September 11, 2002

In the week before classes, Katy Glenn ’06 worked at the Mt. Carmel Guild in Trenton, New Jersey, as part of a community service project organized for incoming freshmen.

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The university marked the beginning of the academic year with Opening Exercises on September 11 in the University Chapel. The annual interfaith service included an address by President Shirley M. Tilghman and the awarding of student prizes. Classes begin this week.

“After Sept. 11,” an exhibition that explores how the work of 12 regional artists has been influenced by the tragic events of one year ago, will opened this week at the Woodrow Wilson School’s Bernstein Gallery on the lower level of Robertson Hall. The public is invited to an opening reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, September 13. The exhibition runs through December 1.

Diane Auer Jones, a professional staff member for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and a former program director in the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education, has been named director of Princeton's Office of Government Affairs, effective January 1, 2003. She will succeed Nan S. Wells, who is retiring after serving as the director of the office since its inception in 1979. Princeton's government affairs office is located in Washington, D.C. Its director is the university's principal representative on matters related to federal policy and legislation.

David T. Wilkinson, a professor of physics whose research helped shape scientists' understanding of the structure of the universe and whose open and friendly manner made him a beloved colleague and teacher, died September 5, after a long bout with cancer. He was 67. Wilkinson, Princeton's Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics Emeritus, was a key figure in making the astronomical observations that, in the 1960s, gave a solid basis for the Big Bang theory of the universe.

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UPCOMING PRINCETON UNIVERSITY LECTURES AND EVENTS:
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September 17,  4:30 p.m. — Dr. Khalil Shikaki, director of the Palestinian Center for Policy & Survey Research, professor of political science at Birzeit University: "Israel — Palestine Peace Process: What Went Wrong and Can It Be Righted?" WWS Robertson Hall, Bowl 1. (Program in Near Eastern Studies)

September 19, 4:30 p.m. — James Fleming, professor of law at Fordham University: "The New Originalism". Friend Center 008. (Alpheus T. Mason Lecture Series, James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions)

September 19, 7 p.m. — Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1994 and coeditor of The Essential John Nash, appear at the U-Store.

September 19, 8 p.m. — Indian classical dance concert featuring Bala Deci Chandrashekar, senior disciple of the Bharata Nrithyam expert Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam. Frist Theater, #301 Frist Campus Center.

September 20, 5:30 p.m. — Carl A. Fields Center dedication ceremony.

September 23, noon — Peter Daszak, of the Consortium for Conservation Medicine, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory: "Emerging Diseases, Wildlife Conservation and a New Agenda for Public Health". 300 Wallace. (Center for Health and Wellbeing and the STEP Program)

September 23, 4:30 p.m. — Dr. William Julius Wilson, Harvard University Professor and director of the Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government: "Successful Adolescents in High-Risk Black Urban Neighborhoods". 300 Wallace Hall. (Center for Health and Wellbeing)

September 23, 4:30 p.m. — Alan B. Krueger, Bendheim Professor of Economics and Public Policy; Director, Princeton Survey Research Center; director, Industrial Relations Section: "Rockonomics: Economics and Public Policy in the Rock & Roll Industry." Bowl 016, Robertson Hall. (Woodrow Wilson School)

September 24, noon — Allison Hedley, of the Office of Population Research at Princeton: "A New Approach to Estimating the Efficacy of Medical Abortion". 300 Wallace Hall. (Office of Population Research)

September 24, 5 p.m. — Conference. Legacies of September 11, Part II: Domestic Policy and Politics. Participants are: Christopher Eisgruber ’83, Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Public Affairs and the University Center for Human Values, and director of the Program in Law and Public Affairs (moderator); Amy Gutmann, Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Politics and the University Center for Human Values, University Provost;  Paul R. Krugman, professor of economics and international affairs;  Nolan M. McCarty, associate professor of politics and public affairs, and faculty chair of the Ph.D. program at the Woodrow Wilson School;  Sara McLanahan, professor of sociology and public affairs and director of the Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing;  Frank N. von Hippel, professor of public and international affairs and codirector of the Program in Science and Global Security. Dodds Auditorium. Simulcast seating in Bowls 001, 002, and 016 Robertson Hall. ( Woodrow Wilson School)

September 25, 4:15 p.m. — David Linsenmeier, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Graduate Fellow: "Do Retiree Health Benefits Cause Early Retirement?" 200 Fisher Hall. (Center for Health and Wellbeing and the Industrial Relations Section)

 September 25, 4:30 p.m — William F. Laurance, of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: "Ecosystem Decay in Amazonian Forest Fragments". 10 Guyot Hall. (Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology: Colloquium on the Biology of Populations)

September 25, 4:30 p.m. — Dr. J. William Frost, Swarthmore College and director of the Friends Historical Libary: "Quakers and the Search for Political Realism in the 20th Century"."Quakers and the Search for Pacifist Realism in the 20th Century." . Bowl 016, Robertson Hall. (Woodrow Wilson School and Center for the Study of Religion)

September 26, 4:30 p.m.— Dr. Kanan Makiya of Brandeis University: "Imagining Jerusalem in the 7th Century". McCosh 64 (Program in Near Eastern Studies)

September 25, 4:30 p.m.— Dr. J. William Frost of Swarthmore College: "Quakers and the Search for Political Realism in the 20th Century". Bowl 016, Robertson Hall. (Woodrow Wilson School and Center for the Study of Religion)

September 25, 4:30 — William F. Laurance of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: "Ecosystem Decay in Amazonian Forest Fragments". 10 Guyot Hall. Sponsored by the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology.

September 25, 6 p.m. — Bernard Tschumi, architect with Bernard Tschumi Architects in New York City and dean of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University: "Towers(s) of Babel. Betts Auditorium, Architecture Building (School of Architecture)

September 26, 4:30 p.m. — Professor Andrew Nathan Professor Cheng Li, Department of Political Science, Columbia University Department of Government, Hamilton College: "China's New Rulers: Policies and Prospects". Jones 202. (East Asian Studies)

September 26, 8 p.m. — American String Quartet playing Quartets of Haydn, Quintets and Sextets of Mozart and Brahms. Joseph Kalichstein, piano, James Dunham, viola. Richardson Auditorium. $26 and $33. For tickets, call 609-258-5000.

September 27, 9:15 a.m. - 6 p.m. — "Understanding and Responding to the Islamic World after 9/11".
Welcoming remarks: Provost Amy Gutmann
Keynote address: Professor Abdulkarim Soroush
10:30 a.m. panel: "Development and Modernization": Dr. Nader Fergany (speaker) Director, Almishkat Centre for Research Giza, Egypt; Professor Khurshid Ahmad (panelist) ex-member of Senate, Pakistan, and chair, Institute of Policy Studies, Islamabad; Mr. Hazem Saghie (panelist) "Tayarat" (Currents) Supplement Editor Al-Hayat, London
2:00pm Panel: Islam and Civil Society Professor Ridwan Al-Sayyid Ajami (speaker) Lebanese National University Mr. Rami Khouri (panelist) Syndicated columnist and freelance TV and radio host Amman, Jordan 4:00pm Panel: Islam, democracy, and governance HRH Prince Moulay Hicham Benabdallah (speaker) Professor Zafar Ishaq Ansari (panelist) Director General, Islamic Research Institute International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan Professor Bernard Haykel New York University
September 28, 9:00 a.m. panel: "Islam and the Non-Islamic World": Professor Nilufer Gole (speaker), directeur d'etudes, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales Centre d'analyse et d'intervention sociologiques EHESS Paris; Professor Sulayman S. Nyang (panelist), Department of African Studies, Howard University; Professor Mamoun Fandy (panelist) Near East-South Asia Center for Strategic Studies National Defense University.
11:00 a.m. panel: "American Responses to Islamic Diversity": Professor Philip B. Heymann (speaker). James Barr Ames Professor of Law Harvard Law School; Mr. Ziad Asali (panelist) president, American Arab Anti Discrimination Committee; Professor Ibrahim Karawan, Department of Political Science, University of Utah. McCosh 50.
(Sponsored by the Council on Regional Studies Center of International Studies Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice.) 

September 27, 2 p.m. — Memorial service for Professor Claudia Tate in the University Chapel.

September 27, 4:30 p.m. — Seamus Deane, University of Notre Dame, "Newman and Joyce: Converting the Empire". Stewart Film Theater at 185 Nassau St. Free and open to the public. (Fund for Irish Studies)

September 28, 4 p.m. — Professor Daniel Rubenstein, chair of the ecology and evolutionary biology department at Princeton: "Zebras of Kenya: From Behavior and Ecology to Conservation and Management." Guyot 10.

September 28, 7 p.m. — Princeton football vs. Lafayette. Princeton Stadium.

September 28, 8:00 p.m. — Dance performance by guest dance artist Ralph Lemon. Hagan Dance Studio, 185 Nassau Street. Free and open to the public.

September 29, 4 p.m. — Princeton Symphony Orchestra - A Suite Afternoon. Bartok: Dance Suite. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3. Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird. Vladimir Ovchinnikov, piano. Richardson Auditorium. $36,$32,$24,$10. For tickets call 609-497-0020.

September 30, 11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m. — David J. Karoly, professor of meteorology and head of the Department of Mathematics and Statisticsat Monash University: "IPPC Climate Change Assessment: Is It Science?" 300 Wallace Hall. ( Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy, Program in "STEP") Lunch is provided.

September 30, 4:30 p.m. — Public Presentation: HOUSE [raw]: "Choreography, Ideas, & the Internet: The Web as a Choreographic Tool." Hagan Dance Studio, 185 Nassau Street. Free and open to the public.

September 30, 4:30 p.m.— Dr. Shahab Ahmed, junior fellow of the Harvard Society of Fellows:"The Contested Authenticity of 'Early Muslim Tradition' and the Memory of the Prophet in Early Islam." McCosh 64. (Program in Near Eastern Studies)

September 30, 4:30 p.m.— Patrick Geary of the University of California, Los Angeles: "Women at the Beginning: Gendered Representations of Origins from Antiquity to the Middle Ages." 48 McCosh Hall. ( Program in Medieval Studies)

October 1, 4:30 p.m. — Sculptor Chakaia Booker, Room 219, 185 Nassau St. Free and open to the public. (Program in Visual Arts)

October 2, 6 p.m. — Neil Denar, principal of Neil M. Denari Associates in Los Angeles: "Does It Come in Diferent Colors?" Betts Auditorium, Architecture Building (School of Architecture)

October 2, 7 p.m., Anthony Lane, film and literary critic for The New Yorker magazine, author of Nobody's Perfect: Selected Writings from The New Yorker, appearing at the U-Store.

October 4, 4:30 p.m. — Poet Tom Paulin reads from his work. Stewart Film Theater at 185 Nassau St. Free and open to the public. (Fund for Irish Studies)

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

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.” Location TBA

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, 8 p.m. — Jared Diamond, a professor of physiology, School of Medicine, UCLA, “Collapses of Ancient Societies and their Lessons for Today.” Location TBA

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

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 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 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 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

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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:

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.

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Washington DC area events

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ALUMNI

At Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) 18th annual Awards of Excellence black-tie gala on September 14 in Chicago, Queen Noor (formerly known as Lisa Halaby ’73 ) will be honored for her contributions to improve the lives of children. She will be recognized as a humanitarian activist for programs in Jordan, the Middle East, and worldwide that improve the quality of life for mothers and their children, especially in the areas of health care, education, environmental quality, and peace building.

Richard Greenberg ’80’s “Take Me Out,” a play “about the great American pastime that touches on issues of sexuality and racism,” according to the Associated Press, had a successful run in London this summer and opens in New York at the Papp Theater on September 5. The play “tells a complex narrative of friendship and betrayal that even manages to say something substantial about American democracy.”

Composer David Rakowski *96 (Ph.D. in music) was a runner-up for a Pulitzer Prize in the Letters, Drama, and Music category.

Artist Christopher Janney ’73 created "Maritime Sound: An Urban Musical Instrument" in a New Haven parking garage. The interactive artwork blends sounds and lights. “It consists of two blue aluminum cases hanging in front of the elevators in the 555 Long Wharf Drive parking garage in New Haven, Connecticut. Seven motion sensors are placed equidistant on each unit. Waving a hand in front of a sensor sets off a series of sounds, including crickets, seagulls and instrumental music,” reported the Hartford Courant.

Former Newark Alliance Executive Director Dale G. Caldwell ’82 has been named assistant commissioner at the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.

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SPORTS

Women’s soccer opens Princeton’s sports year with victory

The women’s soccer team used a second-half goal from Krista Ariss ’03 to snap a 1-1 tie and held on to beat Seton Hall on the road on September 7 in Princeton’s first intercollegiate contest of the 2002-03 academic year.
The Tigers, who are ranked 21st nationally, outshot Seton Hall 20-7. Princeton scored first against Seton Hall (2-2) on a goal from Esmerelda Negron ’05. Seton Hall tied it on a goal in the 34th minute to make it a 1-1 halftime game.

Princeton, looking for a fourth-straight NCAA tournament appearance for the first time in the program's history, returns eight starters from last year's 14-3-2 squad. The Tigers open their quest for a third-straight Ivy title next Saturday, September 14, at Yale at 7 p.m.

The Bulldogs handed the Tigers their only Ivy League loss last year, winning 1-0 in the final game of the regular season.

Football falls to Columbia in preseason scrimmage

With less than two weeks left before the 2002 season opener at Lehigh, Princeton’s football team is recovering from a 15-14 loss to Columbia in a preseason scrimmage in Princeton Stadium on September 7.

Two late touchdown passes from Columbia’s freshman quarterback Joe Winters to fellow frosh Jeff Coles erased a 14-12 Tiger lead in the fourth quarter.

Princeton’s defense held Columbia scoreless in the first half and much of the second half. But the Tiger’s offense sputtered along harmlessly until backup quarterback Matt Verbit ’05 carried the ball 66 yards for a touchdown with less than 10 seconds left in the first half as Princeton took a 7-0 lead.

After a Columbia safety in the third quarter, Princeton opened its lead to 14-2 on a 37-yard scamper from running back Greg Fields ’06. The ensuing extra point gave Princeton a 12-point lead with 12:03 remaining. Columbia’s freshman duo of Winters and Coles then took over as both teams put most of their reserves on the field late in the game.

“I thought our defense looked good,” head coach Roger Hughes said. “Our offense looked good at times but made some mistakes with some penalties, missed assignments, dropped balls. We saw a lot today, and now we have to get back to work and get better and get ready for Lehigh.”

Princeton’s opening game is on September 21 at Lehigh with kickoff at 1 p.m. Lehigh (2-0) is currently ranked 2nd nationally in Division 1-AA after thrashing Georgetown 69-0 at home. The win was Lehigh’s 24th straight at home, and also Lehigh’s 25th straight regular season victory – the longest such streak in all of Division I.

US national field hockey team hands Princeton 7-0 thrashing

A record crowd turned out at Class of 1952 stadium on September 7 to watch Princeton’s field hockey team in an exhibition match against the US national team. With 2,028 people in the stands, the national team completed a sweep of last year’s NCAA Final Four teams with a 7-0 win over the Tigers.

The game marked the return of former Tiger, and national team member, Melanie Meerschwam ’01 to Princeton. But the story for Princeton was the play of Kelly Baril ’03, who came up with several spectacular saves to keep Princeton within striking distance. A first-team All-America selection in 2001, Baril has also played on the U.S. under-23 national team.

“Last year she was great, but Kelly knew that it was not her best performance,” said Princeton coach Beth Bozman. “She was really happy with the way that things went this summer playing on a completely different team. Kelly has brought her game to a whole new level. We feel very confident knowing what we have behind us.”
Princeton is looking to win its ninth-straight Ivy League title in 2002 and better last year’s 17-3 finish. The Tigers rode a 10-game winning streak to the program’s fourth NCAA Final Four appearance, but were stopped, 4-2, by eventual champion Michigan in the semifinals.

The Tigers open their regular season against Ohio University on Friday, September 13, at Class of 1952 Stadium. The game is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Ivy League cuts TV deal with YES Network

Princeton and the rest of the Ivy League’s football teams will appear on the YES Network (Yankees Entertainment and Sports LLC) this fall beginning on October 12 with the Cornell Harvard game. Princeton’s season finale against Dartmouth on November 23 will be aired from Princeton Stadium at 1 p.m.

YES will produce and broadcast four games in total with Columbia at Penn on October 19 and Yale at Brown November 9 completing the schedule.

The YES Network is available to viewers in New York, Connecticut, and large sections of New jersey and Pennsylvania. It is also available nationally via DirecTV.

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