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April 6, 2001Volume 29, Number 25



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F&ES lecture to focus on 'sprawl-busting in America'

Anti-sprawl activist Al Norman will discuss "Sprawl-Busting in America: Citizens Break Their Chains" on Friday, April 6.

The talk, sponsored by the student group Other Voices at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, will begin at 5 p.m. in Bowers Auditorium of Sage Hall, 205 Prospect St. The talk is free and open to the public.

Norman first gained prominence by winning an election that stopped the building of a Wal-Mart superstore near his hometown of Greenfield, Massachusetts, in 1993. Since that time, Norman has been an outspoken critic of Wal-Mart and unplanned sprawl in general.

Through speeches, articles, citizen-action packets and a book titled "Slam Dunking Wal-Mart: How You Can Stop Superstore Sprawl in Your Hometown," Norman encourages citizen empowerment to fight against uncontrolled growth. He has been profiled in the Wall Street Journal, Time magazine and the Utne Reader, and has appeared on "60 Minutes," "NBC's Nightly News" and the History Channel.


Justice of Supreme Court of Canada to speak at Law School

Louise Arbour, a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, will present a talk titled "It Makes a Difference Who the Victors Are: The Case for International Criminal Justice" on Monday, April 9, at the Law School.

Her talk will take place at 4:30 p.m. in the Sterling Law Buildings, 127 Wall St. The event is free and open to the public.

Prior to her appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1999, Arbour taught at Osgoode Hall Law School and served as justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario (High Court of Justice) and the Court of Appeal for Ontario. In 1996 Arbour was appointed by the Security Council of the United Nations as chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda, a post she held until 1999.

Arbour is the author of numerous articles, reviews and reports, including "Genesis of International Criminal Justice: From an Impossible Marriage of Law to the Promising End of Impunity" and "The International Tribunals for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law in the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda: What Have We Learned? What Must We Do?" She co-wrote with Larry Taman the casebook "Criminal Procedure, Cases, Text and Materials."

The recipient of 19 honorary degrees, Arbour's recent honors include the Lord Reading Law Society's Human Rights Award, the Peace Award from the World Federalists of Canada and the Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Four Freedoms Medal from the Roosevelt Study Center in The Netherlands.


Anthropologist Mintz to address Yale College Student Union

Renowned anthropologist Sidney Mintz will address the Yale College Student Union on Monday, April 9.

Mintz will present a talk titled "Tourist, Journalist and Novelist: Anthropology at Bay" at 7:30 p.m. in Rm. 119 of William L. Harkness Hall, 100 Wall St. Rebecca Hardin, a lecturer in the Department of Anthropology, will deliver closing remarks. The public is invited to this free event.

Hailed as one of America's most influential anthropologists, Mintz is widely known for his studies on the Caribbean, colonialism and the relationship between food and power. He started his Caribbean fieldwork in Puerto Rico in 1948, and later worked in Jamaica, Haiti and other locations. He also conducted extensive studies of the political and social roles of food in world cultures.

Mintz has published extensively on the anthropology of the Caribbean. His books include "The Birth of African American Culture," "Worker in the Cane: A Puerto Rican Life History," "Caribbean Transformations," "Sweetness and Power: The Political, Social and Economic Effects of Sugar on the Modern World" and "Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom: Excursions into Eating, Culture and the Past."

Mintz, professor emeritus of John Hopkins University, cofounded the Johns Hopkins anthropology department in 1974. He is the recipient of the T.H. Huxley Medal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland and the Distinguished Lecturer Award of the American Anthropological Association.


Tanner Lectures to consider 'place of beauty in world of art'

Philosopher and classical scholar Alexander Nehamas will deliver the 2000­2001 Tanner Lectures on Human Values on Monday and Tuesday, April 9 and 10.

Titled "'A Promise of Happiness': The Place of Beauty in a World of Art," both lectures will take place at 4 p.m. in the auditorium of the Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St. A reception will follow the Monday lecture. There will also be a roundtable discussion at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 11, featuring Nehamas and his lecture respondents. All events are free and open to the public.

Nehamas's work has addressed a wide range of ethical issues relevant to antiquity and to modern culture. He is currently the Edmund N. Carpenter II Class of 1943 Professor in the Humanities, and professor of philosophy and comparative literature at Princeton University.

Nehamas is the author of "Nietzsche: Life as Literature," "The Art of Living: Socratic Reflections from Plato to Foucault" and "Virtues of Authenticity: Essays on Plato and Socrates," a collection of essays on the development of ethics, epistemology and metaphysics in ancient Greek philosophy. With Paul Woodruff, he translated Plato's "Symposium" and "Phaedrus."

Richard Rorty, professor of comparative literature at Stanford University, will respond to the first Tanner Lecture on Monday. Elaine Scarry, the Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University, will respond to the second lecture.

For more information about the Tanner Lectures, call the center at (203) 432-0670, visit www.yale.edu/whc or send email to michael.mirabile@yale.edu.


'Managing environmental risks' is topic of ISPS talk

Dr. Gilbert S. Omenn, executive vice president for medical affairs at the University of Michigan, will discuss "Managing Environmental Risks: Putting Each Problem in Public Health Context and Engaging Stakeholders from the Start" on Tuesday, April 10.

Part of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS) Risk Assessment Forum, the talk will take place at noon at ISPS, 77 Prospect St., and again at 4 p.m. in the Winslow Auditorium of the Laboratory of Epidemiology and Public Health, 60 College St. Lunch will be provided at the noon meeting; for reservations, contact Carol Pollard at (203) 432-6188 or carol.pollard@yale.edu. Both talks are free and open to the public.

Omenn is also chief executive officer of the University of Michigan Health System and a professor in the departments of internal medicine, human genetics and public health. He was formerly dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Omenn's research interests include chemoprevention of cancers, genetic predispositions to environmental and occupational health hazards, health promotion for older adults, science-based risk analysis and health policy. He served as associate director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Office of Management and Budget during the Carter administration.

Omenn is the author of 335 research papers and scientific reviews and author or editor of 17 books. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American College of Physicians and director of Rohm & Haas and Amgen.


William Styron to present public reading of work

Writer William Styron will visit the Yale campus as a Schlesinger Family Visiting Writer on Tuesday, April 10.

He will give a master's tea at 4 p.m. in the Branford College master's house, 80 High St., then present a public reading at 8 p.m. in Rm. 101 of Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High St. Both events, sponsored by the Department of English and Branford College, are free and open to the public.

Styron's first novel, "Lie Down in Darkness," was published in 1951. After moving to Paris, he helped found The Paris Review with George Plimpton. His second novel, "Set This House on Fire," appeared in 1960, and "The Confessions of Nat Turner" in 1968, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction. "Sophie's Choice," an account of the Holocaust told from the point of view of Sophie Zawistowka, a Polish Catholic Holocaust survivor, appeared in 1979 and won the American Book Award.

Styron's other works include "The Quiet Dust and Other Writings" (1982); "Darkness Visible" (1985), his personal chronicle of depression; and "Tidewater Morning" (1983). His many prizes and awards include the Howells Medal, the Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and the Commandeur Legion d'Honneur.

During his visit to campus as a Schlesinger Family Visiting Writer, Styron will attend classes and meet informally with students. For more information, call the Department of English at (203) 432-2233.


Dance photographer Greenfield to be guest at master's tea

Photographer Lois Greenfield will be the guest of a tea on Wednesday, April 11.

The tea will take place at 4:30 p.m. in the Calhoun College master's house, 434 College St. The event is free and open to the public.

In her photographs, Greenfield captures the fleeting movements of bodies in motion without tricks or manipulations. A photojournalist originally, Greenfield was drawn to the graphic potential of dance. In 1982, she opened a studio where she could not only control the lighting but could also direct the dancers to explore the expressive potential of movement.

Greenfield has created signature images for many major contemporary dance companies. Many of these images can be found in her two monographs, "Breaking Bounds: The Dance Photography of Lois Greenfield" and "Airborne: The New Dance Photography of Lois Greenfield." Commercial clients, such as Raymond Weil watches, Oscar de la Renta and Danskin, have built advertising campaigns around her unique images.

Greenfield's work has been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world. Her editorial work has appeared in The New York Times, The Village Voice, Elle, Life, Sports Illustrated, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Rolling Stone, Time, Newsweek, Esquire and Zoom.


Landscape architect is next speaker in F&ES lecture series

Landscape architect Matthew Urbanski will present a lecture titled "Ecological Infrastructure and Site Design Incorporating Natural Plant Communities" on Thursday, April 12.

Part of the Forestry and Environmental Studies Distinguished Lecture Series "The Restoration Agenda: Urban Issues," the talk will take place 11:30 a.m.­1 p.m. in Bowers Auditorium of Sage Hall, 205 Prospect St. An informal roundtable discussion will follow 1:10­2:20 p.m. Brown-bag lunches are welcome and refreshments will be provided. For more information, contact Aimlee Laderman at (203) 432-3335 or aimlee. laderman@yale.edu.

Since joining Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates in 1989, Urbanski has assisted with the redesign of the Tuileries Garden in Paris and did designs for numerous projects. These include landscape master plans for both Wellesley College and Phillips Exeter Academy, the entry landscape to General Mills World Headquarters and the Vera List Courtyard at the New School for Social Research in New York City. For the latter project, Urbanski received a merit award from the American Society of Landscape Architects. He also was project designer for various projects at the University of Iowa, including the Iowa River Corridor Study Master Plan, the master plan for the Health Sciences Campus, the River Arts Campus, the new Athletic Center Landscape and the Main Library Landscape.

In his talk, Urbanski will discuss native plant horticulture, urban hydrology and stormwater technology using designs ranging from university facilities in Iowa City, Iowa, to the Whitney water treatment plant in northern New Haven.


Celebrated mezzo-soprano to present master class

Mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne, one of opera's most renowned artists, will be the guest of a master class on Monday, April 16.

Sponsored by the School of Music and Yale Opera, the public master class will take place at 7 p.m. in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall, 470 College St. Participants will be Yale Opera singers.

Tickets are $8 for the general public and $5 for students, and are available at the School of Music box office at 435 College St., Monday­Friday, 9 a.m.­5 p.m. Tickets will also be sold at the door beginning an hour before the event. For more information, call (203) 432-4158 or visit www.yale.edu/ schmus.

Horne made her operatic debut at the age of 20 with the Los Angeles Guild Opera. Her early operatic career included three years at the Gelsenkirchen Municipal Opera in Germany. In 1960, she returned to the United States where she debuted in Berg's "Wozzeck" with the San Francisco Opera Company

A Grammy Award-winner, Horne was named a Kennedy Center Honoree in 1995 by President Clinton. In 1992 she received the National Medal of the Arts from President Bush and the National Endowment for the Arts. Among her many worldwide honors are the Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters from France's Ministry of Culture, the Commendatore al Merito della Repubblica Italiana, the Fidelio Gold Medal from the International Association of Opera Directors and the Covent Garden Silver Medal for Oustanding Service.


Historian Jay Winik to discuss work at two campus events

Writer and historian Jay Winik will participate in two campus events on Tuesday, April 10.

Winik will discuss his new book "April 1865 -- The Month that Saved America," at 2 p.m. at the Yale Bookstore, 77 Broadway. He will then be the guest of a tea at 4 p.m. in the Saybrook College master's house, 90 High St. The book signing and tea are both free and open to the public.

Currently a senior scholar at the University of Maryland's School of Public Affairs, Winik received his B.A. in 1982 and Ph.D. in political science in 1993 from Yale. His government career included advising the late defense secretary Les Aspin and helping to create the landmark United Nations plan to end the Cambodian civil war.

Winik's articles and commentary have been widely published, including in the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, to which he contributes regularly. He was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his first book, "On the Brink," which chronicled the end of the Cold War.


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Archive and initiative honor alumnus' art and activism

Old Campus will be a festival of fun and learning for annual Communiversity Day

The Alps have stayed same size for 15 million years, study finds

Former U.S. trade representative to discuss 'trade policy . . .'


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