaeology)

October 8, 4:30 p.m. — Christopher Prendergst, University of Cambridge and fellow at Princeton's Council of the Humanities: "Elstir's Metaphors". 105 Bobst Hall, 83 Prospect Ave. (Department of Comparative Literature)

October 8, 4:30 p.m. — Dan H. Renberg '86, member of the board of directors of Export-Import Bank of the U.S.: "Financing Exports in our Nation's Service: The Historic Role of the Export-Import Bank of the United States." Bowl 016 Robertson Hall. (Woodrow Wilson School/Business Today)

October 8, 8 p.m. — Ariel Dorfman, a professor of Literature and Latin American Studies, Duke University, “Who are the real barbarians: A Latin-American Perspective.” Mccosh 50 (Stafford Little Lectures, Public Lectures)

October 8, 8 p.m. — Brentano String Quartet- Residency Concert. Richardson Auditorium. (Department of Music and Friends of Music at Princeton)

October 9, 4:30 p.m. — Poets Wyatt Prunty and David Smith read from their work. Introduced by James Lasdun. Stewart Theater, 185 Nassau.

October 9, 4:30 p.m. — Eldredge Bermingham, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: "Evolutionary and biogeographic assembly of two neotropical faunal communities: Birds of the Lesser Antilles and freshwater fish of Central America". 10 Guyot Hall. (Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology: Colloquium on the Biology of Populations)

October 9, 4:30 p.m. — Amina Wadud, Virginia Commonwealth University: “Gender Justice: Through Qur’anic Hermeneutics and Beyond.” Bowl 016, Robertson Hall. (Center for the Study of Religion and Woodrow Wilson School)

October 9, 4:30 p.m. — Christopher Prendergst, University of Cambridge and fellow at Princeton's Council of the Humanities: "Walking on Stilts". 105 Bobst Hall, 83 Prospect Ave. (Department of Comparative Literature)

October 9, 6 p.m. — Robert Somol, assistant professor at the Department of Architecture and Urban Design at UCLA: "Emergence and Entropy; or Some Vicissitudes of Architectural Vocabulary in the Twenty-First Century. Betts Auditorium, Architecture Building (School of Architecture)

October 9, 7 p.m. — Panel Discussion, "Unsung Heroes: Can One Person Make A Difference?"
Panel Moderator: Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
Panel Participants: Kwame Anthony Appiah, Harold James, and Thomas E. Breidenthal
Rider University Student Center

October 9, 8 p.m. — Jared Diamond, a professor of physiology, School of Medicine, UCLA, “Collapses of Ancient Societies and their Lessons for Today.” McCosh 50. (Public Lecture Series/Louis Clark Vanuxem Lectures)

October 10, 4:30 p.m. — Soichi Sata, Nagoya University: "The Fate of StateTaxes in the merovingian Period: A Problem Revisited". 211 Dickinson.

October 10, 4:30 p.m. — Christopher Prendergst, University of Cambridge and fellow at Princeton's Council of the Humanities: "The Allegorical Body". 105 Bobst Hall, 83 Prospect Ave. (Department of Comparative Literature)

October 10, 7 p.m., Nell Irvin Painter, distinguished American Historian, Edwards Professor of American History at Princeton, author of Southern History Across the Color Line, appearing at the U-Store.

October 11, 1:30-5:30 p.m. — Symposium on Evolutionary Genomics. McCosh 10. Participants: Daniel L. Hartle, Harvard University, Jonathan A. Eisen, Institute for Genomic research, and Pual M. Sharp, University of Nottingham. Princeton President Shirley C. Tilghman will deliver opening remarks..

October 11, 4:30 p.m. — Novelist Joseph O'Neill reads from his work. Stewart Film Theater at 185 Nassau St. Free and open to the public. (Fund for Irish Studies)

October 12, 10 a.m. — Professor Simon Morrison *97, assistant professor of music at Princeton: "How to Listen to a Movie". Guyot 10.

October 12, 1 p.m. — Princeton football vs. Colgate. Princeton Stadium.

October 14, 4:30 p.m. — Savyon Liebrect, author of Apples from the Desert. 202 Jones Hall.

October 15, 4:30 p.m. — Filmmaker Abby Child, Stewart Theater, 185 Nassau St. Free and open to the public. (Program in Visual Arts)

October 15, 4:30 p.m. — Robin Fleming, Boston College: "Breaking and Making Identity in Fifth- and Sixth-Century Britain". Rocky/Mathey Theater.

October 15, 4:30 p.m. — Panel discussion celebrating the 20th anniversary of women and gender studies. "Thinking Back Through Our Mothers". Participating professors are: Maria DiBattista, Suzanne Keller, Christine Stansell, Froma Zeitlin, and Mary Harper; moderated by Deborah Nord. Bowl 2, Robertson Hall.

October 15, 8 p.m. — Bernard Williams, emeritus professor of moral philosophy at the University of Oxford: "The Human Prejudice". McCosh 50. (Public Lecture Series/Walter E. EdgeLectures)

October 16, 5 p.m. — Author Don DeLillo, the Beknap Visitor, will read from his work. McCosh 50. (Council of the Humanities)

October 16, 6 p.m. — Liz Diller, professor at Princeton's School of Architecture and architect at Diller and Scofidio in New York City: "The Making of Nothing". Betts Auditorium, Architecture Building (School of Architecture)

October 16, 7 p.m., James McPherson, eminent Civil War Historian, George Henry Davis '86 Professor of History at Princeton, author of Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam 1862, appearing at the U-Store.

October 18, 4:30 p.m. — Tom Devine, University of Aberdeen, "Contrasting Migration to the USA: Irish Catholics and Scots in the 19th & Early 20th Centuries". Stewart Film Theater at 185 Nassau St. Free and open to the public. (Fund for Irish Studies)

October 18, 8 p.m. — University Glee Club in concert with the Rutgers University Glee Club. Richardson Auditorium. Box office: 609-258-5000..

October 19, 10 a.m. — Professor James Gould, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton: "Animal Behavior". Guyot 10.

October 19, 1 p.m. — Princeton football vs. Brown. Princeton Stadium.

October 21, 7:30 p.m. — Tom Segev, Hebrew University: "israel's New Historians". Bowl 2, Robertson Hall.

October 23, 4:30 p.m.— "Juan Carlos Onetti: El soñador discreto" delivered by Juan José Saer at the Joseph Henry House. (Spanish and Portuguese department)

October 23, 4:30 p.m. — Novelist John Edgar Wideman will read from his work. Introduced by Joyce Carol Oates. Stewart Theater, 185 Nassau.

October 23, 4:30 p.m. — Maggie Bickford, Brown University: "Emperor Huizong's Paintings: Works of Art as Works of State". McCormick 106.

October 23, 7:30 p.m. — Tom Segev, Hebrew University: "Palestine Under the British Mandate, from Balfour to Sharon". Bowl 2, Robertson Hall.

October 24, noon— Tom Segev, Hebrew University: "Israel and the Holocaust". 210 Dickinson

October 24, 4:30 p.m.— Poetry reading by Juan José Saer at Maclean House (Spanish and Portuguese department)

October 24, 7 p.m., Victor Brombert, Princeton Scholar, Henry Putnam University Professor of Romance and Comparative Literature emeritus at Princeton, author of Trains of Thought: Memories of a Stateless Youth, appearing at the U-Store.

October 26, 10 a.m. — A lecture TBA. Sponsored by the Black Princeton Alumni (BPA). Guyot 10.

October 26, 1 p.m. — Princeton football vs. Harvard. Princeton Stadium.

October 27, 3 p.m., David Allen Sibley, famous naturalist, birder, and artist, author of Sibley's Birding Basics, appearing at the U-Store.

November 8, 4:30 p.m. — Lucy McDiarmid, Villanova University, "Anger, Apologies, Statues: The Form of Cultural Controversy". Stewart Film Theater at 185 Nassau St. Free and open to the public. (Fund for Irish Studies)

November 9, 10 a.m. — Professor Lee Mitchell, Holmes Professor of Belles-Lettres and professor of English at Princeton: "Does Reading Good Books Make You Better?" Guyot 10.

November 9, 1 p.m. — Princeton football vs. Penn. Princeton Stadium.

November 12, 4:30 p.m. — Abstract painter Juan Usle, Room 219, 185 Nassau St. Free and open to the public. (Program in Visual Arts)

November 13, 6 p.m. — Sebastien Marot, architecture and landscape critic and editor of Le Visiteur, Paris: Memory Places and Machines for Hoping". Betts Auditorium, Architecture Building (School of Architecture)

November 14-17 & 21-23 — Melancholy Play, written by Sarah Ruhl and directed by Davis McCallum; Matthews Acting Studio at 8:00 p.m., 185 Nassau. Check here for updates. Advance tickets for all productions may be purchased at the Frist Ticket Office, or at the door on performance nights.

November 16, 8:00 p.m. — Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company. Performance and discussion. Hagan Dance Studio, 185 Nassau Street. Free and open to the public.

November 20, 6 p.m. — Brendan MacFarlane and Dominique Jakob, architects and partners at Jakob + MacFarlane in Paris: "Projects". Betts Auditorium, Architecture Building (School of Architecture)

November 21-23—Instituting Hispanismo (Spanish and Portuguese department)

November 23, 10 a.m. — Professor William Howarth, professor of English at Princeton: "Earth Islands: Darwin and Melville in the Galapagos". Guyot 10.

November 23, 1 p.m. — Princeton football vs. Dartmouth. Princeton Stadium.

November 22, 4:30 p.m. — Dramatist Tom Kilroy, "Contemporary Irish Theatre". Stewart Film Theater at 185 Nassau St. Free and open to the public. (Fund for Irish Studies)

December 4, 6 p.m. — Gregory Crewsden, artist in New York City and professor at the Yale School of Art. Betts Auditorium, Architecture Building (School of Architecture)

December 4, 8 pm — Vincent Courtillot, Université Paris 7, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, et Institut Universitaire de France, “Mass extinctions in the Phanerozoic: a single cause and if yes which?” Location TBA

December 9, 4:30 p.m.— "Argentina Today" deliverd by Carlos Altamirano at McCormick Hall. (Spanish and Portuguese department)

December 11, 8:00 p.m. — Student dance performance. Guest choreographer Jessica Lange and guest choreographer Stephen Welsh, Hagan Dance Studio, 185 Nassau Street.

December 11, 8:00 p.m. — Dance performance. End of semester showings of student work, Hagan Dance Studio, 185 Nassau Street. Free and open to the public

January 9-12, 2003 — Apollinaire's the Breasts of Tiresias, senior thesis production, directed by Matthieu Boyd ’03. Matthews Acting Studio at 8:00 p.m., 185 Nassau. Check here for updates. Advance tickets for all productions may be purchased at the Frist Ticket Office, or at the door on performance nights.

February 7, 2003, 4:30 p.m. — Nancy Curtin, Fordham University, "The Reinvention of Irish Masculinity in the 18th century. Stewart Film Theater at 185 Nassau St. Free and open to the public. (Fund for Irish Studies)

February 12-13, 2003, 4:30 p.m. — Jonathan Glover, a professor of medical law and ethics at King's College London, “Interpretation in Psychiatry and the Person and the Illness.” Location TBA

February 13-16 & 20-22, 2003 — Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, senior thesis production, directed by Chris Wendell ’03 . Matthews Acting Studio at 8:00 p.m., 185 Nassau. Check here for updates. Advance tickets for all productions may be purchased at the Frist Ticket Office, or at the door on performance nights.

February 14, 2003, 4:30 p.m. — Irish studies at Princeton.Panel I: The Backwards Look with Brendan Kane, Natasha Tessone, and Abby Bender. Stewart Film Theater at 185 Nassau St. Free and open to the public. (Fund for Irish Studies)

February 14-15 2003, 8:00 p.m. — Student dance performance. Guest choreographer Jessica Lange and guest choreographer Stephen Welsh. Richardson Auditorium

February 14-15, 2003, 8:00 p.m. — Spring Dance Festival, Richardson Auditorium.

February 21, 2003, 4:30 p.m. — Irish studies at Princeton. Panel II: Into Modernity with Howard Keeley, Barry McCrea, and Kimberly Bohman. Stewart Film Theater at 185 Nassau St. Free and open to the public. (Fund for Irish Studies)

February 28, 2003, 4:30 p.m. — Joep Leerssen, Harvard University, "How Time Passes in Joyce's Dublin". Stewart Film Theater at 185 Nassau St. Free and open to the public. (Fund for Irish Studies)

March 6-9, & 12-14, 2003 — Stoppard's Travesties, senior thesis production with Ben Beckley ’02, Jeff Kitrosser ’03, and Micah Baskir ’03, directed by Sujan Trivedi ’03. Matthews Acting Studio at 8:00 p.m., 185 Nassau. Check here for updates. Advance tickets for all productions may be purchased at the Frist Ticket Office, or at the door on performance nights.

March 7, 2003, 4:30 p.m. — Len Graham and Padraigin ni Uallachain will introduce and sing "Songs from a Hidden Ulster". Stewart Film Theater at 185 Nassau St. Free and open to the public. (Fund for Irish Studies)

March 27-30, 2003 — PETER MORRIS' MARGE. senior thesis production with Ashley Frankson ’03, directed by Sarah Rodriguez ’03 . Matthews Acting Studio at 8:00 p.m., 185 Nassau. Check here for updates. Advance tickets for all productions may be purchased at the Frist Ticket Office, or at the door on performance nights.

March 28, 2003, 4:30 p.m. — LAWRENCE TAYLOR, National University of Ireland at Maynooth, "Irish Braids: The Africanisation of Moore Street". Stewart Film Theater at 185 Nassau St. Free and open to the public. (Fund for Irish Studies)

April 4, 2003, 4:30 p.m. — Playwright Marina Carr, Reading from her work and in conversation with Michael Cadden. Stewart Film Theater at 185 Nassau St. Free and open to the public. (Fund for Irish Studies)

April 17-20 & 24-26, 2003 — LACHIUSA'S THE WILD PARTY, senior thesis production, directed by Natasha Badillo ’03. Matthews Acting Studio at 8:00 p.m., 185 Nassau. Check here for updates. Advance tickets for all productions may be purchased at the Frist Ticket Office, or at the door on performance nights.

Princeton area events

Loot, McCarter Theater, 91 University Pl. 609-258-2787 8:00 p.m. Joe Orton's modern comedy classic. $24 to $47. Through September 29.

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Princeton Art Museum
Public tours, Saturdays, 2 p.m.

Current Exhibitions:

Immortals, Deities, and Sages in Chinese Painting, a research exhibition, through September 29. — Images of Buddhist immortals, Daoist deities, and Confucian sages are explored in 14 Chinese hanging hand scrolls and albums from the museum's permanent collection.

Japanese Woodblock Prints: Gifts from Anne van Biema, through September 29. — A small group of Japanese woodblock prints, selected from gifts of Anne van Biema.

Photographs from the Peter C. Bunnell Collection, through October 27. — A collection of contemporary photographs to honor Peter C. Bunnell, David Hunter McAlpin ’20, professor of the history of photography and modern art and faculty curator of photography.

Lewis Baltz: Nevada and Other Photographs, through January 19, 2003

Exhibits on campus

Main Gallery at Firestone Library

Woodrow Wilson at Princeton:  The Path to the Presidency —   May 5, 2002 - October 27, 2002

Lewis Baltz: Nevada and Other Photographs, exhibit at the Art Museum, September 14, 2002, through January 19, 2003.

 Milberg Gallery for the Graphic Arts at Firestone Library

Charles Risdon Day, after the painting by Frederic Edwin Church "Niagara (The Great Fall, Niagara)" (Chromolithograph, published in London by Day & Son) 1857; Graphic Arts Division Gift of Leonard L. Milberg, Class of 1953

Heroic Pastorals:  Images of the American Landscape. Through October 6.
K.K. Merker: Master Printer. An exhibit celebrating the life of Kim Merker, founder of the Stone Wall Press, the Windover Press, and the Univesity of Iowa Center for the Book. Through October 6.

Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library

Take a Walk Along Nassau Street: Celebrating the Classes of 1942, 1952, 1962, 1977, and 1982

Paix et Liberté: Posters That Go BANG! Contentious political posters are common to many nations, but few are more explosive than a selection of French affiches on view at Mudd through February 1. The collection can be viewed in its entirety on the Web: http://infoshare1.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/mudd/online_ex/paix/

The exhibition showcases the work of the French anti-Communist organization Paix et Liberté (Peace and Liberty), which endeavored to combat what it regarded as lies contained in Communist posters. Founded by French politician Jean-Paul David in 1950 against the backdrop of a successful poster campaign by the French Communist Party, Paix et Liberté fought fire with fire by exploiting the themes, language, and symbols of its opponents' posters.

Online exhibits at the Library

Bernstein Gallery, lower level, Robertson Hall — "After September 11," an exhibition that explores how the work of 12 regional artists has been influenced by the events surrounding September 11. The show ends December 1, 2002.

Photo Exhibit: Ancient Greek ruins, from September 16-25. This exhibit by Emry Guzelsu, features the archaeological discoveries at Trachia, Greece. The ruins date back to the rule of Alexander the Great's father. Frist Campus Center, 100 level.

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New York area events:

Wednesday, October 23, 2002
FFR/Princeton btGALA presents All-Ivy/Seven Sisters mixer at East of Eighth, New York, N.Y.
Our first open bar event!
When: 6:30pm to 9pm **Open bar from 7pm to 9pm**
Where: East of Eighth
254 West 23nd Street
How Much: $30 per person in advance, $35 per person at the door
RSVP: Please send an e-mail to scowls@alumni.princeton.edu.
This helps us ensure that the restaurant gives us enough space.

Friday, October 25, 2002
Three Determined Women present Sapphic Soirée VIII, New York, N.Y.
Columbus Day will have sailed away, but Halloween fun will have just begun!
This is no trick! All thumbs at pumpkin carving? Meet a pumpkin surgeon, make new friends, get invited to Halloween parties, brainstorm on Halloween costumes, make plans to guarantee your Halloween will be a treat!
When: 6:30 - 9:00 PM
Where: The Penn Club
30 West 44th Street
Cover: $32 (cash only) with Open Bar & Hors d'Ouvres
Scare up some women friends to come along who want to meet other lesbian and bisexual women singles and couples. To help with planning, please RSVP in advance to sgamper@pennclubny.org.

Being Claudine, a comedy directed by I-Fan Quirk ’91. Claudine Bloomberg, a young aspiring actess who has been terribly unlucky in her pursuit of love, fame, and fortune, is at the center of this urban tale of human relations. Showing at the Screening Room, 54 Varick Street, New York, NY. For more information, phone Wellington Love at 212-366-4992.

New York Networking Nights Needs Space

New York Networking Nights offers an opportunity for New York area Princeton alumni to learn about career issues and build their own career networks. We meet monthly, usually Monday, and draw between 50 and 70
Tigers of all fields and career stages. We need to find Manhattan spaces that can hold our large group. Ideal
spaces are:
-theatres
-art galleries
-offices with large conference areas
If you are willing to donate space for a night please get in touch with Kelly Perl *93 at kperl@alumni.princeton.edu.

Philadelphia area events

Thursday, October 17, 2002
FFR/Princeton btGALA presents an All-Ivy/Seven Sisters LGBT alumni happy hour in Center City, Philadelphia, Pa.
When: 6:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.
Where: The "Lounge" at Trust
121-127 South 13th Street (southeast corner of 13th and Sansom Streets) 215-629-1300
How much: No cover, cash bar
Trust is an energetic restaurant and bar with a retro-hip ambiance set in the hear of Philadelphia's Center City. It serves a pan-mediterranean menu with a vast assortment of dishes that encourage mixing, matching, sharing and discovery. Check them out at http://www.trustrestaurant.com/see-trust.htm.

Chicago area events

Friday, November 8, 2002
FFR/Princeton btGALA presents an All-Ivy/Seven Sisters LGBT alumni happy hour at Big Chicks, Chicago, Ill.
When: 9:00 P.M. - 10:30 P.M.
Where: Big Chicks
5024 N. Sheridan (5000N, 1000W), Chicago 773-728-5511
Red line to Argyle, walk east to Sheridan, then north 1 block.
How much: No cover, cash bar
Big Chicks is a great club, catering to a mix of men and women.
With dancing from 10pm til 2am, this is a great place to gather and spend the evening. Specifics on meeting location will be posted in the coming week on our website at: http://alumni.princeton.edu/~ffr-gala/FFRChi021108.html

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Washington DC area events

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Other regions
Los Angeles events:

Nothing is listed at the moment.

San Francisco events:

October 2, Princeton Entrepreneurs Network (aka PrincetonEN) of San Francisco presents
"The VC Perspective in 2002," 7 p.m., at “850 Cigar Bar" at 850 Montgomery, between Pacific and Jackson (415) 291-0850. Speaker will be Brendon Kim from Altos VC. For more information, contact Jock Christie ’87 (jchrist@alumni.Princeton.edu).

October 5, Princeton Women’s Network Food for Thought Potluck Dinner, San Francisco, a discussion about film featuring Joanne Shen '94, a documentary filmmaker, 6:30-9:30 p.m., at the home of Heather Brownlie '97. (Contact: Kathryn Bowsher '87: kathryn@actonemarketing.com, 415-401-0363.)

October 8, Join Princeton Women’s Network for a free screening of White Oleander, 7:30pm. Discussion will follow at a place local to your theater. Locations are: San Francisco, San Jose, and Sacramento — depending on interest. Email: hlhough@alumni.princeton.edufor more information.

Wednesday, October 16, 2002
FFR/Princeton btGALA and Yale GALA present an all-Ivy mixer, San Francisco
FFR member Clarence Wong '85 has corralled a group of folks from a couple of schools to provide regular opportunities to mix it up with LGBT alumni from the Ivies, Seven Sisters schools, Stanford, MIT, UVA, Duke and others in San Francisco.
When: 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Where: Home
2100 Market Street (at Church)
How much: No cover, cash bar
Home strives to live up to its name, with a homey atmosphere, a patio, $5
cosmos, and large portions of comfort food. It's the casual place to hang
out in the Castro.
This month's installment is being co-hosted by Stanford GALA Members Peter
Capofreddi and Rick Jardiolin. They will be wearing name tags for easy
identification, so seek them out!

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ALUMNI

Two alumni win MacArthur grants: Ann Blair *90, a professor of history at Harvard, and Charles Steidel ’84, a professor of astronomy at the California Institute of Technology.

Winner of the Nobel Prize in 1994, mathematician John Nash *50 will receive the O. Spurgeon English Humanitarian Award at Temple University in Philadelphia on October 5 for his contributions to economic science and game theory. On October 6, Nash will be honored for his work helping people with mental illness at the grand opening of the new Hamilton Township headquarters of the New Jersey Association of Mental Health Agencies, reported the Trenton Times.

Princeton Club of Shanghai holds inaugural meeting

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SPORTS

Atkinson ’03 scores three TD’s in 34-19 Tiger win; Columbia up next
Senior Cameron Atkinson rushed for 121 yards and a career-best three touchdowns to lead Princeton’s football team to a 34-19 victory over Lafayette in front of 13,275 fans in the Tigers' home opener Saturday, September 28. It was Atkinson's fifth career 100-yard rushing day, and he became Princeton's first player to rush for three touchdowns since quarterback David Splithoff did it against Harvard two years ago.
The Tigers jumped out to an early lead like it had at Lehigh last week in a season-opening loss. But the defense held on this time led by the efforts of juniors Zak Keasey and Brandon Mueller. Keasey had 13 tackles and a key interception off a tipped ball by Mueller, while Mueller had two interceptions himself and five tackles.
Freshman kicker Derek Javarone also made a strong showing in his Princeton Stadium debut, connecting on field goals of 32 yards and 39 yards, a career best, and four extra points. His performance earned him Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors.
Princeton opens its 2002 Ivy League schedule when it travels to Columbia next Saturday, October 5. The game kicks off at 1:30 p.m. Princeton defeated the Lions 44-11 last season.

Women’s soccer remains undefeated
Freshman Esmeralda Negron continued her early season success this weekend as she netted a game-winning goal in overtime to give Princeton a 2-1win over Boston University on the road this weekend.
The win puts the No. 23-ranked Tigers at a perfect 7-0 for the season.
The Tigers also beat Boston College on the trip as junior goalie Jean Poster stopped a penalty kick with just over two minutes left in the game to preserve a 1-0 victory on Friday, September 27.
Something to think about from Princeton’s athletic communications folks: The game featured two coaches, Princeton's Julie Shackford and Boston College's Alison Foley, who are each six months pregnant. According to the NCAA, there is no record of any other game matching coaches who were both pregnant, though that doesn't mean it has never happened.
Princeton hosts George Mason on Wednesday, October 2, and then travels to Columbia for an Ivy League match on Saturday, October 5.

Field hockey drops two at home to national powers
For the second time this year, the No. 15-ranked Tigers lost a match on a penalty stroke. This time it was the nation’s No.1-ranked squad Maryland that handed Princeton a heartbreaking 2-1 loss at home on Friday, September 27.
On Saturday, the Tigers followed up with a 2-1 home loss to Michigan State, which is ranked fifth in the nation. The losses dropped Princeton to 3-3 for the season.
Against Maryland, Ilvy Friebe ’03’s goal less than four minutes into the game gave the Tigers an early lead that held for nearly 40 minutes. But Maryland’s two late goals gave it the win.
Princeton travels to Rutgers on Wednesday, October 2, and hosts Old Dominion on Saturday, October 5.

Men’s water polo defeats Brown and Harvard in home tourney
Princeton took advantage of the home pool advantage this weekend as the men’s water polo team swept through its three matches during the North/South Invitational.
The Tigers beat Iona 11-10 in overtime and then went on to defeat Ivy League foes Brown, 10-8, and Harvard, 8-2. The team heads to the West Coast with an 8-2 record. Princeton will be facing UC-San Diego on Friday, October 4, and then will compete in the NorCal tournament in Berkley.

Women’s volleyball wins sixth match in a row to open 6-1
The Tigers defeated Juniata and Long Island University by identical scores of 3-1 at home over the weekend to steamroll into their Ivy League schedule, which starts Friday, October 4, at Penn. Princeton has won six straight matches since losing its first match of the year.

Cross-country teams both place third at Paul Short Invitational
Austin Smith ’05 (24:50.77) placed sixth at the annual Paul Short Invitational cross country meet at Lehigh this weekend to lead the men’s cross country team to a third place finish. William and Mary captured first place with 49 points, Columbia finished in second with 83 and the Tigers took third with 90 points.
For the women’s team, junior Emily Kroshus placed seventh with a time of 21:28.59. Also finishing in the top -20 was Meredith Lambert ’06. Penn State won the meet.

Sprint football loses opener at Cornell
Cornell handed the Tigers a loss in their season opener as the Big Red outscored Princeton 22-12 in a heavy downpour in Ithaca.

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